Guillaume Bottazzi (born in 1971) is a French visual artist.
Biography
Guillaume Bottazzi is a French visual artist, born in 1971.[1] At the age of 17, he decided to become an artist as a single activity. He began to study painting in Italy. Back in France, winner of a competition, he moved in an artist studio given by French Minister of Culture.[2] Soon he imposed himself on the art. Pioneer of neuroesthetic stream,[3] Guillaume Bottazzi has signed more than one hundred artworks in public space.[4][5][6] It forms part of an overall consideration, including various contextual elements. He has received orders from different foreign museums, for example from Mori Art Museum.[7]
He exhibited regularly in galleries and museums in several countries in Europe, Asia, USA, including New York City, where he settled in the 2000s. In New-York, his artworks have been shown by the Goldstrom gallery and the White Cube’s Annex Gallery.[8] In 2004, Guillaume Bottazzi moved to Japan. It was both a culture shock and a new source of inspiration for him. In 2010, at the initiative of Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation of History and Culture, the National Art Center, Tokyo, Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo Midtown, Mori Building and Mori Art Museum, Guillaume Bottazzi created an artwork of 3 m high and 33 m wide at Roppongi Hills, in the center of Tokyo.[9]
Another project, realized in 2011, can be seen in Sapporo, Japan, on the facades of the Miyanomori Art Museum, MIMAS, a work of 900 m², a jewel of Contemporary Art in Hokkaido. An exhibition of Guillaume Bottazzi’s work was organized at the same time.[10]
In 2012, following the selection of the Mori Art Museum, Mori building has commissioned art works from French artist Guillaume Bottazzi. They are incorporated into the new high-rise building Ark Hills Sengokuyama: at heart of the rejuvenated Toranomon district in Tokyo.[11]
In 2015, a Guillaume Bottazzi's 216 m² painting became part of the artistic path of La Défense in Paris. The greatest artists, from Alexander Calder to Richard Serra, including Joan Miró, have made their mark on the La Défense district.[18][19][20] In 2016, Guillaume Bottazzi was invited to participate to the "Le French May" event, organized by the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau.[21] This 565 square meters'exhibition took place in Hong Kong Central Library and 23 recent paintings have been shown.[22][23][24][25][26][27]Between 2016 and 2017, in Brussels, with the city and the European Commission, he created a painting 16 metres high that now forms part of the heritage of Brussels-Capital.[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
Artworks
In Guillaume Bottazzi's works, diffuse light reflects other spaces beyond their confines, notably through successive transparent, glazed (Glaze (painting technique)) layers of painting. The loose shapes appear to be freed of the laws of weightlessness. Areas disappear into the medium, an integral part of the work, giving an impression of infinity, forming impalpable elements and ethereal shapes. Light is found within space that is uncertain, an impression that is strengthened by the abstract nature of his works. His paintings give an impression of strangeness. His works leads us, the public, to change with them, stimulating our cognitive skills and forcing us to develop our own creative perception.
A study that was carried out by scientists Helmut Leder and Marcos Nadal from the University of Vienna proves that Guillaume Bottazzi’s art reduces anxiety in the people who look at it.[36][31][37]
^"Guillaume Bottazzi, pioneer of neuro-aesthetics signs his 100th environmental work with a 10-meter painting - MUUUZ - Architecture + Design + Trends + Inspiration".
^"Guillaume Bottazzi - Promenade culturelle dans la Métropole". Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^"Guillaume Bottazzi, artiste à l'approche environnementale". 20 March 2021.
^ a b"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^"News Press - Entretien de Guillaume Bottazzi - Guillaume Bottazzi". www.newspress.fr. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
^"Roppongi Art Night Programs".
^"Bottazzi - Hokkaido TV, japan - Vidéo Dailymotion". 25 August 2013.
^"ARK Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower" (PDF). mori.co.jp. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
^"TAB Event - Guillaume Bottazzi "Recent Works"".
^"Guillaume Bottazzi: Japan, my love | Events | Metropolis Magazine Japan". Archived from the original on 17 October 2020.
^"Le collectif Gallery Itsutsuji - Centre Pompidou". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016.
^"Lyon. Energie positive avec les œuvres "dopaminées" de ce peintre lyonnais".
^"Guillaume Bottazzi for Eiffage Immobilier, Villeneuve d'Ascq".
^"Cancelled | Great poetic paintings by Guillaume Bottazzi in Marseille at the European Heritage Days".
^"RHÔNE. Lyon : Guillaume Bottazzi signe une œuvre monumentale pour Eiffage Immobilier".
^"Martigues : bientôt une fresque monumentale pour valoriser le patrimoine".
^"A mural for a ′frustrated, fragile′ Europe". Deutsche Welle.
^"Gigantische muurschildering onthuld op Jourdanplein in Brusselse Europese wijk | De Morgen". 16 February 2017.
^"Abstract artist gives Place Jourdan a burst of new colour | The Bulletin". 5 October 2016.
^"Guillaume Bottazzi pintará una obra de 16 x 7 metros en Bruselas – Arte Al Límite".
^"Une oeuvre géante de Guillaume Bottazzi à la Défense | Defacto - Quartier d'affaires de la Defense". Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^"News Press - A monumental work of art by Guillaume Bottazzi in « Paris La Defense » - Guillaume Bottazzi". Archived from the original on 1 February 2016.
^"Bottazzi -TV France24 / Marseille Provence 2013 on Vimeo".
^"Journées du patrimoine 2020 : dix sites à découvrir". Le Monde. 15 September 2020.
^"6". Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
External links
Bottazzi's official website Archived 9 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine
« Hope 2011 » - Guillaume Bottazzi - La France au Japon