Carla Horat (1938) - Segni - Colore

Splendid large-scale abstract painting with engaging, almost hypnotic colors by painter Carla Horat (born 1938), measuring 100 x 120 cm, oil on canvas, titled Segni- Colore, from 1992.
The painting will be shipped with a catalog about her in a complimentary copy, with insured shipping.

Carla Horat has exhibited in the world's most important museums and galleries: Rome, Paris, Seoul, Tokyo, Barcelona, New York, Alexandria, Venice, Switzerland, Mexico City, etc., etc..

Minds most significant in the world of culture and art of the last century have written about her: Gesualdo Bufalino, Enrico Baj, Leonardo Sciascia, Guttuso, Antonello Trombadori, etc., etc..

Daughter of an artist (her father Theo is a well-known Swiss watercolorist), at five she moves to Ticino and later to Verona, where she graduates from the Academy of Fine Arts. Since 1981 she has resided in Palermo, where she earned the chair of printmaking techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts. She has taught at the International School of Graphics in Venice and since 1986 has taught at the International Center of Graphic Arts of Venice, where she conducted courses in burin and non-toxic intaglio techniques. She has directed engraving and painting workshops at various foreign universities: Rio de Janeiro (PUC University), Mexico City (UNAM), Merida (Yucatan, Marist University), Barcelona (Faculty of Fine Arts). Since 2005 she has devoted herself particularly to the Artist's Book.

She has held numerous exhibitions, including in Venice, Palermo, Lugano, Paris, Seoul, Tokyo, New York, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Munich, Nuremberg, Bremen. Among those who have written about her are Antonello Trombadori, Leonardo Sciascia, Gesualdo Bufalino, Vincenzo Consolo, Enrico Baj.

She has had numerous exhibitions in Italy and abroad, especially Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, the United States, Africa and Asia, including: Swiss National Bank, Chiasso, 1978; Boggian Hall, Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona, 1980; Villa Malpensata, Lugano (Switzerland), 1982; Gallery al B, Palermo, 1983; Gallery Il Mosaico, Chiasso (Switzerland), 1985; PUC University (where she also held a burin workshop), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1988; Solo show at the Italian Cultural Institute, Alexandria, Egypt, 1989; Drake University, Department of Art, School of Fine Arts, Des Moines (USA), 1989; Multi-purpose Cultural Center, Bagnacavallo (RA), 1990; Villa Malfitano, Palermo, 1991; Musée Véra, Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Paris), 1992; The Artist’s Book, Galleria Segno Grafico, Palermo, 1995; Sottopressione - Engravings, Palazzo dei Benedetti, Cinisi - Palazzo Cataldi, Terrasini (Palermo), 1997; Palermo Paperworks prints from the Academy of Fine Arts, engravings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Italian Cultural Institute, Washington (USA), 1997; L’Incisione nelle Istituzioni Artistiche Italiane. Palermo-Rome, Villa Renatico Martini, Monsummano Terme (Pistoia), 1998; XIV International Prize for Engraving, Biella, 1999; Spazio 9, Turin, 2000; Biennale dell’Incisione Italiana, Campobasso, 2000. etc., etc.