Biography
1985
Born in Busto Arsizio
Lives and works in Milan
Education
2006
Scuola Civica di Cinema, Televisione e Nuovi Media, Milan
2012
Visual Art and Theatre, IUAV University, Venice, BA
Solo Exhibitions
2025
“Dolle”, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art
“ToonsTunes (Four Pathetic Movements)”, Sadie Coles HQ, London
2024
“La Gola”, Kunstverein Hamburg
“La Gola”, Kunsthalle Wien
2023
“Dolle“, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin
“Dolle“, Sadie Coles HQ, Kingly Street, London
“Have You Checked the Children“, Kunsthalle Basel
“Glassa“, Centro Pecci, Prato
“Dramoletti“, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Teatro Gerolamo, Milan
“Monelle“, Sadie Coles HQ, Davies Street, London
2021
“The Parents’ Room“, Museo Madre, Naples
2019
“Ludwig“, Institute of Contemporary Art Singapore/LASALLE, Singapore
Galleria ZERO, Milan
2018
“La miserabile“, La Triennale di Milano, Milan
2015
“FRANTI, FUORI!“, Careof, Milan
2013
“Pour vos beaux yeux“, Gasconade, Milan
Group Exhibitions
2025
“S->XL”, Museo Ettore Fico, Turin
“Once Within a Time”, SITE Santa Fe
“Just Kids”, Gammel Strand, Copenhagen
2024
“Flowers of Romance - Act Two”, Lodovico Corsini, Brussels
“Una Galleria, Tante Collezioni”, GAMeC Galleria D’arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo
“Artificial Optimism”, Den Frie, Copenhagen
“A Cosmic Movie Camera”, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva
“Inifita Infanzia”, Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto
“Retrofuture. Notes for a Collection”, MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome
“Nebula”, Fondazione In Between Art Film on the occasion of the Biennale Arte 2024, Complesso dell’Ospedaletto, Venice
2023
“After Laughter Comes Tears“, MUDAM, Luxembourg
“Man in House“, Institut Funder Bakke, Silkeborg
2022
“Bells“, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne
“The Milk of Dreams“, 59th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice (cat.)
“Horror In The Modernist Block“, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
2021
“Ten Slotte #5“, Royal Academy - de Tempel, Antwerp
“Premio Termoli“, Museo MACTE, Termoli
“Tout Court“, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Paris (cat.)
“RETROFUTURO“, Museo MACRO, Rome
2020
Quadriennale d’arte 2020 FUORI, Rome (cat.)
2018
“Sanguine. Luc Tuymans on Baroque“, Fondazione Prada, Milan (cat.)
“MAXXI Bulgari Prize 2018“, Museo MAXXI, Rome (cat.)
“Everything has been done 2“, Forde, Geneva
2017
“Directing the Real: Artists’ Film and Video in the 2010s”, Palazzo Medici Ricciardi, Florence
“Live End Dream No”, Galerie Steinek, Vienna
“As the story was told”, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
2016
“Ehi, voi! 16ª Quadriennale d’Arte Altri Tempi”, Altri Miti, Rome (cat.)
“Laurene”, Ermes Ermes temporary gallery, Milan
2015-2016
“Art Situacions II”, Museo Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy; Museo MACRO, Rome, Italy; MATADERO, Madrid
2015
“Être chose”, Centre international d’art et du paysage/Treignac project, Île de Vassivière/Treignac
2014
“GLITCH”, Interferenze tra Arte e Cinema, PAC - Padiglione Arte Contemporanea, Milan
“Keep it Real”, Ventura XV, Milan
2013
“On Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty”, Peep-Hole, Milan
“Collection Sandretto Re Rebaudengo: A Love Meal”, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2012
“FIEA - Le Printemps de Septembre”, Palais des Arts, Toulouse
“Long Play - XXIV Premio Nazionale Arti Visive”, MA*GA - Museo Arte Gallarate, Gallarate (cat.)
2011
“To see an object, to see the light”, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarente d’Alba (cat.)
“Session_15_Press Release”, BolteLang, Zurich
2010-2011
“Beyond the Dust - Artists Documents Today”, De Kabinetten van de Vleeshal, Middelburg; Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan; Fondation d’entreprise Ricard, Paris (cat.)
Special Projects
2021
“The Parents’ Room“, site-specific installation, Cinema King, Trapani
2019
“Monelle“, site-specific installation, Cinema dei Piccoli, Rome
2018
“Les Pratiques Solitaires“, TheView Studio, Sant’Ilario, Genoa
“Monelle“, site-specific installation, Cinema Arlecchino, Milan
“Il malatino“, PAC - Padiglione Arte Contemporanea, Milan; GAMeC, Bergamo; Museion, Bozen; Musei Civici Pistoia, Pistoia; MART, Rovereto
2017
Museion Media Façade, Museion, Bozen
Grasso + Diego Marcon, Mega, Milan
Festival and Screenings
2024
“ToonsTunes”, Tate Modern Cinema, London
2023
Curtocircuíto, International Film Festival, Galicia
Lo Schermo Dell’Arte, Cinema and Contemporary Art Festival, Florence
St. Moritz Art Film Festival, St. Moritz
SYNCRO FILM FEST, Buenos Aires
2022
IndieLisboa, Lisbon
London Short Film Festival, London
2021
Márgenes, Madrid
FilmmakerFest, Milan
Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna
Courtisane, Ghent
Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal, Montreal
Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de La Plata, La Plata
Curtocircuito, Santiago de Compostela
FID - International Film Festival Marseille, Marseille
Directors’ Fortnight, 74th Cannes Film Festival, Cannes
2020
Spike Island, Bristol
“Can a door be fascist?”, ICA, London
2019
FID - International Film Festival Marseille, Marseille
Short Wave, Poznan
Metakino, WHS Teatteri Union, Helsinki
2018
Night - Is it Time or Space?, Narva Art Residency, Narva
Lo Schermo dell’Arte, Florence
Frontera-Sur Film Festival, Concepción
Doclisboa, Lisboa
BFI - London Film Festival & Experimenta, London
Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de La Plata, La Plata
Curtocircuito, Santiago de Compostela
Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing
III Encuentro Cinematográfico Cámara Lúcida, Cuenca
Animator Festival, Poznan
34nd Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Hamburg
Fracto - Experimental Film Encounter, Berlin
Courtisane, Ghent
Cinema du réel, Paris
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Awards
2018
MAXXI Bulgari Prize 2018
Henraux Fondation Sculpture Award
2015
Club GAMeC Prize
2012
XXIV Premio Nazionale Arti Visive, MA*GA - Museo Arte Gallarate
Awards (Film Festivals)
2022
EMEL Short Film Grand Prize & Best Animation Award, IndieLisboa, Lisbon
2018
Best Experimental Film & Young Jury Award, Festival Internacional de Cine de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela
Outstanding Art Exploration Award, Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing
Best Experimental Film, Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Hamburg