Marc Vinciguerra
Marc Vinciguerra is a sculptor and lecturer in philosophy and theology. His work can be seen in private collections, museums, sculpture gardens and churches around the world. Key moments include:
2014: Vinciguerra won the prestigious Alpine Fellowship Prize given internationally to an artist who reunites philosophy and art. The Prize was hosted by Sir Roger Scruton, English philosopher, BBC host, and professor at the University of Oxford, who once wrote to Marc “Thank you for carrying the torch of beauty in the nihilistic twilight of our times.” After winning the prize, Vinciguerra got re-invited five times to the fellowship, or as the press deemed “the circle of Oxford in Venice,” to make demonstrations, lectures and art films at the Foundation Cini.
2018: During the Architecture Biennale of Venice, Vinciguerra’s monumental triptych, The Religion of Atheism, was installed in the heart of Venice. The installation was called “extraordinary” by Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine. From the Biennale, the triptych travelled south, acquired by The Museum of Contemporary Art of Sicily for its permanent collections. During the 2019 Art Biennale of Venice, Vinciguerra once again installed a monumental piece titled The Transfiguration.
2019: Vinciguerra’s writings and art inspired a lecture which was given during the annual conference of the American Academy of Religion by Dr. Tracey Tiemeier of Loyola Marymount University. The response to “Contemplation and the Post-God Spirituality of Marc Vinciguerra’s Religion of Atheism” was given by a Harvard University professor.
2022: Dr. Mark Wrathall, Oxford University professor and board member of the Academic Conference at the Bombay Beach Biennale invited Vinciguerra to install a monumental Portal for the Biennale - writing of Vinciguerra’s important research on nihilism and the sacred. After installing a 16-foot portal permanently into the California desert, Vinciguerra also gave a lecture based on his research while discussing the 7 principles of his theology at the Institute of Metaphysics of Bombay Beach hosted by Prince Tao Ruspoli.
Marc Vinciguerra is currently working on a Treatise on Theology as well as constructing a prototype for a non-religious cathedral while developing a new symbol.