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Paolo Icaro Chisotti was born in Turin in 1936.
He studied music and in 1955 he enrolled in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Turin. In 1958 he abandoned his university studies and began working in sculpture in Umberto Mastroianni's studio. Read the full biography

Paolo Icaro Chisotti was born in Turin in 1936.
He studied music and in 1955 he enrolled in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Turin. In 1958 he abandoned his university studies and began working in sculpture in Umberto Mastroianni's studio. In 1960 he moved to Rome and in 1962 he held his first solo exhibition at the Schneider Gallery. In 1964 the 3rd Biennial of Ceramic Art in Gubbio won the prize from the Ministry of Foreign Trade. In 1965 he was invited to participate in the IX Quadrennial Exhibition in Rome.
In 1966 he moved to New York, where he lived until 1968. Forme di Spazio (1967) was born abroad, renamed immediately after Gabbie, the metal profile structure in which the sculpture that occupies the space becomes a place, the origin of the space. In 1967 he held a solo show at the La Tartaruga gallery in Rome, and responded to the Germano Celant was invited to participate in the Arte Povera Im-Spazio exhibition at the La Bertesca Gallery in Genoa - his return to the Italian city. In 1968 he held a solo show at Bertesca, entitled Faredisfarerifarevedere, a model of his poetics. "Icaro Exploring Space: A space to be experienced with the body, physically and spiritually measurable, researched in the formation of time. An informed space, where projects and contingency, sacred intimacy and subtle irony merge. Together, guided research continuously allows us to see form and thought” (Lara Conte).
Between 1968 and 1969 he participated in major international avant-garde art exhibitions that recognized trends such as low art, conceptual art and artisanal art. In fact, he created the action at the Mostra Teatro (1968) at the Galleria Tartaruga in Rome; A Bad Art Plus Bad Action, Amalfi (1968); Invited to the Op Losse Schroeven. Situaties en cryptostructuren, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1969) and When Attitudes Become Form, edited by Harald Szeemann, Kunsthaus Bern (1969).
In 1971 he returned to Connecticut, United States, where he remained for ten full years. In the Seventies he created a series of works such as the position of points and the measurement of intimacy, the measurement paths of the body resulting from the use of different plastic materials. It therefore approaches plaster, a material that works over time, preserving the imprint of the quick gestures that shaped it. "Alone - or in combination with stone, glass, wood, lead, paper - [...] plaster is for him an extraordinary material, capable of restoring different tensions and energies" (Mario Bertoni).
At the beginning of the 1980s he moved permanently to Italy. In 1982 he held a solo exhibition at the PAC - Museum of Contemporary Art in Milan. In 1987 he was invited to a solo exhibition by Dore Ashton and Pier Giovanni Castagnoli at the Palazzina dei Giardini in Modena.
In the 70s and 80s he held numerous solo exhibitions in important European and American galleries, including: Werner, Zurich (1972, 1974, 1978, 1985); Françoise Lambert, Milan (1976); Bonomo, Barry (1976); Massimominini, Brescia (1977, 1982, 1989); Paul Maenz, Cologne (1978), Hal Bromm, New York (1978, 1979); Jack Tilton, New York (1985, 1986, 1989).
In 1990 a monograph was published by Mario Bertoni (Essegi, Ravenna). In 1995 Danilo Eccher curated his anthological exhibition at the Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea in Trento.
In the 1990s he was invited to participate in numerous group exhibitions. We highlight: Italian art of the last forty years. Anomalous Materials, Gallery of Modern Art, Bologna (1997); Aurendez-vous des amis. Identity and Work, curated by Bruno Corà, Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art, Prato (1998); image. Italian art from 1942 to today, edited by Fabrizio D'Amico of the European Central Bank of Frankfurt (2000).
In 2006 he presented Museum Review at the Museum of Museums. 1998-2006 GAM 250 new works, curated by Pier Giovanni Castagnoli at the Esposizioni, Turin, which exhibits the core works acquired by the Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art of Turin in 2005. In October 2007 he was invited by Luigi Ballerini to create a permanent intervention for the Italian Department of UCLA-UCLA. He has participated in many group exhibitions, including when and where: Milan - Turin. 1958-1968, edited by Luca Massimo Barbero (2008) and Corsivo. Italian art between tradition and revolution 1968-2008, edited by Francesco Bonami (2008-2009). In 2010 he is represented by Massimo Minini in the future part of his return to Artissima, where he presents Gabbia Pliniominio. In 2011 he exhibited the installation Cardo e decumano (2010) in the first art section in the courtyard of Palazzo d'Accursio in Bologna.
Among the personal exhibitions of recent years we highlight: Morfologia, Arte di Lorenzelli, Milan (2006-2007); Faredisfarerifarevedere, edited by Mario Bertoni of the Art and Culture Center of the Church of San Paolo in Modena (2008) ; Marble Stone, Tribute Exhibition in the context of the XXV Gubbio Sculpture Biennale, curated by Giorgio Bonomi (2008); Biography of the ideal, edited by Ludovico Pratesi, Pescheria Visual Arts Center, Pesaro (2009); 15 15 Stele n., curated by Lara Conte, Galleria Nicoli, Parma (2010); Made to order, curated by Lara Conte and Mauro Panzera, Galerie Il Ponte, Florence (2011); I do as I did, Lorenzelli Arte, Milan (2011); You, Space, Camec, La Spezia; Paul Icarus. 1967-1997, Galleria P420, Bologna, curated by Lara Conte; Living in America: Sculpture Events in Woodbridge, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna, curated by Martin Holman.
He lives and works in Tabulha, in the province of Pesaro.