1996 Symposium Serans, Normandy, France
1998 Symposium Verona (awarded), Italy
Chateau Neercanne, Maastricht, Holland
Museo Pianeta Azzurro, Roma, Italy
Introduction
CATTAI Silvano __ Belgium born from italian parents in 1951. Graduated high school in 1968 and moved to Paris, France in 1969 he studied films and human sciences at the university of Paris VIII. Worked in film and paint (oil painting, Acrylic, multimedia). Moved to USA in 1979 to study film at the American Film Institute of Los Angeles. In 1980 he moves to New York city to work in film and paint. in 1984 studies at the Art Student League in NYC and starts to sculpt. In 1989 moved to Italy (Pietrasanta - Carrara - Seravezza) to work exclusively stone, bronze and other metals. He lives and works in Seravezza (Lucca - Italy).
Since early 1990's Cattai has devoted himself to sculpture, developing his personal research and showing several Europeans art gallery. In the main time he has realized monumental and public sculpture around the world. (See curriculum) In 2000 he concentrate his art mainly in working metals with a predilection for steel and bronze.