Claudio Guarino (January 1966 – February 2004) was an Italian multimedia visual artist and musician based in London. He worked with video, performance, film and photography. His works were operatic performances in gallery spaces emphasising on visual rather than musical aspects.
Guarino studied at Goldsmiths College and the Royal College of Art in London. At Goldsmiths, he was awarded the Hamad Butt Award in 1997. In 1998 he was selected for the 'New Contemporaries' exhibition curated by Sacha Craddock.
Solo shows Lost: The Unmovable Desire, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 2002. The Kiss of Tosca, performance opera at Galleria Artra, Milan, 2000. Aria, performance opera at Galleria Artra, Milan, 1998. Viene, performance opera at Chiesa di Sant'Angelo, Pisa, 1998. House of Injection, performance opera at Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1997. Music composed by Hayden Parsey. Mater Dolorosa, performance opera at Victoria Miro Gallery, London, 1997. Music composed by Hayden Parsey. Suspicion, performance opera at Victoria Miro Gallery, London, 1996. Music composed by Hayden Parsey.
Group shows Limit: Video Invitational, fa projects, London, 2003 Meant Me, Royal College of Art, London, 2002 Sledge, The Jam Factory, London, 2002 I giochi e le fiabe, Museo Laboratorio d'Arte Contemporanea, Citta Sant'Angelo, Italy, 2000 Eurostar, Westland Palace, London, 2000 Soggettivita e narrazione, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Caste of Rivoli, Turin, 1999 New Contemporaries, Tea Factory, Liverpool, 1998 Corto Circuito, Palazzo Reale, Naples, 1998
Bibliography Steve Child, Giorgio Verzotti and Francesco Bernadelli (2008) Claudio Guarino, Charta Art Books, Milan Maria Rosa Sossai (2002), Artevideo: Storie e culture del video d'artista in Italia, Silvana Editoriale, Milan Giorgio Verzotti, "Claudio Guarino: The Kiss of Tosca", Artforum, November 2000 Sacha Craddock, Phyllida Barlow, Eddie Berg, Adrian Searle and Christine Hohenbuchler (1998), New Contemporaries, New Contemporaries, London
References
External links Claudio Guarino website, Archived version