Simbiosi Poetica

The "Poetic Symbiosis" art exhibition has concluded at the Palazzo Bellini in Florence, Italy. During this international annual exhibition, more than 70 internationally renowned artists from around the world came together to create a multifaceted art festival that spanned the domains of history and contemporary art and science. This is a high-standard, high-quality annual international art exhibition that should not be overlooked and will have a significant impact on current and future art trends.

The 2024/2025 "Poetic Symbiosis" Florence International Annual Art Exhibition, co-organized by ISOLART GALLERY and the renowned Bellini family in Italy, was inaugurated on January 4, 2025, at the Palazzo Bellini (Bellini Family Palace) on the banks of the Arno River in Florence. The exhibition ran until January 8th and featured the artworks of 70 distinguished and emerging artists from Italy, China, Britain, France, the United States, and other countries, showcasing a diverse array of artistic creations that transcend regional and cultural boundaries, integrating science and art, and setting the standard for innovative thinking and media. The exhibition is a joint effort by ISOLART GALLERY, PALAZZO BELLINI, and the Italian National Association of Fine Arts (ANBAITALIA), with official support from the Municipality of Florence and Regional Government of Tuscany, and is curated by Mr. Yuanqi Cao, Ms. Francesca Xue Rui, and Ms. Rossella Tesi.

The exhibition featured various art awards, including Grand Prize (Artist of the Year), Honorable Mentioned Award, and Outstanding Contribution Award,etc. The exhibition's academic support and jury members include Semeraro Giandomenico, Malandrino Gaetano, Sveva Bellini, Huizhong Ren, Kaiqiang Xu, Ming Zhong Zhong, Chongzheng Tan, and Lingyi Wang, a team consists of renowned and distinguished professors from the Italian and Chinese Academies of Fine Arts, the Vice-President of the Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, the Vice-President of the Hubei Fine Arts Association, and the Director of the Palazzo Bellini/Museo Bellini.

The theme of this exhibition, "Poetic Symbiosis," originates from the networked intelligence and synergistic effect of slime mold organisms demonstrated in modern biological experiments. As a single-celled organism that falls somewhere between animal and fungus, with multi-sex characteristics and no brain structure, slime molds have the remarkable ability to divide, plan, and optimize to choose the best survival path on their own. Their enigmatic qualities have inspired people to consider the "symbiotic free will of big data" and the future potential of artificial intelligence. Participating artists from around the world have explored the themes of "Poetry and Context," "Sticky Mushroom Wisdom," and "Symbiosis in the Digital Age" through various media, including oil painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and electronic art. The exhibition engaged in in-depth creations and spiritual dialogues, exploring the new path in which human society, natural species, and concepts of consciousness are dependent on and interact with each other.

The exhibition "Poetic Symbiosis" was officially opened at the Bellini Family Palace on the afternoon of January 4th, and the organizers welcomed important guests from the international art world, academia, and the media to witness the event. At 4:30 p.m., the organizers graciously offered a private tour of the Bellini Museum collection, where guests were guided and explained by the museum director to appreciate the fabulous and exquisite art collection of the Bellini family from the Renaissance to the 19th century, including authentic paintings by Rubens and Brugino, bronze sculptures by Donatello, and the flag of the Medici family coat of arms, which represents the identity and glory of the Queen Regent of France, Catherine de Medici. I believe that the Medici family crest flag represents the identity and honor of Catherine de Medici, Queen Regent of France.

The opening reception was officially held at 18:00 that evening, with many celebrity guests and senior art practitioners present. Among them were Mario Curia, President and CEO of the famous Italian publishing house MANDRAGORA and the ALIAS Cultural Center; Marco Pisati, famous Italian architect and Chief Designer of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the International Center for Advanced Space Applications (IACSA); Gianluca Guzzi, scholar of architecture and art; Carlo Anzilotti, representative of Studio Anzilotti; Simona Facchini, renowned Italian architect; Fiamma Domestici, Director of the Press Department of the Firenze Fiera; Mario Cygielman, renowned Italian archaeologist, Director of the Supervisory Board of Archaeology and Director of the Center for Archaeological Restoration of Tuscany; Alessandra Jane,f, renowned British fashion designer, styling photographer, and the representative of Villa Schneider; Duccio Ricciardelli, renowned Italian director and producer; Roberto Pupi, contemporary art historian; Alessandro Secci, pioneering Italian contemporary art painter; Corrado Agricola, Italian contemporary visual artist; Walter Puppo, the Italian master of contemporary installation art; Pietro Schillaci, the famous Italian photographer, Riccardo Biondi, the famous Italian master of sculpture and representative artist of earth art; Marc Adamder, scholar of European art history; and other more than one hundred important guests.

On the opening day, the jury announced the winner of the Artist of the Year Award: Vittoria Yan Zhang, a mixed-media painting artist active in Italy and Beijing. The jury then organized an award ceremony. On the afternoon of January 7 and 8, the jury, along with Professor Vittorio Santoianni and Professor Raffaella Nappo, academic advisors from the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, selected a complete list of winners of the competition and awarded them prizes of various levels. During the five-day exhibition, the organizers held a number of internal exchanges and guided tours of the artists on the exhibition site, allowing visitors to gain a deeper understanding of the scientific thinking and artistic expression behind the works.

The venue for this exhibition, the Bellini Family Palace, was built in the mid-18th century and is located on the scenic banks of the Arno River. The Bellini family has the deepest cultural and artistic deposits in Europe for hundreds of years, inheriting the artistic heritage of the Renaissance, with rare treasures of masters such as Donatello, Tiziano Asperti and Brugino. Inside the museum, there is a vast collection of ancient wood carvings, painted ceramics, oil paintings and classical Buddhist stone carvings from the Far East, etc. The palace has been continuing its deep love of art research and collection of artworks for hundreds of years. The “Poetic Symbiosis” contemporary art exhibition is a cross-generational dialogue with the historical art treasures of this legendary family, which not only reflects the juxtaposition of classical and contemporary aesthetics, but also echoes the core concept of the exhibition, “Symbiosis”.

Great Prize: Artist of the Year

Vittoria Yan Zhang

Honorable Mentioned Award

Roberto Pupi

Duccio Ricciardelli

Riccardo Biondi

Pu Zhang

Weifeng Yang

Excellent Contribution Award

Jinshi Liu

Huanyu Li

Qiaochu Li

Yan Zhang

Yizhu Gong

Yi Liang

Xin Huang

Outstanding Visual Award

Xiaolin Bing

Yujiao Luo

Can Tang

Mingrui Li

Stephen Liu (Shuang)

Meihong Tao

Wenhao He

Jiawen Wang

Best Rising Star Award

Maria Christidi

Elisa Pietracito

Lixuan Wei

Xiaoming Zeng

Shengbang Liu

Best Creative Award

Mariana Cacciola

Conglan Chang

Jason Li

Wei Liu

Youli Zhang

Artisti Partecipanti

Paola Adamo - Tian’ai Bi & Xiaohui Hu - Xiaolin Bing - Riccardo Biondi - Conglan Chang - Mariana Cacciola Vasiliu - Maria Christide - Yuhan Cai - Kirio Cho - Miaojian Dong - Qiuping Deng - Yi Deng - Xiaojie Ding - Yizhu Gong - Xiaoran Fan - Zheng Fu - Wenhao He - Xin Huang - Sijia Huang - Zheng Huang - Kairos Hwang - Yi Liang - Lia Li（Jingyi Li）- Bo Jiang & Yu Li - Jason Lee (Ji Li) - Huanyu Li - Qiaochu Li - Mingrui Li - Jinshi Liu - Shengbang Liu - Stephen Liu - Wei Liu - Huanyu Lu - Lunar - Xinyue Luo - Yujiao Luo - Hui Jing - Francesca Nev - Elisa Pietracito - Lika Pan - Roberto Pupi - Duccio Ricciardelli - Dachao Su - Can Tang - Meihong Tao - Tulaga - Siqi Wu & Haolai Zhou - Sally Wang - Jiawen Wang - Lixuan Wei - Huaijin Wen - Meishuang Wu - Mengxue Xia - Ziyang Xu - Han Xue - Weifeng Yang - Chunxuan (Kelvin)Yu - Xiaoming Zeng - Yan Zhang - Heng Zhao - Pu Zhang - Vittoria Yan Zhang - Tianyu Zhang - Youli Zhang - Haixiong Zhong - Jinda Zhong - Andi Zhou & Siyuan Ma & Bo Bao - Hua Zhu - Meng Zhu

Curated by

Yuanqi Cao

Francesca Xue Rui

Rossella Tesi

PALAZZO BELLINILungarno Soderini, 3, 50124, FIFlorence, Italy04-08, January, 2025