Aaron Bezzina Maltese, b. 1991

Biography
Aaron Bezzina

Aaron Bezzina is a Maltese Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1991. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Austrian Cultural Forum, New York have featured Aaron Bezzina's work in the past.

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

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Residencies

2015 Artist’s Development Programme organised by the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg. Mentored by British artist Darren Almond.

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.

2019 RigenerArte, Treviso, Italy. A residency organised by the Benetton Foundation and UNIC&F involving the regeneration of ex-industrial spaces through art interventions.

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.