Biography

As the son of a well-known artist, Giorgio Conta grew up surrounded by personalities from world of art and culture, including the great pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, a close friend of the family and Conta's godfather. Conta graduated from the Linguistics High School, and afterwards studied sculpture, painting, and drawing.

His travel through Italy and abroad has given him a solid cultural education and training, and Conta works both as a sculptor and a painter, combining the profane and the sacred in his art. His participation in the Master Program for liturgical adaptation and design for buildings of worship in Trento in 2006 gave him the opportunity to learn more about the theme of the sacred, and he often collaborates with his father to create monumental works.

He has held a number of solo and group art exhibitions, and met Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 and presented him the with a sketch his "Monument to Life" sculpture for the Italian sanctuary of Pietralba (Bolzano).

One of Conta's pieces, presented by Philippe Daverio, was auctioned at Christie's, and he has been mentioned in print by Enzo Bianchi, Massimiliano Castellani, Pupi Avati, Valerio Dehò, Renzo Francescotti, Luigi Marsiglia, and Paolo Levi.

Exhibition

Main Exhibitions
2017
Legno | Lën | Holz , (Mart), An Itinerary in Contemporary Sculpture, Galleria Civica, Trento
MIlano scultura - Step art fair, curated by Valerio Dehò, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano
PrimaVera, mostra collettiva, Centro Culturale d'Anaunia, Casa de Gentili, Sanzeno (TN)
L'emozione si fa materia-Alba Gonzales and friends, XVI Edizione del Premio Pianeta Azzurro, Fregene (ROMA)

2016
Context art Miami, presented by Liquid Art System gallery, Miami, USA
Contemporary Istanbul, presented by Liquid Art System gallery Istanbul, Turchia,
Da Giotto a De Chirico, group exhibition of sculpture curated by Vittorio Sgarbi MUSA (Museo Arte Contemporanea Salò), Salò (BS)

2015
Il tesoro d'Italia, Padiglione Eataly, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Padiglione Eataly EXPO 2015, Milano
La musica nelle opere di Giorgio Conta, Villa Filippini, Besana in Brianza
MIlano scultura - Step art fair, curated by Valerio Dehò, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano

2014
Giorgio Conta, curated by Renzo Francescotti e Pietro Marsilli, Palazzo Trentini, Trento.

2013
Opere Sacre, solo exhibition curated by association Aligi Sassu, presentazione di Luigi Marsiglia, Villa Filippini, Besana in Brianza,

2012
Premio Carlo dalla Zorzxa, group exhibition , Galleria Ponte Rosso, Milano

2010
Jazz in mostra, solo exhibition presented by Luigi Marsiglia e Massimiliano Castellani, Palazzo Assessorile e Galleria D’arte Fedrizzi, Cles (TN),
Jazz Session, solo exhibition curated by Luigi Marsiglia e Massimiliano Castellani Villa Ghirlanda, Cinisello Balsamo (MI),
Oltre l'orizzonte, Centro D’Arte Contemporanea Cavalese, Palazzo Firmian, Cavalese (TN)

2008
La montagna incantata, solo exhibition curated by Trento Film Festival Della Montagna ,presented by Luigi Marsiglia ,Palazzo Trentini, Trento,
Group exhibition, Villa Ormond, Sanremo

2007
Terra, solo exhibition, Palazzo Conti Martini, Mezzocorona (TN)

2006
Legno da musica, group exhibition, Palazzo Roccabruna , Trento

2005
Livio e Giorgio Conta, presented by Fiorenzo Degasperi, Alla Sosta Dell’ Imperatore, Folgarida (TN),

2004
Group Exhibition and auction by Christie’s, curated by Philippe Daverio, Cantine Rotari, Mezzocorona (TN),

2003
Giorgio Conta, solo exhibition, Sala degli Artisti, Teatro Comunale, Malè (TN)

2000
Dessënies dal vif, group exhibition, Kreis für Kunst und Kultur, Ortisei (BZ)