Biography [CV] [Timeline]
Silvio Wolf was born in Milan in 1952, where he lives and works.
He studied Philosophy and Psychology in Italy and Photography and Visual Arts in London, where he received the Higher Diploma in Advanced Photography at the London College of Printing.
From 1977 to 1987 he used photography to explore the laws, language and two-dimensional nature of the image. His work has moved in directions different from those of tradition, which favoured the documentary and narrative value of the photographic image. Instead, he has pursued a more subjective, metaphorical view of reality. In this period he made polyptychs and large-format works which have been shown in Italy and abroad, including Aktuell ‘83 in Munich and Documenta VIII, in 1987, in Kassel.
From the end of the 1980s to the present he has gradually introduced new languages in his work, using video, still projections, light and sound, either individually or in combinations.
His works have moved away from the pure two-dimensional format of photography to involve architectural space and the specificities of the places in which he operates, creating multimedia projects and sound installations. In his site-specific projects, as in all his photographic work, the issues of time, absence and elsewhere are always central.
He has created temporary and permanent installations in galleries, museums and public spaces in Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland and the United States.
He teaches Photography at the School of Visual Arts of the European Institute of Design in Milan, and is Visiting Professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

CV [Timeline] [Biografia]
Title
Site
1981
(Morocco
Galerie Medamothi - Montpellier
 
1982
Mental space
Mercato del Sale - Milan
1983
Water
Mental Space
Studio Marconi - Milan
Galerie Perspektif - Roterdam
1984
Milan nowadays
Galerie Van Marwich - Munich
1987
The Truth
Great Western Wall
Permanent urban installation - Civitella d'Agliano (Vt.)
Permanent urban installation - Civitella d'Agliano (Vt.)
1988
Lagrange Annunciation
Marginalia delle Forme d'Arte - Turin
1989
Generations of Light
Enclave
Galleria Alberto Weber - Turin
Galleria Piero Cavellini - Milan
1990
Swabian Room
Real Stairways at Gratosoglio
Permanent installation - Vertical Museum, Sheraton Hotel - Bari
Three permanent urban installations - Milan
1991
Icons of Light
Azuleyes
Braille Stars
Alberto Weber - Turin
Pasqual Lucas Espai - Valencia
Sala CI, Milano Arte Estetica - Milan
1992
Condominiums
Piero Cavellini - Brescia
1993
Origins
Belvedere
Azuleyes
Gianferrari Arte Contemporanea - Milan
Galleria La Polena - Genova
Casa Cultura - Bellreguard
1995
White Lights
Galleria Credito Valtellinese, Palazzo delle Stelline - Milan
1998
Place Word
Chiesa Valdese, Milan
1999
The Elsewhere
The Zone of Shadow
Cries from the Temple
Royal Festival Hall - London
Musée du Québec - Quèbec
Piazza Affari - Milan
2000
Keith Johnson - New York
2001
Scala Zero
Foundation of Time
Galerie Clairefontaine - Luxembourg
Fondazione Pistoletto - Biella
La Chambre Blanche - Québec City
2003
The Two Doors
Fotografia Italiana - Milano
2004
Scala Zero
Fotografia Italiana - Milano
2006
John 14
Biblioteca Cantonale - Bellinzona
2007
The Invisible
Fotografia Italiana - MiArt, Milano
2008
Voyager
Robert Mann Gallery - New York
Immagini dell'Invisibile
(with Jean Odermatt)
Istituto Svizzero - Roma
The Double Life
Auditorium Conciliazione - Roma

Timeline [Biography] [CV]
Installations and Public Art
Photo Works
1977
Cambi d'Orizzonte
1978
Tre Cabine
1979
Argentiera, Passi, Piedi Zenith, Punti Cardinali
1980
Le Due Porte, Spazio Mentale
1983
Acqua
1987
Grande Muro Occidentale, La Verità
Praha, Tranfigurazione dei Santi
1988
Annunciazione Lagrange
1989
Grande Myhrab, Enclave, Nidi d'Ape, Luce Verde
1990
Scale Reali
Camera Sveva, Viveros
1991
Stelle Braille, Light House, Kunstwerk, Azuleyes
starts Icone di Luce
1992
Baden-Baden
Condomini
1993
Laboratorio
Belvedere
1994
1995
Luci Bianche
1996
Iconostasi, L'Osservanza
Tempo T 0
1997
Stazione di Berlino
Angelo di Sogno
1998
Luogo Parola
1999
starts Scala Zero
2000
Annunciation
2001
Fondazione del Tempo,
Double Breath, Angeli del Tempo
Angeli del Tempo
2002
Oggi
Skylights
2003
Loggia delle Parole
Lightscape, starts Horizons,
John 14
2004
Pietra d’Acqua

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