Catégorie : Villa

Italian, born in 1976 in Lecco, Italy. Lives and works in Genoa.

In 2004 he received a degree in architecture from the Milan Polytechnic, but decided instead to follow his vocation as a painter.

The artist is particularly keen on depicting the human condition in the city, painting memories of his daily walks through the streets of his home town, Genoa, or the urban sites he sees on his numerous trips abroad. The life of Villa’s characters belongs to a story without plot, where figures wander past one another in the ambient light and open spaces of his compositions. Their physical presence melts into an imaginative atmosphere of elusive, subtle anxiety that the artist believes surrounds us all.

In 2007 Villa participated in the Harlem studio fellowship in New York, exhibiting in the group show, The Pioneers, curated by Raffaele Bedarida and for which he won the Premio Celeste for painting.
Since 2007 he exhibtis his work at the Salon des Estampes, Paris, with Galleria Bellinzona; in 2009 an edition of his prints was acquired by BDIC (Bibliothèque de documentation contemporaine internationale at the musée d’histoire contemporaine), Paris.
In 2011 and he was one of six Italian artists chosen to create twelve illustrations for a new edition of the Gospels, the Evangelario Ambrosiano, commissioned by Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi for the Cathedral of Milan.

website : http://nicolavilla.com

Controluce – Urbans Spaces and Figures:

Controluce – Figures in the City:

Controluce – Faces:

Controluce – Urban Tales, prints:

Creatures of the Sea:

2007
Celeste Prize 2007, Rome, Winner of the painting section. 

Serrone: Youth Biennial, Monza, work acquisition. 

Harlem Studio Fellowship, New York NY, USA. 


2005
Winner of the under 30 section, Morlotti Prize; Imbersago, Lecco, Italy.   


2003
Classified II Award Morlotti; Imbersago, Lecco, Italy.   


2002
Charles II Award Classified Zorza. Red Bridge Gallery, Milan, Italy.  

2007
PH Frankenstein by Giordano Morganti. Video animation, Palazzo Te, Mantova, Italy.   


2006
Louisbode: Kids and Revolution. Video animation for the book trailer, with Marco Mancassola (text), Marco Perroni (drawings), Sergio Bertin and James Garavelloni.

2012
AAF, Salamon Gallery, Milan, Italy.  

Art Fair, Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, Bologna, Italy.  


2011
AAF, Salamon Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland.
Salon international de l’estampe, Bellinzona Gallery, Paris, France. 

AAF, Salamon Gallery, Milan, Italy.
Art Fair, Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, Bologna, Italy.  


2010
MiArt, Mimmo Scognamiglio Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy.
Scope New York, Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, New York NY, USA. 

Art Fair, Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, Bologna, Italy.   


2009
Scope Miami, Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, Miami FL, USA.

Salon international de l’estampe, Bellinzona Gallery, Paris, France. 

Scope Basel, Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, Basel, Switzerland. 

Rome Contemporary Art, Gallery Salamon, Rome, Italy.   

MiArt artecontemporanea Mimmo Scognamiglio, Milan 

Art Fair, Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, Bologna, Italy.  


2008
Artissima, Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, Turin, Italy.   

Salon International de l’estampe, Bellinzona Gallery, Paris, France.

Art Paris 2008; Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, Paris, France. 
 MiArt; Artecontemporanea Mimmo Scognamiglio, Milan, Italy.   

Art Fair 2008; Montrasioarte, Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, Bologna, Italy.   


2007
Art Verona; Montrasioarte, Verona 2007 Salon des Etampes, Bellinzona Gallery, Paris, France. 

Artefiera Montrasioarte, Bologna, Italy.   


2006
Art Verona, Montrasioarte, Verona, Italy.  

2016
Estampes, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Galerie Oberkampf, Paris, France.

2015
Still Lifes, Landscapes & Fish, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Paxos, Greece

2014
ΙΧΘΕΙΣ – Creatures of the sea, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Paxos, Greece.
Paper Zoo, curated by Oreste Bellinzona, Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy.
Segni Moderni, curated by Ivan Pengo and Michele Tavola, Orie Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

2013
Nel segno della croce. Curated by Chiara Gatti, Antica chiesa di S.Barnaba in Bondo, Trento, Italy.
Travelling Away. Curated by Chiara Gatti, Spazio Transiti, Marina di Scarlino, Grosseto, Italy.

2012
La vita condivisa, curated by Cecilia De Carli, Grace Mason and Laura Polo. Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan, Italy. 


2011 La bellezza nella parola, curated by Don Umberto Bordoni, arch. Carlo Capponi, p. Andrea Dall’Asta, Msgr. Domenico Sguaitamatti, prof. Francesco Tedeschi, Don Norberto Valli. The Royal Palace and Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy. 


Tessuto metropolitano/ Estrapolazioni, curated by Francescapaola Merega and Elena Saccardi.
Openlab, Genova, Italy. 
What’s, curated by Mimmo Scognamiglio, Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, Milano
Lecco Street View, curated by Chiara Canali. Lecco, Italy. 

Lecco Città del ferro, curated by Michele Tavola. Torre Viscontea, Lecco.

Nouvelle figuration italienne, curated by Michele Tavola. Galerie Beckel, Odille, Boicos, Paris, France.


2010
Wireless, curated by Giovanni Bonelli. BonelliLab, Canneto sull’Oglio, Italy. 


2009
Che occhi grandi che hai, curated by Chiara Gatti. Galleria San Fedele, Milano, Italy.
Harlem States of Mind from Apollo to Lenox, curated by Daniele Astrologo Abadal, Raffaele Bedarida, Museo Civico Floriano Bodini, Gemonio. Varese, Montrasioarte, Milan, Italy.
LookAtFestival: “Luci (di) corpi”, curated by Elena Marcheschi. Palazzo Ex Manifattura Tabacchi, Lucca, Italy.
La Verità della Pittura, Dry Brush nell’Arte Contemporanea, curated by Lorenza Salamon. Galleria Salamon, Milan, Italy.
Noir Couleur, Il nuovo paesaggio della pittura italiana, curated by Vittoria Broggini. Galleria Villa Morotti, Daverio, Varese, Italy. 

2008
Generazione Anni ‘70. Arte Contemporanea in Lombardia, curated by Claudio Rizzi. Spazio Guicciardini, Milan, Italy.
Container art Genoa, Italy.
Rassegna d’arte Premio Orzinuovi, curated by Mauro Corradini. Castello di Orzinuovii Brescia, Italy. 
Internazionale 1908-2008. Il Nerazzurro è arte, curated by Oreste Bellinzona and Luca Melloni. Galleria Bellinzona, Milan, Italy.
Nicola Console, Marco Giovani, Nicola Villa, curated by Mimmo Scognamiglio and Pietro Montone. Mimmo Scognamiglio arte contemporanea, Naples, Italy. 
Di segno in segno curated by Ruggero Montrasio. Montrasioarte, Millan, Italy.
Metafore nella figura, curated by Claudio Rizzi, Spazio Guicciardini, Milan, Italy.

2007
Premio Celeste, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Ivan Quaroni, Marta Casati and Maria Paola Nicita. Istituto Superiore Antincendi, Rome, Italy.
De rerum natura; la forma organica, curated by Ruggero Montrasio. Montrasioarte, Italy.
La soglia di un orizzonte: Nuove acquisizioni, curated by Daniele Astrologo. Abadal Museo Floriano Bodini, Gemonio, Varese, Italy. 
Premio arti visive San Fedele:il male, curated by Andrea dall’Asta , Angela Madesani, Daniele Astrologo Abadal, Chiara Gatti, Chiara Canali, Matteo Galbiati, Angela Orsini, Stefano, Pirovano, Francesco Zanot. Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy. 
The Pioneers, A group exhibition, curated by Raffaele Bedarida and Ruggero Montrasio. Harlem Studio, New York NY, USA.
Rassegna Internazionale D’arte G.B. Salvi, curated by Mauro Corradini. Palazzo ex Pretura, Sassoferrato, Italy.
Concorso Profilo d’arte: Finalist’s exhibition Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, Italy.
SerrOne : Biennale Giovani, curated by Cecilia Antolini, Matteo Galbiati, Chiara Gatti, Carlo Ghielmetti, Lorenzo Giusti. Serrone di Villa Reale, Monza, Italy.

2005
Premio Morlotti Imbersago, Lecco, Italy. 


2004
Scandaglio, Rassegna dei finalisti del Premio Morlotti, curated by Giorgio Seveso and Marina Pizziolo. Imbersago, Lecco, Italy. 


2003
Giovanni Testori, un ritratto, curated by Flavio Arensi. Palazzo Leone da Perego, Legnano, Italy.


2002
Premio Morlotti, curated by Giorgio Seveso. Imbersago, Lecco, Italy. 

Premio Carlo dalla Zorza, Galleria Ponte Rosso, Milan, Italy. 


2001
Premio Morlotti, curated by Marina Pizziolo. Imbersago, Lecco, Italy. 


2000
Premio Morlotti, curated by Marina Pizziolo. Imbersago, Lecco, Italy. 

2016
Opera Grafica 1996-2016, Galleria Bellinzona 2.0, Lecco, Italy.
L’incognita dell’approdo, a cura di Luca Giannini, Spazio Lomellini 17, Genova, Italy.
Short-life memories, curated by Michele Tavola, Nuova Galleria Morone project room, Milan, Italy.
2015
Crocevia: storie di volti tra mari e città, curated by Michele Tavola, Spazio aperto San Fedele, Milano, Italy.
Controluce, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Le Huit, Paris, France.
Controluce, curated by Lorenza Salamon, Salamon Galllery, Milano, Italy.
Appunti e spunti, curated by Oreste Bellinzona, Galleria Bellinzona, Milano, Italy.
Burned frames for urban papers,curated by Michele Tavola , Contact Zone contemporary art gallery, Lugano, Italy.

2014
Di navi,di uomini, di pesci, curated by Luca Beatrice, Tedofra Artgallery, Bologna, Italy.

2013
Ladro di biciclette. Curated by Oreste Bellinzona, Galleria Bellinzona, Milan, Italy.

2012
Urban Visions (with Michael Goro), curated by Michele Tavola, Galerie Beckel Odille Boicos, Paris, France.


2011
Urbano-Mediterraneaneo, curated by Peter Ram, Cultural Association Monteggiori Arts, Monteggiori, Italy. 

Dessins-Gravures 2011, curated by Oreste Bellinzona, Salon du livre et de l’estampe ancien, Grand Palais, Paris, France. 


2010
Urbano-Mediterraneano 2010, curated by Peter Ram, contemporary art Mimmo Scognamiglio, Naples, Italy. 

Engravings 2010, curated by Lorenza Salamon Salamon Gallery, Milan.
2009

2009

Entrée Reservée 2009, curated by Oreste Bellinzona, Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni , Bellagio, Italy. 


2008
Walking in the City, curated by Fabrizio Moretti, Roger Montrasio and Francesca Gavin, Moretti Fine Art, London, England. 


2006
Dallo sguardo al volto impossibile, curated by Stefano Crespi, Lodovico Meneghetti and Raffaele Bédarida; Montrasioarte / Gallery Bellinzona; Milan; Gallery Bellinzona, Lecco, Italy. 


2003
Prospettive, nuove proposte artistiche, curated by Michele table; Villa Sirtori, Olginate, Italy. 


2001
Nicola Villa, curated by Giorgio Seveso, Gallery Mosaic, Chiasso, Italy.