The Internal Committee of the Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art has invited Victor Agius to be one of the artists to exhibit his works in this highly prominent exhibition of world fame. Victor Agius will be representing Malta amongst 800 artists coming from 80 different nations around the world.

He is putting on show two large paintings entitled ‘Ggantija’ (80cmx120cm) and ‘Praesepium’(100×160cm), which are rendered in an abstracted idiom with mixed media and object-trouve. In the works to be exhibited Agius adopts a personal approach in depicting two themes which are inspired by Malta’s unique cultural heritage and this with the aim of giving a Maltese flavour to this international exhibition.

Victor Agius has studied art under Maltese Artist Harry Alden, at the University of Malta and at the International School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture in Perugia, Italy. On an international scale he has also participated in the Ceramic Triennale of the Domenican Republic and has exhibited his works in shows held at the Bricklane Gallery in London, in Paris, Milan and in Florence.

The seventh edition of this Biennale is going to be held at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence between the 5th and 13th of December, under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano.

Agius’s participation is being sponsored by Gozo Express Services Ltd. as part of their activities to commemorate their 10th anniversary of operation in Gozo

For more info visit www.victoragius.com or www.florencebiennale.org