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'''Vince Briffa''' (born 1958) is an artist and academic. | '''Vince Briffa''' (born 1958) is an artist and academic. | ||
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As an academic, he is an Associate of the Electronic and Digital Arts Unit (EDAU) of the University of Central Lancashire, and a visiting academic at Contemporary Art Practice, Leeds University in the UK. He is also the external examiner for the Bradford Film School. | As an academic, he is an Associate of the Electronic and Digital Arts Unit (EDAU) of the University of Central Lancashire, and a visiting academic at Contemporary Art Practice, Leeds University in the UK. He is also the external examiner for the Bradford Film School. | ||
Vince Briffa has been involved in the creative industries for the past thirty years and was instrumental in launching computer graphics for television broadcast in Malta in the late 1980s. | Vince Briffa has been involved in the creative industries for the past thirty years and was instrumental in launching computer graphics for television broadcast in Malta in the late 1980s. <ref>https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/vincebriffa</ref> | ||
==Works exhibited at== | ==Works exhibited at== | ||
*48th Venice Biennale (1999) | * 48th Venice Biennale (1999); | ||
*Villa Manin Museum of Contemporary Art | * Villa Manin Museum of Contemporary Art; | ||
*Passariano and Casoria Museum of Contemporary Art in Naples, Italy | * Passariano and Casoria Museum of Contemporary Art in Naples, Italy; | ||
*Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus | * Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus; | ||
*MOYA and Only Atelier, Vienna; ‘Johanniterkirche’, Feldkirch, Austria | * MOYA and Only Atelier, Vienna; ‘Johanniterkirche’, Feldkirch, Austria; | ||
*Palais des Nations, United Nations Building, Geneva, Switzerland | * Palais des Nations, United Nations Building, Geneva, Switzerland; | ||
*Grounds of the Museum of Modern Art, Vaduz, Liechtenstein | * Grounds of the Museum of Modern Art, Vaduz, Liechtenstein | ||
*Galerie der Schwarze Punkt, Konstanz, Germany | * Galerie der Schwarze Punkt, Konstanz, Germany; | ||
*Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh Festival | * Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh Festival; | ||
*Matthew Gallery, Invergordon Gallery, Scotland | * Matthew Gallery, Invergordon Gallery, Scotland; | ||
*Galerie d’Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain | * Galerie d’Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain; | ||
*Queen Street Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland | * Queen Street Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland; | ||
*Espace Claudel, Bibliothèque Universitaire, Amiens, France | * Espace Claudel, Bibliothèque Universitaire, Amiens, France; | ||
*MAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Fe, Argentina | * MAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Fe, Argentina; | ||
*Cork Vision Centre, Cork, Ireland | * Cork Vision Centre, Cork, Ireland; | ||
*Museum of Modern Art, Tel Aviv, Israel | * Museum of Modern Art, Tel Aviv, Israel; | ||
*Cathedral Museum, Mdina | * Cathedral Museum, Mdina; | ||
*the Museum of Fine Art, Valletta | * the Museum of Fine Art, Valletta; | ||
*Museum of Archaeology, Valletta | * Museum of Archaeology, Valletta; | ||
*St. James Cavalier, Valletta | * St. James Cavalier, Valletta. | ||
==Selected solo exhibitions, projects and public commissions== | ==Selected solo exhibitions, projects and public commissions== | ||
*1999 48th Venice Biennale - Malta Pavilion, Le Tese dell’Arsenale, Venice, Italy | * 1999: 48th Venice Biennale - Malta Pavilion, Le Tese dell’Arsenale, Venice, Italy; | ||
*2000 Hermes - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2000: Hermes - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2001 Three Pieces - The outer building, Museum of Modern Art, Vaduz, Liechtenstein | * 2001: Three Pieces - The outer building, Museum of Modern Art, Vaduz, Liechtenstein; | ||
*2002 Amen - Nemmen - The “Johanniterkirche”, Feldkirch, Austria | * 2002: Amen - Nemmen - The “Johanniterkirche”, Feldkirch, Austria; | ||
*2002 Hermes - The Sacristy, “Johanniterkirche”, Feldkirch, Austria | * 2002: Hermes - The Sacristy, “Johanniterkirche”, Feldkirch, Austria; | ||
*2002 Nixtieq… - Attard Historic Centre, Malta | * 2002: Nixtieq… - Attard Historic Centre, Malta; | ||
*2003 Immigrant - Only Atelier, Vienna, Austria | * 2003: Immigrant - Only Atelier, Vienna, Austria; | ||
*2004 Queen Street Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland / Villa Manin Centre of Contemporary Art, Udine, Italy | * 2004: Queen Street Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland / Villa Manin Centre of Contemporary Art, Udine, Italy; | ||
*2004 Body Works - Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus | * 2004: Body Works - Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus; | ||
*2005 MOYA, Vienna, Austria | * 2005: MOYA, Vienna, Austria; | ||
*2005 re:public - The Vision Centre, Cork, Ireland | * 2005: re:public - The Vision Centre, Cork, Ireland; | ||
*2006/7 Selfportrait - A Show for Bethlehem - Show for Peace - Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy and MAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Fe, Argentina | * 2006/7: Selfportrait - A Show for Bethlehem - Show for Peace - Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy and MAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Fe, Argentina; | ||
*2006 Hermes - Galerie der Schwarze Punkt, Konstanz, Germany | * 2006: Hermes - Galerie der Schwarze Punkt, Konstanz, Germany; | ||
*2006 Body of Glass – After Caravaggio - The “Johanniterkirche”, Feldkirch, Austria | * 2006: Body of Glass – After Caravaggio - The “Johanniterkirche”, Feldkirch, Austria; | ||
*2007 Playing God - The Preston Minster, Preston, England | * 2007: Playing God - The Preston Minster, Preston, England; | ||
*2007 Body of Glass – After Caravaggio - Auberge d’Italie, Valletta, Malta | * 2007: Body of Glass – After Caravaggio - Auberge d’Italie, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2007 6collabor8 - Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch, Austria | * 2007: 6collabor8 - Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch, Austria; | ||
*2007 Analogue and Digital - Fieldgate Gallery, London, England | * 2007: Analogue and Digital - Fieldgate Gallery, London, England; | ||
*2009 Sounds and Visions - Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art, Israel | * 2009: Sounds and Visions - Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art, Israel; | ||
*2009 Heterotopia - Gallery No. 68, Valletta, Malta | * 2009: Heterotopia - Gallery No. 68, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2011 Terrain Vague - St. James Cavalier, Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2011: Terrain Vague - St. James Cavalier, Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2012 Merry-go-round - Interactive Sculpture, Larnaca Airport, Larnaca, Cyprus | * 2012: Merry-go-round - Interactive Sculpture, Larnaca Airport, Larnaca, Cyprus; | ||
*2013 Logos - Sta. Barbara church, Valletta, Malta | * 2013: Logos - Sta. Barbara church, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2014 Kiss the Sky - Pjazza Teatru Rjal, Valletta, Malta | * 2014: Kiss the Sky - Pjazza Teatru Rjal, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2015 Għoqda - Monument for EU-Africa Summit, Castille Square, Valletta, Malta | * 2015: Għoqda - Monument for EU-Africa Summit, Castille Square, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2016 The Space in Between - K.B. Gallery, Kaposvár, Hungary. | * 2016: The Space in Between - K.B. Gallery, Kaposvár, Hungary. | ||
==Selected collective exhibitions== | ==Selected collective exhibitions== | ||
*1982 Contemporary Art Exhibition - Cathedral Museum, Mdina, Malta | * 1982: Contemporary Art Exhibition - Cathedral Museum, Mdina, Malta; | ||
*1983 | * 1983: Ġgata - British Legion and Ta’ Cenc Hotel, Gozo; | ||
*1983-1990 Maltafest - Auberge de Provence, Valletta, Malta | * 1983-1990: Maltafest - Auberge de Provence, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*1984 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Piccadilly, London, England | * 1984: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Piccadilly, London, England; | ||
* | * 1985: Marriott Hotels Contemporary Art Exhibition, Christie’s Sales Rooms, London; | ||
*1985 Chenil Galleries Contemporary Painters - Kings Cross, London, England | * 1985: Chenil Galleries Contemporary Painters - Kings Cross, London, England; | ||
*1986 Italian and Maltese Artists - Hotel Phoenicia, Floriana, Malta | * 1986: Italian and Maltese Artists - Hotel Phoenicia, Floriana, Malta; | ||
*1988 Mostra Internazionale d’Arte - Museo del Risorgimento, Rome | * 1988: Mostra Internazionale d’Arte - Museo del Risorgimento, Rome; | ||
*1988 The Art of a Rising Generation - Chamber of Commerce, Valletta, Malta | * 1988: The Art of a Rising Generation - Chamber of Commerce, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*1989 Maltese Artists in Florence - Galleria Renzo Spagnoli, Florence, Italy | * 1989: Maltese Artists in Florence - Galleria Renzo Spagnoli, Florence, Italy; | ||
*1989 Malta - 25 Sena Indipendenti - Auberge de Provence, Valletta, Malta | * 1989: Malta - 25 Sena Indipendenti - Auberge de Provence, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*1990 Inaugural Exhibition - The Gallery, Sliema, Malta | * 1990: Inaugural Exhibition - The Gallery, Sliema, Malta; | ||
*1991 Maltese Art - Cairo and Alexandria | * 1991: Maltese Art - Cairo and Alexandria; | ||
*1991 Malta Week - Moscow, Russia | * 1991: Malta Week - Moscow, Russia; | ||
*1992-3 Maltese Contemporary Art - Travelling Exhibition, Germany | * 1992-3: Maltese Contemporary Art - Travelling Exhibition, Germany; | ||
*1992 European Paintings - Gallery 100, St. Julians, Malta | * 1992: European Paintings - Gallery 100, St. Julians, Malta; | ||
*1993 Iljieli Mediterranji - In-Nudo fl-Arti Maltija - Floriana, Malta | * 1993: Iljieli Mediterranji - In-Nudo fl-Arti Maltija - Floriana, Malta; | ||
*1994 Contemporary Sacred Art in Malta - Mdina, Malta | * 1994: Contemporary Sacred Art in Malta - Mdina, Malta; | ||
*1994 Iljieli Mediterranji - Dan... Din... Jien, Floriana, Malta | * 1994: Iljieli Mediterranji - Dan... Din... Jien, Floriana, Malta; | ||
*1994 Expressions ‘94 - AZAD, Casa Pereira, Valletta, Malta | * 1994: Expressions ‘94 - AZAD, Casa Pereira, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*1994 Gallery Glage - Konigstein, Germany | * 1994: Gallery Glage - Konigstein, Germany; | ||
* | * 1995: Works - Institute of Visual Arts, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*1995 Woman in Maltese Art - Auberge de Provence, Valletta, Malta | * 1995: Woman in Maltese Art - Auberge de Provence, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*1995 First Biennale of Malta - Valletta, Malta | * 1995: First Biennale of Malta - Valletta, Malta; | ||
*1996 Maltafest - Valletta, Malta | * 1996: Maltafest - Valletta, Malta; | ||
*1996 Kreattiva - Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta | * 1996: Kreattiva - Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*1996 Contemporary Christian Art - Mdina, Malta | * 1996: Contemporary Christian Art - Mdina, Malta; | ||
*1997 Maltafest- Valletta, Malta | * 1997: Maltafest- Valletta, Malta; | ||
*1997 Euromed Conference - Valletta, Malta | * 1997: Euromed Conference - Valletta, Malta; | ||
*1998 WTDC Conference - Valletta, Malta | * 1998: WTDC Conference - Valletta, Malta; | ||
*1998 Labyrinth Gallery - Valletta, Malta | * 1998: Labyrinth Gallery - Valletta, Malta; | ||
*1999 Re-interpreting Preti - Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta | * 1999: Re-interpreting Preti - Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2000 From Hagar Qim to the Ring of Brodgar - Maritime Museum, Cottonera, Malta | * 2000: From Hagar Qim to the Ring of Brodgar - Maritime Museum, Cottonera, Malta; | ||
*2000 25th Anniversary of the Republic of Malta Exhibition - Gallerija il-Foyer, National Labour | * 2000: 25th Anniversary of the Republic of Malta Exhibition - Gallerija il-Foyer, National Labour C ntre, Hamrun, Malta; | ||
*2000 Edinburgh Festival - City Art Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland | * 2000: Edinburgh Festival - City Art Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland; | ||
*2000 Year Zero - Galeria d’Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain | * 2000: Year Zero - Galeria d’Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain; | ||
*2000 Millennium Celebrations - Floriana, Malta | * 2000: Millennium Celebrations - Floriana, Malta; | ||
*2000 MAFA Degree Show - Bretton Hall College, Wakefield, England | * 2000: MAFA Degree Show - Bretton Hall College, Wakefield, England; | ||
*2002 UBER - Portomaso, Paceville, Malta | * 2002: UBER - Portomaso, Paceville, Malta; | ||
*2002 Cityspaces - YMCA Valletta Festival, Malta | * 2002: Cityspaces - YMCA Valletta Festival, Malta; | ||
*2003 Borders - Pinto Wharf, Valletta, Malta | * 2003: Borders - Pinto Wharf, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2003 Invisible Cities - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2003: Invisible Cities - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2003 La Mostra Impossibile - Birgu, Malta | * 2003: La Mostra Impossibile - Birgu, Malta; | ||
*2004 Body Works - Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus | * 2004: Body Works - Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus; | ||
*2004-5 Instant Europe - Villa Manin Centre of Contemporary Art, Udine, Italy | * 2004-5: Instant Europe - Villa Manin Centre of Contemporary Art, Udine, Italy; | ||
*2005 Collective - MOYA, Vienna, Austria | * 2005: Collective - MOYA, Vienna, Austria; | ||
*2006 Oasis International - Japanese and Maltese Artists - Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, Malta | * 2006: Oasis International - Japanese and Maltese Artists - Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2006-7 Crossings - Malta, Cyprus, France - Travelling Contemporary Collective Exhibition | * 2006-7: Crossings - Malta, Cyprus, France - Travelling Contemporary Collective Exhibition; | ||
*2006-7 Selfportrait - A Show for Bethlehem - Show for Peace - Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy and MAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Fe, Argentina | * 2006-7: Selfportrait - A Show for Bethlehem - Show for Peace - Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy and MAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Fe, Argentina; | ||
*2007 Search for a Space - Various Venues, Malta | * 2007: Search for a Space - Various Venues, Malta; | ||
*2007 Caravaggio - quote... unquote - Various Venues, Malta | * 2007: Caravaggio - quote... unquote - Various Venues, Malta; | ||
*2007 Visions in the Nunnery - The Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts Trust, London, England | * 2007: Visions in the Nunnery - The Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts Trust, London, England; | ||
*2007 The Philosophical Brothel - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2007: The Philosophical Brothel - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2007 6collabor8 - Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch, Austria | * 2007: 6collabor8 - Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch, Austria; | ||
*2007 6collabor8 - The Citadel, Rabat, Gozo, Malta | * 2007: 6collabor8 - The Citadel, Rabat, Gozo, Malta; | ||
*2007 Analogue and Digital - Fieldgate Gallery, London, England | * 2007: Analogue and Digital - Fieldgate Gallery, London, England; | ||
*2008 Watch - Museum of Fine Art, Valletta, Malta | * 2008: Watch - Museum of Fine Art, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2008 Sea Dreaming - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2008: Sea Dreaming - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2008 Scent - St. John’s Cavalier, Valletta, Malta | * 2008: Scent - St. John’s Cavalier, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2008 Eighteighteen - Malta Contemporary Art, Marsa, Malta | * 2008: Eighteighteen - Malta Contemporary Art, Marsa, Malta; | ||
*2009 Sounds and Visions - Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art, Israel | * 2009: Sounds and Visions - Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art, Israel; | ||
*2009 Ten - Gallery No. 68, Valletta, Malta | * 2009: Ten - Gallery No. 68, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2009 The Life Model - Between Nude and Naked - Gallery No. 68, Valletta, Malta | * 2009: The Life Model - Between Nude and Naked - Gallery No. 68, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2009 hello... @ ART PRAGUE 2009 - Art Prague, Prague | * 2009: hello... @ ART PRAGUE 2009 - Art Prague, Prague; | ||
*2010 With Love? From Me to You - The James Taylor Gallery, London | * 2010: With Love? From Me to You - The James Taylor Gallery, London; | ||
*2011 I fought the X and the X won - National Museum of Fine Arts, Cluj, Romania and National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta Malta | * 2011: I fought the X and the X won - National Museum of Fine Arts, Cluj, Romania and National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta Malta; | ||
*2011 Festival Rues d’été - Graulhet, France | * 2011: Festival Rues d’été - Graulhet, France; | ||
*2012 Wiċċ imb Wiċċ (Contemporary Self Portraiture) - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2012: Wiċċ imb Wiċċ (Contemporary Self Portraiture) - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2012-3 Stemperando - Torino, Cosenza, Roma, Italy | * 2012-3: Stemperando - Torino, Cosenza, Roma, Italy; | ||
*2014 Identità - AZAD, Republic Street, Valletta, Malta | * 2014: Identità - AZAD, Republic Street, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2015 The Culture of Ageing - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2015: The Culture of Ageing - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2015 Virtuoso – Studio 104, Valletta, Malta | * 2015: Virtuoso – Studio 104, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2016 Terrain Vague - MADATAC 07 - Madrid Videoart and New-Media Audiovisual Art Festival, Madrid, Spain | * 2016: Terrain Vague - MADATAC 07 - Madrid Videoart and New-Media Audiovisual Art Festival, Madrid, Spain; | ||
*2016 I am my photograph – Cologne Off 2016, India | * 2016: I am my photograph – Cologne Off 2016, India; | ||
*2017 Small Amnesias - Rhythms of Vision, Teatru Manoel, Valletta, Malta. | * 2017: Small Amnesias - Rhythms of Vision, Teatru Manoel, Valletta, Malta. | ||
==Selected curatorial exhibitions== | ==Selected curatorial exhibitions== | ||
*1995 Collective Works - Institute of Visual Arts, Valletta, Malta | * 1995: Collective Works - Institute of Visual Arts, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*1996 Kreattiva - Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta | * 1996: Kreattiva - Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2001-2 Uncertain Objects - Paintings by J. Michael Anderson - Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta | * 2001-2: Uncertain Objects - Paintings by J. Michael Anderson - Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2004 I feel guilty - Video and Installation by Ian Attard - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2004: I feel guilty - Video and Installation by Ian Attard - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2004 The A to Z of family planning - Graphic Art by Marco Scerri - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2004: The A to Z of family planning - Graphic Art by Marco Scerri - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2005 [R][R][F]2005--->XP/VideoChannel - curator for Maltese Participation – Memory & Identity, Cologne, Germany | * 2005: [R][R][F]2005--->XP/VideoChannel - curator for Maltese Participation – Memory & Identity, Cologne, Germany; | ||
*2005 Digital Discourse - An International Media Art exhibition for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Malta - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2005: Digital Discourse - An International Media Art exhibition for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Malta - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2007 Borges and Peccata Mundi - Prints by J. Michael Anderson - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2007: Borges and Peccata Mundi - Prints by J. Michael Anderson - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2007 Artifecture - A stART initiative - Malta Today newspaper | * 2007: Artifecture - A stART initiative - Malta Today newspaper; | ||
*2007 Analogue - (co-curator) Pioneering Video from UK, Canada and Poland 1968-88 - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2007: Analogue - (co-curator) Pioneering Video from UK, Canada and Poland 1968-88 - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2008 Watch - A collaborative exhibition with the Unit for Contemporary Art Practice, Leeds University - The National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta | * 2008: Watch - A collaborative exhibition with the Unit for Contemporary Art Practice, Leeds University - The National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2008 Rencontres Arles - curator for Maltese participation, Arles, France | * 2008: Rencontres Arles - curator for Maltese participation, Arles, France; | ||
*2009 Austin Camilleri & Pawl Carbonaro - curator for the two artist show at the Münchner Künstlerhaus, Munich | * 2009: Austin Camilleri & Pawl Carbonaro - curator for the two artist show at the Münchner Künstlerhaus, Munich; | ||
*2011 Unshackled Transformation - (co-curator), St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2011: Unshackled Transformation - (co-curator), St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2011 Valletta Photography Festival - (co-curator), various venues in Valletta and Auberge d’Italie, Valletta, Malta Malta | * 2011: Valletta Photography Festival - (co-curator), various venues in Valletta and Auberge d’Italie, Valletta, Malta Malta; | ||
*2012 H-ardcore - Contemporary Art by Caesar Attard, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2012: H-ardcore - Contemporary Art by Caesar Attard, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2013 Forces - Ceramics by George Muscat, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2013: Forces - Ceramics by George Muscat, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2013 Re-Visit, the Contemporary Face of Faith - Seven interventions in seven churches, Valletta, Malta | * 2013: Re-Visit, the Contemporary Face of Faith - Seven interventions in seven churches, Valletta, Malta; | ||
* | * 2013: Art Project Ggantija - Ars Vitae Ensemble - Ggantija Temples, Gozo, Malta; | ||
*2013 Tampered Evidence - (co-curator), Blitz gallery, Valletta, Malta | * 2013: Tampered Evidence - (co-curator), Blitz gallery, Valletta, Malta; | ||
* | * 2013: Pyrokinesis - paintings by David Xuereb, Ta’ Xbiex, Malta; | ||
*2014 Eccentricks - sculpture by Emanuel Bonnici, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2014: Eccentricks - sculpture by Emanuel Bonnici, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2014 Made in MT: Maltese Art Now - Malta House, Brussels, Belgium | * 2014: Made in MT: Maltese Art Now - Malta House, Brussels, Belgium; | ||
*2014 Art project Ggantija Final Exhibition - Victor Agius - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2014: Art project Ggantija Final Exhibition - Victor Agius - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2014 Selfie - Żigużajg Festival, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2014: Selfie - Żigużajg Festival, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2015 The Overlooked Performance – Photography by Alex Attard, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2015: The Overlooked Performance – Photography by Alex Attard, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2016 Re-Collection – Ceramics by Tony Briffa, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta | * 2016: Re-Collection – Ceramics by Tony Briffa, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta; | ||
*2016 Layers – Ars Vitae Ensemble, St Agatha Catacombs, Rabat, Malta | * 2016: Layers – Ars Vitae Ensemble, St Agatha Catacombs, Rabat, Malta; | ||
*2017 In Transit - Contemporary Media Art by Artists from Malta - Geneva, Dusseldorf, Leeuwarden. | * 2017: In Transit - Contemporary Media Art by Artists from Malta - Geneva, Dusseldorf, Leeuwarden. | ||
==Papers, essays and talks== | ==Papers, essays and talks== | ||
*2000 The Art of J. Michael Anderson, curatorial essay, Museum of Fine Art, Valletta | * 2000: The Art of J. Michael Anderson, curatorial essay, Museum of Fine Art, Valletta; | ||
*2000 Memory, Sight and Expectation, The Moving Image as Continuous Memory, talk, Leeds University, UK | * 2000: Memory, Sight and Expectation, The Moving Image as Continuous Memory, talk, Leeds University, UK; | ||
*2003-4 Immigrant, curatorial essay, Museum of Fine Art, Valletta | * 2003-4: Immigrant, curatorial essay, Museum of Fine Art, Valletta; | ||
*2004 Nixtieq… On Fine Art and the Advertising Billboard, curatorial essay, Attard, Malta | * 2004: Nixtieq… On Fine Art and the Advertising Billboard, curatorial essay, Attard, Malta; | ||
*2004 I Feel Guilty, curatorial essay, St. James Centre for Creativity, Malta | * 2004: I Feel Guilty, curatorial essay, St. James Centre for Creativity, Malta; | ||
*2004 The A to Z of Family Planning, curatorial essay, St. James Centre for Creativity, Malta | * 2004: The A to Z of Family Planning, curatorial essay, St. James Centre for Creativity, Malta; | ||
*2004 Maltese Contemporary Art, paper presentation, Artists in Transit Conference*Rotterdam | * 2004: Maltese Contemporary Art, paper presentation, Artists in Transit Conference*Rotterdam; | ||
*2004 Absence as Presence: Reflections on the body of work entitled Immigrant, talk, Queen Street Studios, Belfast | * 2004: Absence as Presence: Reflections on the body of work entitled Immigrant, talk, Queen Street Studios, Belfast; | ||
* | * 2005: Contemporary Practice, talk, Contemporary Art Practice, University of Leeds, UK; | ||
*2005 Digital Discourse, curatorial essay, St. James Centre for Creativity, Malta | * 2005: Digital Discourse, curatorial essay, St. James Centre for Creativity, Malta; | ||
*2006 Playing God-On interactive database video narratives, paper presentation, Electronic and Digital Art Unit, UCLan, Preston | * 2006: Playing God-On interactive database video narratives, paper presentation, Electronic and Digital Art Unit, UCLan, Preston; | ||
*2007 Alternative Journeys, paper presentation, Crossings Conference, University of Amiens, France | * 2007: Alternative Journeys, paper presentation, Crossings Conference, University of Amiens, France; | ||
*2007 The body we own and the body we are, Quoting Caravaggio, essay, Arts Council, Malta | * 2007: The body we own and the body we are, Quoting Caravaggio, essay, Arts Council, Malta; | ||
*2008 Amid the Mundane and the Extreme, essay, NY Arts Magazine, Vol 13 No. 11/12, Nov. 2008, pp. 98-99 | * 2008: Amid the Mundane and the Extreme, essay, NY Arts Magazine, Vol 13 No. 11/12, Nov. 2008, pp. 98-99; | ||
*2008 No. 68 Redprints, The house that is destined for memories and the memories that are meant for a house, essay, Redprints exhibition catalogue, Blitz, Valletta | * 2008: No. 68 Redprints, The house that is destined for memories and the memories that are meant for a house, essay, Redprints exhibition catalogue, Blitz, Valletta; | ||
*2008 Ebba’s Sketchbook, essay, Choppy Books, 2008, p. 177 | * 2008: Ebba’s Sketchbook, essay, Choppy Books, 2008, p. 177; | ||
*2008 Choosing Malta’s photographers for the “Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles”, essay, Lensculture, Summer 2008 | * 2008: Choosing Malta’s photographers for the “Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles”, essay, Lensculture, Summer 2008; | ||
*2008 The (inter)national (inter)face of (inter)action - a look at some of the technologically technologically interactive works at the 52nd International Venice Biennale, essay, Art In-Sight: Artists’ Film, Video and Installation, Filmwaves, Issue 35, Obraz Productions Ltd., Spring 2008, pp. 14-18 | * 2008: The (inter)national (inter)face of (inter)action - a look at some of the technologically technologically interactive works at the 52nd International Venice Biennale, essay, Art In-Sight: Artists’ Film, Video and Installation, Filmwaves, Issue 35, Obraz Productions Ltd., Spring 2008, pp. 14-18; | ||
*2009 Projected Visions - Video Art in Malta, essay, Apollonia online | * 2009: Projected Visions - Video Art in Malta, essay, Apollonia online; | ||
*2009 The Poetics of Poiesis - Austin Camilleri & Pawl Carbonaro, curatorial essay, Münchner Künstlerhaus, Munich | * 2009: The Poetics of Poiesis - Austin Camilleri & Pawl Carbonaro, curatorial essay, Münchner Künstlerhaus, Munich; | ||
*2009 Between a Kiss and the Naked Truth, essay, The Live Model - between Nude and Naked, Malta Arts Festival, 2009, pp. 24-31 | * 2009: Between a Kiss and the Naked Truth, essay, The Live Model - between Nude and Naked, Malta Arts Festival, 2009, pp. 24-31; | ||
*2011 Introduction, Valletta Photographic Festival, Valletta | * 2011: Introduction, Valletta Photographic Festival, Valletta; | ||
*2011 Terrain Vague, essay, Terrain Vague, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta | * 2011: Terrain Vague, essay, Terrain Vague, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta; | ||
*2011 Franklin Furnace, talk, book review, National Museum of Fine Art, Valletta | * 2011: Franklin Furnace, talk, book review, National Museum of Fine Art, Valletta; | ||
*2012 Seeing is Believing, paper and talk at the National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta | * 2012: Seeing is Believing, paper and talk at the National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta; | ||
*2012 Only and Where are you from? online essays Norbert Attard website | * 2012: Only and Where are you from? online essays Norbert Attard website; | ||
*2012 Contemp(t)orary Art, talk, Palazzo Falson, Mdina | * 2012: Contemp(t)orary Art, talk, Palazzo Falson, Mdina; | ||
*2012 The Invention of the Frame, ‘I yam what I yam - l-Invenzione’ film launch, essay and presentation, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta | * 2012: The Invention of the Frame, ‘I yam what I yam - l-Invenzione’ film launch, essay and presentation, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta; | ||
* | * 2012: The place-moment: a time-marching-on-the-spot as witnessed by the constantly displaced view of the photographic camera, essay, Soul Searching, Sergio Muscat website; | ||
*2012 The Matter of Moments and the Moments that Matter, essay, Traces of Traces, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta 2012, pp. 4-5 | * 2012: The Matter of Moments and the Moments that Matter, essay, Traces of Traces, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta 2012, pp. 4-5; | ||
*2012 The space between clouds, essay, Shooting Society - Documenting Contemporary Life in Malta (C. Borg, R. Vella eds.), Midsea Books, 2012, pp. 40-43 | * 2012: The space between clouds, essay, Shooting Society - Documenting Contemporary Life in Malta (C. Borg, R. Vella eds.), Midsea Books, 2012, pp. 40-43; | ||
*2012 H is for Human, curatorial essay, H-ardcore, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, 2012, pp. 4-5 | * 2012: H is for Human, curatorial essay, H-ardcore, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, 2012, pp. 4-5; | ||
*2012 Unni Askeland, talk, National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta | * 2012: Unni Askeland, talk, National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta; | ||
*2013 Reckoning the Forces, curatorial essay, Forces, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, 2013, pp. 2-5 | * 2013: Reckoning the Forces, curatorial essay, Forces, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, 2013, pp. 2-5; | ||
*2013 Art Project Ggantija 2013, introduction, Ggantija Art Project, Gozo | * 2013: Art Project Ggantija 2013, introduction, Ggantija Art Project, Gozo; | ||
*2013 Re-Visit, talk, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta | * 2013: Re-Visit, talk, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta; | ||
*2013 A Journey in Three Instalments, essay and talk, Tampered Evidence, Blitz, Valletta, 2013, pp. 8-20 | * 2013: A Journey in Three Instalments, essay and talk, Tampered Evidence, Blitz, Valletta, 2013, pp. 8-20; | ||
*2013 Fringe, talk, Sergio Muscat, Palazzo Depiro, Mdina*2013 Pyrokinesis, curatorial essay and talk, David Xuereb, Ta’ Xbiex | * 2013: Fringe, talk, Sergio Muscat, Palazzo Depiro, Mdina*2013 Pyrokinesis, curatorial essay and talk, David Xuereb, Ta’ Xbiex; | ||
*2014 The creative strategies of juxtaposition and hybridisation, essay, Eccentricks, Emanuel Bonnici, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta | * 2014: The creative strategies of juxtaposition and hybridisation, essay, Eccentricks, Emanuel Bonnici, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta; | ||
*2014 Art Project Ġgantija 2013, introduction, St. James Centre for Creativity, Malta | * 2014: Art Project Ġgantija 2013, introduction, St. James Centre for Creativity, Malta; | ||
*2014 Made in MT: Maltese Art Now, talk, Dar Malta, Brussels | * 2014: Made in MT: Maltese Art Now, talk, Dar Malta, Brussels; | ||
*2014 Researching Art and Design through Practice: A critical engagement with context, Visual Arts Research in Higher Education, essay, Malta Review of Educational Research, Malta | * 2014: Researching Art and Design through Practice: A critical engagement with context, Visual Arts Research in Higher Education, essay, Malta Review of Educational Research, Malta; | ||
*2015 Searching for Meaning in Chaos, essay, Alex Attard website | * 2015: Searching for Meaning in Chaos, essay, Alex Attard website; | ||
*2015 The Digital Romantic, Pawlu Mizzi, essay, Her Majesty, Valletta | * 2015: The Digital Romantic, Pawlu Mizzi, essay, Her Majesty, Valletta; | ||
*2015 Discovering Art using Technology: The Selfie Project, Dingli, A., Seychell, D., Briffa, V., Handbook of Research on Creative Technologies for Multidisciplinary Applications, IGI Global, 2015 | * 2015: Discovering Art using Technology: The Selfie Project, Dingli, A., Seychell, D., Briffa, V., Handbook of Research on Creative Technologies for Multidisciplinary Applications, IGI Global, 2015; | ||
*2016 Re-Collecting identity through Obsolescence and Reusability, curatorial essay, Re-Collection, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta | * 2016: Re-Collecting identity through Obsolescence and Reusability, curatorial essay, Re-Collection, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta; | ||
*2016 Unfolding the layers of memory in time and space, curatorial essay, Layers catalogue, St Agatha Catacombs, Rabat, Malta | * 2016: Unfolding the layers of memory in time and space, curatorial essay, Layers catalogue, St Agatha Catacombs, Rabat, Malta; | ||
*2016 Co-existing dualities - the art of being inbetween, artist's talk, K.B. Gallery, Kaposvár, Hungary. | * 2016: Co-existing dualities - the art of being inbetween, artist's talk, K.B. Gallery, Kaposvár, Hungary. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:29, 28 September 2018
Vince Briffa (born 1958) is an artist and academic.
He works in video, photography, painting, new media and installation. He is also a curator of contemporary art exhibitions, writes for various local and international publications and organizes discussions, exhibitions and art residencies. He was awarded a PhD by the University of Central Lancashire in the UK in 2009 and an MA in Fine Arts with distinction from the University of Leeds in 2000. He was also artist in residence at the Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland in 1996.
Briffa’s work has been exhibited in some of the world’s most prestigious museums and galleries. He has also been chosen to represent Malta in many international exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale (1999) amongst others, and his work forms part of many local and international private and public collections.
As an academic, he is an Associate of the Electronic and Digital Arts Unit (EDAU) of the University of Central Lancashire, and a visiting academic at Contemporary Art Practice, Leeds University in the UK. He is also the external examiner for the Bradford Film School.
Vince Briffa has been involved in the creative industries for the past thirty years and was instrumental in launching computer graphics for television broadcast in Malta in the late 1980s. [1]
Works exhibited at
- 48th Venice Biennale (1999);
- Villa Manin Museum of Contemporary Art;
- Passariano and Casoria Museum of Contemporary Art in Naples, Italy;
- Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus;
- MOYA and Only Atelier, Vienna; ‘Johanniterkirche’, Feldkirch, Austria;
- Palais des Nations, United Nations Building, Geneva, Switzerland;
- Grounds of the Museum of Modern Art, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
- Galerie der Schwarze Punkt, Konstanz, Germany;
- Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh Festival;
- Matthew Gallery, Invergordon Gallery, Scotland;
- Galerie d’Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain;
- Queen Street Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland;
- Espace Claudel, Bibliothèque Universitaire, Amiens, France;
- MAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Fe, Argentina;
- Cork Vision Centre, Cork, Ireland;
- Museum of Modern Art, Tel Aviv, Israel;
- Cathedral Museum, Mdina;
- the Museum of Fine Art, Valletta;
- Museum of Archaeology, Valletta;
- St. James Cavalier, Valletta.
Selected solo exhibitions, projects and public commissions
- 1999: 48th Venice Biennale - Malta Pavilion, Le Tese dell’Arsenale, Venice, Italy;
- 2000: Hermes - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2001: Three Pieces - The outer building, Museum of Modern Art, Vaduz, Liechtenstein;
- 2002: Amen - Nemmen - The “Johanniterkirche”, Feldkirch, Austria;
- 2002: Hermes - The Sacristy, “Johanniterkirche”, Feldkirch, Austria;
- 2002: Nixtieq… - Attard Historic Centre, Malta;
- 2003: Immigrant - Only Atelier, Vienna, Austria;
- 2004: Queen Street Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland / Villa Manin Centre of Contemporary Art, Udine, Italy;
- 2004: Body Works - Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus;
- 2005: MOYA, Vienna, Austria;
- 2005: re:public - The Vision Centre, Cork, Ireland;
- 2006/7: Selfportrait - A Show for Bethlehem - Show for Peace - Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy and MAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Fe, Argentina;
- 2006: Hermes - Galerie der Schwarze Punkt, Konstanz, Germany;
- 2006: Body of Glass – After Caravaggio - The “Johanniterkirche”, Feldkirch, Austria;
- 2007: Playing God - The Preston Minster, Preston, England;
- 2007: Body of Glass – After Caravaggio - Auberge d’Italie, Valletta, Malta;
- 2007: 6collabor8 - Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch, Austria;
- 2007: Analogue and Digital - Fieldgate Gallery, London, England;
- 2009: Sounds and Visions - Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art, Israel;
- 2009: Heterotopia - Gallery No. 68, Valletta, Malta;
- 2011: Terrain Vague - St. James Cavalier, Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2012: Merry-go-round - Interactive Sculpture, Larnaca Airport, Larnaca, Cyprus;
- 2013: Logos - Sta. Barbara church, Valletta, Malta;
- 2014: Kiss the Sky - Pjazza Teatru Rjal, Valletta, Malta;
- 2015: Għoqda - Monument for EU-Africa Summit, Castille Square, Valletta, Malta;
- 2016: The Space in Between - K.B. Gallery, Kaposvár, Hungary.
Selected collective exhibitions
- 1982: Contemporary Art Exhibition - Cathedral Museum, Mdina, Malta;
- 1983: Ġgata - British Legion and Ta’ Cenc Hotel, Gozo;
- 1983-1990: Maltafest - Auberge de Provence, Valletta, Malta;
- 1984: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Piccadilly, London, England;
- 1985: Marriott Hotels Contemporary Art Exhibition, Christie’s Sales Rooms, London;
- 1985: Chenil Galleries Contemporary Painters - Kings Cross, London, England;
- 1986: Italian and Maltese Artists - Hotel Phoenicia, Floriana, Malta;
- 1988: Mostra Internazionale d’Arte - Museo del Risorgimento, Rome;
- 1988: The Art of a Rising Generation - Chamber of Commerce, Valletta, Malta;
- 1989: Maltese Artists in Florence - Galleria Renzo Spagnoli, Florence, Italy;
- 1989: Malta - 25 Sena Indipendenti - Auberge de Provence, Valletta, Malta;
- 1990: Inaugural Exhibition - The Gallery, Sliema, Malta;
- 1991: Maltese Art - Cairo and Alexandria;
- 1991: Malta Week - Moscow, Russia;
- 1992-3: Maltese Contemporary Art - Travelling Exhibition, Germany;
- 1992: European Paintings - Gallery 100, St. Julians, Malta;
- 1993: Iljieli Mediterranji - In-Nudo fl-Arti Maltija - Floriana, Malta;
- 1994: Contemporary Sacred Art in Malta - Mdina, Malta;
- 1994: Iljieli Mediterranji - Dan... Din... Jien, Floriana, Malta;
- 1994: Expressions ‘94 - AZAD, Casa Pereira, Valletta, Malta;
- 1994: Gallery Glage - Konigstein, Germany;
- 1995: Works - Institute of Visual Arts, Valletta, Malta;
- 1995: Woman in Maltese Art - Auberge de Provence, Valletta, Malta;
- 1995: First Biennale of Malta - Valletta, Malta;
- 1996: Maltafest - Valletta, Malta;
- 1996: Kreattiva - Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta;
- 1996: Contemporary Christian Art - Mdina, Malta;
- 1997: Maltafest- Valletta, Malta;
- 1997: Euromed Conference - Valletta, Malta;
- 1998: WTDC Conference - Valletta, Malta;
- 1998: Labyrinth Gallery - Valletta, Malta;
- 1999: Re-interpreting Preti - Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta;
- 2000: From Hagar Qim to the Ring of Brodgar - Maritime Museum, Cottonera, Malta;
- 2000: 25th Anniversary of the Republic of Malta Exhibition - Gallerija il-Foyer, National Labour C ntre, Hamrun, Malta;
- 2000: Edinburgh Festival - City Art Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland;
- 2000: Year Zero - Galeria d’Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain;
- 2000: Millennium Celebrations - Floriana, Malta;
- 2000: MAFA Degree Show - Bretton Hall College, Wakefield, England;
- 2002: UBER - Portomaso, Paceville, Malta;
- 2002: Cityspaces - YMCA Valletta Festival, Malta;
- 2003: Borders - Pinto Wharf, Valletta, Malta;
- 2003: Invisible Cities - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2003: La Mostra Impossibile - Birgu, Malta;
- 2004: Body Works - Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus;
- 2004-5: Instant Europe - Villa Manin Centre of Contemporary Art, Udine, Italy;
- 2005: Collective - MOYA, Vienna, Austria;
- 2006: Oasis International - Japanese and Maltese Artists - Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, Malta;
- 2006-7: Crossings - Malta, Cyprus, France - Travelling Contemporary Collective Exhibition;
- 2006-7: Selfportrait - A Show for Bethlehem - Show for Peace - Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy and MAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Fe, Argentina;
- 2007: Search for a Space - Various Venues, Malta;
- 2007: Caravaggio - quote... unquote - Various Venues, Malta;
- 2007: Visions in the Nunnery - The Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts Trust, London, England;
- 2007: The Philosophical Brothel - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2007: 6collabor8 - Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch, Austria;
- 2007: 6collabor8 - The Citadel, Rabat, Gozo, Malta;
- 2007: Analogue and Digital - Fieldgate Gallery, London, England;
- 2008: Watch - Museum of Fine Art, Valletta, Malta;
- 2008: Sea Dreaming - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2008: Scent - St. John’s Cavalier, Valletta, Malta;
- 2008: Eighteighteen - Malta Contemporary Art, Marsa, Malta;
- 2009: Sounds and Visions - Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art, Israel;
- 2009: Ten - Gallery No. 68, Valletta, Malta;
- 2009: The Life Model - Between Nude and Naked - Gallery No. 68, Valletta, Malta;
- 2009: hello... @ ART PRAGUE 2009 - Art Prague, Prague;
- 2010: With Love? From Me to You - The James Taylor Gallery, London;
- 2011: I fought the X and the X won - National Museum of Fine Arts, Cluj, Romania and National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta Malta;
- 2011: Festival Rues d’été - Graulhet, France;
- 2012: Wiċċ imb Wiċċ (Contemporary Self Portraiture) - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2012-3: Stemperando - Torino, Cosenza, Roma, Italy;
- 2014: Identità - AZAD, Republic Street, Valletta, Malta;
- 2015: The Culture of Ageing - St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2015: Virtuoso – Studio 104, Valletta, Malta;
- 2016: Terrain Vague - MADATAC 07 - Madrid Videoart and New-Media Audiovisual Art Festival, Madrid, Spain;
- 2016: I am my photograph – Cologne Off 2016, India;
- 2017: Small Amnesias - Rhythms of Vision, Teatru Manoel, Valletta, Malta.
Selected curatorial exhibitions
- 1995: Collective Works - Institute of Visual Arts, Valletta, Malta;
- 1996: Kreattiva - Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta;
- 2001-2: Uncertain Objects - Paintings by J. Michael Anderson - Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta;
- 2004: I feel guilty - Video and Installation by Ian Attard - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2004: The A to Z of family planning - Graphic Art by Marco Scerri - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2005: [R][R][F]2005--->XP/VideoChannel - curator for Maltese Participation – Memory & Identity, Cologne, Germany;
- 2005: Digital Discourse - An International Media Art exhibition for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Malta - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2007: Borges and Peccata Mundi - Prints by J. Michael Anderson - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2007: Artifecture - A stART initiative - Malta Today newspaper;
- 2007: Analogue - (co-curator) Pioneering Video from UK, Canada and Poland 1968-88 - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2008: Watch - A collaborative exhibition with the Unit for Contemporary Art Practice, Leeds University - The National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta;
- 2008: Rencontres Arles - curator for Maltese participation, Arles, France;
- 2009: Austin Camilleri & Pawl Carbonaro - curator for the two artist show at the Münchner Künstlerhaus, Munich;
- 2011: Unshackled Transformation - (co-curator), St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2011: Valletta Photography Festival - (co-curator), various venues in Valletta and Auberge d’Italie, Valletta, Malta Malta;
- 2012: H-ardcore - Contemporary Art by Caesar Attard, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2013: Forces - Ceramics by George Muscat, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2013: Re-Visit, the Contemporary Face of Faith - Seven interventions in seven churches, Valletta, Malta;
- 2013: Art Project Ggantija - Ars Vitae Ensemble - Ggantija Temples, Gozo, Malta;
- 2013: Tampered Evidence - (co-curator), Blitz gallery, Valletta, Malta;
- 2013: Pyrokinesis - paintings by David Xuereb, Ta’ Xbiex, Malta;
- 2014: Eccentricks - sculpture by Emanuel Bonnici, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2014: Made in MT: Maltese Art Now - Malta House, Brussels, Belgium;
- 2014: Art project Ggantija Final Exhibition - Victor Agius - St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2014: Selfie - Żigużajg Festival, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2015: The Overlooked Performance – Photography by Alex Attard, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2016: Re-Collection – Ceramics by Tony Briffa, St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta;
- 2016: Layers – Ars Vitae Ensemble, St Agatha Catacombs, Rabat, Malta;
- 2017: In Transit - Contemporary Media Art by Artists from Malta - Geneva, Dusseldorf, Leeuwarden.
Papers, essays and talks
- 2000: The Art of J. Michael Anderson, curatorial essay, Museum of Fine Art, Valletta;
- 2000: Memory, Sight and Expectation, The Moving Image as Continuous Memory, talk, Leeds University, UK;
- 2003-4: Immigrant, curatorial essay, Museum of Fine Art, Valletta;
- 2004: Nixtieq… On Fine Art and the Advertising Billboard, curatorial essay, Attard, Malta;
- 2004: I Feel Guilty, curatorial essay, St. James Centre for Creativity, Malta;
- 2004: The A to Z of Family Planning, curatorial essay, St. James Centre for Creativity, Malta;
- 2004: Maltese Contemporary Art, paper presentation, Artists in Transit Conference*Rotterdam;
- 2004: Absence as Presence: Reflections on the body of work entitled Immigrant, talk, Queen Street Studios, Belfast;
- 2005: Contemporary Practice, talk, Contemporary Art Practice, University of Leeds, UK;
- 2005: Digital Discourse, curatorial essay, St. James Centre for Creativity, Malta;
- 2006: Playing God-On interactive database video narratives, paper presentation, Electronic and Digital Art Unit, UCLan, Preston;
- 2007: Alternative Journeys, paper presentation, Crossings Conference, University of Amiens, France;
- 2007: The body we own and the body we are, Quoting Caravaggio, essay, Arts Council, Malta;
- 2008: Amid the Mundane and the Extreme, essay, NY Arts Magazine, Vol 13 No. 11/12, Nov. 2008, pp. 98-99;
- 2008: No. 68 Redprints, The house that is destined for memories and the memories that are meant for a house, essay, Redprints exhibition catalogue, Blitz, Valletta;
- 2008: Ebba’s Sketchbook, essay, Choppy Books, 2008, p. 177;
- 2008: Choosing Malta’s photographers for the “Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles”, essay, Lensculture, Summer 2008;
- 2008: The (inter)national (inter)face of (inter)action - a look at some of the technologically technologically interactive works at the 52nd International Venice Biennale, essay, Art In-Sight: Artists’ Film, Video and Installation, Filmwaves, Issue 35, Obraz Productions Ltd., Spring 2008, pp. 14-18;
- 2009: Projected Visions - Video Art in Malta, essay, Apollonia online;
- 2009: The Poetics of Poiesis - Austin Camilleri & Pawl Carbonaro, curatorial essay, Münchner Künstlerhaus, Munich;
- 2009: Between a Kiss and the Naked Truth, essay, The Live Model - between Nude and Naked, Malta Arts Festival, 2009, pp. 24-31;
- 2011: Introduction, Valletta Photographic Festival, Valletta;
- 2011: Terrain Vague, essay, Terrain Vague, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta;
- 2011: Franklin Furnace, talk, book review, National Museum of Fine Art, Valletta;
- 2012: Seeing is Believing, paper and talk at the National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta;
- 2012: Only and Where are you from? online essays Norbert Attard website;
- 2012: Contemp(t)orary Art, talk, Palazzo Falson, Mdina;
- 2012: The Invention of the Frame, ‘I yam what I yam - l-Invenzione’ film launch, essay and presentation, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta;
- 2012: The place-moment: a time-marching-on-the-spot as witnessed by the constantly displaced view of the photographic camera, essay, Soul Searching, Sergio Muscat website;
- 2012: The Matter of Moments and the Moments that Matter, essay, Traces of Traces, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta 2012, pp. 4-5;
- 2012: The space between clouds, essay, Shooting Society - Documenting Contemporary Life in Malta (C. Borg, R. Vella eds.), Midsea Books, 2012, pp. 40-43;
- 2012: H is for Human, curatorial essay, H-ardcore, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, 2012, pp. 4-5;
- 2012: Unni Askeland, talk, National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta;
- 2013: Reckoning the Forces, curatorial essay, Forces, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta, 2013, pp. 2-5;
- 2013: Art Project Ggantija 2013, introduction, Ggantija Art Project, Gozo;
- 2013: Re-Visit, talk, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta;
- 2013: A Journey in Three Instalments, essay and talk, Tampered Evidence, Blitz, Valletta, 2013, pp. 8-20;
- 2013: Fringe, talk, Sergio Muscat, Palazzo Depiro, Mdina*2013 Pyrokinesis, curatorial essay and talk, David Xuereb, Ta’ Xbiex;
- 2014: The creative strategies of juxtaposition and hybridisation, essay, Eccentricks, Emanuel Bonnici, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta;
- 2014: Art Project Ġgantija 2013, introduction, St. James Centre for Creativity, Malta;
- 2014: Made in MT: Maltese Art Now, talk, Dar Malta, Brussels;
- 2014: Researching Art and Design through Practice: A critical engagement with context, Visual Arts Research in Higher Education, essay, Malta Review of Educational Research, Malta;
- 2015: Searching for Meaning in Chaos, essay, Alex Attard website;
- 2015: The Digital Romantic, Pawlu Mizzi, essay, Her Majesty, Valletta;
- 2015: Discovering Art using Technology: The Selfie Project, Dingli, A., Seychell, D., Briffa, V., Handbook of Research on Creative Technologies for Multidisciplinary Applications, IGI Global, 2015;
- 2016: Re-Collecting identity through Obsolescence and Reusability, curatorial essay, Re-Collection, St. James Centre for Creativity, Valletta;
- 2016: Unfolding the layers of memory in time and space, curatorial essay, Layers catalogue, St Agatha Catacombs, Rabat, Malta;
- 2016: Co-existing dualities - the art of being inbetween, artist's talk, K.B. Gallery, Kaposvár, Hungary.
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