Christian de Vietri

Christian de Vietri
CitWA
De Vietri in 2020
Born (1981-07-14) 14 July 1981 (age 43)
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
EducationCurtin University Perth (Bachelor of Fine Art 1999-2001)
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts Paris (Honors 2002)
École des Beaux-Arts de Marseille (Post Diplôme 2005)
Columbia University New York (Master of Fine Art 2007-2009)
American University of Mayonic Science and Technology (Vāstu)
Websitechristiandevietri.com

Christian de Vietri (born 14 July 1981) is an Australian artist known for his large-scale public sculptures and traditional artwork based in Śilpaśāstra.[1] In 2024, he published Trika Maṇḍala Prakāśa,[2] the first comprehensive exposition of the mandalas described in Abhinavagupta’s Tantrāloka.[3]

Education

Christian de Vietri attended Hale School, a boys' secondary school located in the northern suburbs of Perth.[4] In 2001, De Vietri completed a Bachelor of Fine Art degree at Curtin University. He was included annually on the Vice Chancellor's list as an academic commendation during his undergraduate years. As part of his training he then studied online for a graduate diploma from an Art College in Marseilles. De Vietri undertook and graduated from the Columbia University Master of Fine Art program in 2009.[5] As part of this program, he was mentored by the artist Liam Gillick.[6][7]

De Vietri studied Kashmir Śaivism under the tutelage of Christopher H. Wallis, Mark S. G. Dyczkowski, and Paul Muller-Ortega.[8] He learnt Haṭha Yoga of the Mahāsiddha tradition from Dharmabodhi Sarasvatī and was certified by him as a teacher in 2016.[9] He studied Mayonic Science and Technology under the tutelage of Dr. Jessie Mercay (in the lineage of Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati), and was certified in 2021 by the American University of Mayonic Science and Technology as a practitioner of Vāstu with a Bachelor in Mayonic Science and Technology.[10]

Career

Commissions

Prominent public commissions by de Vietri include:

  • Destination Day, Forrest Place, Perth Australia, 2005 (Commissioned by the City of Perth)
  • X, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York USA, 2009 (commissioned by Socrates Sculpture Park)[11]
  • The Gathering, Metrotech, New York USA, 2009 (commissioned by the Public Art Fund)[12]
  • Ascalon (with Marcus Canning), St Georges Cathedral, Perth Australia, 2011 (commissioned by Mark Creasy)[13]
  • Spanda, Elizabeth Quay, Perth Australia, 2016 (commissioned by the MRA)[14]
  • Karlkurla, Kalgoorlie Australia, 2023 (commissioned by the City of Kalgoorlie)[15]
  • Between Heaven and Earth, Zhengzhou Grand Emporium, Zhengzhou China, 2018 (commissioned by ZhengHong Property)[16]
  • Ascalon
    Ascalon
  • Spanda
    Spanda
  • Between Heaven and Earth
    Between Heaven and Earth

Exhibitions

De Vietri's sculptures have been exhibited internationally at institutions such as Columbia University Wallach Gallery (New York),[17] National Gallery of Bulgaria (Sofia),[18] Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney),[19] Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane),[20] TarraWarra Museum of Art (Healesville),[21] Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney),[22] National Gallery of Australia (Canberra),[23] Institute of Contemporary Art (Perth).[24]

Collections

De Vietri's artworks have been acquired by several public collections including Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection (Sydney),[25] Emily Fisher Landau Collection (New York),[26] Axel Nordin Collection (Stockholm),[27] Aïshti Art Foundation (Beirut), Gallery of Modern Art Collection (Brisbane),[28] Kerry Stokes Collection (Perth),[29] John Curtin Gallery Collection (Perth), Curtin University Collection (Perth),[30] Artbank Collection (Melbourne), Art&Australia Collection.[31]

Other activities

De Vietri undertook an internship at the Palais de Tokyo Site de Création Contemporaine, in Paris 2002. Later in 2002, de Vietri supported Heather Webb and Ben Riding to produce an artistic event that saw 50 artists overrun the Rhodes Hotel in Perth.[32] De Vietri taught elective Sculpture classes at Curtin University in Perth and was a sessional sculpture tutor at Columbia University. De Vietri produced the music video "Brats" (by the band Liars) directed by Ian Cheng.[33] In 2012/2013, Cheng and de Vietri co-wrote the script for a feature-length film.[34] De Vietri and his sculptures are featured in a documentary by Benjamin Joel Cran about Mark S.G. Dyczkowski.[35]

Awards

Several awards and grants have been bestowed upon de Vietri for his work as an artist. At age 23, he was included in Australia's National Sculpture Prize exhibition .[36] In 2003 he was recognised in Western Australia for a Citizen of the Year Award for his local contribution to Visual Art.[37] He also received funding to make new work awarded by the Australia Council in 2009.

Other funding the artist has attracted includes the Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship 2009 to pay for the manufacture of a sculpture to be displayed on Long Island, USA; publication within Art & Australia Magazine's Emerging Artist feature page in 2006, Peoples Choice Award for the National Gallery of Australia National Sculpture Prize 2005, Arts Western Australia New Concepts Grant 2005, Australia Council New Work Grant 2005, Qantas Spirit of Youth Fine Art Award 2004, Nescafe Big Break Art Award 2004 for a small business start-up.

References

  1. ^ INDICA (26 November 2021). Interview Q&A with Christian de Vietri : Conference on Hindu Arts, Architecture & Artisan Traditions. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ de Vietri, Christian (9 October 2024). Trika Maṇḍala Prakāśa: Illuminating the mandalas of Abhinavagupta's Tantrāloka (in English and Sanskrit). Perth, Australia: The Magnetic Citadel Press. ISBN 978-1763555310.
  3. ^ Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (28 November 2024). OCHS Book Launch for Christian de Vietri's Trika Maṇḍala Prakāśa with Christopher Wallis 2024/11/20. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ "Notable Old Haleians".
  5. ^ "NYAB Event - "Columbia University School of the Arts 2009 MFA" Thesis Exhibition". www.nyartbeat.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  6. ^ Gillick, Liam; Wysocan, Erik; Sagri, Georgia; Scanlen, Seth; Cheng, Ian; De Vietri, Christian; Santella, Dennis; Boughton, Jason; Borman, Keil; Lynnerup, Mads; Wolf, Nate; Ratman, Gilad; Brooks, David; Simpson, Mary (11 September 2009). "Nobody Asked You to Do Nothing/A Potential School | Art School: (Propositions for the 21st Century) | Books Gateway | MIT Press". doi:10.7551/mitpress/7811.003.0020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ Gillick, Liam (March 2016). Industry and Intelligence: Contemporary Art Since 1820. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54096-4.
  8. ^ "Parā". SAND. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  9. ^ "- Trika Method". www.trikamethod.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  10. ^ "AUM S&T - For Vastu and Vaastu* knowledge". American University of Mayonic Science and Technology. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Christian de Vietri". Socrates Sculpture Park. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Double Take - Public Art Fund". www.publicartfund.org. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Ascalon | St George's Cathedral". www.perthcathedral.org. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Spanda / Christian de Vietri". ArchDaily. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  15. ^ Monck, Carwyn (18 May 2023). "Silky Pear artwork unveiled during WA tourism conference".
  16. ^ "UAP with Christiande Vietri". www.uapcompany.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Columbia University Wallach Art Gallery". 17 February 2017.
  18. ^ "БОЖЕСТВАТА В ТРАДИЦИЯТА НА КАШМИРСКИЯ ШИВАИЗЪМЛекция на Мария Карагьозова – Национална галерия" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  19. ^ "2nd law, (2006) by Christian de Vietri". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  20. ^ QAGOMA. "Contemporary Australia". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  21. ^ "PEEP: Glimpses of the last 4 decades of the Kerry Stokes Collection". TarraWarra Museum of Art. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Primavera 2006: Young Australian Artists :: Museum of Contemporary Art Australia". archive.mca.com.au. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  23. ^ "National Sculpture Prize 2005 | Christian DE VIETRI | Einstein's refrigerator 2nd law". nga.gov.au. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  24. ^ "Silver – Artrage 25 : PICA". pica.org.au. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  25. ^ "2nd law, (2006) by Christian de Vietri". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  26. ^ SculptureCenter. "SculptureCenter". SculptureCenter. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  27. ^ "Nordin Gallery". Nordin Gallery. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  28. ^ "Search Results". collection.qagoma.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  29. ^ Robertson, Kevin; Australian Capital Equity; Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery, eds. (2011). Angel hair: contemporary Western Australian art from the Kerry Stokes collection. West Pert, W.A: Australian Capital Equity. ISBN 978-0-9577906-6-7.
  30. ^ Coleman, Brad. "DIRECTORS' CUT". John Curtin Gallery - JCG. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  31. ^ "Art & Australia Collection 2003 – 2013". Forte. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  32. ^ "Hotel 6151". Artlink Magazine. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  33. ^ "Music video:: 'Liars – Brats' by Ian Cheng | Visuall". 15 July 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  34. ^ Dazed (14 October 2012). "LIARS SELECTS: Ian Cheng". Dazed. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  35. ^ Interview with: Mark Dyczkowski, retrieved 21 May 2020
  36. ^ Smith, Nyanda (2 December 2004). "Young WA Artist makes history".
  37. ^ "2003". Western Australian of the Year Awards Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

Read other articles:

Membran penukar proton

Membran penukar proton, atau membran polimer elektrolit (bahasa Inggris: polymer-electrolyte membrane; PEM), adalah sebuah membran semipermeabel yang secara umum dibuat dari ionomer dan dirancang untuk menghantarkan proton ketika berperan sebagai suatu insulator listrik dan penghalang reaktan, seperti untuk gas oksigen dan hidrogen.[1] Ini merupakan fungsi penting mereka ketika dimasukkan ke dalam membran elektrode perakitan (bahasa Inggris: membrane electrode assembly; MEA) d...

 

Basilika Turunnya Roh Kudus, Michalovce

Basilika Turunnya Roh KudusBasilika Minor Turunnya Roh Kudusbahasa Slowakia: Bazilika Zostúpenia Svätého DuchaBasilika Turunnya Roh KudusLokasiMichalovceNegara SlowakiaDenominasiGereja Katolik Roma(sui iuris: Gereja Katolik Yunani Slowakia)ArsitekturStatusBasilika minorStatus fungsionalAktif Basilika Turunnya Roh Kudus (bahasa Slowakia: Bazilika Zostúpenia Svätého Ducha) adalah sebuah gereja basilika minor Katolik yang terletak di Michalovce, Slowakia. Basilika ini ditetapk...

 

Om Prakash

Om PrakashLahirOm Prakash Bakshi Chibber19 Desember 1919Jammu, Jammu dan Kashmir, India Britania (sekarang Jammu dan Kashmir, India)Meninggal21 Februari 1998 (umur 78)Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaPekerjaanPemeranTahun aktif1942–1994Suami/istriPrabha Chibber Om Prakash Bakshi Chibber (19 Desember 1919 – 21 Februari 1998) adalah seorang pemeran karakter India. Ia lahir di Jammu, sebagai Om Prakash Chibber. Ia biasa memainkan peran Kamla pada sandiwara panggung karya Dewan Mandir Natak Sa...

Gereja Pantekosta Isa Almasih

Gereja Pantekosta Isa AlmasihPenggolonganPantekostaPemimpinPdt. Dr. Hanna Trijanti BudhiWilayahIndonesia , JakartaDidirikan28 Juli 1952 JakartaSitus web resmi[1] Gereja Pantekosta Isa Almasih atau dikenal sebagai GPIA merupakan suatu kelompok organisasi gereja Kristen Pentakosta di Indonesia. Sinode GPIA berdiri pada tanggal 28 Juli 1952, yang berpusat di Jl. Perniagaan 39 Jakarta Barat - Indonesia. Sejarah GPIA Isa Almasih di Jakarta, Indonesia Sejarah Gereja Pantekosta Isa Almasih dimulai d...

 

Larry Silverstein

Pour les articles homonymes, voir Silverstein (homonymie). Larry SilversteinLarry Silverstein en 2014.BiographieNaissance 30 mai 1931 (92 ans)BrooklynNationalité américaineFormation Université de New YorkHigh School of Music & Art (en)Brooklyn Law SchoolActivités Architecte, agent immobilierAutres informationsPropriétaire de Equitable Building, Silverstein Properties (en)modifier - modifier le code - modifier Wikidata Le nouveau 7 World Trade Center, construit entre 2002 et 200...

 

غزوة العشيرة

غزوة العشيرة جزء من غزوات الرسول محمدﷺ معلومات عامة التاريخ شهر جمادى الأولى سنة 2 هـ الموقع العشيرة (ينبع النخل) النتيجة لم يحدث قتال وتمت مصالحة مع بنو مدلج وحلفاءهم من بني ضمرة وكلهم من قبيلة كنانة المتحاربون  المسلمون القادة محمد بن عبدالله ﷺ القوة 150 إلى 200 راك�...

WLYF

Adult contemporary radio station in Miami Not to be confused with LYF or WU LYF. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: WLYF – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) WLYFMiami, FloridaBroadcast areaSouth FloridaFrequency101.5 M...

 

Flyball

Dog sport For the baseball term, see Batted ball. For the mechanical device, see Centrifugal governor. For the Carolinas game, see Skee-Ball § History. FlyballDogs from two teams race against each other over parallel lines of jumps. The jump height is based on the smallest dog on each team. Flyball is a dog sport in which teams of dogs race against each other from the start to the finish line, over a line of hurdles, to a box that releases a tennis ball to be caught when the dog presses...

 

Dinasti Lý

'Dinasti LýĐại Việt 1009–1225Ibu kotaThăng LongBahasa yang umum digunakanTionghoa PertengahanAgama Buddhisme, TaoismePemerintahanMonarkiHoàng đế • 1009-1028 Lý Thái Tổ• 1224-1225 Lý Chiêu Hoàng Sejarah • Didirikan 22/11 1009•  `• Dibubarkan 10/01 1225 Mata uangTiền xuKode ISO 3166LY Didahului oleh Digantikan oleh dnsDinasti Lê Awal dnsDinasti Trần Sunting kotak info • Lihat • BicaraBantuan penggunaan temp...

List of mountains in Australia

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) This is a list of mountains in Australia. Looking east back down the chimney on Mount Ossa towards Pelion East, in Tasmania. Highest points by state and territory States and Territories of Australia[1] State / Territory Highest point Elevation AHD  Notes m ft Ashmore and Cartier Islands Cartier Island 5 16 [2] Australian Antarctic Territory Dome A 4,093 13,428 [3][4][5] ...

 

London Midland

This article is about the former train operating company. For the former railway company, see London, Midland and Scottish Railway. For the former British Railways region, see London Midland Region (British Railways). Former train operating company in the United Kingdom London MidlandClass 350 Desiro at Watford Junction in 2011OverviewFranchise(s)West Midlands11 November 2007 – 10 December 2017Main region(s)West Midlands, LondonOther region(s)North West, East MidlandsStations called at178St...

 

Cokernel

Quotient space of a codomain of a linear map by the map's image Coker (mathematics) redirects here. For other uses, see Coker (disambiguation). This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (February 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The cokernel of a linear mapping of vector spaces f : X → Y is the q...

Claude Akins

Claude Akins nel film Sledge (1970), di Vic Morrow Claude Akins (Nelson, 25 maggio 1926 – Altadena, 27 gennaio 1994) è stato un attore statunitense, attivo per più di un quarantennio tra il 1953 e il 1994. Indice 1 Biografia 2 Filmografia 2.1 Cinema 2.2 Televisione 2.2.1 Film TV 2.2.2 Serie TV 3 Doppiatori italiani 4 Note 5 Altri progetti 6 Collegamenti esterni Biografia Figlio di Maude ed Ernest Akins[1], compiuti gli studi alla Northwestern University di Chicago[2], Akin...

 

塞拉杜萨利特里

塞拉杜萨利特里Serra do Salitre市镇塞拉杜萨利特里在巴西的位置坐标：19°06′39″S 46°41′24″W / 19.1108°S 46.69°W / -19.1108; -46.69国家巴西州米纳斯吉拉斯州面积 • 总计1,297.748 平方公里（501.063 平方英里）海拔1.2 公尺（3.9 英尺）人口 • 總計10,224人 • 密度7.88人/平方公里（20.4人/平方英里） 塞拉杜萨利特里（葡萄牙语：Serr...

 

مارستون مورس

مارستون مورس (بالإنجليزية: Harold Calvin Marston Morse)‏    معلومات شخصية اسم الولادة (بالإنجليزية: Harold Calvin Marston Morse)‏  الميلاد 24 مارس 1892 [1]  ووترفيل  الوفاة 22 يونيو 1977 (85 سنة) [1]  برينستون  مواطنة الولايات المتحدة  عضو في أكاديمية هايدلبرغ للعلوم والعلوم الإنس...

Inverse function theorem

Theorem in mathematics Part of a series of articles aboutCalculus ∫ a b f ′ ( t ) d t = f ( b ) − f ( a ) {\displaystyle \int _{a}^{b}f'(t)\,dt=f(b)-f(a)} Fundamental theorem Limits Continuity Rolle's theorem Mean value theorem Inverse function theorem Differential Definitions Derivative (generalizations) Differential infinitesimal of a function total Concepts Differentiation notation Second derivative Implicit differentiation Logarithmic differentiation Related rate...

 

Sambenedettese Beach Soccer

Questa voce sull'argomento beach soccer è solo un abbozzo. Contribuisci a migliorarla secondo le convenzioni di Wikipedia. SSD Sambenedettese Beach Soccer ASDBeach soccer Segni distintiviUniformi di gara Casa Trasferta Colori sociali Rosso, blu Dati societariCittàSan Benedetto del Tronto Paese Italia FederazioneLega Nazionale Dilettanti CampionatoSerie A Fondazione2008 Presidente Giancarlo Pasqualini Allenatore Oliviero Di Lorenzo Impianto sportivoBeach Arena Riviera delle Palme ...

 

Morice Lipsi

Pour les articles homonymes, voir Lipsi. Si ce bandeau n'est plus pertinent, retirez-le. Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus. Cet article ne cite pas suffisamment ses sources (juin 2019). Si vous disposez d'ouvrages ou d'articles de référence ou si vous connaissez des sites web de qualité traitant du thème abordé ici, merci de compléter l'article en donnant les références utiles à sa vérifiabilité et en les liant à la section « Notes et références ». En pratique : ...

François Duquesnoy

Pour les articles homonymes, voir Duquesnoy. François DuquesnoyAntoine Van Dyck, Portrait présumé de François Duquesnoy, entre 1627 et 1632,Bruxelles, musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.Naissance 12 janvier 1597Ville de Bruxelles ou Bruxelles (d)Décès 12 juillet 1643 (à 46 ans)LivourneActivités Sculpteur, dessinateurMaître Jérôme Duquesnoy l'AncienLieu de travail RomeMouvement BaroqueVue de la sépulture.modifier - modifier le code - modifier Wikidata François Duquesn...

 

Walter Davis (cestista)

Questa voce sull'argomento cestisti statunitensi è solo un abbozzo. Contribuisci a migliorarla secondo le convenzioni di Wikipedia. Segui i suggerimenti del progetto di riferimento. Walter DavisNazionalità Stati Uniti Altezza198 cm Peso88 kg Pallacanestro RuoloGuardia / ala piccola Termine carriera1992 Hall of fameNaismith Hall of Fame (2024) CarrieraGiovanili 1969-1973South Mecklenburg H.S.1973-1977 N. Carol. Tar Heels Squadre di club 1977-1988 Phoenix Suns766 (15...