Alba D'Urbano

Alba D'Urbano is an artist from Italy. She studied philosophy and painting in Rome and studied visual communication in Berlin (Hochschule der Künste). Since 1995 she is professor of computer graphics at the “Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst” in Leipzig, where she currently lives. In her artworks she combines traditional artforms with new technologies.

2000 - 2009 Curatorship within the activities of the school for the exhibition "Natural_mente"(Museum of Natural History, Leipzig), "Attention" (Messehaus am Markt, Leipzig), "Bellissima" (Hochschule für Grafik u
2000 "outside", Performance at the Kunstforum, Berlin (D)
1999 Presentation of the Installation "Divina" and lecture at the conference "Art and Computer Science", Evangelische Akademie Tutzing (D)
1998 - 2009 Headship of the class of Intermedia at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig (D)
1998 "Kunst und Papier auf dem Laufsteg" (fashion show), Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (D)
1995 Professorship of computergraphic at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig (D)
1994 Lectureship at the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach (D)
1993 - 1994 Lectureship at the Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt/Main (D)
1990 Eurocréation Grant, Paris, for the Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt/Main (D)
1989 Nafög-Grant, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin (D)
1989 Grant from the company, Röhm GmbH, Darmstadt (D) for the completion of a project.
1987 - 2009 Participation on numerous Film- and Media events with Videos and Videoinstallations (European Media Festival Osnabrück (D), "Femme Cathodique" Paris, " Biennale of Videoart" Fukuja, Japan, etc.)
1987 Editor's grant from the german television network ZDF "Das kleine Fernsehspiel" for the realisation of the video "Kreis, der"
1985 - 1989 Master-student in Visual Communication at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin (D). Major in Film, Video, Sound/Slide productions.
1978 - 1983 Graduated from the "Accademia di Belle Arti", Rome (I). Major: Painting under Professor Enzo Brunori
1974 - 1978 Philosophy studies at the "La Sapienza" University, Rome (I)
/ Alba D'Urbano is an artist from Italy. She studied philosophy and painting in Rome and studied visual communication in Berlin (Hochschule der Künste). Since 1995 she is professor of computer graphics at the “Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst” in Leipzig, where she currently lives. In her artworks she combines traditional artforms with new technologies.