Klarita Pandolfi's Biography
Italian London based artist, promoter, musician
and former actress who had displayed her work extensively in Italy and in the UK. She studied Sculpture at the Academia of Belle Arti of Rome before diversifying into acting and performing arts. Her earliest projects included Tableaux Vivants were the Italian culture of Renaissance and Baroque were explored under the light of Avanteguarde techniques. In the 80s she worked with the Art Production (Rome) as special events organiser allowing a good number of the Italian new wave bands from all over Italy
to play the notorious Piper Club.
She was also part of roman bands such as RosenKreutz, Circus Joy and Siamese Twins
as bass player, singer and performer.
At present she works mainly with digital photography and installations, sound (Art Immunda) and as promoter, events organiser and booking agent for her own company
Kaparte Promotions
Photo by Thion
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Accademia di Belle Arti of Rome (1974-77)
Pietro Sharoff Drama School, Rome (1981-4)
Selected shows in Italy:
Circoli (Circles) - Venice Bar - Rome 1985
Art Production Festival - Testaccio Teatro Foyer - Rome 1987
Seven Sins - Studio 1 Foyer - Rome and Benevento 1991
Ero Io (It Was Me) - Galleria dello Scorpione - Rome 1990
1981-1985: Singer and bass player for Italian new-wave bands Circus Joy, Rosenkreuts and Siamese Twins
From 1984 to 1995: Actress, Assitant to the director, stage assistant fro various Itailian theatre companies.
Shows in the UK:
Solo: Psychowitch
Melting Spells - The Foundry - London 2003
- The Foundry - London 2002
Group exhibitions:
Italian Contemporary Art
- Harrows Art Centre - London - 2000
Artrail - Urban Management Space - Gravesend - 2002
Contemporary Exhibition of Surreal Art - Brighton Artist Gallery - Brighton - 2003
Let's See the Nature in You - Pepperton Gallery - London - 2004
No Objects - Ladyfest - Birmingham - 2004
Dolore - Sartorial Contemporary Art gallery - London - 2005 (also as a curator)
Flash in the Pan - The House Gallery - London - 2005
A Night on Earth - The OH! Gallery - London - 2005
The Circus Show - Three Colts Gallery - London - 2006
H HAMMER - Art Auction Terrace Studio - London
24 june - 7 July 2006
HIV & Contemporary Art
(also as curator for the British section)
14 July - 3 December 2006
Cappella Orsini - Rome
Through the Large Glass
Three Colts Gallery - London
October 2006
For Peel
No More Gallery - London
November - December 2006
The Marmite Prize, The Residence - London December 2006
International Women Day Exhibition
Hove Town Hall - Hove & Brighton March 2007
So Now Then, Lancaster House - August 2008
Arte al Femminile, Image Event, Galleria dei Serpenti Rome - January 2009
L'Arte della Diversita', Image Event, LOA Acrobax Rome -
June 2009
Other selected activities:
1990 - Backing vocals in the album Mansions by Italian composer Marco Miti
2000 - Recording for Susan Hiller's sound installation piece Witness as one the featured voices
2007 - performing as part of Roman Ondak's Good Feelings in Good Times, Tate Modern