Chiara Corbelletto Explained

Chiara Corbelletto
Birth Place:	Biella, Italy
Field:	art, sculpture, design
Training:	University of Milan

Chiara Corbelletto (born 1956 in Biella, Italy) is an Italian-born New Zealand artist. Corbelletto's public sculptures in Auckland include Twins (2003) at the Grafton Campus of the University of Auckland, Numbers Are the Language of Nature (2005) at the Auckland Domain, and 1001 Spheres (2023) at Monte Cecilia Park. Corbelletto has artworks in the collections of Te Tuhi and Te Papa.

Biography

Corbelletto was born in 1956 in Biella, Italy.^[1] She trained as an artist in Italy, studying at the University of Milan. She arrived in New Zealand in 1981,^[2] after which she spent the next six years working as an art restorer.^[1]

Corbeletto moved her studio to the Corban Estate Arts Centre around the year 2004.^[3] In 2005, Corbelletto unveiled Numbers Are the Language of Nature, a sculpture in the Auckland Domain commissioned as a part of Outdoor Sculpture 2001, to create a sculpture walk within the Domain. The maquette of the sculpture is held at Auckland War Memorial Museum.^[4]

Corbeletto's 1001 Spheres was unveiled in 2023 in Monte Cecilia Park, Auckland, to mark 125 years of women's suffrage in New Zealand.^[5]

Artistry

Art historian Michael Dunn feels that Corbelletto's works occupy "a position somewhere between abstraction and figuration".^[2]

Sculptures

• Twins (2003), located at the Grafton Campus of the University of Auckland.^{[6] [7]}
• Numbers Are the Language of Nature (2005), located in the Auckland Domain.^[8]
• Paremuka Bridge (2005) woven designs, Rānui/Western Heights, Auckland.
• White Delta and Archimede (2008), two polypropylene sculptured purchased by Te Papa in 2008.^[9]
• Binary (2014), at Massey University, Palmerston North.^[10]
• The façade of the Te Atatū Peninsula Library (2014), Te Atatū Peninsula, Auckland^[11]
• 1001 Spheres (2023), located in Monte Cecilia Park, Auckland^[12]

Exhibitions

• Arche the Beginning (1988), Gow Langsford Gallery, Grey Lynn, Auckland^[13]
• Scultura (1990), Gow Langsford Gallery, Parnell, Auckland^[14]
• Essenza and Affinita (1997), Fisher Gallery, Pakuranga^[15]

Further reading

• Chiara Corbelletto: the Space Within . Peter . Shand . Autumn 2011 . Art New Zealand . 137 . 56–60.

Notes and References

1. Book: Another 100 New Zealand Artists . Warwick . Brown . 1996 . 9780908877744 . 18 . Godwit . Auckland.
2. Book: Dunn . Michael . Michael Dunn (art historian) . New Zealand Sculpture: A History . Updated . 2008 . 978-1-86940-425-3. . . 102.
3. Web site: Chiara Corbelletto . . 5 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081014103913/http://www.ceac.org.nz/artist_studios/studio_tenants/chiara_corbelletto.aspx . 14 October 2008.
4. Web site: maquette. . 5 February 2024.
5. Web site: Auckland Council reveals new public art installations . 7 July 2023 . OurAuckland . . 5 February 2024.
6. Web site: 'Twins' successfully installed in new sculpture court . 25 June 2001 . University of Auckland Libraries . . 5 February 2024.
7. Web site: Twins . The University of Auckland Art Collection . 5 February 2024.
8. Web site: Numbers are the Language of Nature 2005 . Edmiston Trust . 5 February 2024.
9. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Annual Report 2008/09 . . 2009 . 5 February 2024.
10. Web site: Giant golden chicken wing, anyone? . 17 December 2014 . . 5 February 2024.
11. Web site: Te Atatu Peninsula Community Centre & Library . Moller Architects . 5 February 2024.
12. Web site: 1001 Spheres . Auckland Public Art . . 5 February 2024.
13. Web site: Chiara Corbelletto . . 5 February 2024.
14. Web site: Chiara Corbelletto - Scultura. . 5 February 2024.
15. Web site: [Fisher Gallery exhibitions]]. . 5 February 2024.