Life

Born in Viterbo

Viterbo

See also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...

, he received a diploma at the Fine Arts Academy in Rome in 1987. In 1997 he wrote the theoretical essay on The division of visual unity, which was published by Stampa Alternativa. In 2000 and 2005 he received a grant "Overseas Grantee" from the Pollock - Krasner Foundation of New York, and in 2002 the prize Targetti Art Light Collection “White Sculpture”.

He works with optic fiber

Optical fiber

An optical fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made of a pure glass not much wider than a human hair. It functions as a waveguide, or "light pipe", to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber. The field of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of...

 since 1996; he has created and installed permanent public sculptures in stainless steel

Stainless steel

In metallurgy, stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French "inoxydable", is defined as a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5 or 11% chromium content by mass....

 and optic fibers in various Italian cities, and in 1996 and 2003 he has installed site specific

Site-specific art

Site-specific art is artwork created to exist in a certain place. Typically, the artist takes the location into account while planning and creating the artwork...

works at the XII and XV Quadriennial National of Rome.

He currently teaches at the Fine Arts Academy of “Brera” in Milan. He lives and works both in Rome and Milan.

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Carlo Bernardini Works