Born in Palermo on August 30th 1962, in 1987 Vasta took her Master Degree in Philosophy at the University of Perugia. Her thesis was Visual Education for the Development of Creative Personality.
In 1997, after living for a few years in the US, Vasta decides to show in Perugia at Palazzo della Penna, together with the artists she was in contact with while in New York. Between 1999 and 2000 she is in Germany where in the Cistercian Abbey of Marienstatt she realizes the works which will be exhibited at the Bochum Museum. Vasta has lectured for several academic institutions such as the American University of Washington DC, Chautauqua Institution in Buffalo, New York, Cardinal Stritch in Milwaukee and Montana State University in Bozeman. First prize for painting at the Florence International Biennial in 2003, Vasta has widely exhibited in Italy and abroad.
She is Academic of Merit and member of the Board of Directors of the Academy of Fine Arts Pietro Vannucci in Perugia.
In 2012 Rossella Vasta received an honorarium doctorate by Cardinal Stricht University for her activities in development, communication and marketing of franciscan values.
In 1997, after living for a few years in the US, Vasta decides to show in Perugia at Palazzo della Penna, together with the artists she was in contact with while in New York. Between 1999 and 2000 she is in Germany where in the Cistercian Abbey of Marienstatt she realizes the works which will be exhibited at the Bochum Museum. Vasta has lectured for several academic institutions such as the American University of Washington DC, Chautauqua Institution in Buffalo, New York, Cardinal Stritch in Milwaukee and Montana State University in Bozeman. First prize for painting at the Florence International Biennial in 2003, Vasta has widely exhibited in Italy and abroad.
She is Academic of Merit and member of the Board of Directors of the Academy of Fine Arts Pietro Vannucci in Perugia.
In 2012 Rossella Vasta received an honorarium doctorate by Cardinal Stricht University for her activities in development, communication and marketing of franciscan values.
Solo-Shows and Presentations
1981 Italy, Spoleto Festival, first solo-show
1990 Poland, Gdinia Poland, Subbotko Gallery
1990 Poland, Sopot, Herman Gallery
1991 Germany, Dortmund, curator Ursula Berrar
1992 Germany, Munich , U.P.B.
1995 Italy, Perugia, Spazio Arte Gallery, Ixtus
1995 Italy, Rome, Salon Privé Gallery, Metamorphoses, curator Barbara Rose
1996 USA, Washington DC, American University, Visiting Artist
2003 Italy, Todi , Extra Moenia Gallery, Hortus Conclusus in Extra Moenia
2004 USA, Bozeman, MSU Helen E.Copeland Gallery, 100 Palms for Peace
2005 USA, Milwaukee, CSU Northwestern Mutual Art Gallery, 100Palms for Peace
2005 USA, Milwaukee, lecture on The Medieval Garden as the Mirror of the Franciscan University
2005 USA, NY Buffalo, Chautauqua Institution, CVA Gallery 100 Palms for Peace
2007 USA, NY Buffalo, Chautauqua Institution IN MENSA
2007 Italy, Perugia, CONFAPI, Arborea
2007 Japan,Tokyo, Shiodomeitalia Creative Center, Table of Silence
2008 Japan, Tokyo, Italian Cultural Institute, Table of Silence
2010 Italy, Interruptio, UmbriaLibri Book Fair and Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino Book Fair
2010 Italy, Interruptio, UmbriaLibri Book Fair and Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino Book Fair
Group-Shows
1987 Italy, Ripe MC, Varianti in corso d’opera curator Massimo Duranti
1989 Italy, Corciano Festival, Imago, curated by A. Carlo Ponti, Massimo Duranti
1989 Italy,Bolzano, Les Chances de l’Art Gallery
1991 Germany, Potsdam/Berlin, Vergleich Zwischen Culturen
1992 Italy,Corciano Festival , Artists in Umbria, curated by Crispolti, Ponti, Duranti
1992 Italy, Erice (TP), City Gallery
1994 Italy, Macerata, Per Mari e per Monti Gallery by Pio Monti, Il Gatto e la Volpe,
1997 Italy, Rome, Rome International Art Fair RIPARTE, stand StellaR Graphics from Paris
1997 Italy, Todi, Extra Moenia Gallery, Women beyond Borders
1997 Italy, Perugia, Palazzo della Penna Museum, New York-New Generation curator Barbara Rose
1999 USA, New York , Rough House
2000 Germany, Bochum, Bochum Museum, Kunst-Hexen, curator Hans Gunter Golinski
2001 Italy, Todi , Extra Moenia Gallery, Baroque and Alchemy
2001 Italy, Trevi , Trevi Flash Art Museum, Extra Vergin
2001 Firenze , International Biennial of Florence, 4rst prize
2003 Italy, Firenze , International Biennial of Florence, 1rst prize
2004 Italy, Todi, Extra Moenia Gallery, Marini, Sanfilippo, Vasta
2006 Italy, Todi, Extra Moenia Gallery, IN MENSA
2007 Italy, Spello, Villa Fidelia, Terra di Maestri, curator A. Carlo Ponti
2007 Italy, Todi, Palazzo Landi Corradi, Omaggio a Piero Dorazio
2007 Italy, Todi, Extra Moenia Gallery, 32 sentieri
2009 Italy, Assisi, Monte Frumentario, OROBLU, curators G. Marini e F. Santaniello
2009 Italy, Assisi, San Damiano, Table of Silence
2009 Italy, Colombella, Villa la Colombella UN-WWAP UNESCO, Arte d’Acqua
2010 Italy, Todi, Extra Moenia Gallery, Interruptio
2011 Brazil, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Fortaleza, Indentidad Feminina en la colección del IVAM , curator B.Rose
2011 USA, New York, Lyncoln Center, Table of Silence, Ground Zero Memorial September 11
2011 Italy, Deruta, L'Antica Deruta Moretti Gallery, A Chalice in memory of Alviero Moretti, curator A.Carlo Ponti
2011 Brazil, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Fortaleza, Indentidad Feminina en la colección del IVAM , curator B.Rose
2011 USA, New York, Lyncoln Center, Table of Silence, Ground Zero Memorial September 11
2011 Italy, Deruta, L'Antica Deruta Moretti Gallery, A Chalice in memory of Alviero Moretti, curator A.Carlo Ponti
2011 Italy, Assisi, San Rufino Cathedral October 26 , Table of Silence, in occasion of Pope Benedict multi-religious conference
2011 Spain, IVAM, Valencia, Istitut Valencia d'Art Modern, "Identidad femenina" permanent collection, curated and catalogue essay by Barbara Rose
2011 Italy, Florence, SACI, "Interruptio" Book presentation
2011 Portogallo, Matosinhos, Centro de Arte Moderna Gerardo Rueda, permanent collection
2012 Seattle City Hall, Seattle "A Chalice for Alviero"
2012 Traveling exhibit "Identidad femenina":
2011 Spain, IVAM, Valencia, Istitut Valencia d'Art Modern, "Identidad femenina" permanent collection, curated and catalogue essay by Barbara Rose
2011 Italy, Florence, SACI, "Interruptio" Book presentation
2011 Portogallo, Matosinhos, Centro de Arte Moderna Gerardo Rueda, permanent collection
2012 Seattle City Hall, Seattle "A Chalice for Alviero"
2012 Traveling exhibit "Identidad femenina":
- Bogotá, Colombia, Museo de Arte Moderno (Feb 6 - Mar 4);
- Santiago de Chile, Chile, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, (Mar 30 - May 27);
- Montevideo, Uruguay, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales (Jul 16 - Sep 30);
- Buenos Aires, Argentina, Museo de Arte Moderno (Oct 18 - Dic 8)
2013 Spain, Madrid, Binomio Gallery, Convergencias / Divergencias Gerardo rueda y sus contemporàneos
2013 Germany, Fritzlar, Tra Terra e Cielo
2013 USA, New York, Lincoln Center, Table of Silence, Ground Zero Memorial September 11(http://www.tableofsilence.org/)
2013 Italy, Corciano Festival, Malizie sul Perugino curated by Massimo duranti
2013 Italy, S.Maria degli Angeli, Assisi, In Lucem Transitus
2014 Italy, Deruta, Foundation A. Moretti, Relicts of the mind
2014 Italy, Foligno, CIAC Museum, Ricognizione 2014 - Arte contemporanea in Umbria
2014 USA, New York, Lincoln Center, Table of Silence, Ground Zero Memorial September 11(http://www.tableofsilence.org/)
2015 USA, New York, Lincoln Center, Table of Silence, Ground Zero Memorial September 11(http://www.tableofsilence.org/)
2016 USA, New York, Lincoln Center, Table of Silence, Ground Zero Memorial September 11(http://www.tableofsilence.org/)
2016 Table of Silence, ceramic installation at Ara Pacis Museum, Rome
2013 Germany, Fritzlar, Tra Terra e Cielo
2013 USA, New York, Lincoln Center, Table of Silence, Ground Zero Memorial September 11(http://www.tableofsilence.org/)
2013 Italy, Corciano Festival, Malizie sul Perugino curated by Massimo duranti
2013 Italy, S.Maria degli Angeli, Assisi, In Lucem Transitus
2014 Italy, Deruta, Foundation A. Moretti, Relicts of the mind
2014 Italy, Foligno, CIAC Museum, Ricognizione 2014 - Arte contemporanea in Umbria
2014 USA, New York, Lincoln Center, Table of Silence, Ground Zero Memorial September 11(http://www.tableofsilence.org/)
2015 USA, New York, Lincoln Center, Table of Silence, Ground Zero Memorial September 11(http://www.tableofsilence.org/)
2016 USA, New York, Lincoln Center, Table of Silence, Ground Zero Memorial September 11(http://www.tableofsilence.org/)
2016 Table of Silence, ceramic installation at Ara Pacis Museum, Rome
Art through Sustainability Projects
Cantico per un bambino (Canticle for a Child), ceramics, promoted by Kiwanis in collaboration with Bizzirri Ceramic Factory of Città di Castello, sustained the realization of several schools in the Ivory Coast
Table of Silence, ceramic installation in collaboration with Bizzirri Ceramic Factory. Supported by Leadership Center in Milwaukee, to sustain the realization of a farm in the Ivory Coast.
Interruptio, book, to sustain the DAI healthcare Center in Città della Pieve, Italy.
