I have a baroque obsession that saturates space and suffocates the viewer. —Joseph Pace
1. ESSENTIAL BIOGRAPHY
Joseph Pace (b. Morbegno, Italy) studied Central African art in Kinshasa and later traied in Rome at the studio of his uncle Antonio Cardile, an artist of the Roman School. He purued studies in law, literature, social science and psychoanalysis at the universities Paris-Sorbonne, Sapienza and Roma Tre. He has been a specialist lecturer in the Sociology of Knowledge, Sociology of Art, and History of Sociology at Sapienza University of Rome.
In 2018 and 2021, the Pantheon in Rome dedicated two major exhibitions to his work, “Joseph Pace, Sacra Sacrorum” and “Joseph Pace, Ave Crux, Spes Una”. The Boncompagni Ludovisi Museum of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome presented exhibitions of his work in 2014, 2021, and 2022.
His works has achieved international recognitions, with a particularly strong presence in Brazil, where his works have been shown, among others, at at the Museu de Arte do Parlamento de São Paulo, Museu Afro-Brasil de São Paulo, Museu de Itapevi, and Italian Embassy in Brasilia.
His works are held in important museums and institutions, in addition of those metioned above.
3. FILTRANISME – ART AND PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN FILTERS
Joseph Pace is one of the leading exponents of Filtranisme, the neo-existentialist philosophical, artistic movement he founded in Paris in 1987 […]. — Mariastella Margozzi, National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rome.
3. MUSEUM AND INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITIONS
Recent Exhibitions – Academia de Arte de Rio de Janeiro (2024), CRC of São Paulo (2023), Boncompagni Ludovisi Museum for the Decorative Arts (2022), National Archaeological Museum of Civitavecchia (2022), Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina (2022).
Selected Exhibitions – Pantheon of Rome (2021), Itapevì Art Museum (2021), Bardo National Museum of Tunis (2021), Copertino Castle (2021), CRC of São Paulo (2020), Boncompagni Ludovisi Museum for the Decorative Arts (2020), Itapevì Municipal Chamber (2020), Norman-Swabian Castle of Bari (2019), National Historical Library of Agriculture (2019), Pantheon of Rome (2018), Itapevì Municipal Chamber (2018), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2016), Florence Biennale (2015), Italian Circle of São Paulo (2015), Paradiso sul Mare of Anzio (2015), Afro-Brasil Museum of São Paulo (2014), Venanzo Crocetti Foundation Museum (2014), Italian Embassy in Brasilia (2013), Diocesan Museum of Amalfi (2013), CRC of São Paulo (2013), Italian Embassy in Brasilia and Octavio Cafè of São Paulo (2012), Forte Sangallo of Nettuno (2012), Municipal Theatre of Jaguariuna (2011), Forte Sangallo of Nettuno (2011), International Film Festival of Ostia (2010).
Sacred Art – Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina (2022, 2023), Pantheon in Rome, Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres (2021), Ministry of Agricultural Policies, National Historical Library of Agriculture (2019), Pantheon in Rome, Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres (2018), International Florence Biennale (2015), Diocesan Museum of Amalfi (2013).
4. PUBLIC RECOGNITIONS
Pantheon of Rome, Italy (.) Museum Boncompagni Ludovisi of Decorative Arts and Italian Fashion of the Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna of Rome, Italy (.) Museu de Arte do Parlamento de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (.) Diocesan Museum of Amalfi, Amalfi, Italy (.) Museu Afro Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil (.) Italian Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil (.) Camara Municipal de Itapevi, Brazil (.) Museu de Arte de Itapevi, Brazil (.) Basilica di San Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome, Italy (.) National Historical Library of Agriculture, Rome, Italy (.) Municipal Theater of Jaguariúna, Brazil (.) Prefeitura de Jaguariúna, Jaguariúna, Brazil (.) Circolo Italiano, Edificio Italia, São Paulo, Brazil (.) Museo Fondazione Venanzo Crocetti, Rome, Italy (.) Coleçao de Arte do CRC Conselho de Contabilitade do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil (.) Instituto de Recuperaçao do Patrimonio Historico no Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.
5. COLLABORATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS
He has collaborated with universities, cultural institutions, international organizations, and italian and foreign diplomatic missions. His collaborations include Sapienza University of Rome, University of Konstanz, Instituto de Recuperação do Patrimônio Histórico no Estado de São Paulo, University of Lorraine, Italian Cultural Institute in São Paulo and Tunis, the Vatican, and Unicef.