Dora Tass was born in Rome. She is an anthropologist and visual artist and resides in Santa Fe (New Mexico) and Rome (Italy).
She works with different medium such as light art, holograms, mixed media painting , site-specific installation, sculpture and drawings. She is interested in exploring time, media communication and cultural identity crossing surrealism, pop and visual poetry.
Studies.
Master of Arts degree in HUMANITIES, "Cultural Anthropology and Art" at La Sapienza University of Rome (Italy).
Academy of Art in Rome, painting and sculpture. In 2012 I attended the “ International Symposium of Display Holography" at MIT lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and invited at the Pulse Laser Studio by the Holocenter NYC residency program. Since then I continue my studies and research with the light artist August Muth, in his studio "The Light Foundry", Santa Fe ( New Mexico, USA) where I actually create my holographic light artworks. When in Rome, my focus is in mexed-media painting and sculpture.
Public Collection.
2013. MIT MUSEUM, opera "Perturbing Object". Massachusetts Institute of Technology.USA
2011. MART MUSEUM, Rovereto, opera “Hyperbook Boundary”. Italy
2007. Biblioteca Comunale San Giorgio , opera ”Libro Ambiente”. Italy.
Selected Exhibitions
2023. Gallery 286 London. Real/Virtual- Holograms from the 1970s-2000s,
selected from the Jonathan Ross Collection by Sydney Koke
2021. Currents Gallery. “Altered Light” group show, and Currents New Media Festival, Santa Fe. US
2022. “I Want to Disarm the Word” Fabio Orlandi Studio, Roma.
2020. "Currents" New Media Festival, CCA Santa Fe, New Mexico.
“Light Windows” by Holocenter NY.
2018. MACRO Museum “Think like a Photon” Rome, Italy. "
2018. OM THE SPOT by Olivia Mariotti “Think like a Photon” Rome, Italy.
2018. Aveiro City Museum, Portugal
2018. Rosso 27 Gallery." Art is Money- Money is Art", Rome. Italy
2017. BAG Bocconi Art Gallery, Milan. Italy
2017. "Currents" New Media Festival, Santa Fe New Mexico.USA
2017- 2016. MIA Photo Fair. Milan, Italy.
http://luceweb.eu/it/oltre-la-fotografie-darte-sculture-
2014. BONHAMS, "A Contemporary Edge" London|
54th Venice Biennale, Italian Pavilion /Tese delle Vergini all'Arsenale. 2011
Chosen by Bernardo Bertolucci to present her holographic light artworks.
2012/13. MIT Museum.The Jeweled Net: Views of Contemporary Holography. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. USA
ISDH.International Symposium of Display Holography http://isdh2012.media.mit.edu/
2011. MART Museum ,“Poesia Visiva” La donazione Bentivoglio. Curated by Daniela Ferrari. Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy.2011. Nopx|artbook . International contest of Artist Book. Torino
2011. Documents 06. ArtMbassy/Berlin, text by Jonathan Dronsfield. Berlin 2011|| Contact: Modì /Tass. Curated by Enrica Torelli Landini. Palazzo Taverna, Roma.
2010."Premium Sinestesie", Aquila. Italy
2010. "One Minute Tree", curated by Elisa Resegotti, Pianamola.Italy
2010. "20 Libristi", curated by Mirella Bentivoglio, Galleria Cortese & Lisanti, Roma.
2008. “SPQR” by Pino Casagrande eChiara Marzi, ArtMbassy, Berlin|| "Quasi Pagine", curated by Paolo Tesi, Biblioteca San Giorgio Pistoia. Italy.2006. "OutArt", curated by Eleonora Sgaravatti, Villa dei Quintili, Rome.
ARTS RESIDENCY. 2012. Center for the Holographic Arts of New York.
BROADCAST TELEVISION: 2008. RAI TRE public tv station ARTNEWS Dora Tass “ The Making of “
|| RAI UNO 30 min. “Tracce d’arte” Magazzini Einstein.2008.
http://www.arte.rai.it/articoli-programma-puntate/dora-tass-“quasi-pagine”/1641/default.aspx
Reference letters by Bernardo Bertolucci and Seth Riskin for the AAR residency program in Roma.
