The Art & Music Hotel Isolabella is a perfect retreat, where refined and original atmospheres blend and merge with the art of local artists or those connected to our Trentino.
The pleasure of living and being together, surrounded by the evocative works of innovative exhibitors who have chosen to showcase their creations in our spaces… intriguing sensations and colors, for a break dedicated to the easy lifestyle…
Over the years, they have transformed the Art & Music Hotel Isolabella into their exclusive and innovative gallery:
- LYDIA JONKMAN
- ALESSANDRO BAZAN
- ANGELO – JIMI TROTTER
- MAX GAUDENZI
- JOHANN NORTJE
- RICCARDO SCHWEIZER
- SIMONE TURRA
- WILLY VERGINER
- CORRADO BONOMI
LYDIA JONKMAN
Born in Smallingerland, Netherlands, in 1971, she is an eclectic painter. She creates illustrations for magazines, conducts painting courses and workshops for children and adults, and also develops educational projects inspired by children’s drawings for schools and museums. Lydia’s works are a magical fusion of animism, symbolism, and animal anthropomorphism: a true explosion of colors that bring energy, emotion, and joy.
In her home country, she earned her diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Enschede, then continued her studies at the University of Groningen, where she obtained a teaching qualification for schools, cultural centers, academies, and museums. Her journey continued in Italy, where she deepened her painting techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa and attended various courses on training, symbolism, and the meaning of color. Her time in Italy was full of inspiration and opportunities for Jonkman, marking the beginning of a series of collaborations with important galleries and museums, including the MART in Trento and Rovereto.
Since 2003, she has participated in numerous exhibitions, both collective and solo, without forgetting her passion for teaching: she has conducted various painting workshops for children and adults, especially in the Trentino-Alto Adige region.
ALESSANDRO BAZAN
Born in Palermo in 1966, he held his first solo exhibition in 1989 at the La Robinia Gallery in Palermo. This was followed by several group exhibitions, including the Premio Marche in 1990, Decouverte ’92 at the Grand Palais in Paris, and others in 1996 in Rome, Turin, Milan, and Syracuse, as well as a solo exhibition at the Sergio Tossi Gallery in Prato.
In 1997, with Luoghi, alla ricerca del territorio, he was featured in a group exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art in San Marino and at the Anna D’Ascanio Gallery in Rome.
In 1999, he took part in a group exhibition with Chiesi and Galliano at the Gallery of Modern Art in Bologna and at the 13th Quadrennial of Art at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome.
In 2000, he exhibited at the Montevergini Civic Gallery in Syracuse, took part in the Cairo Prize, and participated in the group exhibition Palermo at Galleria 61 in Palermo. In 2001, he took part in Palermo Blues, a group show with De Grandi, Di Marco, and Di Piazza at the Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa in Palermo, which later traveled to Milan.
In 2003, he participated in Italian Factory, a collateral event of the Venice Biennale, which later traveled to Strasbourg and Turin. Meanwhile, in Palermo, he organized a two-person exhibition with Marco Cingolani at the Pantaleone Gallery, and in 2004, he exhibited in Rome at the Autori Cambi Gallery.
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ANGELO – JIMI TROTTER
Musician and painter, he was born in Mezzano di Primiero on November 22, 1956. His background is quite unconventional: he attended the State Art High School in Verona, but eventually graduated as a mechanical designer. He has played in numerous bands, including Aguàz, Aztec Radio, Great Grey, Bluesurferband (a duo with his brother Cristiano), and the pop-jazz group Mansua, together with his two daughters.
He has a strong interest in lutherie and builds the instruments he plays. Passionate about graphic design, over the past 30 years he has created hundreds of posters and flyers, shop signs, logos and tourist maps. He sees painting as a means of communicating with others.
EXHIBITIONS: around fifteen shows, both solo and group exhibitions, some of them also outside the province.
MAX GAUDENZI
Born, living, and working in Primiero. He teaches at the Art Institute of Pozza di Fassa and has a small permanent exhibition in Fiera di Primiero.
He sees painting as a way to understand reality and transform it through imagination. In his work, architectural tradition and the surrounding nature become an integral part of the artwork.
From watercolors with delicate tones to oil paintings, and from assemblages made with wood and metal strips to drawings, Gaudenzi knows how to capture the less usual aspects of the surrounding world. In his more than ten-year career, he has explored both urban and natural territories, delving into the past or bringing to light an unusual present.
JOHANN NORTJE
Born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1980, he studied Visual Arts at the ‘TUT Arts Campus’ University in his hometown. He still lives and works in his country of origin.
His works brilliantly and fantastically depict his inner and outer existence during a difficult situation like Apartheid. Nortje describes his work as follows: “I consider my sculptures as large three-dimensional drawings, and the comic book style is the two-dimensional alter ego of my pieces.”
Personal exhiitions
2009: “Dreams”, Art & Music Isolabella, Transacqua – Fiera di Primiero
2008: “Amniotic Dreams”, curated by E.L. Maffei Gueret, Arte Boccanera Contemporanea Gallery, Trento
Group exhibitions
2010: “Phive”, Platform on 18th, Pretoria (South Africa)
2010: “La natura dell’arte”, Alp & Wellness Sport Panorama, Fai della Paganella, Trento
2008: “Indifference towards dogma”, Art 1 Gallery, Cape Town (South Africa)
2007: “Ouverture IX”, curated by Giorgia Lucchi, Arte Boccanera Contemporanea Gallery, Trento
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RICCARDO SCHWEIZER
Born in Mezzano, Trento, in 1925. He is undoubtedly one of the most important 20th-century artists from Trentino: the only one to have had experiences on a global scale. A friend of Picasso and Chagall, he lived and worked for years on the French Riviera, after graduating from the Venice Academy of Fine Arts as a student and collaborator of Saetti.
An eclectic artist, Schweizer is not only a painter but also a sculptor, designer, and experimenter with all kinds of materials. He has created significant works for interior and exterior architecture (one notable example is the Palais des Congrès et du Cinéma in Cannes, 1982), as well as ceramic and glass pieces, and numerous everyday “objects” for daily life.
Primiero preserves Schweizer’s earliest works as a young artist, such as the frescoes and tempera paintings on the little Church and Rectory of San Giovanni ai Prati Liendri (a great reason for a hike to these enchanting meadows above the village of Mezzano), as well as some large-scale works created by the artist over four decades using various techniques: captivating pieces in which mountains, houses, and objects of Alpine civilization hover between memory and myth.
SIMONE TURRA
Born in Transacqua, Trento, in 1969. He trained from 1983 to 1988 at the Art Institute of Pozza di Fassa, and graduated in 1992 from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan.
Main personal exhibitions:
1994: Lisiera di Tonadico (TN)
1999: Dazio Art, Fiera di Primiero (TN)
2003: Rabalderhaus, Schwaz (Austria)
2004: Galerie im Kies, Altach (Austria)
2006: Galerie Maier, Innsbruck (Austria)
2007: Galleria Orler, San Martino di Castrozza (TN)
2008: Mostra di Incisioni, San Sperate (Cagliari)
Public Art:
2001: Gruppo di tre figure (bronzo), Palazzetto dello Sport, Caldonazzo (TN)
2003: Sala Luigi Negrelli, Tonadico (TN)
2006: Melusina (bronzo), San Martino di Castrozza (TN)
2008: Piazza San Marco (verdello), Transacqua (TN)
WILLY VERGINER
Born in Bressanone in 1957, he lives and works in Ortisei, Bolzano. His training was influenced by his time at the Academy of Munich. His works can be linked to the words of L. Beatrice: “By capturing the essence of his land, the memory of places, without renouncing his roots, Verginer has managed to build his own, original, and iconic path. While his poetic approach aligns with artists like Stephan Balkenhol and Aron Demetz, the substance of his works is enveloped in a greater visionary quality.”
Main personal exhibitions
2011: To be Titled, Arte Boccanera Contemporanea Gallery, Trento
2009: A fior di pelle, curated by Alessandra Redaelli and Alberto Zanchetta, Andrea Arte Contemporanea, Vicenza
2009: Tycius, curated by Alberto Zanchetta, Loggia del Capitaniato, Vicenza
2008: Disequilibri, Il Castello Gallery, Trento
2007: Andrea Arte Contemporanea, Vicenza
2006: I conquistatori dell’inutile, curated by Luca Beatrice, Il Castello Gallery, Milano
2006: Eben in eden, with Florencia Martinez, Tazl Gallery, Graz A, curated by Danilo Eccher, Il Castello Gallery, Trento
CORRADO BONOMI
Corrado Bonomi was born in Novara in 1956, where he still lives and works. After completing his artistic studies, he began exhibiting in the early 1980s, quickly distinguishing himself for his ironic and creative language. These distinctive traits led him to collaborate with the “Concettualismo Ironico Italiano,” a group of artists who, through their works, offer an ironic and critical representation of reality and its clichés. Over the years, Bonomi’s works have humorously questioned what is presented as the real world, through the combination of different layers created by the artist himself. His works view the reality around us with a different perspective, striving to provide an honest representation of it. According to the artist, continuing to lie in art could lead to the loss of the foundations of culture. Anything, whether a thought or a plant, can be useful to individuals only if it is properly cared for and ennobled. Bonomi transforms the objects of our daily life, giving them an unusual and valuable representation, at once joyful and caustic. The artist from Piedmont explores the world of creativity, where everything is still allowed, and where the rule of the latest trend or market does not apply. His works reconvert and exchange the functions of materials, upending the relationship between meaning and signifier, conveying the message the artist intends to communicate through a multitude of linguistic games.