Guglielmo Botter

Born
1966
Nationality
Italian
Country
Italy
City
Treviso
I am an Italian/American artist working worldwide. My favorite subject is cityscape. I usually exhibit my work two/three times a year. I work for pleasure and on commission for private and public clients.
Belgrade, Republic of Serbia: Ministry of Defense
Occupation
artist
architect
author
Languages
English
Italian
Biography
Guglielmo Botter was born in 1966 in Treviso, Italy, and represents the fourth generation of artists in the family. At just five years old, he started drawing urban scapes with an ink pen. He exhibited for the first time at the age of eleven, winning awards at competitions for young artists. At the XXII Days of Stamps in 1980, organized by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications with the theme "My city", he was the absolute winner among 350 thousand participants. His drawing ‘Piazza Pola’ was presented on the stamp of the Italian Post and to this day is the only stamp with Treviso motifs. He graduated in architecture in 1993 and had a short academic career as an assistant professor at the University of Architecture in Venice - IUAV, in the subject of Architecture and Design, and later as a professor of Design and Technology at the University of Arts in Venice - UIA. In 2012, with the increasingly serious economic crisis in Italy, Guglielmo decided to suspend his professional career and return to his first passion, drawing: which enabled him to travel the world. He worked in the United States for almost ten years, where part of his family emigrated in the previous century. He exhibited for the first time in 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the city of his mother, also a painter, and his drawings were published on the cover of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Other solo exhibitions followed in Richmond and Norfolk in Virginia, Jasper, Columbus and Indianapolis in Indiana, Newcastle, Lancaster and Harrisburg in Pennsylvania, Frederick in Maryland, Lexington in Kentucky. In recent years, the artist has also begun to draw German cities, exhibiting in Burghausen, Altotting and Freiburg im Breisgau. The global pandemic of Covid-19 had a great impact on Guglielmo's artistic activities. He was forced to cancel exhibitions in the United States scheduled for 2020. The forced severance of relations with America led the artist to look for new opportunities in Europe. In 2021 he was invited as artist in residence in Assisi, Italy and Belgrade, Republic of Serbia. In Assisi he exhibited at an international art exhibition, then in Belgrade, the Italian Embassy introduced his work of the Capital of Serbia to the public through a solo show held in the Italian Center of Culture. under the patronage of the Tourist Office of Serbia.
Education
Classic studies/Liceo Classico "Antonio Canova", Treviso
Graduated in Architecture, 1993/IUAV, Istituto Universitario di Architettura, Venezia
Exhibitions
1977
"40 disegni a punta di penna di un giovinetto undicenne" - "40 drawings in pen tip of an 11 y.o. boy"
Ca' dei Ricchi, Treviso - Italy
Solo
1981
"Immagini di Treviso - 1880 Girolamo - 1980 Guglielmo Botter"
Museo Civico di Treviso - Italy
Solo
1987
First Biennal Exhibition "Arte a Treviso"
Palazzo dei Trecento, Treviso - Italy
Group
1988
"Tempi di Pace"
Villa Albrizi Franchetti, Preganziol - TV - Italy
Group
2007
"Trent'anni a punta di penna"
Museo Civico di Santa Caterina, Treviso - Italy
Solo
2013
"Architectural perspectives: places and planes"
GalleriE-Chiz, Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania - USA
Group
2014
"Guglielmo Botter"
AIM Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - USA
Solo
2014
"Annual Art Exhibition"
Fowler-Kellog Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, New York State - USA
Group
2014
"Wednesday at West Overton"
Old Village's Museum, Somerset, Pennsylvania - USA
Solo
2015
"5th Westmoreland Art Nationals"
Latrobe, Pennsylvania - USA
Group
2015
"Richmond Illustrations"
Brazier Gallery, Richmond, Virginia - USA
Solo
2015
5th Edition "Matite in Viaggio" international juried show
"Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre - VE - Italy"
Group
2015
"Cuneo Vualà" juried show
Fondazione Peano, Cuneo - Italy
Group
2016
"Pittsburgh deawings by Guglielmo Botter"
"Espresso a mano, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - USA"
Solo
2016
"Art on the Riverwalk" juried show
The Hoyt Museum of Art, New Castle, Pennsylnavia - USA
Group
2016
6th Edition "Matite in Viaggio" international juried show
"Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre - VE - Italy"""
Group
2016
17th "Randez-vous du Carnet de Voyage" juried show
Art and Cultural Center, Clermont-Ferrand - France
Group
2017
"Torino: European Capital of Tourism" juried show
Museo MIIT, Torino - Italy
Group
2017
"Faszination Burghausen"
Rathaus Gallery, Burghausen - Germany
Solo
2017
"Jay Hamlin and Guglielmo Botter"
Krempp Gallery, Jasper, Indiana - USA
Group
2017
"The view from Treviso"
Gallery 506, Columbus, Indiana - USA
Solo
2018
7th "Paint the town" juried show
Lexington Art Center, Lexington, Kentuky - USA
Group
2018
"From Italy to Norfolk"
Percolator Art Gallery/Slover Library, Norfolk, Virginia - USA
Solo
2018
"Lancaster in thr Point of a Pen"
City Hall Gallery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Solo
2018
"From Italy to Harrisburg"
Harrisburg Art Association, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - USA
Solo
2018
"50 Years Away: Lyù and her son Guglielmo painters in Pittsburgh"
Penn State University Art Gallery, New Kensington, Pennsylvania - USA
Solo
2019
"Altötting aus der Federrspitze"
Rathaus Gallerie, Altötting - Germany
Solo
2019
"Drawings of Freiburg"
Historische Kaufhaus, Freiburg im Breisgau - Germany
Solo
2019
"Guglielmo Botter: an italian artist in Lancaster"
City Visitor Center Art Gallery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - USA
Solo
2020
"Richeson 75 International 2020" juried show
Richeson School of Art and Gallery, Kimberly, Wisconsin - USA
Group
2020
"The District" juried show
The Art Enables Gallery, Washindton DC - USA
Group
2020
"Homage to the Botter: family of restorers and artists"
Palazzo dei Trecento, Treviso - Italy
Solo
2021
"Assisi International Contemporary Art Show"
Le Logge Art Gallery, Assisi - Italy
Group
2021
"Belgrado in punta di penna"
Italian Institute of Colture/Italian Embassy, Belgrade - Republic of Serbia
Solo
2022
"Richeson 75 International 2022" juried show
Richeson School of Art and Gallery, Kimberly, Wisconsin - USA
Group
2022
"Martha's Vineyard Drawing Prize" juried exhibit
Martha's Vineyard Art Gallery, Edgartown, Massachussets - USA
Group
Prizes and Awards
1973: 2nd Place Award for Artistic Expression "Top-Art 72", Treviso - Italy
1975: Winner of the Art Competition "Pennello d'Argento '74/'75", Maser, TV - Italy
1977: 1st Prize - "Avv. Bepi Gasparinetti" Memorial Award, Treviso - Italy
1977: 1st Prize - Regional Art Competition. Inspectorate of Agricolture, Venezia - Italy
1977: 1st Prize - "Kursall d'Oro", Jesolo - VE
1977: 2nd Prize - "Topolino" art award, Riva del Garda, TN - Italy
1977: 2nd Prize - "Topolino" art award, Lido di Jesolo, VE - Italy
1978: 1st Prize - "Topolino" art award, Lido di Jesolo, VE - Italy
1978: 2nd Prize - "Topolino" art award, Lignano Sabbiadoro, UD - Italy
1978: 5th Prize - "Topolino" art award, Forte dei Marmi, LI - Italy
1978: 1st Prize - "Avv. Bepi Gasparinetti" Memorial Award, Treviso - Italy
1979: 4th Prize - "Topolino" art award, Lido di Jesolo, VE - Italy
1979: 3rd Prize - "Life of the Bee" Award, APAT Treviso - Italy
1980: 1st Prize - "XXII Giornata del Francobollo" National Contest, Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Roma - Italy
2014: "Special Recognition" Artist - "CityScapes 2014", Light, Space & Time Gallery - Florida - USA
2014: "Finalist", "Richeson 75 International", Kimberly - Wisconsin - USA
2015: "Special Recognition" Artist - "CityScapes 2015", Light, Space & Time Gallery - Florida - USA
2016: "Special Merit" Artist - "CityScapes 2016", Light, Space & Time Gallery - Florida - USA
2016: 3rd Prize - "Arts on the Riverwalk", New Castle, Pennsylvania - USA
2016: "Honorable Mention" - "Black & White" Int. Art Competition, Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery - Newkirk, Oklahoma - USA
2017: "Special Merit" Artist - "CityScapes 2017", Light, Space & Time Gallery - Florida - USA
2017: "Honorable Mention" - "Cityscapes" Int. Art Competition, Fusion Gallery - Palm Spring - California - USA
2017: "Honorable Mention" - "Landscape, Cityscape and Interiors" Int. Art Competition, Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery - Newkirk, Oklahoma - USA
2018: 4th Prize - "All Painting Theme" Int. Art Competition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online - Annapolis, Maryland - USA
2018: "Honorable Mention" - "CityScapes 2018", Light, Space & Time Gallery - Florida - USA
2018: "Judge Choice" - "All Citiscapes Theme", Contemporary Art Gallery Online - Annapolis, Maryland - USA
2018: "Honorable Mention" - "Landscape, Cityscape and Interiors" Int. Art Competition, Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery - Newkirk, Oklahoma - USA
2019: "Special Merit" Artist - "CityScapes 2019", Light, Space & Time Gallery - Florida - USA
2019: 2nd Prize - "All Painting/Drawing Competition", Contemporary Art Gallery Online - Annapolis, Maryland - USA
2019: "4th Prize" - "4th Annual Cityscape" Int. Art Competition, Fusion Gallery - Palm Spring - California - USA
2020: 2nd Prize - "Urban Landscapes" Int. Art Competition. J. Mane Gallery - New Jersey - USA
2020: "Finalist" - "Street Scene" Int. Art Competition, Meryland Federation of Art (MFA) - Annapolis - Maryland - USA
2020: "Special Merit" Artist - "CityScapes 2020", Light, Space & Time Gallery - Florida - USA
2020: 4th Prize - "All Paintings" Int. Art Competition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online - Annapolis, Maryland - USA
2020: "TOP 20 Artist", Boynes Emerging Artist Award - Melbourne - Australia
2020: "Honorable Mention" - "City" Int. Art Competition, Art Room Gallery - USA
2020: "Finalist", "Richeson 75 International", Kimberly - Wisconsin - USA
2020: 5th Prize - "Seascape" Int. Art Competition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online - Annapolis, Maryland - USA
2020: "Finalist Award" - "Architecture" Int. Art Competition, Camelback Gallery - USA
2021: "Honorable Mention" - "Black & White" Int. Art Competition, Art Room Gallery - USA
2021: "Special Merit" Artist - 11th "CityScapes", Light, Space & Time Gallery - Florida - USA
2021: 4th Prize - "All Painting" Int. Art Competition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online - Annapolis, Maryland - USA
2021: "Honorable Mention" - "2nd Landscape" Int. Art Competition, Art Show International, Los Angeles - California -USA
2021: "Honorable Mention" - "OPEN" Int. Art Competitiont, HelvetArt Gallery Online, Geneve - Switzerland
2021: "Honorable Mention" - "OPEN" Int. Art Competition, Art Room Gallery - USA
2021: 5th Prize - "All Cityscape" Int. Art Competition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online - Annapolis, Maryland - USA
2021: "Honorable Mention" - "Anything" Int. Art Competition, Gallery Ring - USA
2021: "Honorable Mention" - "The Artist's Choice" Int. Art Competition, Grey Cube Gallery - USA
2021: "Silver Award" - "Black & White" Int. Art Competition, Camel Back Gallery, Scottsdale - Arizona - USA
2021: "Crystal Award" - "OPEN" Int. Art Competition, Gallery Ring - USA
2021: 2nd Prize - "OPEN" Int. Art Competition, HelvetArt Gallery Online, Geneve - Switzerland
2021: "Honorable Mention" - "Painting and Photography" Int. Art Competition, Grey Cube Gallery - USA
2021: "Talent Prize Award" - "4th Landscape" Int. Art Competition, Art Show International, Los Angeles - California -USA
2022: "Special Merit" Artist - 12th "CityScapes", Light, Space & Time Gallery, Jupiter - Florida - USA
2022: "Honorable Mention" - 4th "OPEN" Int. Art Competition, Art Show International, Los Angeles - California - USA
2022: "Public Choice Award" - "Scenic 2021" Int. Art Exhibition, Colors of Humanity - Ontario - Canada
2022: "Honorable Mention" - "Black & White" Int. Art Competition, Art Room Gallery - USA
2022: "Sapphire Award" - "Anything" Int. Art Competition, Gallery Ring - USA
2022: "Honorable Mention" - "OPEN" Int. Art Competition, Grey Cube Gallery - USA
2022: "Runner Up" - "Summer Grant" Int. Art Competition, Art Show International, Los Angeles - California - USA
2022: "Honorable Mention" - "City" Int. Art Competition, Art Room Gallery - USA
2022: "Bronze Award" - "Artist Invitational 2022" Int. Art Competition, Camel Back Gallery - USA
2022: "Finalist", "Richeson 75 International", Kimberly - Wisconsin - USA
2022: "Talent Prize Award" - 5th "Landscape" Int. Art Competition, Art Show International, Los Angeles - California - USA
2022: "Honorable Mention" - "City" Int. Art Competition, Grey Cube - USA
2022: "Honorable Mention" - 5th "OPEN" Int. Art Competition, Art Show International, Los Angeles - California - USA
2022: "5th tie" - "2022 American Art Awards", Category 35. Realism/Landscape
2022: "Crystal Award" - "OPEN" Int. Art Competition, Gallery Ring - USA
2022: "Finalist" - "Martha0s Vineyard Drawing Prize, Edgar Town, MA - USA
2022: "Honorable Mention" - 6th "OPEN" Int. Art Competition, Art Show International, Los Angeles - California - USA
2023: "Honorable Mention" - 6th "OPEN" Int. Art Competition, Art Room Gallery - USA
2023: "Honorable Mention" - 13th "CityScapes", Light, Space & Time Gallery, Jupiter - Florida - USA
2023: "Bronze Award" - "Black and White X (10)", Camel Back Gallery, Scottsdale - Arizona - USA
2023: "Award of Excellence" - "Art Masters March 2023", Top Art Awards
2023: "Honorable Mention" - "OPEN" Int. Art Competition, Grey Cube - USA
2023: "Talent Award" - "OPEN" Int. Art Competition, Teravarna - Los Angeles - California - USA
2023: "Finalist" - "Art Masters - April 2023" Int. Art Competition, Top Art Award - USA
2023: "Judges Choice" - "All Cityscape" Int. Art Competition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online - Annapolis, Maryland - USA
2023: "Honorable Mention" - "Landscape" Int. Art Competition, Teravarna - Los Angeles - California - USA
Testimonial
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As the former owner of Gallerie Chiz for over 22 years in Pittsburgh, PA, I have had the pleasure of representing Guglielmo Botter as one of over 200 artists from all over the world. I am now, as an artist, still functioning as a gallery but only for my own work. However, Guglielmo is an outstanding artist, as well as a very interesting person. We featured him here. He had a special connection with Pittsburgh, PA, since his mother was originally an artist here many years ago. He lives full time in Italy, his home, but for many years has spent summers with his family here and in a few other areas of the United States.
His drawings of buildings are exceptional. He has a style that is recognizable and appealing. He is a perfectionist. We sold a large amount of his work, all original drawings, to members of the community for a number of years. People whom he meets all seem to become immediate friends, and he does much to participate in producing art for them that is meaningful to them. He is certainly deserving of any help that he can get along the way.
I hope that this recommendation helps him to further succeed. I have represented many artists of high caliber from 1995 through 2017, and he, and his work, were always impressive.

Ellen Chisdes Neuberg
Studio/Gallerie Chiz
5831 Ellsworth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
412-441-6005
www.galleriechiz.com
galleriechiz@gmail.com

April 2019
As Curator of Gallery 506 and Guest Services Manager of the Columbus Area Visitors Center, I am writing to recommend the work and the character of Mr. Guglielmo Botter.
I met Mr. Botter as he was preparing an exhibit of architectural drawings for a nearby community of Jasper, Indiana. From our first conversation, it was clear that his skills, artistic vision, and his joy and enthusiasm for the work would be a perfect fit for a Gallery 506 exhibition in Columbus in the same time frame as an exhibit at Jasper. He accepted with enthusiasm an offer to become our first artist in residency.
Columbus is well known nationally and internationally for significant modernist architecture and a diverse population, and Guglielmo’s drawn interpretations of more than two dozen buildings in their context project a unique view and energy of line. After a year of professional communications from Italy, previews of the drawings and accompanying printed products, and final plans for the exhibit, residency and gallery opening events, he returned with an exquisite body of work which has become a lasting legacy here.
During his residency, Guglielmo demonstrated his skills and passion for the work to numerous groups in our community, including high school and college students. His generosity of time and his encouragement was appreciated by all he encountered, and he was able to make a connection to a wide range of ages, ethnicities and skill levels in his formal and informal presentations.
Through our many conversations, a subsequent visit to Indiana to develop new community partnerships, and through his book about the history of his family, I have come to know and appreciate Guglielmo Botter for not only his skills, but for his vision for the future based on a deep appreciation of the past. His proud continuation of a long and storied line of artists, artisans and craftspersons is a
much-needed connection between past skills and past culture to a modern-day interpretation of our cultural assets. Trained as an architect, his drawings reveal a vision and point of view that is unique and fresh.
I appreciate the opportunity to write on behalf of talented visionary and well-respected ambassador
of the arts, Guglielmo Botter.

Jan Banister
Curator Gallery 506
Columbus, IN

April 2019
I first met Guglielmo two years ago when he visited the Art Association of Harrisburg (AAH), Harrisburg, PA, in search of
exhibition opportunities. Guglielmo has familial ties to Pennsylvania and approached me with the idea to create a series of drawings revolving around Harrisburg. His goal was to visit different cities within Pennsylvania, capture the cityscapes through drawings, and then exhibit each series in its designated location. From August – October 2018 the AAH presented From Italy to Harrisburg: Street Drawings by Guglielmo Botter. This collection of original drawings was a large success, gaining Guglielmo praise in local magazine publications such as, “The Burg.”
There is no doubt that Guglielmo’s work is beautifully rendered with its juxtaposition between tight and lose line work that makes the buildings and city streets pulse. However, from a curatorial standpoint, I see Guglielmo fostering something deeper than a collection of well executed cityscapes. Guglielmo is subtly communicating the similarities between all humans no matter the city or county in which he visits. The street planning and architecture may be different in each of his series, but his style remains the same. While
the cities are recognizable to the familiar eye, the viewer begins to notice repetitions within each drawn location. Additionally, Guglielmo gives local viewers a different perspective of their own hometowns.
Humans are creatures of habit, and daily schedules feed into this habitual nature. People travel the streets that take them to their usual destinations and avoid (consciously or unconsciously) streets that do not fit into their daily routine. Through contemplating Guglielmo’s drawings, the local viewer is forced to step outside of their ‘usual day-in-and-day-out.’ They are now seeing their home through the eyes of a visitor – what he deems interesting and important enough to record on paper. Guglielmo makes the viewer think and explore something they may have never even thought to explore had they not seen his work.
Due to the very nature of his work, Guglielmo is adapt to working cross-culturally. I am confident that he would thrive in an environment with Fellows from different countries and backgrounds. Guglielmo is selfdriven, professional, curious, and tenacious. I highly recommend him.

Rachel O’Connor
Curator
Art Association of Harrisburg
Harrisburg, PA

April 2019
L’architetto Guglielmo Botter ha avuto occasione, su nostro invito, di esporre le sue opere in occasione della Festa della Repubblica Italiana organizzata da questo Consolato d’Italia a Friburgo in data 2 giugno 2019.
In particolare, le opere esposte dal maestro Botter, già apprezzato in numerose altre occasioni dalle Autorità locali, si sono concentrate su questa città di Friburgo, cogliendone gli aspetti maggiormente artistici e di rilevanza culturale.
La mostra si è collocata nel più ampio quadro delloe storico dialogo culturale yra Friburgo e i Comuni italiani, andando a cogliere proprio l’aspetto di vicinanza tra i nostri due Paesi, con particolare riguardo alle affinità storiche e artistiche.
Il maestro Botter, artista prolifico e particolarmente versatile, ha condotto l’esposizione con piena soddisfazione di questo Consolato, e riscuotendo il consenso e l’ammirazione dei numerosi ospiti sia italiani che tedeschi. In particolare, l’aspetto di maggior attualità è stato quello relativo alla necessità di riscoprire una dimensione artistica urbana, intessuta nella spazialità cittadina, una questione particolarmente attuale con riferimento alla dimensione ecosostenibile dello sviluppo, particolarmente cara a Friburgo.

Il Console
Federico Lorenzo Ramaioli

Consolato d’Italia a Friburgo
Germania

Aprile 2019
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