Norbert Francis Attard
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Norbert Francis Attard, born in Malta
in 1951 is an artist working in several disciplines such as painting, printing, sculpture, video and photography.
1977
Graduated in Architecture from the University of Malta
.
1977-1996
Practiced his profession as architect
1966-1996
After 30 years of being a painter and graphic artist he turned to creating multi-disciplinary works.
1998-2008
His works incorporate several disciplines including sculpture, architecture, video and photography.
2002-2005
Committee member of the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts.
Since 2001
Director of GOZO Contemporary, an art space offering artist’s residencies on the island of Gozo
.
1999
Represented Malta at the 48th Venice Biennale
, Italy.
1998-2008
Created many site-specific installations in several countries and has participated in many
collective international exhibitions in Scotland, England, Cuba, Austria, Italy, Spain, Germany,
Liechtenstein, Turkey, Greece, South Korea, Australia, U.S.A., and Taiwan.
SELECTED WORKS SHOWN AT
2005 Artists against Sedition Laws, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia.
2005 Art’s Diary: Intervene, Taipei Artists Village, Taipei, Taiwan.
2005 Obsession, The International Video Festival, Galerie X, Istanbul, Turkey.
2005 The Exhausted Body, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
, Kaohsiung
, Taiwan
.
2005 Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena, John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago, U.S.A.
2005 Casoria Museum of Contemporary Art, Naples, Italy.
2004 K.A.I.R., Kamiyama, Tokushima Prefecture
, Japan.
2004 ART Expo, Mexico 04, Solaris / Observatorio, Michoacan
, Mexico.
2004 ARTiade, Visual Arts of the Olympics, Athens
, Greece.
2004 Nomadifesta, Kastelliotissa, Nicosia
, Cyprus.
2003 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
, Thessaloniki
, Greece.
2003 8th Havana Biennale, Cuba.
2003 Post-Civilisation, Kaohsiung International Container Festival, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2003 Palestrina and Hell, Johanniterkirche, Feldkirch
, Austria.
2003 Intervention I, Manningham Mills, Bradford, England, UK.
2002 Edinburgh International Arts Festival, Scotland, UK.
2002 2nd Liverpool Biennale, England, UK.
2001 The Floating Land, International Site Specific Art Laboratory, Noosa, Queensland, Australia.
2000 Edinburgh City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1999 48th Venice Biennale, Italy.
1999 Diaspora, International Art Meeting, Oviedo
, Spain.
1999 2nd Florence Biennale
, Italy.
1998 Breath, International Art Symposium, Chonju, South Korea.
1998 Transkutan, Olympia Park, Munich
, Germany.
1998 XIX Biennale of Alexandria, Egypt.
Between Earth and Sky - Norbert Francis Attard
Book published by Midsea Books Limited in collaboration with Heritage Malta.
Main text edited by Ranier Fsadni. Additional editing by Lisa Gwen Baldacchino.
Critical Essay by Richard England.
Foreword by Aomi Okabe.
Photography of Prehistoric Artifacts and Temples by Daniel Cilia.
ISBN 99932-7-087-3
2004
Norbert Francis Attard, Four Olympics
Book published by NY ARTS BOOKS, New York, USA.
Edited by Dennis Vella.
Critical Essay by Stanley Borg.
Foreword by Tereza de Arruda.
ISBN 0-9727451-0-6
2002
I See Red Everywhere
Book published by The Carnyx Group, Glasgow, Scotland.
Foreword by Richard Demarco.
Introduction by Peter Serracino Inglott.
Additional writings by Fiona Calder, Neil Cameron, Richard Carr, Richard Demarco, Emmanuel Fiorentino, Quentin Hughes, Paul Sant Cassia, Diane Sykes, Julian Treuherz, Raphael Vella, and Kenneth Wain.
ISBN 1-903653-12-6
1996
Norbert Attard, Prints and Paintings, 1977 - 1996.
Published by Roemer-und Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, Germany.
Edited by Dennis Vella.
Foreword by Kenneth Wain.
Additional writings by Dennis vella, Meir Ronnen, Dominic Cutajar, Anne Musgrave, Richard England,
Peter Serracino Inglott, Raphael Vella, Emmanuel Fiorentino, Rose Lapira and Theresa M. Vella.
ISBN 99909-68-14-4
1983
Norbert Attard, Artist in Malta, 1977–1983
Published by Edizioni Galleria De Amicis, Florence, Italy.
Introduction by Dominic Cutajar.
Foreword by Richard England.
1978
While the Heart watches
Limited edition handmade box.
Twelve poems by Michael Zammit and three signed lithograph prints by Norbert Attard.
Arrivals: Art from a new Europe
Published by Turner Contemporary and Oxford Modern, UK.
Text by Miria Swain
2006
3rd Echigo Tsumari Triennial
Published by Front Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2006
The Exhausted Body
Introduction by Nina Dimitriadi.
Published by Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Text by Mario Azzopardi and Margarita Sanches Prieto.
2006
Twenty-Five years / 25 artists.
Text by Dennis Vella.
Published by Middlesea Insurance, Malta.
2006
Taipei Artist’s Village annual catalogue.
Published by Taipei Artist’s Village, Taipei, Taiwan.
2005
100 Artists for a Museum
Published by Casoria International Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy.
2005
Paths of Europe
Published by Apollonia, Strasbourg, France.
Text by Monika Sielska and Konstantinos Dimitris.
2005
Kamiyama Artist in Residency exhibition catalogue.
Published by K.A.I.R, Kamiyama, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.
Text by Aomi Okabe
2005
Blitz
Published by START, Malta.
Introduction by Raphael Vella.
Text of works of Norbert Francis Attard by Michael. J. Mumford.
2004
Kaohsiung International Container Arts Festival.
Published by Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Text by Mario Azzopardi.
2003
Borders.
Published by START, Malta.
Text by Richard England.
2000
Diaspora,
Published by Ciudad de Oviedo, Spain.
Text by Anke Mellin.
1999
48th Venice Biennale: Aperto over all.
Malta: Norbert Francis Attard, Vince Briffa,and Ray Pitre.
Text by Adrian Bartolo.
Published by Edizioni La Biiennale
1996
Norbert Attard, an Invitation to.....
Published by Foundation for International Studies, Valletta, Malta.
Introduction by Kenneth Wain.
Foreword by Victor Pasmore.
1992
Norbert Attard, Paintings
Published by Gallerija Gaulos, Gozo, Malta.
Introduction by Peter Serracino Inglott.
1986
Norbert Attard, Lithographs and Silkscreen Prints
Published by The National Museum, Valletta, Malta
and the National Museums of Canada (Ottawa).
Introduction by Richard England.
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
in 1951 is an artist working in several disciplines such as painting, printing, sculpture, video and photography.
1977
Graduated in Architecture from the University of Malta
University of Malta
The University of Malta is the highest educational institution in Malta Europe and is one of the most respected universities in Europe. The University offers undergraduate Bachelor's Degrees, postgraduate Master's Degrees and postgraduate Doctorates .-History:The University of Malta was founded in...
.
1977-1996
Practiced his profession as architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
1966-1996
After 30 years of being a painter and graphic artist he turned to creating multi-disciplinary works.
1998-2008
His works incorporate several disciplines including sculpture, architecture, video and photography.
2002-2005
Committee member of the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts.
Since 2001
Director of GOZO Contemporary, an art space offering artist’s residencies on the island of Gozo
Gozo
Gozo is a small island of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is part of the Southern European country of Malta; after the island of Malta itself, it is the second-largest island in the archipelago...
.
1999
Represented Malta at the 48th Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
, Italy.
1998-2008
Created many site-specific installations in several countries and has participated in many
collective international exhibitions in Scotland, England, Cuba, Austria, Italy, Spain, Germany,
Liechtenstein, Turkey, Greece, South Korea, Australia, U.S.A., and Taiwan.
SELECTED WORKS SHOWN AT
2005 Artists against Sedition Laws, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia.
2005 Art’s Diary: Intervene, Taipei Artists Village, Taipei, Taiwan.
2005 Obsession, The International Video Festival, Galerie X, Istanbul, Turkey.
2005 The Exhausted Body, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
The Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts is located in Gushan District , the northwestern district of Kaohsiung City in Taiwan. It was founded by the Kaohsiung City Government and has been administrated by the Kaohsiung Bureau of Cultural Affairs since 2003. It occupies about and started in 1994...
, Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
.
2005 Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena, John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago, U.S.A.
2005 Casoria Museum of Contemporary Art, Naples, Italy.
2004 K.A.I.R., Kamiyama, Tokushima Prefecture
Tokushima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on Shikoku island. The capital is the city of Tokushima.- Tokushima Prefecture and Myodo Prefecture :Long ago, Tokushima City belonged to a region known as Myōdō-gun...
, Japan.
2004 ART Expo, Mexico 04, Solaris / Observatorio, Michoacan
Michoacán
Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...
, Mexico.
2004 ARTiade, Visual Arts of the Olympics, Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece.
2004 Nomadifesta, Kastelliotissa, Nicosia
Nicosia
Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...
, Cyprus.
2003 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art is a contemporary art museum in Thessaloniki, Greece.-History:The Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki was founded in 1979 by a group of visionary citizens of Thessaloniki...
, Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
, Greece.
2003 8th Havana Biennale, Cuba.
2003 Post-Civilisation, Kaohsiung International Container Festival, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2003 Palestrina and Hell, Johanniterkirche, Feldkirch
Feldkirch, Vorarlberg
- Schools :* Bundesgymnasium und Bundesrealgymnasium Feldkirch * Bundeshandelsakademie und Bundeshandelsschule Feldkirch* Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium und Bundesrealgymnasium Schillerstrasse...
, Austria.
2003 Intervention I, Manningham Mills, Bradford, England, UK.
2002 Edinburgh International Arts Festival, Scotland, UK.
2002 2nd Liverpool Biennale, England, UK.
2001 The Floating Land, International Site Specific Art Laboratory, Noosa, Queensland, Australia.
2000 Edinburgh City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1999 48th Venice Biennale, Italy.
1999 Diaspora, International Art Meeting, Oviedo
Oviedo
Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city....
, Spain.
1999 2nd Florence Biennale
Florence Biennale
The Florence Biennale is an international contemporary art fair held every two years in the Historical Fortezza da Basso in Florence, Italy. The Biennale is run by Arte Studio, whose first contemporary art exhibition occurred in 1986. Subsequent exhibits grew, and they eventually formed the first...
, Italy.
1998 Breath, International Art Symposium, Chonju, South Korea.
1998 Transkutan, Olympia Park, Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Germany.
1998 XIX Biennale of Alexandria, Egypt.
Publications
2007Between Earth and Sky - Norbert Francis Attard
Book published by Midsea Books Limited in collaboration with Heritage Malta.
Main text edited by Ranier Fsadni. Additional editing by Lisa Gwen Baldacchino.
Critical Essay by Richard England.
Foreword by Aomi Okabe.
Photography of Prehistoric Artifacts and Temples by Daniel Cilia.
ISBN 99932-7-087-3
2004
Norbert Francis Attard, Four Olympics
Book published by NY ARTS BOOKS, New York, USA.
Edited by Dennis Vella.
Critical Essay by Stanley Borg.
Foreword by Tereza de Arruda.
ISBN 0-9727451-0-6
2002
I See Red Everywhere
Book published by The Carnyx Group, Glasgow, Scotland.
Foreword by Richard Demarco.
Introduction by Peter Serracino Inglott.
Additional writings by Fiona Calder, Neil Cameron, Richard Carr, Richard Demarco, Emmanuel Fiorentino, Quentin Hughes, Paul Sant Cassia, Diane Sykes, Julian Treuherz, Raphael Vella, and Kenneth Wain.
ISBN 1-903653-12-6
1996
Norbert Attard, Prints and Paintings, 1977 - 1996.
Published by Roemer-und Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, Germany.
Edited by Dennis Vella.
Foreword by Kenneth Wain.
Additional writings by Dennis vella, Meir Ronnen, Dominic Cutajar, Anne Musgrave, Richard England,
Peter Serracino Inglott, Raphael Vella, Emmanuel Fiorentino, Rose Lapira and Theresa M. Vella.
ISBN 99909-68-14-4
1983
Norbert Attard, Artist in Malta, 1977–1983
Published by Edizioni Galleria De Amicis, Florence, Italy.
Introduction by Dominic Cutajar.
Foreword by Richard England.
1978
While the Heart watches
Limited edition handmade box.
Twelve poems by Michael Zammit and three signed lithograph prints by Norbert Attard.
Exhibitions
2007Arrivals: Art from a new Europe
Published by Turner Contemporary and Oxford Modern, UK.
Text by Miria Swain
2006
3rd Echigo Tsumari Triennial
Published by Front Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2006
The Exhausted Body
Introduction by Nina Dimitriadi.
Published by Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Text by Mario Azzopardi and Margarita Sanches Prieto.
2006
Twenty-Five years / 25 artists.
Text by Dennis Vella.
Published by Middlesea Insurance, Malta.
2006
Taipei Artist’s Village annual catalogue.
Published by Taipei Artist’s Village, Taipei, Taiwan.
2005
100 Artists for a Museum
Published by Casoria International Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy.
2005
Paths of Europe
Published by Apollonia, Strasbourg, France.
Text by Monika Sielska and Konstantinos Dimitris.
2005
Kamiyama Artist in Residency exhibition catalogue.
Published by K.A.I.R, Kamiyama, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.
Text by Aomi Okabe
2005
Blitz
Published by START, Malta.
Introduction by Raphael Vella.
Text of works of Norbert Francis Attard by Michael. J. Mumford.
2004
Kaohsiung International Container Arts Festival.
Published by Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Text by Mario Azzopardi.
2003
Borders.
Published by START, Malta.
Text by Richard England.
2000
Diaspora,
Published by Ciudad de Oviedo, Spain.
Text by Anke Mellin.
1999
48th Venice Biennale: Aperto over all.
Malta: Norbert Francis Attard, Vince Briffa,and Ray Pitre.
Text by Adrian Bartolo.
Published by Edizioni La Biiennale
1996
Norbert Attard, an Invitation to.....
Published by Foundation for International Studies, Valletta, Malta.
Introduction by Kenneth Wain.
Foreword by Victor Pasmore.
1992
Norbert Attard, Paintings
Published by Gallerija Gaulos, Gozo, Malta.
Introduction by Peter Serracino Inglott.
1986
Norbert Attard, Lithographs and Silkscreen Prints
Published by The National Museum, Valletta, Malta
and the National Museums of Canada (Ottawa).
Introduction by Richard England.