Dates: from Sept.12 to Nov.12, 2010
Opening on Sunday, Sept.12, 2010, from 3 to 6pm
Artist Name: Barbara Piatti (Franco-Swiss)
Venue: Imagine Gallery, No.8 Feijiacun Yishu Gongzuoshi, Feijiacun,
Laiguangyingdonglu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100103, China.

After “Beijing Short Cuts” Exhibition held in 2008, Barbara Piatti is back at Imagine Gallery with
“Shanghai Short Cuts” Solo Show.

Luminous in colors, stunning with architectural city views and cultural influences, “Shanghai Short
Cuts” oil paintings series on canvas carry us away, feeling Piatti’s instinct, emotion and controlled
multiform mind.

Barbara Piatti is a Swiss born professional artist (1964) who attended Dept. of History of Art and
Painting at Zurich University. In 1988 Piatti moved to Paris and studied under the Irish Portrait Painter
Reginald Gray. Since 1999 she lives in France.

Traveling painter, she has been inspirited through the years by her many art residencies in Berlin,
Venice, The Philippines, New York and China.

Barbara Piatti has held Solo Exhibitions in most European capitals. She has been represented in
Group Exhibits at UNESCO, Paris, Museum of Modern Art, Glarus and The Contemporary Art Salons
in Berlin, Orleans and Geneva.

BARBARA PIATTI
1964  Born in Laufen, Switzerland.
1986  Attended Department of History of Art and Painting at Zürich University,
           Switzerland.
1988  Settled in Paris .Studied there with the Irish painter Reginald Gray during two years.
           Become member of Visarte, society of Swiss visual artists in Paris.
1997  Moved on to Berlin for two years. Created oil paintings on canvases and papers on the
           revitalization and rebuilding of the new city, Potsdamer Platz, focusing on industrial
           landscapes. Print of the catalogue” Berlin- Paris”.
1999  Moved back to France. Settled near Orléans at the river Loire, les Grands
           Malacots, exploring industrials places, human lives and the grandeur of the river
           Loire. Print of the catalogue “Au bord de la Loire”.
2003  She got the French nationality too.
2005  Moved to New York, Chelsea, April - June through. Created oil paintings on
           canvases and papers of New York City life.
           In July went back to France, Malacots.
2006  Travel to the Philippines, on Camiguin Island, where her brother Gabriel Piatti
           Sculptor/Painter with his family lives.
2008  Artist in Residency in Peking with Imagine Gallery 1 August – 1 November
           "Beijing Short Cuts".
2009  Artist in Residency in Peking with Imagine Gallery 17 May – 17 July
           "Shanghai Short Cuts".
2010  Artist in Residency New York, Chelsea April- June through “Soul of Manhattan”.