Born inCatanzaro(1962-Italy) where he lives and works…Claudio Parentela is anillustrator,painter,photographer,mail artist,cartoonist,collagist,journalistfree lance...
Active since many years in the international contemporary artscene.He has collaborated&he collaborates with many,many zines,magazines ofcontemporary art,literary and of comics in Italy and in the world...& onthe paper and on the web...some name amongst the many:NYArtsMagazine,Turntable& Blue Light Magazine,
Komix,LitChaos,Why Vandalism,Thieves Jargon,180 Mag,Braintwisting,The Doors ofCreativity Anthology,Lo SciacalloElettronico,Inguine,Stripburger,Lavirint,Komikaze, Mystery IslandMagazine,Monoclab, MungBeing Magazine,The Lummox Journal,The CheroticR(e)volutionary,Sick Puppy,Malefact,Gordo,johnmagazine, SHITTY SHEEP-Lamette,alchimiadeldolore,Be|Different, UpScene Magazine ,Chance,Lucid Moon, Tryst,Carolina Vigna Maru’s Blog, Abusemagazine, hijacked, Synthesis, filosofem.com,Spartandog, Numbmagazine,DrexterMagz,Que Suerte,Art Life,Pintalo DeVerde,ApArte,Evasion,The Benway Institute,Phony Lid Publications,FirstClass,This Is Magazine,Diesel,Stu Magazine, Becoming Journal , Exposweb,Pockoville,Crane Magazine,Staplegun, Zupi ,4x6-art, FuntimeComics,Untergruntblatte, lartmagazine, Passenger May, Sekushi ,Onthecamper,Head Press,Entmoot,Lartmagazine,You&Me,Rorschach,Fagorgo,B.G.A.Comix,Tracce,Prospektiva,BalkanSpirit,Liberazione.net,Don Juan Online,Emozioni, Digitalabstract,FateceLargo,Petrolio,Out Zine,Pssst Zine,Bolle Di Cartone,All About Fucking,GibberingMadness,Rotkop,Anima Mal Nata,ZZZzine,Labour Of Love,BiancoD’Uovo,Bries,Ratriot,Kami Zine,Pus!,Bathtub Gin,Experimental Forest,StardustMemories,Sunburn,Funtime Comics,Spaghetti,Plop,Topaz&Psichedelica,Joey andThe Black Boots,Blind Man’s Rainbow,The White BuffaloGazzette,Lore,Lunatic,Chamelon,Rigodor,Axolotl,Luca Bonanno Editore,SuccoAcido,Pitchfork,Chainsmoker,Surface,Crimson Feet,Skyline,Re:Magazine,Oyster BoyReview,Anthology,Xero Magazine,Slic,Lit Pot Press, warmtoast cafe,GumballPoetry,Mineshaft,Milk&Wodka,Yahoo Zine,StardustMemories,CartaIgienica,Faestethic,Field Report,Out Of The Blue,ComfusionMagazine,Careful,Ellin Selae,Multistorey,Disegni Di Sogni,Omnibus,The SoundProjector,Gooch Magazine,Laugh Clown Laugh,Shift, Castlemagazine-WAMtv,Vial,Frior,Debilana,Cool Strip Anthology,Territory,Panik,weblog.bezembinder.nl,Celulit,Pimba,OtomanoProperGander,Container,Mammamiaquantosangue,Cikuta,Traspiratore,Gambuzine,EmptyLife,Erroneo,Kalte Tage,Planeta Underground,Cabezabajo,Poetexpress,Nexus,Criade,Love Eternal LostInfernal,Algiza,Raven,A.K.O.M.,Mutate & Survive,AngelfleshPress,Skirocore,Sirota Jerica,Zone Optimiste De Bande Dessinèe,Breakfast AllDay,The Brown Bottle,Crystal Drum,The Brobdingnan Time,Edgar,Il Foglio Clandestino,Microbe,NewYork Press,Something Else,O!!Zone,Vitriol,The Flashing Astonisher,DevilBlossoms,Contagio,The Dream Zone,Sinus,Yops Zine,Versus Press, lamoira.–ultrazine-graphola-tribenet-linarte-homme-moderne-furtherfield-globevisions-artbabyart-UpScene Magazine-zanzibart-braintwisting-arte.go-designradar-sitart-sciacalloelettronico-artfaq-CaveatLector-lazaruscorporation-ionone-lospaziobianco-youandiproductions-artrenegades-artbureau-cimaisevirtuelle-americanspiritstudios-CholerMagazine-graphiland-artpoetryfiction-catalyzerjourna-ambulant-surfaceonline-lambiek-thebluesmokeband—equilibriarte-gumballpoetry-cafeshops-subtletea-vugallery-silverfish-zeroboutique-mondocolorado-succoacido-artzar-unlikelystories-discord-aggregate-latchkey.net-bewilderingstories-artbarge-yokeandzoom-bhag.net-chaosgeneration-artgalerie34-lobstupidfish-netcells.net-thundersandwich-sensuoussadie-thepedestalmagazine-BecomingJournal- No More Flowers -Space JunkiesMagazine-lucidmoonpoetry-ubq-plumrubyreview-komikaze-tattoohighway-BurrowMagazine-Swoon Magazine-artistswithoutfrontiers- WAMTV-...El Eros Incesante-thedigitalartist-doubledarepress-theaxis-cloudking-monkeyview- Y SIN EMBARGOmagazine –Dirt Cheap Magazine- Degrees of Separation-WeirdArt-drunkenboat-erreur404-bigbridge-monkeyview-opensewer-oysterboyreview-labisagra-Entero'ziNe-arti(e)rumori–botulinux-tenaviv-eternarte-fameweb-erbadellastrega-muse-apprentice-guild-dimensionearte-socialdesignzine-indiejournal-thanalonline-Rorschach-roxybar-genomart-spreadhead-duepunti- AnythingILike-LIFE DURING WARTIME- surreal collages-
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…etc…etc…and the list could continue again a long time…
During the 1999 he was guest of the BREAK 21 FESTIVAL in Ljubliana(Slovenja)...
...His obscure&crazy artworks are present &shown in many,many artgalleries in the endless web&in the real world too...and then again at’’GIRASOLE’’(Villa Basilica),at ’’TABULA RASA’’(Barcellona),at Vahagnartgallery,at ‘’GALERIE SLAPHANGER’’(Amsterdam),at ‘’La Casa Di
Tolleranza’’(Milan),at’’La Cueva-No Art
Gallery’’(Milan),at Spazio Aurora(Milan),atForte Prenestino(Rome),at Andenken Gallery(USA),at’’ HOEPLI INTERNATIONALBOOKSTORE EXHIBITION SPACE’’(Milan), at Skorie Industriali(Rome),attheMUKY(Faenza), in Turin with the Association’’Mind The Gap’’,at The ‘’PinaGallery’’(Koper),al ‘’Diesel Gallery’’(NY),at the ‘’METAVERSO’’(Rome),atthe''Virtual Shoe Museum'',,at ‘’Little Cakes Gallery’’(NY),atthe’’Interzona’’(Verona), at ’’Trainside Gallery’’(Haverhill,USA),at ‘’BlahBlah Gallery’’(U.S.A.),at ’’Scaremongering Gallery’’(USA),at ‘’Sage Club’’(Berlin),at ‘’Panda Club’’ (Pistoia),at Creativa2006(Rignanosull’Arno-FI-Italy)),CAM_Casoria Contemporary Art Museum(Casoria,NA,Italy),at‘’Cultural Association EKIDNA(Carpi-MO-Italy)- at Glowinski’s' Library(Olesnica-PL),‘’Da Marisa Gallery’’XM 24(Bo-Italy),’’ Blog on Arthur Rimbaud’’ 2 shows at theCastello di Rivara, near Torino ,and at the the San Carpoforo church, place ofthe Accademia d’Arte di Brera in Milano, at ‘’Tenax’’ (Firenze),at ‘’Teatro Studio’’di Scandicci (Firenze),at the Libreria Segnalibro of Ferrara(with theshow’’Tarocchi Evoluti’’organized by the Associazione Hermatena),at‘’Ambasciata di Marte (Florence)’’,at ‘’Klyk’’ (Firenze), at ‘’The WurstGallery’’(Portland-U.S.A.)- at Red Labels(Toronto-Canada), at Centre forGraphic Arts HogeDRUKgebied(Rotterdam-NL), at Galerija DLUM(Maribor-SI), at’’Achab’’(Catania) and at all the other sicilian stops of theshow’’SognoDiSegni’’,at Artitude Gallery(Paris),at ‘’Zo Cafè’’(Bologna),at theshow'' the show''CHILDREN NO MORE''(Bari-Italy),''at the Barcode(San Benedettodel Tronto-Italy),at Circolo Culturale Bertold Brecht(Milano-Italy),NO.HUMAN.NO.CRY(Monza-IT), at Atkinson Art Gallery ( Southport UK),at’’DYNAMO’’ (Milano-Italy),at the show’’Arredi Digitali’’in San Benedetto DelTronto and at the shows that GRAPHOLA has organized and continues toorganize...at’’Leave Your Fingerprints’’ organized by the friend MimmoManes&UBQ,at ‘’ Fira Magica de Santa Susanna’’(Spain),at''GUAPOPOGallery''(Spain),at’’Sechiisland's Micro Gallery’’(Brasil),at ‘’Museum of Pornin Art’’(Zurich),Cranky Yellow(Saint Louis, MO-US),at''Hoody ArtGallery''(London-UK),at’’Black Maria Gallery(LA-USA),at’’Third DrawerDawn(Australia),at"Green Art Fair Miami 08",at 3rdthought, at ''UmberStudios''(Minneapolis-USA),,at''Zoccoletti e Zoccolette''(BIOKIP GALLERY @Pervinca OpenSpace-Milan-It),at ''The Woom Gallery''(Birmingham-UK)-SPAZIOARKA(Assemini centro (CA)),''SUBject Festival''(Bologna-It),CeC 2009Uttarakland (India),at ''I MALEDETTI DEL ROCK ITALIANO''(Palazzo delPodestà,Città di Castello-IT),''Human Emotion Project''(Brancaleone,RomeIt),''Ocho Delicate Nature''(Milan-It),''Ocho global group exhibition &book''(Barcelona-Spain),at the ''Mezzanine''collective show curated byChillin's Productions(San Francisco-U.S.A.),''®out 3ª Mostra Internacionald'Art Urbà Publicitari''(Barcelona-Spain),''Inspiration Art Exhibition 3''(TelAviv-Israel),at''Phobia''collective show atthe''Gallery'101'(Kaunas-Lithuania),at the''#2AdunanzAutogestitArtisti''(CasalBertone-Rome-IT),at the Italian Institute of Culture(London-UK)...and again..and againto other ...He does a lot of mail art and he partecipates to all the mail artprojects he knows...
...He hascollaborated and he collaborates with many bands of industrialmusic,noise,experimental&electronic,harsh&death&metalgore...punx.......He has illustrated poems and stories&music of GavinBurrows,Harry Wilkens,Vittorio Baccelli,Claudio Morici, Alberto Rizzi,CristianoQuadalti,Shannon Colebank,Gary Sneyd,Robert Smith,Michael Kriesel,MarkSonnenfeld,Nathan Medema,Richard D.Houff,...drawn together for&withMaurizio Bianchi M.B,Elvi Athan,Marcel Herms,Kapreles......for variouspublishers he has realized some booklets of illustrations and comics:’’Il RattoBavoso’’,and’’L’Incubo Dimezzato’’(InnovationStudio-B.G.A.Comix-Italy);’’Fashion Robot’’(DavidLasky-Seattle-USA),’’L’Agnello Sacrificale e la Salamandra Impiccata
al Patè 666’’(Medicina Nucleare-Italy);’’Storie’’(ProgettoSiderurgiko-Italy),’’Eudemoni’’and’’Piccola Trilogia Nera’’(Poems of AlbertoRizzi and of Cristiano Quadalti with Claudio Parentela’s illustrations -CriatuProd.-Italy);’’Jeanne Dark You Got Balls’’ and’’The Frogs’Ballet’’(Self-produced);’’Black Kisses and Other Stories’’,and ‘’The Book OfSecrets’’(La Cafetiere Editions-Belgium
);’’Endless Tongue’’(texts ofRichard D.Houff and Claudio Parentela’s illustrations -The BenwayInstitute-USA),’’Else Beds’’(Claudio Parentela’s illustrations and poems ofNathan Medema-JesusBunny Press-Canada);’’The Savage Soldier’’(Luca MenichiniProd.-Italy);’’Derrumbe’’( Valter Casini Ed.-Italy),’’Matter Ballet’’(ClaudioParentela’s illustrations and poems of Michael Kriesel-BoneWorldPublishing-USA),’’Social Reform’’(poems of Shannon Colebank and ClaudioParentela’s illustrations-Whizzbanger Prod.-USA);’’Le Miopi DellaMontagna’’(Underground-Press-Italy).''The Weak Cuckoo''(Gran NegroPublisher-Spain).…He has drawn 2 tarots for’’Tarocchi Evoluti’’(published byAssociazione Hermatena-Italy)...and always Hermatena Publishers has publishedmy last and new tarots' decks''I Tarocchi dell'Iride'' and’’I tarocchiDell’Archetipo Blu’’...and on the web he is present on many pages and in manyplaces again...
For contacts:
CLAUDIO PARENTELA
VIA F.CRISPI N.79
88100 CATANZARO-ITALY
Tel.Num&FAX.:+39 0961744087-
E-Mail: claudioparentela@alice.it-- claudioparentela@gmail.com
My Web Sites: http://www.claudioparentela.net -- http://claudioparentela.altervista.org -- http://parentelaclaudio.altervista.org/-http://parentelacla.altervista.org/ -- http://www.myspace.com/claudioparentela -http://twitter.com/claudioparentel - http://www.facebook.com/people/Claudio-Parentela/771153450 -http://www.flickr.com/people/49533264@N05/- http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=6321135&trk=tab_pro
My Art Bogs: http://theextrafinger.blogspot.com -- http://foggygrizzly.blogspot.com -- http://ladylambandpopsy.blogsome.com/ -- http://cparentela.livejournal.com/ -- http://elvisinh.blogspot.com/ -- http://thethermostatandthegreendragoon.blogspot.com/ -- http://diabeticdew555.blogspot.com -- http://cosmiccrystalsdirtypigs.blogspot.com/ -- http://coward33sneeze15.blogspot.com/--http://variationsinnortherndegradations.blogspot.com/