» Stanza«
* 1984
Summary
Biography
Stanza is an internationally recognised artist, who has been exhibiting worldwide since 1984. His artworks have won prestigious painting prizes and ten first prize art awards including:- Vidalife 6.0 First Prize. SeNef Grand Prix. Videobrasil First Prize. Stanzas art has also been rewarded with a prestigious Nesta Dreamtime Award, an Arts Humanities Creative Fellowship and a Clarks bursary award. His artworks have been exhibited globally with over fifty exhibitions in the last five years including:- Venice Biennale: Victoria Albert Museum: Tate Britain: Mundo Urbano Madrid: New Forest Pavilion Artsway: State Museum, Novorsibirsk. Biennale of Sydney, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo Mexico: Plymouth Arts Centre: ICA London: Sao Paulo Biennale: His mediums include; painting, video, prints, generative artworks and installations. Stanza is an expert in arts technology, CCTV, online networks, touch screens, environmental sensors, and interactive artworks. Recurring themes throughout his career include, the urban landscape, surveillance culture and alienation in the city. Educated in fine art at Goldsmiths College in the early eighties he later went on to study at Greenwich University and Central Saint Martins Art College London. Stanza returned to Goldsmiths College as a AHRC arts research fellow. He is a pioneer of net art and was one of the first to use internet art as a medium. His websites and net specific artworks have been online since 1995. In the last ten years these online projects have received over four million visitors.
2010
AOF Nova Prize Norway: 2010

2009
AHRC Creative fellowship 2006 - 2009:

2009
V & A Museum London. Decode show .

2009
Mediamatic, Netherlands

2009
SXSW Austin Texas USA. Palmer Event Centre

2009
Test Portal Gallery Holland.

2009
Planet Art eXchange Liverpool.

2009
Surface Gallery Nottingham

2009
Broadway Media Centre Nottingham

2008
Smart City Paris France.

2008
Biennale of Sydney. The Brisbane Room

2008
WRO Biennale Poland

2008
Visitors To A Gallery. Plymouth Arts Centre, UK

2008
Soundtoys exhibition, Spain