Born in Giarre (CT), in 2013 he enrolled at the Brera Academy in Milan, where his first exhibition experiences began. In 2016, he was selected for an artist residency in the Hangzhou region of China. He graduated in Painting in 2017. At the end of 2018, he opened a workshop and exhibition space in Milan called “Studio Scalzo,” where he began working with artists and curators. In 2019, he was selected among the artists of the Monza Art Biennale, where he was awarded for the installation and video work “Quiescenza,” completed in 2020. In 2021, he graduated in Sculpture with a thesis on the Mafia, interviewing the Palermo-based director Franco Maresco. In 2023, he completed his studies with a Documentary course at the Civica Scuola Luchino Visconti. In September 2023, he won the award for Best Italian Feature Film at the Visioni dal Mondo Documentary Festival in Milan with the film La Primavera è primavera anche in città, a collective work with authors Mattia Arreghini, Valerio Di Martino, and Elia Storchi. In the same year, he participated in other film festivals and received a special mention for Best Work on the Territory at the Fluvione Film Festival in Roccafluvione (AP) with the video/short film Fluitazione – Lettera al Fiume. He currently lives in Milan, teaches, and is working on the production of two documentary films between Lombardy and Marche.
Education
- Civica Scuola di Documentario Luchino Visconti, Milan
- Post-graduate Internship with the collective CELO.1, Rotterdam
- Master’s Degree in Sculpture, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan
- Bachelor’s Degree in Painting, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan
- Diploma from the Istituto D’Arte di Giarre, Catania
Public Collections
- Musei Civici di Monza
Publications
- Strumenti di distruzione di una cultura – Collectible Dry – Editor Silvia Motta, Milan. ISSN 2397-1843
- Ciuffo Blu – Collective book, published by Librati Edizioni, Ascoli Piceno. ISBN 9-788866-455820
- Otto passi di Adele, Catalog of the collective exhibition, published by Librati Edizioni, Ascoli Piceno. ISBN 978-88-946476-6-2
Awards
- 2024 Winner of the Jury Prize, I Tulipani di Sera Nera Film Festival, Rai Cinema, Rome
- 2023 Mention for the Enhancement of the Territory at the Fluvione Film Festival, Roccafluvione (AP)
- 2023 Winner for Best Italian Feature Film, Visioni dal Mondo Festival, Milan
- 2019 Winner at the Monza Biennale
Film Festivals
- 2024 Tulipani di Seta Nera – Rai Cinema Finalist with La Primavera è Primavera anche in città.
- 2023 Fluvione Film Festival Selected with Fluitazione – Lettera al Fiume, a film created together with composer Gianmarco Biondi.
- 2023 Libero Bizzarri Selected with La Primavera è Primavera anche in città.
- 2023 Visioni dal Mondo Selected with La Primavera è Primavera anche in città, co-produced with authors Mattia Arreghini, Valerio De Martino, Elia Storchi.
Solo exhibitions / performances / urban interventions
- 2023 – Instruments of Destruction of a Culture
Lecture Performance on the occasion of the event “The Gender Issue” at Galleria Colla, Milan.
Organized by Collectible Dry and Manintown magazines during Fashion Week.
Date: January 14, 2023, Milan - 2021 – Oscena Campo Purgatorio
Performative action with video and audio installation, curated by Francesca Greco.
Held at Parco della Vettabbia, in the south of Milan, as part of the Food Wave project, organized by the association Genealogie del futuro.
Date: October 24, 2021 - 2021 – PARI GIUFÀ
Solo exhibition curated by Francesca Greco, in collaboration with designer Herbert Jakob Weinand, at Hotel Gutkowski, Ortigia (SR).
Date: September 18, 2021 - 2021 – Eugenio Bales
Exhibition presented on the occasion of VUOTO APPARENTE, curated by Chiara Spenuso, Martina Mozzati, Lucas Memmola, and Marco Siracusano.
Critical text on the work by Francesca Greco.
Held at Teatro Martinitt, Milan.
Date: June 8, 2021 - 2019 – Quiescenza
Urban installation in Piazza S. Paolo, Monza.
Inauguration on November 15, 2019, in collaboration with and the participation of local high schools.
Conclusion on November 17, 2019 - 2019 – Quiescenza
Performative action.
Beginning of a celebratory procession with a band ensemble at Cava Bosco, Nunziata (CT).
Date: November 7, 2019
Group exhibitions / shows / events
- 2024 – Shame is a Revolutionary Feeling
Collective exhibition and performance event at Fondazione ICA, Milan.
Curated by Chiara Nuzzi and Gabriella Kolandra.
Date: November 14, 2024, Milan - 2022 – Otto Passi di Adele
Collective exhibition in honor and memory of Adele Cappelli, curated by Silvia Evangelisti.
Opening: October 21, 2022, Chiostro di San Francesco, Ascoli Piceno - 2022 – SUMA – Sono Una Mostra Autoctona
Exhibition curated by Collettivo Flock.
Date: August 19–20, 2022, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME) - 2021 – Art on Video
International video art showcase, directed by Galleria Paola Verrengia in Salerno, in collaboration with the Campania Region, the Municipality of Salerno, and the University of Salerno.
Exhibition curated by Chiara Guidi.
Dates: July 28 – August 1, 2021, Salerno - 2021 – NeuSortieren Festival
Collective exhibition organized for the first edition of the festival in the city of Leipzig.
Zona Blu collaborates with the local gallery Horror Vacuii.
Opening: June 17, 2021, Leipzig (Germany) - 2019 – Biennale di Monza
Held at the Orangerie of Villa Reale in Monza, curated by Daniele Astrologo.
Opening: October 26, 2019 - 2018 – L’Abitante
Collective exhibition curated by Adele Cappelli, hosted at Palazzo Montebarocci, Pesaro. - 2018 – I Fantasmi del ‘900
Collective exhibition curated by Eleonora Fiorani, Spazio Dolomiti, Milan.
Residencies
- 2020 SITU Residency and exhibition curated by Zona Blu and Macchia, cultural associations from Milan and Militello Val di Catania. Installation Storie di consorterie terracquose al limine di un luogo rettangolo at the Chiesa del Santissimo Sacramento al Carmine, Militello Val di Catania (CT).
- 2016 SYNCHRONICITY Art residency and exhibition curated by Yimei Zhang/FUZAO Studio, at Yuliang (Hangzhou, China).
- 2015 SFASE Art residency curated by Elena D’Angelo at Spazio Fase, former Paolo Pigna Paper Mill, Alzano Lombardo (BG).
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