BIOGRAFIA
Imola, 1969. Vive a Milano. Lavora con performance, scultura e scrittura, tra lirismo e dia- logo con l’autorità. Studia all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna e al Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design di Londra. Nel 2001 riceve la Wheatley Bequest Fellowship in Fine Art (Sculpture) presso l’Institute of Art & Design, School of Art, di Birmingham (UK). Insegna all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano. Ha inoltre insegnato all’Accademia di Belle Arti di L’Aquila, alla Libera Università di Bolzano e, dal 2011 al 2019, come Visiting Lecturer in Perfor- mance, alla Royal Academy of Art di L’Aja (NL). Nel 2013 fonda con Margherita Morgantin il collet- tivo Pawel und Pavel. Mostre personali recenti: Fronte e retro, MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna e Sala Con- vegni Banca di Bologna – Palazzo De’ Toschi, Bologna (2022); In forma di riepilogo, Cler, Milano (2019); postura, posa, differita, ar/ge kunst, Bolzano (2016); Potersi dire, MAN, Nuoro (2015); Quello che eri, e quello che sei, Nomas Foundation, Roma (2015); La penultima assenza del corpo, Fon- dazione Pietro Rossini, Briosco (2012); Zuffi, Italo, Pinksummer, Genova (2010). Mostre collettive re- centi: but did it happen, Spazio in situ, Roma (2023); Performative 01, Contact(less). Maxxi L’Aquila (2021); 141 - Un secolo di disegno in Italia, Palazzo Paltroni, Bologna (2021); C.U.O.R.E. (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events), Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Palazzo Lucarini Con- temporary, Trevi (2021); Non giudicare, Antico Convento di San Francesco, Bagnacavallo (2020); Vincenzo Agnetti, Autoritratti RItratti - Scrivere, Enrico Castellani Piero Manzoni Italo Zuffi, Building gallery, Milano (2019); BienNolo, Ex fabbrica Cova, Milano (2019); HOSPITALITY, Non-objectif sud, La Barralière, Tulette (2018); Deposito d’arte italiana presente, Artissima, Torino (2017); Fuori Uso. Ex Tribunale, Pescara (2016); Riviera, Istituto Svizzero di Milano (2016). Performance: everywhere, Teatro Cristallo, Bolzano (2016); Ipercorpo 2016 - Cosa rimane, Ex Centrale Avicola Amadori, Forlì (2016); ALT, Caserma De Sonnaz, Torino (2015).
Born in Imola in 1969, lives in Milan. He works with performance, sculpture and writing, between lyricism and dialogue with authority. He studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and at the Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London. In 2001 he received the Wheatley Bequest Fellowship in Fine Art (Sculpture) at the Institute of Art & Design, School of Art, Birmingham (UK). He teaches at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan. He has also taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in L'Aquila, at the Free University of Bolzano and, from 2011 to 2019, as Visiting Lecturer in Performance, at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (NL). In 2013 he founded the collective Pawel und Pavel with Margherita Morgantin. Recent solo exhibitions: Fronte e retro, MAMbo – Museum of Modern Art of Bologna and Sala Convegni Banca di Bologna – Palazzo De’ Toschi, Bologna (2022); In summary form, Cler, Milan (2019); posture, pose, deferred, ar/ge kunst, Bolzano (2016); Being able to say, MAN, Nuoro (2015); What you were, and what you are, Nomas Foundation, Rome (2015); The penultimate absence of the body, Pietro Rossini Foundation, Briosco (2012); Zuffi, Italo, Pinksummer, Genoa (2010). Recent group exhibitions: but did it happen, Spazio in situ, Rome (2023); Performative 01, Contact(less). Maxxi L'Aquila (2021); 141 - A century of drawing in Italy, Palazzo Paltroni, Bologna (2021); HEART. (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events), Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary Center for Contemporary Art, Trevi (2021); Do not judge, Ancient Convent of San Francesco, Bagnacavallo (2020); Vincenzo Agnetti, Self-portraits RItratti - Scrivere, Enrico Castellani Piero Manzoni Italo Zuffi, Building gallery, Milan (2019); BienNolo, Ex Cova factory, Milan (2019); HOSPITALITY, Non-objectif sud, La Barralière, Tulette (2018); Italian art deposit present, Artissima, Turin (2017); Down. Former Court, Pescara (2016); Riviera, Swiss Institute of Milan (2016). Performances: everywhere, Teatro Cristallo, Bolzano (2016); Ipercorpo 2016 - What remains, Ex Centrale Avicola Amadori, Forlì (2016); ALT, De Sonnaz Barracks, Turin (2015).
