Biography
Claud Hesse lives and works between Itlay and Berlin.
Daughter of a surgeon, Claud Hesse was influenced by her parents’ profound passion for philosophy. From an early age they instilled in her an interest in scientific and classical culture but right from the beginning it was art that played a fundamental role in her life.
Her schooling at the Liceo Classico, visits to important art exhibitions and many trips abroad (United States of America, China, Russia, Great Britain, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Greece, etc.) were fundamental to her formation as an artist, to her “forma mentis” and also to her perception of the world and life itself.
After taking her school leaving certificate, she enrolled at university to study Biotechnology where she explored genetics and physical science.
Following this she studied painting at the Fine Arts Academy where she graduated with top marks. She then did a Master and graduated with summa cum laude. Her graduation thesis was entitled “ONE art – music – quantum physics”. In writing this thesis she enjoyed the collaboration of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Frascati and composer-musician Giovanni Allevi.
She currently lives and works between Italy and Berlin.
Her fondness for scientific culture, particularly DNA and quantum physics, is latent in her as an artist so that we continually find references to them in her work melded with subtle philosophic concepts and deep inner reflections.
SELECTED EXHIBITION:
- "MICROmacro Inside/Outside" at Italian Cultural Institute in the Italian Embassy, Berlin, Germany.
- "20 x ETTORE MAJORANA" at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, MACRO TESTACCIO & Palazzo Manganelli of Catania - Curated by Laura Cherubini and Ignazio Licata.
- "CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTION" at the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART – Monreale Palermo, Italy.
- ART FAIR | BOLOGNA PAVILION 26 STAND B/82 PIOMONTI CONTEMPORARY ART – ROME Gallery
- "HIT PARADE" at MAUTO “National Automobile Museum” – contemporary art section – Turin, Italy.
- EXHIBITION CONFERENCE “COST – Bridging the Gap between Science and Art” by COST – European cooperation in science and technology Avenue Louise 149 | 1050 Brussels | Belgium.
In 2015 she won the "Maurizio Collino Award" for the best artistic research at PARATISSIMA - Turin & in 2014 she won 1st PRIZE “CONCORSO BUENOS AIRES”.
In 2016 she is sent to participate BOCS D’ART – ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE curated by “Martedì Critici” in Rome at Bocs Art in Cosenza for realization a work for permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cosenza, Italy.
