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Pietro Reviglio

Born in Turin, Italy, in 1976, Pietro Reviglio has exhibited in the United States, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom. Focusing on the relationship between cosmology and art, his research intertwines painting, photography, narrative, and moving image.

He studied painting at the Art Students League of New York with Robert Cenedella and Mary Beth McKenzie, and he is alumnus of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Columbia University, New York, where he gained a Ph.D. in Astrophysics in 2008. Exhibitions include those at CAMeC Museum (Italy), Castel dell'Ovo (Naples), Palazzo Ducale (Genoa), Museo Laboratorio d'Arte Contemporanea (Rome), Palazzo Farnese (French Embassy, Rome), the 54th Venice Biennial, The Italian Academy (Columbia University, New York), the Museum of Oriental Art (Turin) and the Ishida Taisheisha Hall (Kyoto). His experimental films have been shown as part of international film festivals at the Beijing Planetarium, the China Science and Technology Museum, the Turin Planetarium, the Centre Tchèque de Paris.

His work is present in public and private collections in the US and Europe, including the collections of the Brooklyn Museum (New York), the Albright-Knox Museum (NY State), the Sidney Mishkin Gallery (City University of New York), Columbia University (New York), Tate Artist Book Collection (London) and the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea (Castle of Rivara, Italy). Articles on his work appeared on Flash Art, NY Arts, La Stampa, La Repubblica, America24, Yahoo News.

His website is www.reviglio.com

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