Paolo Marcolongo
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www.paolomarcolongo.com
Born in Padua in 1956, he attended the Art High School « Pietro Selvatico », and then he studied sculpture at Venice Art Academy. From 1984 to 1996 he taught Plastic Arts at « Pietro Selvatico » school, and since 1996 he teaches the same subject at Padua Art State School « Amedeo Modigliani ». From 1996 to 1998 he was the curator of « Pd 362 », an Art gallery of contemporary jewels in Padua. From 1996 to 2002 he organized International Summer Workshops on the contemporary jewel for the Cultural Association « La Corte », at Sambruson-Dolo (Venice), inviting several famous artists to hold classes. From 1998 to 2005 he was the curator of the « Marcolongo Gallery » of Applied Arts in Padua. In 2005 he organized both an exhibition for Erico Nagai in the museum area of Oratorio di San Rocco in Padua, and the exhibition « Pro-gettare Architettura » at Villa Pisani (Stra’-Venice). In 2006 he organized an exhibition called « Un giro più del cerchio » for Ernst Gamperl at the Oratorio di San Rocco in Padua. In the academic year 2008-2009 he was Assistant Professor for Design at the Architecture Departement of the Faculty of Engineering in Padua. In 2012 he gives a workshop at the Center for Art and Visual Communication (ar.co) in Lisbon entitled « The housing space ». In 2015 he organizes the exhibition « 170 Racconti in bottiglia », an installation that retrace the highlights of Claudio Magris’ Danubio travel.











