Joseph Pace (born 18 November 1959) is an Italian painter and sculptor.
Early life and education Joseph Pace was born in Morbegno (Lombardy) and raised in Congo-Kinshasa (Africa).Mascia Ferri, L'irremovibilità della memoria", Centro d'Arte La Bitta, Rome – 2007 – p. 3 Grandson of Camillo Pace,Andrea Diprose, Giorgio Spini, "Italia di Mussolini e Protestanti", Torino, Claudiana, Italy, 2007, p. 234Andrea Diprose, Punto a Croce (Sezione "6") he was introduced to the visual arts by his uncle Antonio Cardile.Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo, 2010 He also has followed legal, literary, social and psychoanalytical studies at the Paris-Sorbonne University, at the Sapienza University of RomeAssembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo, 2010 and at the Roma Tre University.Mascia Ferri, L'irremovibilità della memoria, p. 3, Centro d'Arte La Bitta, Rome, 2007
Work In the 1980s Pace worked in Rome and Paris where, in the mid-1980s, he founded "Le Filtranisme"Istituto de Recupeaçao do Patrimonio Historico do Estado de São Paulo, Catalogo Arte Italia-Brasil 2011–2012, pp. 158/161, June 2012, São Paulo, Brasil a neo-existencialist philosophical and artistic currentAssembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo, 2013Diario Official da Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo, O dinamismo vital e da força còsmica das emoçoes artisticas de Joseph Pace, p.4, July 2010 witch has an optic close to Renaissance and an anthropocosmic vision.Bruno Zarzaca, Film documentary, Joseph Pace Filtranisme, July 2011, Nettuno, ItalyMuseum Boncompagni Ludovisi, National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rome, Mariastella Margozzi, Joseph Pace, L’Eva Futura (The Future EVE)
Inspired by sources as diverse as fashion, history, electronic music and decorative arts,Oggi Roma, "L'Eva Futura di Joseph Pace Filtranise" al Museo Boncompagni, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna di Roma Diario Official da Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo, p. 4, July 2010 Pace uses different techniques (such as painting, assemblage, sculpture, electronic engravings, photography)Istituto de Recupeaçao do Patrimonio Historico do Estado de São Paulo, Catalogo Arte Italia-Brasil 2011–2012, pp. 158/161, June 2012, São Paulo, BrasilMargozzi, Mariastella -Joseph Pace, Impermanenza p.5, Published by Tiber Copia, 2010 influenced by the iconography of mass society, philosophy and psychoanalysis., by Mariastella MargozziAmbasciata d'Italia a Brasilia, "Arte Italo-Brasileira" , by Attlio De Gasperis, Catalogue pp. 32/33
Also assembling objects such as costume jewellery wayback=20141018141304 text= MIDAS por Joseph Pace Filtranisme, Élite Arte, São Paulo, 2014, Brazil "O dinamismo vital e da força còsmica das emoçoes artisticas de Joseph Pace" p. 4, Published by Diario Official da Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo, 2010 or recycled materials such as wood, metals or frosted glass of refrigerators shelves,Margozzi, Mariastella -Joseph Pace, Impermanenza p.5, Published by Tiber Copia, 2010 Pace above all uses painting as his favorite medium.Margozzi, Mariastella -Joseph Pace, Impermanenza p. 5, Published by Tiber Copia, 2010
During the 1980s Parisian period, he befriends the Brazilian artist Sergio Valle Duarte.Letizia Fanari E&A Art: Joseph Pace Filtranisme, 2007, p. 24/25, Rome, Italia and the bilingual writer Albert Russo.McNally, Bill. Amelia, Albert Russo's African Connection, pp. 52–55, 1991, Bakersfield, California, USALetizia Fanari, Equitazione&Ambiente Arte, Joseph Pace Filtranisme, January 2007, Rome In the summer of 1990 meaningful is the encounter between the sociologist Kurt Heinrich WolffMascia Ferri, Le filtranisme, by p. 4, Tibercopia, Rome, 2007 about the epistemological "surrender-and-catch" concepts that changed the Pace work from figurative painting to the abstract expressionism.Ambasciata d'Italia a Brasilia, "Arte Italo-Brasileira" , by Attlio De Gasperis, Catalogue pp.32/33CRC São Paulo inaugura exposição do pintor italiano Joseph Pace, May 2010Diario Official da Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo, p. 4, July 2010Giornal.it, Quotidiano di Informazione Indipendente His work gives an artistic and intellectual pathwayIstituto de Recupeaçao do Patrimonio Historico do Estado de São Paulo, Catalogo Arte Italia-Brasil 2011–2012, pp. 158/161, June 2012, São Paulo, Brasil with which Pace reinterprets many psychic realities.Istituto de Recupeaçao do Patrimonio Historico do Estado de São Paulo, Catalogo Arte Italia-Brasil 2011–2012, pp. 158/161, June 2012, São Paulo, Brasil, by Mariastella Margozzi
After the figurative period (1977–1990), the abstract period (1990–) is first characterized by the "Periodo dei Legni" (Woods's period 1990–1996) and the "Factor C" studies (1997) and subsequently by the still in progress series, "IDM" (Unshakableness of the Memory, 2000–)Mariastella Margozzi, L'irremovibilità della Memoria, Centro d'Arte La Bitta, pp. 2–3, Rome, 2007Mascia Ferri, L'irremovibilità della memoria", Centro d'Arte La Bitta, Rome, p3, 2007 and "ATONS"Quattrocchi Lavinio, Wobook July 2011 p. 23 Mascia Ferri, Joseph Pace, Centro d'Arte La Bitta, p. 3, Rome, 2007 (dedicated to the techno and electronic music, 2005–). Pace is also working on "ENGRAVING" (printmakings elaborate with computer)Giampiero Pedacci and Livia Bucci, Catalogue Joseph Pace Filtranisme, Tiber, p. 3, July 2011, Rome, ItaliaZarzaca, Bruno. Joseph Pace, Filtranisme, Film documentary, Rome, Italy – July 2011 and "MIDAS", the sculptures/assemblages of jewellery. wayback=20141018141304 text= MIDAS por Joseph Pace Filtranisme, Élite Arte, São Paulo, 2014, Brazil
From 1996 to 2008, Pace worked as a university teaching assistant, p.4, Equitazione&Ambiente (pp. 23,24,25), by Marcello ParisAssembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo, 2010 of Sociology of knowledge and Art, and History of sociology at the Faculty of Sociology of the Sapienza University of Rome., by Mariastella Margozzi
Exhibitions (selection) His solo shows includes the Museum of Art of the Parliament of São Paulo (2010),Diario Official ALESP, – O dinamismo vital e de força cósmica das emoções artísticas de Joseph PaceDiario Official da ALESP , Artista Italiano Joseph Pace doa Obra ao Museu de Arte da AlespDiario Official ALESP Museo de Arte recebe Obra de joseph Pace CRC in São Paulo (2010),Folha de Condominio , Obras de Joseph Pace (2010)CRC SP, Portal dos eventos culturais , Attividades culturais realizadas em 2010 (7.1), "Emoçoes", obras de Joseph Pace no CRC Theatro Municipal of Jaguariúna (2011),Art Network , Joseph Pace Filtranisme, Dinamismo Cosmico em JaguariunaEspressione Arte , Dinamismo cosmico do Artista Joseph PaceArs Meteo, Mostra di Joseph Pace: opere pittoriche e grafiche al computer dell’eclettico maestro italiano Forte Sangallo in Nettuno (2011),Comune di Anzio, Mostra Arte Brasiliana ad Anzio Museum Boncompagni Ludovisi, National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rome (2014),Museum Boncompagni Ludovisi, National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rome, Joseph Pace, The Future Eve Museum Venanzo Crocetti in Rome (2015), Câmara Municipal de Itapevi (2018),Itapevi recebe exposição “Emoções Cósmicas” de Joseph Pace. Câmara Municipal de ItapeviItapevi recebe exposição “Emoções Cósmicas” de Joseph Pace. Câmara Municipal de Itapevi e Instituto de Recuperação do Patrimonio Historico do Estado de Sao Paulo Pantheon, Rome, Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres, Polo Museale del Lazio (2018),Sacra sacrorum Joseph Pace espone al Pantheon di Roma. Zetema Progetto Cultura.Joseph Pace espone al Pantheon di Roma "Sacra sacrorum", il sacro delle cose sacre, Artslife.Sacra sacrorum jewellery sculpture at the Pantheon Wanted in Rome Biblioteca Storica Nazionale dell'Agricoltura, Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, Rome (2019),Sacra sacrorum Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Biblioteca Storica Nazionale dell’Agricoltura Joseph Pace espone Sacra sacrorum. Zetema Progetto CulturaJoseph Pace espone alla Biblioteca Storica Nazionale dell'Agricoltura, Palazzo dell'Agricoltura, Ministero delle Politiche agricole alimentari, forestali e del turismo. Artribune.Sacra sacrorum alla Biblioteca Storica Nazionale dell’Agricoltura, Ministero delle Politiche Agricole. Roma Daily News.Mostra di sculture di gioielli "Sacra sacrorum". Ministero dell'Agricoltura, Biblioteca Storica Nazionale dell'Agricoltura, Câmara Municipal de Itapevi (2020),"Joseph Pace, Entre o Informal e a Pop Art”, Jornal da Zona Leste, São Paulo, Brasil, Marzo 2020 – p.8 CRC in São Paulo (2020),Joseph Pace in Brazil: a virtual and online exhibition in Covid-19 time ArtsLifeJoseph Pace: online virtual exhibition at the CRC in São Paulo InnovarteA Expressividade de Joseph Pace na criação de suas joias esculturais Conselho Regional de Contabilidade do Estado de São Paulo Pantheon, Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres, Direzione Musei Statali di Roma, Ministry of Culture, Rome (2021) - Travelling exhibition,Joseph Pace, Ave Crux, Spes Una Art Boomer.Joseph Pace, Pantheon, Roma, Ave Crux, Spes Una Roma Capitale, Zetema Progetto Cultura.Joseph Pace espone “Ave Crus, Spes Una” al Pantheon di Roma. Comune di Roma, Turismo.Pantheon - Joseph Pace - “Ave Crux, Spes Una”. Oggi Roma.Joseph Pace espone al Pantheon Arte Go. Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina, Rome (2021),Joseph Pace, Ave Crux, Spes Una Roma Capitale, Zetema Progetto Cultura.Arte Go, Joseph Pace, Basilica di San Lorenzo in LucinaArt Boomer, Joseph Pace, Basilica di San Lorenzo in Lucina (In English). Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Civitavecchia, Polo Museale del Lazio, Ministry of culture (2022),Joseph Pace, Luxarcheology Arte.ItLuxarcheology, Joseph Pace in mostra al Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Civitavecchia La Provincia, Quotidiano di CivitavecchiaJoseph Pace, mostra al Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Civitavecchia Port Mobility CivitavecchiaInaugurata la mostra Luxarcheology al Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Civitavecchia Le Muse News, attualità, cultura, arte, Roma & provinciaJoseph Pace, Luxarcheology VIDEO TRC Giornale di Civitavecchia Boncompagni Ludovisi Decorative Art Museum, Ministry of Culture, Direzione dei Musei Statali della Città di Roma (2022).Cultura, Governo, Il gioiello nella moda e nell’arte,Il gioiello nella moda e nell'arte, Osservatorio per le arti decorative.