Vita
Born 1975, Brescia, Italy.
Lives and works in Berlin.

Education
1997-2001   Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy.

 

Selected solo (recent) shows

2010
-Paolo BottarelliAutopoiesi - A game of chess against oneself, performance curated by Alessandra Pace and Marina Sorbello, Italian Embassy, Special Art Forum Event, Berlin.

2009
-De Pawlowsky – Pentagram curated by Raffaella Guidobono, Aka curatorial projects, Milano

2008
-Mind≠Brain (about Kurt Gödel), curated by Elena Agudio, 91mQ, art-project space, Berlin
-Epifanie Matematiche, curated by Elena Agudio, Antiquum Oratorium Passionis della Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio, Milano

 

Selected collective (recent) shows

2011
-Momentum 2011, 6th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art
IMAGINE BEING HERE NOW 18 June - 2 October 2011, Moss (Norway)

2010
-Duchamp and his Heirs - Berlin Artists vs. Leipzig Artists - The Night of the Pawn, curated by Jan Pilipp Sexauer, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany.
(together with: Christan Achenbach, Tjorg Douglas Beer, Beza, Norbert Bisky, Matthias Bitzer, Jonas Burgert, Adrian Buschmann, Birgit Dieker, Uros Djurovic, Hannah Dougherty, Zhivago Duncan, Gerrit Engel, Fabian Fobbe, Gama, Andreas Golder, Maike Gräf, Philip Grözinger, Uwe Henneken, Gregor Hildebrandt, Stefanie Hillich, Stefan Hirsig, Michelle Jezierski, Ruprecht von Kaufmann, Henry Kleine, Clemens Krauss, Peter Kröning, Robert Lucander, Jonathan Meese, Sandra Meisel, Björn Melhus, Ulrik Möller, Lea Asja Pagenkemper, Holger Pirke, Stefan Rink, Moritz Schleime, Sebastian Schlicher, Sebastian Schrader, Norbert Schwontkowski, Peter Scior, Alex Tennigkeit, Herbert Volkmann, Henry Woller, and Michael Wutz)

-The Night of the Pawn, curated by Jan Pilipp Sexauer, Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin
(with: Christian Achenbach, Paolo Bottarelli, Jonas Burgert, Birgit Dieker, Uros Djurovic, Gerrit Engel, Fabian Fobbe, Maike Gräf, Amelie Grözinger, Philip Grözinger, Paule Hammer, Stefanie Hillich, John Isaac, Clemens Krauss, Caroline Krycecki, Edmund Piper, Moritz Schleime, Sebastiaan Schlicher, Heinz Schmöller, Herbert Volkmann, Henry Woller, & Michael Wutz)

 

 

2009

-Mind the Brain!, Palazzo dei Congressi, Pisa (23rd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society), curated by Elena Agudio and Achille Bonito Oliva, Pisa
(together with: Reynold Reynolds, José Rufino)
-How to, Biennale di Istanbul, Parallel Event, curated by Raffaella Guidobono, Istanbul
(with: Giuseppe Amato, Julieta Aranda, Manfredi Beninati, Matthew Brannon, Desideria Burgio, Patricia Carmo Baltazar Correa, Flavio Favelli, Sebastiano Mauri, Tatiana Musi, Caterina Nelli, Suncica Perisin Tomljanovic, Nicola Pecoraro, Ana Prvacki, Jamie Shovlin, Donald Urquhart, Paolo W. Tamburella, Sara Van der Heide, Vedovamazzei)

-Detour-Moleskine, Santralistanbul museum, curated by Raffaella Guidobono, Istanbul

-Open collection, exhibition of the Golinelli Collection during Arte Fiera, Bologna

 

 

Symposia

 

2009

-Symposium “Fare Mondi // Making Worlds”, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, a dialogue between neuroscientists and artists, 4 giugno 2009.

- 23rd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Palazzo dei Congressi, Pisa, a debate among three artsits (Paolo Bottarelli, Reynold Reynolds, José Rufino) and 1000 scientists (psicanalisti, psichiatri e neuroscienziati).  

 

Books and Press

Books:
- Andrea Pinotti, L’immagine rovesciata. Destra e sinistra nell’arte, Tre Lune, Mantova, 2010, p. 127, 165.

- Moleskine, calatogue of the DetourMoleskine, 2009.  (www.moleskine.com)

- Mind the Brain!, catalogue of the exhibition, with texts by Achille Bonito Oliva, Elena Agudio, Mario Guazzelli, Fiorella Battaglia.

- God-El: la prova matematica dell’esistenza di dio - concorso Accademia Belle Arti di Bologna, Premio Arte e Scienza, 2009 (immagine di copertina).

Press:
- Duchamps Erben. Der König muss sterben: Berlin und Leipzig üben sich in der Kunst des Schachspiels in “Monopol - Magazin für Kunst und Leben”, Sept. 2010, pp.22-24

- Night of the Pawn in “Art – Das Kunstmagazine”, Sept. 2010, p. 44-48

- Andrea Pinotti, L’immagine e il suo rovescio in “Art e Dossier” n. 267, June 2010, pp. 22-23

- Marino Golinelli, “L’arte contemporanea è la mia sete di conoscenza in “Il Corriere della Sera”, March 7th, 2010. 

- La casa-museo di Marino Golinelli in “Il Corriere della Sera”, 6 febbraio 2009.

- La via emiliana all’Edutainment in “Exibart.onpaper” n.55, 15 marzo 2009.

-13x17, Milano, Rizzoli, 2007, p. 67


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