Artist Statement

My work mostly deals with the conceptual exploration of the facets and transformations of both human and individual identity in time. This has become a recurring theme in my work. By means of hyper-realistic and abstract work. I openly invite viewers to consider and reflect upon the importance of their own identity in time, also in regards to memory and the possibility of surpassing the boundaries conventionally bestowed on it.

Valter Casotto,

born in Padua Italy (1980), Italy.

Valter worked on numerous TV productions as camera operator and TV format creator. He has worked as senior prosthetic makeup artist in the film industry, on films such as Harry Potter (D. Yates), X-Men: First Class (M. Vaughn), Prometheus (R. Scott) and The Hobbit (P. Jackson). Running parallel to his work in the film industry, he has contined to work on his own personal projects. His preferred techniques are those of video and sculpture which he brought together in his project ‘We Will Never Meet at that Age’. He created a self-portrait of his own ageing physiognomy and had it applied to himself, documenting his parents’ reaction to seeing their son at an age they will never meet in real life with a moving image piece, thus creating an impossible time breach in the fabric of his parents’ existence.

Contacts

Valter Adam Casotto:

Please contact me by email at:  valteradamcasotto@gmail.com

or by phone at:  IT. 0039 3481683198 

or via whatsapp at: UK 0044 (0) 7469202272

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021- to- Ongoing . Reshaped Reality. 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Sculpture. The collective exhibition had many venues across the European main cities and will be hosted From April 10 to October 13, 2025 at the Osaka Culturarium at Tempozan in Osaka, Japan, alongside the World EXPO. The museum building is one of the spectacular works by Japanese architect Tadao Ando

2018 Beyond Reality, Opera Gallery, Londra curated by Federica Beretta
2019 1606 project, Kunsthuizen Gallery, Leiden (NL) curated by The Plant Space 2018 It Is As If..., Castello di Susans, Marano (UD) curated by Sabrina Zannier

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Identità Temporale, Terrazza Mare, Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD) curated by Sabrina Zannier 2018 Timelessness, Andrea Tardini Gallery, Venezia curated by Elisa Fantin
2017 (V)alter Ego, Andrea Tardini Gallery, Venezia curated by Elisa Fantin

RESIDENCIES

2019 The Plant Space, Leiden (NL)

WORKSHOP & COLLABORATIONS

2019 Anatomy and Sculpture workshop, The Plant Space, Leiden (NL)
2019 xFORMX - Sculpture workshop, The Plant Space, Leiden (NL)
2019 Lucid Dream, The Biomorphism - Iris van Herpen, Swarovski megastore, Vienna

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

• 2021- to- Ongoing . Reshaped Reality. 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Sculpture / Exhibition catalog

• 2018 / The Walls Have Eyes / The Guardian
  2017 / Interview - Valter Adam - London / Slow Words
  2017 / “(V)alter Ego” Il corpo come arte by M.Pivato / La Nuova di Venezia
  2017 / A Venezia meraviglie in galleria by S.Salis / Il Domenicale - Il Sole 24 Ore
  2017 / Baby Damien Hirst in mostra a Venezia / ArtsLife
  2017 / L’Arte del Makeup alla Tardini Gallery - Le Opere di Cosotto by V.Tuzii / Corriere del Veneto 2017 / Problemi d’Identità di autore / Il Giornale dell’Arte
  2017 / Valter Adam Casotto il nuovo Donatello nel campo della scultura odierna / Galleria Makeda 2017 / Barbara - Barbara Mihàlyi - Introducing artist Valter Adam Casotto by Barbara Mihàlyi / Insider

Articles and Publications