Nicola Bettale was
born in Schio (I) in 1978. Actually he lives and works in Paris. He has
started to be involved in Art (photography, video and sound) in 2005
and since the beginning
has set out on a way of conceptual and expressive search through which
he subjectively inquires into collective aspects of contemporary
society. As from 2006 the young author has been taking part at solo and
group exhibitions in Italy and abroad. Here are some among the most
important ones: Liquid Paths by the Bevilacqua La Masa foundation
(Venice), From Academy to Furnace by the Furnace foundation (Asolo) and
Camino al Bicentenario 1810-2010 - Pylares y Paracciones by the
Presidencia de la Nacion (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Center/Suburbs. New
Creativities in Rome by Federculture office and the Dance of unknown
people by Pho-to'35 gallery (Turin). In 2007 he reaches the first prize
at the Center/Suburbs international contest for young artists,
organized by Federculture (Rome) and he is one of the five selected
photographers at Arte Prize 2007. In 2009 Bettale conceives the
“Schio Glocal Digital Fest” together with
“Le Momo Electronique” group. A multimedia Art
Review where masters of video art as Nam June Paik, Robert Cahen,
Robert and Steina Vasulka, Studio Azzurro and many others exhibit
together with emerging and very young artists.
Bettale's artworks have been published on many Art magazines as Young
Blood 2007, Zoom magazine and Arte.
Statement
By
sublimating its own identity, my subject becomes the universal
mouthpiece of a blurred, hinted or just suggested conceit. A conceit
aware that its content is preceded by the consciousness that no
definite interpretation will exist ever. A conceit that leaves the
doors of its meaning open both inwards and outwards.