Bio



1986 Tania Brassesco was born in Venice - Italy
1984 Lazlo Passi Norberto was born in Verona - Italy

2004 - 2009 Tania studied at The Academy of Fine Arts in Venice - Italy
2003 - 2008 Lazlo studied at IUAV - Visual Arts in Venice - Italy
2008 Tania & Lazlo began to work together

They are currently living and working between Italy and New York City


Solo Exhibitions

2023/2024 NOISE IN A SHELL
Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg - Germany

2021/2022 ACCIDENTALLY STUMBLING ON EXPOSED ROOTS
curated by Irene Finiguerra - BI-BOx Art Space, Biella - Italy

2021 ACCIDENTALLY STUMBLING ON EXPOSED ROOTS @ Photo Open Up
curated by Carlo Sala - Centro Culturale Altinate San Gaetano, Padua - Italy

2019 BEHIND THE VISIBLE
Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg - Germany

2019 BEHIND THE VISIBLE
Galleria PH Neutro, Siena - Italy

2019 BEHIND THE VISIBLE + THE ESSENCE OF DECADENCE
Urs Von Unger Gallery, Gstaad - Switzerland
In collaboration with Ségolène Brossette Galerie

2018 BEHIND THE VISIBLE
Benappi Fine Art Gallery, London - UK
Presented by PH Neutro Gallery

2018 BEHIND THE VISIBLE
Raffaella De Chirico Contemporary Art, Turin - Italy

2018 LE TEMPS D'UN SILENCE
Ségolène Brossette Galerie, Paris - France

2017 BEHIND THE VISIBLE
curated by Gigliola Foschi | Galleria PH Neutro, Pietrasanta - Italy

2016 BEHIND THE VISIBLE Preview
presented by Lisa Baker | HBC GLOBAL ART COLLECTION, New York - USA

2015 - 2016 THE ESSENCE OF DECADENCE 
curated by Linda Wolk-Simon | QUICK CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Fairfield (CT) - USA
Organized by the FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM

2015 MEMORIES
S. Pietro in Atrio, Como - Italy
presented with the critical introduction by Luigi Cavadini

2015 SEHNSUCHT 
Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg - Germany
presented with the critical contribution by Sebastian Karnatz

2014 ECHI 
curated by Angela Memola | Spazio Arte CUBO, Centro Unipol Bologna - Italy
presented with the critical contribution by Beatrice Buscaroli

2012 - 2013 ETEREA
curated by Carlo Sala | Galleria Movimento Arte Contemporanea, Milan - Italy

2012 THE ESSENCE OF DECADENCE 
curated by Maria Laura Perilli | Galleria Triphé, Cortona - Italy

2012 DREAMS OF DECADENCE 
curated by Angela Andreina Rorro | Galleria Camera 21, Rome - Italy

2010 THE ESSENCE OF DECADENCE
curated by Anna Giulia Volpato | In Paradiso Gallery, Giardini della Biennale, Venice - Italy


Group Exhibitions

2023 CROSSING. Da Klimt a Basilé, da Sironi a Bauermeister
CUBO - Museo d'Impresa del Gruppo Unipol, Bologna - Italy
Curated by Ilaria Bignotti

2023 NATURA
Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg - Germany

2023 NENHUMLUGARAGORA
Edifício Vera, Sao Paulo - Brazil
Curated by César Meneghetti

2023 PEOPLE & PORTRAITS
Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg - Germany

2023 LA FEMME D’EROS
Ségolène Brossette Galerie, Paris - France

2023 FEVRIER SHOW ROOM
Ségolène Brossette Galerie, Paris - France

2023 ETERNALLY PRE-RAPHAELITE
Von Buren Contemporary, Rome - Italy
Critical Text by Laura Falqui

2022 WOLF ARE YOU THERE?
Ségolène Brossette Galerie, Paris - France

2022 LA DERNIÈRE AVANT 2022
Ségolène Brossette Galerie, Paris - France

2021 BELLE TOUJOURS ?!
Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg - Germany

2021 LA DERNIÈRE AVANT 2021
Ségolène Brossette Galerie, Paris - France

2020 FIGHT ART
Arte “FACE to FACE" dalle recenti acquisizioni del Patrimonio del Gruppo Unipol
curated by Ilaria Bignotti | Spazio Arte CUBO, Centro Unipol Bologna - Italy

2020 ALLES ANDERS
Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg - Germany

2020 LA DERNIÈRE AVANT 2020
Ségolène Brossette Galerie, Paris - France

2019 PASSION - VAF-Foundation Prize 8th Edition
Stadtgalerie, Kiel - Germany

2019 WORK IN PROGRESS
part of Paris Gallery Weekend | Ségolène Brossette Galerie, Paris - France

2019 PASSION - VAF-Foundation Prize 8th Edition
Mart, Rovereto (TN) - Italy

2018 ANYTHING
Presented by Raffaella De Chirico Contemporary Art | Italian Cultural Institute, Mexico City - Mexico

2018 WOMEN WITH VISION: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection
MUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART, Williamsburg (VA) - USA

2018 ENCONTROS DA IMAGEM "Beauty and Consolation"
International Photography and Visual Arts Festival, Braga - Portugal

2018 ILLUMINATE
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins (CO) - USA

2017 THE COLLECTION - I grandi nomi della fotografia mondiale
Augeo Art Space, Rimini - Italy

2017 PREMIO FRANCESCO FABBRI PER LE ARTI CONTEMPORANEE
curated by Carlo Sala | Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo (TV) - Italy

2017 BIENNALE JCE - Jeune Creation Europeenne
curated by Antonio Cardoso | Amadeo deSouza-Cardoso Municipal Museum, Amarante - Portugal

2017 PH Neutro presenta PH Neutro
Opening new location of Galleria PH Neutro, Siena - Italy

2017 BIENNALE JCE - Jeune Creation Europeenne
curated by Mario Pasqualotto | Museu de l’Emporda, Figueres - Spain

2017 BIENNALE JCE - Jeune Creation Europeenne
curated by Veronica Vittani and Francesca Testoni | Spazio Ratti, Como - Italy

2016 HBC GLOBAL ART COLLECTION - Opening NYC Collection
presented by Lisa Baker | HBC GLOBAL ART COLLECTION, New York - USA

2016 CONVERGENCES - Pingyao International Photography Festival
curated by Giulia Pra Floriani | Pingyao - China

2016 BIENNALE JCE - Jeune Creation Europeenne
curated by Alberto di Gennaro | Science and Art center "Brūzis", Cesis - Latvia

2016 FROM LIBERTY TO FREEDOM
PH NEUTRO Gallery, Pietrasanta (LU) - Italy

2016 CURATORS AT WORK VI
curated by John T. Spike | MUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART, Williamsburg (VA) - USA

2016 BIENNALE JCE - Jeune Creation Europeenne
curated by Ewa Sułek | Congress Center Centennial Hall, Wrocław - Poland

2016 BIENNALE JCE - Jeune Creation Europeenne
curated by Henrik Godsk | KUNSTBYGNINGEN, Vrå, Hjørring - Denmark

2016 LIGHT WORKS: A CENTURY OF GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY
curated by Gary Cialdella | MUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART, Williamsburg (VA) - USA

2015 BIENNALE JCE - Jeune Creation Europeenne
curated by Stephane Correard | LE BEFFROI, Montrouge - France

2015 CENTRO PERIFERIA VENICE EDITION
curated by Federculture | Palazzo Flangini, Venice - Italy

2015 BIENNALE ITALIA CINA - Elisir di lunga vita
curated by Sandro Orlandi Stagl | ARCA, Vercelli - Italy

2015 ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE 14.15
curated by Igor Zanti | VENICE ARSENALE, Venice - Italy

2013 - 2014 IN TANDEM
curated by John T. Spike | MUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART, Williamsburg (VA) - USA

2013 - 2014 TRASCRIZIONI SUL CORPO
curated by Simona Caramia | Galleria Peccolo, Livorno - Italy

2013 CENTRO-PERIFERIA
curated by FEDERCULTURE | Palazzo Ziino, Palermo - Italy

2013 TABULA RASA - Metamorfosi per una rinascita
curated by Stefano Cecchetto | Museo del Paesaggio, Torre di Mosto (VE) - Italy

2013 L'ACQUA, LA LUCE E LA PIETRA
curated by Vittorio Sgarbi | Officina della Memoria, Fiuggi - Italy

2013 PULSART: THE WITCH HUNT
curated by Anna Zerbaro Pezzin | Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio (VI) - Italy

2013 CURATORS AT WORK III / RECENT ACQUISITIONS
curated by John T. Spike | MUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART, Williamsburg (VA) - USA

2013 UNDER INFLUENCES
curated by Antoine Perpère | LA MAISON ROUGE Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris - France

2012 CENTRO-PERIFERIA
curated by FEDERCULTURE | Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome - Italy

2012 ATTESE 
curated by Victoria Fernandez and Giorgio Lodetti | Galleria Movimento Arte Contemporanea, Milan - Italy

2012 CENTRO-PERIFERIA
curated by FEDERCULTURE | Tempio di Adriano, Rome - Italy

2012 RIPETIZIONI DIFFERENTI 
curated by Irene Finiguerra | BI-BOx Art Space, Biella - Italy

2012 BACK FROM THE FUTURE 
curated by Eleonora D’Andrea | Spazio Aref, Brescia - Italy

2012 ECOANIMALI - ARTEFIERA OFF
curated by Maria Letizia Tega and Simona Gavioli | UN1CO, Bologna - Italy

2011 GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 
curated by Katie Banell | Nouvel Organon, Paris - France

2011 S(CORPO)RO
curated by Adriana M. Soldini | Pinacoteca Comunale "Giovanni da Gaeta", Gaeta - Italy

2011 QUOTIDIANA 11
curated by Teresa Iannotta and Stefania Schiavon | Palazzo Trevisan, Padua - Italy

2010 CELESTE PRIZE 2010
Curated by Julia Draganovic | The Invisible Dog Art Center, New York - USA

2010 PREMIO CELESTE 2010
curated by Julia Draganovic and Gabi Scardi | Fondazione Brodbeck, Catania - Italy


Public Collections

HERBERT F. JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART - Cornell University, Ithaca (NY) - USA

MUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART, Williamsburg (VA) - USA

FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, Fairfield (CT) - USA

HBC Global Art Collection, New York City (NY) - USA

VAF FOUNDATION at MART Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto - Italy

THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS, Palm Beach, Florida - USA

GRUPPO UnipolSai, Bologna - Italy

FEDERCULTURE, Rome - Italy

PINACOTECA COMUNALE D'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Gaeta - Italy


Artist Residency

2021 Beyer Artist in Residence at The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach - Florida
Supported by Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Beyer

2014 BakerIE - Greenwich, Connecticut - USA


2021 "In search of an Altered Reality" at the auditorium of the Dixon Education Building at The Society of the Four
Arts
with the introduction of the Director of Programs Sofia Vollmer Maduro

"In search of an Altered Reality" at the Dreyfoos School of the Arts Foundation 

"In search of an Altered Reality" for the Palm Beach Day Academy at the auditorium of the Dixon Education
Building at The Society of the Four Arts

Lectures


Sponsor & Collaborations

Phase One sponsor for Tania & Lazlo’s new art projects in Italy and USA, 2014 - 2015

BOMPIANI – Book Cover for “L’acqua del lago non è mai dolce” by Giulia Caminito, 2021

MONDADORI – Book Cover for the Bookclub version of “L’acqua del lago non è mai dolce” by Giulia Caminito, 2021

DIOPTRA PUBLISHING – Book Cover for the Greek version of “L’acqua del lago non è mai dolce” by Giulia Caminito, 2021

PARK KIADÓ PUBLISHING – Book Cover for the Hungarian version of “L’acqua del lago non è mai dolce” by Giulia Caminito, 2023

INAQUE PUBLISHING – Book Cover for the Slovakian version of “L’acqua del lago non è mai dolce” by Giulia Caminito, 2022

MONDADORI – Book Cover for “Chiamami anche se è notte” by Michela Monferrini, 2014

PRIULI & VERLUCCA – Book Cover for “L’armonia delle cose imperfette” by Ilaria De Togni, 2022

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS – Book Cover for “The Danger of Romance” by Karen Sullivan, 2018

IOSSELLIANI – Campaign SS13 & AW13

CANON - sponsor for Tania & Lazlo’s new art projects in Italy, 2011


Curatorship

2016 - 2024
Curator for HBC Global Art Collection, New York - USA
The HBC GLOBAL ART COLLECTION won the CORPORATE ART AWARD "for the variety, originality and enjoyability of one of the world's leading photographic collections" in 2017 and 2018


Awards

2019 VAF Foundation Prize 8th Edition | Finalist

2018 HASSELBLAD MASTERS AWARDS | Finalist Fine Art Category

2018 The Center for Fine Art Photography | Winner "Director's Award"

2018 DISCOVERY AWARDS - ENCONTROS DA IMAGEM | Finalist

2018 CHROMATIC AWARDS | 1st place, Conceptual category

2017 PREMIO FRANCESCO FABBRI PER LE ARTI CONTEMPORANEE | Finalist

2015 COMO CONTEMPORARY CONTEST | Winner

2015 JCE - Jeune Création Européenne 2015-17 | Selected

2015 PREMIO BNL - GRUPPO BNP PARIBAS | Finalist

2015 ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE 14.15 | Winners Special Prize "Artists in Gallery"

2015 “IPA” INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS | Honorable Mention

2014 PREMIO BNL - GRUPPO BNP PARIBAS | Finalist

2012 FEDERCULTURE | CENTRO-PERIFERIA 2012 | Winner

2011 FONDAZIONE FORMA | PHOTODREAMING | Winner

2010 CELESTE PRIZE | 2nd place, Photography section

2010 PREMIO CELESTE | 3rd place, Photography section


Art Fairs

2023 THE PHAIR, Turin - Italy

2021 PALM BEACH MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR - special online edition on Artsy

2019 ART NEW YORK, New York City (NY) - USA

2019 PHILADELPHIA FINE ART FAIR, Philadelphia (PA) - USA

2018 PHOTO LONDON, London - United Kingdom

2018 ZONAMACO FOTO, Mexico City - Mexico

2017 ART TORONTO, Canada

2017 ART KARLSRUHE, Germany

2016 ART TORONTO, Canada

2016 ART BODENSEE, Wien - Austria

2016 ART KARLSRUHE, Germany

2016 ARTE FIERA, Bologna - Italy

2015 ART FAIR, Cologne - Germany

2015 PHOTO BASEL,  Basel - Switzerland

2015 MIA ART FAIR, Milan - Italy

2014 MIA ART FAIR, Milan - Italy

2012 ART VERONA, Verona - Italy