BIO
CATTAÏ Silvano
Belgium born from italian parents in 1951. Graduated high school in 1968 and moved to Paris, France in 1969 he studied films and human sciences at the university of Paris VIII. Worked in film and paint (oil painting, Acrylic, multimedia). Moved to USA in 1979 to study film at the American Film Institute of Los Angeles. In 1980 he moves to New York city to work in film and paint. in 1984 studies at the Art Student League in NYC and starts to sculpt. In 1989 moved to Italy (Pietrasanta - Carrara - Seravezza) to work exclusively stone, bronze and other metals. He lives and works in Seravezza (Lucca - Italy).
Since early 1990's Cattai has devoted himself to sculpture, developing his personal research and showing several Europeans art gallery. In the main time he has realized monumental and public sculpture around the world.
2015 Geneva - Galerie Marianne Brand
2014 Pietrasanta (LU) Italy "Homo Faber"
2013-14 Nyon Switzerland - Fondation Lemart
2012 Geneva, Switzerland - Luv-Art; University of Belgrade, Serbia
2011 Paris, France - Galerie Sponte; Galerie Nelly L'Eplatenier, Lausanne Switzerland
2010 Pietrasanta, Italy – Museo dei Bozzetti
2008 “International Symposium of Sculture”; Caorle Italy - Gestald Gallery; Pietrasanta (LU) Italy
2007 Shenzhen sculpture symposium, China - Galerie Nelly L'Eplatenier, Lausanne
2006 Tablart gallery, Neuchâtel Switzerland City hall of Le Locle, Switzerland
2005 Hualien Symposium, Taiwan Amor Marmoris, Levigliani, Italy
2004 Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, Lucca Italy Tablart gallery, Neuchâtel Switzerland
2003 Enolia, Fondazione Arkad, Seravezza Italy Icheon, 6th International Symposium, Korea Seravezza – Hong-Kong, Italy
2002 Palazzo del Consiglio, Firenze Italy Gallery Bell'Arte, Maastricht Holland Arkad, Seravezza Italy ART-MAH Mah, Genève Switzerland
2001 Symp. Du Granit, Bretagne France Symp. Tanger, Marocco Symp. Longo, Burkina Faso
2000 Mac 2000 Paris, France Symp. Chartreuse, France Arte nella Citta La Spezia, Italy Studi Aperti Asart Pietrasanta, Italy Gallery Bell'Arte, Maastricht Holland Symp. Ben Amira, Mauritania
1999 Museo di Pescara, Italy Symp. Guilin, China
1998 Symp. Verona, Italy Chateau Nercanne Maastricht, Holland Museo Pianeta Azzuro Roma, Italy
1997 Symp. Seran Normandy, France 1996 ART-MAH Mah, Genève Switzerland Gallery Bell'Arte, Maastricht Holland
1995 Jilie Gallery Viareggio, Italy ART-MAH Mah, Genève Switzerland Mac 2000 Paris, France
1994 Mostra Gioia Lazzerini Pietrasanta, Italy Symp. Seravezza, Italy Centre culturel Louis Aragon Orly, France Salon d'Art Contemporain Champigny, France
1993 Biblioteca Sant'Agostino Pietrasanta, Italy Mac 2000 Paris, France
1992 Landucci Progettazione Quercta, Italy L'Art de Noe Gallery Paris, France
1991 Rempire Gallery New York, USA F. Amigo Gallery Albuquerque New Mexico, USA
1990 Amilys Gallery Bruxelles, Belgium
1989 Brooklyn Outdoor Show Brooklyn, USA
1988 Montvale New Jersey USA - Empire Fulton Ferry State Park Brooklyn, USA
1987 New Firenz' Lorca, Spain
1986 Barduffi Gallery Scottdale Arizona, USA 10 on 8 New York, USA
1985 BBH Entreprises New York, USA Free Lunch Alternative Space New York, USA
1984 Gallery 96 Paris, France Chateau Beaurgard Thuin, Belgium Phoenix Design Plaza Phoenix, USA
1983 Casa di Mateo Manzanilla, Mexico Design Work Gallery Phoenix, USA
1982 Westbeth Gallery New York, USA.