Nicole Voltan
Nicole Voltan was born in Mestre (Venice) in 1984; she studied and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. She currently lives and works in province of Treviso.
Her first personal exhibition entitled Nel segreto di una was held in Milan in 2007 at the Bertold Brecht cultural club. Subsequently, in 2011 she made her debut in Rome exhibiting at the Sistema Entropia exhibition at the Whitecubealpigneto Gallery, now named La Stellina Arte Contemporanea, on the occasion of the X Photography Festival promoted by Macro Testaccio of Rome.
In 2013, again at La Stellina Arte Contemporanea, she held her second solo exhibition entitled 88 Trame. More recently, in October 2016 she participated in the Rome Art Week event, with the Exalt the Past Survive the Future exhibition, held at her studio in the Pigneto neighborhood of Rome.
Among her group exhibitions, noted are Art più business uguale Love at the Mole Vanvitelliana in Ancona and Intreccio at Rocca di Umbertide in Perugia both held in 2017. She also participated in Gas Stelle e led: José Angelino e Nicole Voltan, held at the Museo Nuova Era in Bari in 2014. In 2022 she has exhibited at the group show Da De Chirico a Chagall e oltre il senso della bellezza nell’arte contemporanea curated by Cesare Biasini Selvaggi (21 Gallery, Lancenigo, Treviso).
She has worked on two permanent installations, Muri Dipinti, at Gavazzana in the province of Alessandria and Dare senso ai luoghi, SAC Mari among the walls, the result of an artistic residence at Mola di Bari, promoted by the Pino Pascali Foundation.
In 2017 her exhibition entitled Piano Cielo / Piano Terra was the result of a site-specific project curated by Gianluca Marziani at the Mucciaccia Contemporary gallery. Nicole Voltan’s art also has a performance aspect: in 2018 the performance Fields of Attractions was held with the theme of separation and fear of detachment. In 2018, she won the Inside Art special award, in the painting section and exhibited the winning work at the Macro Testaccio in Rome.
Her works are the result of an intense dialogue between art and science, which find an outlet in the various artistic techniques she uses, such as painting, drawing, site-specific installation and sculpture. Nicole Voltan observes the macro dimensions, producing branched analyses, following an aesthetic of rarefied beauty, along heterogeneous solutions that include discipline, meticulous talent, physical control of the method and visionary sublimation. Her scientific aptitude is inspired by nature which is analyzed microscopically and whose detail is amplified through a profound methodological study.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018
Winner of Special Prize Inside Art, XI Edition
Fields of Attracitions, performance by Nicole Voltan, IQOS Embassy, Rome
2017
Piano Cielo / Piano Terra, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Mucciaccia Contemporary, Rome
2016
RAW Rome Art Week, Exalt the Past / Survive the Future, curated by Nicole Voltan, Nicole’s studio, Pigneto, Rome
2013
Para Klàsis: Profilo Dinamico Interno, curated by Carla Capodimonti and Simona Merra, Galleria Cinica, Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary, Trevi, Perugia
88 Trame, curated by Claudia Fiasca and Teresa Buono, Galleria Whitecubealpigneto (today La Stellina Arte contemporanea), Rome
2011
Sistema Entropia, curated by sguardo contemporaneo, during the 10th International Photography Festival, Galleria Whitecubealpigneto (today La Stellina Arte contemporanea), Rome
2007
Nel segreto di una valigia, curated by Lorenzo Argentino, Cultural Centre Bertolt Brecht, Milan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Da De Chirico a Chagall e oltre il senso della bellezza nell’arte contemporanea, curated by Cesare Biasini Selvaggi, 21 Gallery, Lancenigo, Treviso
2019
12 Artists of Tomorrow, curated by Cesare Biasini Selvaggi, Mucciaccia Contemporary, Rome
The blood of women | Traces of red on a white cloth, curated by Manuela De Leonardis, Auditorium Vallisa, Bari
2018
Talent Prize Exhibition XI Edition, Marco Testaccio, Rome
2017
Transfusioni#2: Sul filo del desiderio, curated by Anna D’Elia, Archivio Menna-Binga, Rome
Mut-azioni – Art più business uguale Love, curated by Butik Collective, Mola Vanvitelliana, Ancona
Intreccio, curated by Francesco Candelori and Joseph Roveto, Galleria Grefti, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea La Rocca, Umbertide, Perugia
2016
Transfusioni#1: Maria Lai, Nicole Voltan and Francesco Impellizzeri, curated by Anna D’Elia, Archivio Menna-Binga, Rome
2015
6 dei nostri: la lotteria, curated by Marcello Smarelli, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome
2014
Gas Stelle e led: José Angelino e Nicole Voltan, curated by Anna D’Elia, Museo Nuova Era, Bari
Dare senso ai luoghi. Movingart & Openspace, curated by Anna d’Elia and Lia de Venere, group show of artistic residence by SAC (Cultural Environment System), sponsored by Fondazione Pino Pascali, Casa della Cultura, Mola di Bari, Bari
Gateway, curated by Associazione Culturale Dancity, during the Dancity Festival 2014, Palazzo Candiotti, Foligno, Perugia
Home Theatre, curated by Lorena Benatti, Giorgio De Finis, Donatella Giordano, Matteo Pellegrini, Donatella Pinocci, Davide Ricco, Olivia Spatola, Museo Dell’Altro e Dell’Altrove di Metropoliz, Rome
Scala C. All, curated by Sandra Hauser and Nicole Voltan, Hauser&Voltan’s studio, Rome
2013
The Opening, curated by Nicoletta Grasso, C.R.A.C. (Centro di ricerca per le Arti Contemporanee), Lamezia Terme, Catanzaro
Quadratonomade. Cielo condiviso, curated by 100% Periferia, at nomadic field of Via di Salone, Rome
Espansioni. Contrazioni, curated by Cristina Fiore, Andrea Penzo, Chiara Cavallarin, Progetto Contro Zona, Forte Carpenedo, Mestre, Venice
Scala C. Open Studios, gardens and houses, Hauser&Voltan’s studio, Rome
Essere io non ha misura. Visual arts ho qualcosa da dire e da fare, curated by Daniela Cotimbo, Giulia Zamperini, Sara Fico, Laura Loi, Factory, Spazio Giovani Roma capitale, Ex Mattatoio di Testaccio, Macro, Rome
Quadratonomade. Dialoghi, curated by 100% Periferia, Biblioteca comunale “Gianni Rodari”, Rome
2012
Punti di ancoraggio / Ecology of mind, curated by Cantiere Corpo Luogo, Parco del Contemporaneo, Forte Maghera, Venice
Spam! Cartoline d’artista, curated by Marcello Smarrelli and Sguardo contemporaneo, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome
Gino on my mind, curated by Associazione Faticart, during the 7th Edition of Festival Sguardi Sonori, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona
2008
Poganske Urice. Le orette pagane, curated by Inga Mijatovic, Galleria Krajzar, Izola, Slovenia
Cu/cm la città dell’uomo, abito & habitat, curated by Milena Bellomo and Carlo Damiani, during the 21st International Show of Architecture at Venice Biennale, Tronchetto, Venice
Muri dipinti, un museo a cielo aperto, curated by Claudio Sasso, Pietro Coronas e Salvatore Guzzo, esposizione permanente presso il Comune di Gavazzana, Alessandria
Olé, curated by Mirella Brugnerotto and Filippo Zaccaria, Atelier di Decorazione A, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice
Course of invention, Mudahalenin Seyri, curated by Ozan Ozolu and the Association Kargart, galleria Kargart, Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey
2007
Open#0, curated by S.A.L.E. Docks , Emporio dei Sali, Dorsoduro, Venice
Una parete per cominciare, sulle orme di Inga Pin, curated by Anna Epis and Aldo Torrebruno, Cultural Centre Bertolt Brecht, Milan
2006
Raccolta punti qualità, curated by Mirella Brugnerotto and Filippo Zaccaria, Atelier di Decorazione A, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice
WORKS
Nicole Voltan, Thirsty World, 2020, graphite drawing on paper on wooden panels, 153×153×5 cm
Nicole Voltan, The Feminine, 2020, needles, silver wire, micaceous cement, wood, led light , 148×125×18.5 cm
Nicole Voltan, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, 2020, embroidery on fabric lining Bemberg of various colors, wood, 120x148x7 cm
Nicole Voltan, Ziggurat – Ground 7, 2017, needles and white cotton thread on tuff, wood, 42x12x30 cm
Nicole Voltan, Il Demiurgo, 2017, clay, antique telescope lens, black cotton thread, lava rock, iron, 75x35x35 cm
Nicole Voltan, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, 2020, embroidery on fabric lining Bemberg of various colors, wood, 120x148x7 cm
