Aaron Bezzina (b.1991)
Education
2011 - 2014: BA (Hons) in Fine Art, MCAST Institute of Art and Design, Malta
2014 - 2016: Masters in Fine Arts in Digital Arts, University of Malta
Solo Exhibitions
2020
PLEASE DON'T COME TO MY SHOW, IT'S SAFER TO STAY AT HOME, Il-Kunvent tal-Patrijiet Dumnikani, Valletta, Malta
This is a Valletta Cultural Agency project part of the InnovAir Artist@Home programme 2020
2019
Corpus Adflictum, Curated by Ann Laenen & Stefan Kolgen, Valletta Contemporary, Valletta, Malta
2017
Reinventing the wheel, Curated by Eleni Riga within the framework of Snehta Residency, Snehta Satellite, Athens, Greece
2016
MEMENTO MORI: Hints Taken From Terror Management Theory (a Fragmenta event), Għajn Tuffieħa Tower, Il-Mellieħa, Malta
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
"The Island is what the sea surrounds / Dal-Baħar Madwarha" curated by Maren Richter for Valletta European Capital of Culture 2018 at St Elmo examination centre, Valletta, Malta
"Here&now" Curated by Norbert Francis Attard, Valletta Contemporary, Valletta, Malta
2017
HOMO MELITENSIS: AN INCOMPLETE INVENTORY IN 19 CHAPTERS, Malta Pavilion - La Biennale di Venezia, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Human Matter – A Collective Art Exhibition, Malta Society of Arts, Palazzo De La Salle, Valletta, Malta
IN TRANSIT: Contemporary Media Art by Artists from Malta, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany & Stadskantoor, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
2016
Bodyless – Retelling African Migration Stories, Maritime Museum, Ex-Naval Bakery, Vittoriosa, Malta
Time Space Existence, Evento Collaterale - La Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Mora, Strada Nova, Venice, Italy
Sixfivefivesix - MFA in Digital Arts Graduate degree exhibition, Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, Malta
You are what you eat, Blitz, Valletta, Malta
2015
BYE BYE BIRDies MB~AP, Architecture Project, Valletta, Malta
Memento Mori (Cause and Effect), MB~AP, Architecture Project, Valletta, Malta
2014
XIV, An exhibition by Aaron Bezzina and Matyou Galea, Gallery Last Touch, Mosta, Malta
Disclosure, Studio 104, Valletta, Malta
Divergent Thinkers, Dar Malta, Brussels, Belgium
First-Time S. Exhibition, MSA, Palazzo De La Salle, Valletta, Malta
Paper To Screen, End of Year Show. MCAST Institute of Art and Design, Mosta, Malta
2013
7 in a Bed, Guy Lee Tattoo, Mellieha, Malta
Infectious, Auberge d’Italie, Valletta, Malta
Human: Concerns of Existence, The Blitz, Valletta, Malta
Divergent Thinkers (2nd Edition), St James Cavalier, Valletta , Malta
2012
Divergent Thinkers, St James Cavalier , Valletta, Malta
Temporary Public Projects
2015
Position of Opposition (hands down), Pjazza Regina, Valletta, Malta (part of VIVA 2015)
‘A GOOD CONVERSATION PIECE’, Pjazza Teatru Rjal, Valletta, Malta
Residencies
May – July 2015
Artist’s Development Programme organised by the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg. Mentored by British artist Darren Almond.
October 2017
Snehta, Athens, Greece
The recipient of the inaugural Blitz-Snehta Residency, the programme also involved a curated solo exhibition by the end of the stay.
January – June 2019
RigenerArte, Treviso, Italy. A residency organised by the Benetton Foundation and UNIC&F involving the regeneration of ex-industrial spaces through art interventions.
April – May 2019
AMuSE – Dusetos Cultural Centre, Lithuania. A residency organised by the Malta Society of Art (co-founded by the European Commission) involving four international institutions and sixteen artists from four different countries. The aim of the project is to encourage contemporary art practices which tackle a multi-sensory approach.
