UK mob 07523837910
Email sisettazappone@libero.it
Nationality Italian
Date of birthMarch 10, 1984
Gender Female
Education and training
From 03/2012 DTTLS Qualification, adults Education
East London College,
Panther House,647-661 High Road Leytonstone,
London E11 4RD,
Since 11/ 2011 Keyholder at Thames Barrier Print Studio,
Second floor Studios and Arts, Mellish Estate,
Harrington way, London, SE 18 5 NR
10/01/2011 - 30/04/2011 Portfolio awarded for the concession scheme as
Full time practising young artists
Prince\'s Drawing School
19-22 Charlotte Road, EC2A3SG Shoreditch London
20/07/2009 - 31/08/2009 Intesive course of professional advanced lithography
Studio of Pistelli Franco, private master of lithography, Florence/Italy
20/08/2009 - 31/08/2009 Fresco course
Studio of Pistelli Franco, private master of lithography,
Florence/Italy
01/07/2008 - 26/07/2009 Lithography printmaker stage1 (teacher: Franco Pistelli)
\"Il Bisonte\" (international school of graphic art)
via del giardino Serristori,13r, 50125 Florence (italy)
08/01/2007 - 18/12/2007 Intensive professional training in etching and printmaking
\"Il Bisonte\" (international school of graphic art)
via del giardino Serristori,13r, 50125 Florence (italy)
15/09/2002 - 26/02/2007 Fine art (painting) degree (teacher: Adriano Bimbi)
Accademia delle Belle Arti di Firenze (university)
via Ricasoli, 50100 Florence (Italy)
01/09/2005 - 07/07/2006 Erasmus Grant
Facultad de Bellas Artes \"Alonso Cano\" (University)
Granada (Spain)
Working Experience
Since 11/2011 Teacher of one to one\'s sessions for beginner and Technician at
Thames Barrier Print Studio,
Second floor Studios and Arts, Mellish Estate,
Harrington way, London, SE 18 5 NR
Since 11/2011 Internship as Freelance Printmaker at Lazarides Ltd
Unit 204 Metropolitan Wharf Building, 70 Wapping Wall,
London, E1W 3SS
Since 09/2010 Teaching Practice as Printmaking Teaching Assistant at
Prince\'s Drawing School
19-22 Charlotte Road, EC2A3SG Shoreditch London
04/2011 Curator and organiser of the exhibition
\" MultiplicActions\"
present multiples and contemporary performance art
Candid Arts Gallery
3 Torrens Street, EC1V INQ London
01/2011-02/ 2011 Curator and organiser of the exhibition
\" London Florence Exchange\"
\"Firenze Londra\'
Candid Arts Gallery
3 Torrens Street, EC1V INQ London
Galleria Fondazione \" Il Bisonte\"
Via del Giardino Serristori, 50125, Firenze, Italy
05/ 2009 Printmaker assistant
Studio of Lorenzo Bencini
Via di Sociana, 29r, 50066 Reggello (FI) (Italy)
09-01/2008 Etching and printmaking teacher assistant
International school of graphic art \"Il Bisonte\"
Via del giardino Serristori, 16r, 50125 Florence (Italy)
15/09/2004 Personal painting and drawing assistant
- trainee: traditional techniques of drawing and painting
- life model for oil paintings
Paul Beel, artist, www.bonelliarte.com, Florence (Italy)
04/04/2008 - 30/06/2009 Freelance etcher and printmaker
\"Acquaforte.it\" of Giuliana Zuccaro
Florence (Italy)
15/05/2008 - 20/07/2009 Freelance Printmaker
\"InClub\" of Romualdi Furio
Via Gianbattista Vico, 29, 50136 Florence (Italy)
2007 - 2009 Life model for nude and portrait
\"Charles and Cecil\'s Academy of Art, San Frediano 68,
Lungarno Serristori 27 Florence (Italy)
\"FYR\", Borgo Albizi 23, Florence (Italy)
Exhibitions
04/2011 MultiplicActions, present multiples and contemporary performance Art
Candid Gallery, 3/5 Torrens Street, London EC1V INQ
01/2011 London Florence Exchange Exhibition
Candid Gallery, 3/5 Torrens Street, London EC1V INQ
02/2011 Florence London Exchange Exhibition
Galleria IL Bisonte, via del Giardino Serrestori 23r, Florence (Italy)
09/2010 International Biennal of etching and Prize \"Città di Campobasso\"
Campobasso (Italy)
11/2009 Solo exhibition of graphic works \"Specchi teriomorfici\"
concert for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano
Natural History Museum \"La Specola\", via Romana 17, 50125 Florence
12/2009 Group Exhibition and Calendar publication \"Italia Nostra\"
a portfolio of 12 selected artists\'s drypoint.
Rimini (Italy) .
05/2009 Collective exhibition of art book
\"Il Bisonte sono io, le edizioni d\'arte del Bisonte\"
the best editions of the last 50 years by \"Il Bisonte\"
National library of Florence (Italy)
12/2008 Collective exhibition of etching \"La città di Pescia\"
exhibition of the awarded works of the competition \"La città di Pescia\"
Winner of the first prize. Pescia (Italy)
09/2009 Solo event and concert \"Ermeneuticae\". Music by Stefano Tore
Chiostro di S. Maria degli Angeli, Via degli Alfani 69r, Florence (Italy)
06/2009 Collective exhibition of etching :\"Passeggiate fiorentine\"
Babele (gallery book shop). Piazza del Trebbio, Florence (Italy)
12/2009 Collective exhibition of etching and Prize :
Premio grafica Comune di Santa Croce sull\'Arno
Special competition for invited professional printmakers
Centro di attività espressive Villa Pacchiani (Italy)
12/2009 End of year student exhibition of \"Il Bisonte\"
Archivio Nazionale di Stato, Via dell\'Oriuolo 35, Florence (Italy)
11/2009 Collective exhibition of etching :
Percorsi tattili dell incisione contemporanea
Special competition for invited professional printmakers
Turin (Italy)
07/2009 Collective exhibition of etching \"Giovani artisti colombiani e paesi invitati\"
organized by the Embassy of Columbia
Palagio di Parte Guelfa, Florence (Italy)
10/2009 Collective exhibition of etching \"Il Bosco Incantato\"
ex-libris competition. Cuneo (Italy)
11/2008 End of year student exhibition of \"Il Bisonte\"
Archivio Nazionale di Stato, Via dell\'Oriuolo 35, Florence (Italy)
12/2007 End of year student exhibition of \"Il Bisonte\"
Galleria \"Il Bisonte\", Via S. Niccolo 23, Florence (Italy)
07/2007 Painting exhibition
art festival Tende al Mare, \"I giardini del corpo\". Cesenatico (Italy)
05/2007 Collective exhibition of the students of the Fine Art Accademy \"Discorso\"
organized by the California State University and the College of the Holy Cross
Via Giacomo Leopardi, 50100 Florence (Italy)
Languages
Italian mother tongue
Spanish very good knowledge
English good knowledgePersonal statement
Born is 1984, Sissetta Zappone is a professional printmaker whose work combines etching, lithography, and woodcut printing techniques.
Biography
In 2007, Sisetta graduated in painting and drawing with highest honours from the Accademia di Belle Arte in Florence, Italy. Sisetta then continued her studies at Bisonte International School of Graphic Arts, where she solidified her passion for etching and engraving, earning her MA as a master printmaker. Sisetta subsequently served as an etching teacher’s assistant at Bisonte while learning stone lithography with Master Franco Pistelli. Sisetta also worked as a studio assistant and life model for the American painter Paul Beel (BP Portrait Award winner) during this period.
In 2009, Zappone had her first solo exhibition at “La Specola,” Florence’s Natural History Museum. She also participated in many juried shows and group exhibitions and her prints can be found in many Italian and foreign collections.
In 2011, Sisetta moved to London and worked as an intern in several schools and printmaking studios. She is currently a workshop teacher at the Thames Barrier Print Studio, a shared atelier that hosts many international artists. This studio is located in South London.
Defined as a “Jungian neo-surrealist”, the work of the artist has been described as a unique style characterized by a solid arcane background. Sisetta\'s prints are detailed, obsessive and technically achieved. Subjects disclose a dense imagery of both the painful and the humorous, animals which seem ferocious are often revealed to be ultimately pathetic or impotent, a darkly funny view of our inner lives. Sisetta’s work is a study in symbolism and archetypes in both cultural and mystical application. From a meticulous observation of reality, she expresses her personal fascinations through a dictionary of shapes that definitely find their origins in the first millennium.
Finding inspiration from a world ruled by different models and philosophies, she re-invents stories and legends very far away from us in terms of time and space, seeing mythology as a universal language by which to decode human culture and being. Through her archaic imagery and their attached mythos she provokes modern viewers by offering both the old and a new interpretation of our collective and individual experience.
Jabir ibn-Hayyan, (ca. 760-815)
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