Biography

Stefano Losi was born in 1969 in Lake Como, near Milan, where he was raised and educated in fine arts at the classical oil painting practice of his grandfather.

After having received his graduate degree at the Luigi Bocconi University of Milan in 1993, he worked in different senior management roles at the EBRD in London and other International Institutions, and currently works at the United Nations in New York, where he is also President of the UNSRC Literary Cultural Circle.

In 2005 he was nominated Knight of the Italian Republic by President Ciampi.

“Violent Dances Fade” (Libertarian Poetical Fragments) is a personal art and poetry project created in Milan in 1991, further developed in London, and currently active in New York, that combines on large size canvas dramatic studies of the human figure and intense original poetry.

After a series of events organized since the early 1990s in Europe, including several shows and poetry readings in formal and alternative spaces, ranging from workers unions, to galleries and social centers, in December 2008 he presented "The imperfect dialectics of experience", a Solo Exhibition of paintings and poems at the United Nations in New York.

Three books collecting visual arts and epigrams, presenting an overview of the artistic work in the respective creative periods, were published in 1996, 2001 and 2010.  The most recent volume, titled “Under the Burnt Walls”, includes a foreword by Antonio Maria Costa (Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations), and was presented to the 2010 edition of BookExpo America. Antonio Maria Costa wrote: “This is a “splendid union”… In the words of these poems I find the same hope I cherish when I observe the World.”

In March 2011 he presented "Under the burnt walls", his second art and poetry Solo Exhibition at the United Nations, and in November 2011 his first Solo Show at Dacia Gallery in New York.

Collectors, art critics and the press are welcome to view the artwork at the author's Studio on 23rd street in Chelsea, New York, by appointment at Editor@ViolentDancesFade.com

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Under the burnt walls, Dacia Gallery, 2011, New York

Violent Dances Fade, The Taj, 2011, New York

Under the burnt walls, United Nations, 2011, New York

New York Skyport Marina (dual solo show), French Culture Evening, 2011, New York

Cultural Center Moltisanti Tennyson, 2009, New York

The imperfect dialectics of experience, United Nations, 2008, New York

EBRD, Broadgate Circle, 2007, London

Physical character of objects, Acquate Workers Circle, 1996, Milan



Selected Group Exhibitions

Bastille Festival, 2011, New York

Italian Artists in New York, International Studio and Curiatoral Program (ISCP), curated by Renato Miracco, 2009, New York

Several shows and poetry readings in formal and alternative spaces since the early 1990s in Europe, including, among many others:

May Day, La Spezia, 1997, Genoa

Social Center Bruno, 1996, Trento

The Cage, 1994, Livorno

Social Center Brancaleone, 1993, Rome



Honors and Awards 

President, UNSRC Literary Cultural Circle, 2010, United Nations

Knight of the Italian Republic, 2005, nominated by President Ciampi



Publications

Under the burnt walls, with foreword by Antonio Maria Costa, 2010, New York

The imperfect dialectics of experience, 2001, London

Physical character of objects, 1996, Milan



Selected Reviews and Articles

“Timeless. On the contrary, inside time. And beyond… Significant. Blunt. Stirring, most of all.”, Marco Mathieu, Writer and Journalist, 2010, La Repubblica, Milan

“This is a “splendid union”. Poetry as universal value.”, Antonio Maria Costa, Under-Secretary-General, 2010, United Nations, Vienna

“Formidable tension in a political dimension.”, Instant Book - Italian Artists New York, curated by Renato Miracco, 2009, New York

“A human representation inspired to classical art.”, Dalila Pasotti, 2009, La Nazione - Il Giorno - Il Resto del Carlino, New York

“[The] art and poetry are absolutely spectacular. One of the very best exhibitions at the UN.”, Ann Charles, 2008, The Baltic Times, The Brasilians, New York

“Rich of sensuality and sensibility, the lines of the bodies provide colour to the eyes.”, Samira Leglib, 2008, Oggi7, La Repubblica, New York

“Some fragments will call forth your inner spirit to unexpected realization of forgotten emotion.”, Anne Costello, 2008, The NYC Informer, New York

“The most impressive [work] I have picked up in the past couple years… A scholarly writer.”, Steve Aoki, 1996, Heartattack, Goleta, California



Education

Raised and educated in fine arts at the classical art practice of his grandfather, Adelmo Colombo, painter, Milan, throughout the 1970s and 1980s

Graduate degree, Luigi Bocconi University, Milan, 1993