Fellowships ¢

2009

tHE JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION for the united states and canada Awarded 2009 fellowship in the category Video & Audio 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS ¢

2010

chinese democracy and the last day on earth ADN Gallery, Enric Granados, 49, Barcelona, Spain

walking with the devil LMAK Projects, 139 Eldridge street , New York , January February, 2010

2009

walking with the devil NOT Gallery Contemporary Art Factory, P.zza Trieste e Trento, Naples, Italy, from May 14 to June 12, 2009

2008

The Evil EmpireLMAK projects/Elga Wimmer PCC Gallery, 526 West 26th Street, # 310, New York, March 20 April 19, 2008              

The Evil EmpirePascal Vanhoecke Gallery, 21, rue des Filles du Calvaire, 21, Paris , France , March 8 - April 5, 2008

The Evil EmpireADN Gallery,  Enric Granados, 49, Barcelona , Spain . March 27 – May 3, 2008

2007

The Evil Empire – Gallery s.e, Sandbrogaten 3, 5003 Bergen, Norway, December 2007 January, 2008

2006

King Kong and The End of the World – ADN Gallery, Enric Granados, 49, Barcelona , Spain , May – June, 2006

2005

The Giant – NOT Gallery Contemporary Art Factory, P.zza Trieste e Trento, Naples, Italy, May 12 – July 12 2005

Rocco Never Dies – Gallery Boreas, 133-A Roebling Street, Brooklyn, New York , February 25 – March 27,  2005

Rocco Never Dies – Fabio Paris Art Gallery, Via Alessandro Monti 13, Brescia, Italy, February 24 – March 24, 2005

2003

Safe Journey – Spazio Xpo, curated by Fabiola Naldi, Via Benaco 24, Milan, Italy, December 4 – 15, 2003

 

museum exhibition¢

2009

The Rencontres Internationales  Centre Pompidou, curated by Nathalie Hénon Jean-François,  Place Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, November 28 – December 7, 2008 traveling to CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain, Saturday April 18th, 2009

2008

IMPAKT HIGHLIGHTS: YOURSPACE National Center for Contemporary of Nizhny Novgorod, 11 Piskunova Street, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, – December 17, 2008

SUPERMODERN – NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS - National Center for Contemporary Art Moscow, curated by Lee Wells, Zoologicheskaya st., 13, build. 2, Moscow , Russia , November 12-26, 2008
XVI QUADRIENNALE DI ROMA - Palazzo Delle Esposizioni, curated by Lorenzo Canova, Via Nazionale 194, Rome , Italy ; June 19 – September 14, 2008   

experimenta Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, curated by Maurizio Calvesi, Lorenzo Canova, Marco  Meneguzzo e Marisa Vescovo, Collezione Farnesina, Piazzale della Farnesina 1, Rome Italy – July 2008

2007

Cartoons, COMICS IN CONTEMPORARY ART Castel Sant’Elmo, Largo S. Martino, 1, Naples, Italy, April 27 –May 5, 2007

SAISON VIDEO 2007 – Espace Croisé, Contemporary Art Centre, Rouboix, Grand Place, 59100 Roubaix, March 13 – 31, 2006

On the edge of vision   Victoria Memorial Museum of Calcutta; National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; and National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India curated by Lorenzo Canova, February – September 2007

2006

Emerging Animators Screening – Drawing Center New York, 35 Wooster Street, New York, March 15, 2006.

Napoli Presente – Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, curated by Lorand Hegyi, Via dei Mille, 60, Naples, Italy, November 25, 2005 – February 26, 2006

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS and ART FAIRS ¢

2009

tHE BEST IS YET TO COME.... – Gallery Glance, Via San Massimo, 45 Turin, Italy, from June 30 to August 8, 2009

usine des reves 26cc space for contemporary art, curated by Sabrina Vedevotto, Via Castruccio  Castracane, 26 Rome, Italy April 4May 10, 2009.

The Practice of joy before death; it just would not be a party without you Scaramouche c/o Fruit and Flower Deli, 53 Stanton Street, New York February 28 – April 19, 2009

trickle-down theory; curated by Riiko Sakkinen Judas Arrieta, Korjaamo gallery, toolonkatu 51b, Helsinki Finland, opens on April 17, 2009

I MOSTRI – Galerie Van Der Stegen, curated by Yann Perol, 4 rue de Trévise, Paris, France,  January 13 - February 15, 2009

2008

COLORING BOOK – LMAK Projects, 60 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, New York, September 20 - October 5, 2008                                                            

WORKS ON PAPER – Gallery s.e, Sandbrogaten 3, 5003 Bergen, Norway, September 27, October 12, 2008

5 IS JUST A NUMBER – ADN Gallery, Enric Granados, 49, Barcelona, Spain, May 6 – July 31, 2008 OPLA’_VIDEOANIMATION FROM ITALY Galerie Vanessa Quang, curated by Raffaele Gavarro, 7, rue des Filles du calvaire, Paris, France, March 15 April 17, 2008

MACO MEXICO – presented by LMAK projects Gallery, Centro Banamex, Av Conscripto 311, Lomas de Sotelo, Mexico City, April 23-27, 2008          

ART BRUSSELS presented by ADN Gallery, Brussels Expo - Halls 11 & 12, Place de Belgique, 1 BE 1020 Brussels, Belgium, April 18 21, 2008
PULSE NEW YORK - Pier40, 353 West Street , New York , March 27 30, 2008.

FLICKER FUSION – Diverse Work Art Space, 1117 E. Freeway, Houston, Texas, curated by Diane Barber, January 11 February 23, 2008

2007

EXTREMES & IN-BETWEENS Dorsky Curatorial Program – curated by Joshua Altman, With Cecily Brown, Robert Breer, Martha Colburn, Brent Green, Ezra Johnson, David Shrigley, Naoyuki Tsuji, 11-03 45th Avenue Long Island City, NY November 18, 2007 January 27, 2008

DRAWING OUT – Galleria Biagiotti, curated by Lorenzo Giusti Via delle Belle Donne 39/ r, Firenze, Italy – December 2007 – January 2008

POETIC TERRORISMFEM 2007 – Festival Edicion Madrid – curated by Elga Wimmer, with    Jeremy Blake, Martha Colburn, Madrid, Spain, October 18 – 30, 2007

SLI CK FAIR PARIS 07 Contemporary Art Fair, Paris presented by ADN Gallery, Barcelona and Pascal Vanhoecke Gallery, Paris, 4  rue Chérubini, 75002 Paris, October 19 – 22, 2007

NUIT BLANCHE 2007 Espace des Blancs Mateaux, Association Les Puces de l’Art 19, Rue Jules Romain, 75019 Paris, France, October 6-7, 2007           

Maco Mexico – Mexico International Contemporary Art Fair, presented by Bonelli Gallery, Palmas Park, Av Palmas 515. Col. Lomas de Chapultec, Mexico, April 25  – 29, 2007

Art BrusselS – presented by ADN Gallery, Brussels Expo - Halls 11 & 12, Place de Belgique, 1 BE 1020 Brussels, Belgium, April 20 23, 2007

SEX AND CONVENIENCE – Pascal Vanhoecke Gallery, 21, rue des Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France , January 13 – February 3, 2007

2006

Video Review – French Cultural Institute of Turin, Italy, December 21, 2006 – January 15, 2007.

Artissima 13th International Fair on Contemporary Art, presented by Fabio Paris Art Gallery,Lingotto Fiere,  Via Nizza 294, Turin, Italy November 10 12, 2006

Statick Dancing 2006 – New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 7908 Santa Monica Blvd,.West Hollywood, CA, October 28, 2006

Escape from New York – Curators Without Borders Gallery, 5 Brunnestrasse, Berlin, Germany, September 30, 2006

The Affair – presented by Gallery Sixtyseven, Jupiter Hotel, 800 E Burnside, Portland, Oregon, September 29 – October 1, 2006                    

Celebrity – Gallery Sixtyseven, 547 W 27 Street 3rd fl, New York, July – August 2006

Introduction to Contemporary Art – Emerging Artists, Guggenheim Museum, lecture organized by Renee’ Vara, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, March 15, 2006

Pulse New York – presented by Gallery Sixtyseven, the 69th Regiment Armory, New York, March 10 – 13, 2006

The Jaundiced Eye – Scope Art Fair, curated by David Hunt, 636 Eleventh Avenue, New York, March 10 – 13, 2006

Perpetual Art Machine – Scope Art Fair, curated by Lee Wells, 636 Eleventh Avenue, New York, March 10 – 13, 2006

Regeneration Room – LMAKprojects, curated by Franklin Evans, 60 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, New York, February 17 – March 26, 2006

Arte Fiera – presented by Fabio Paris Art Gallery and Not Gallery Contemporary Art Factory, Bologna, Italy, January 27 – 30, 2006

2005

Pulse Miami – presented by Gallery Sixtyseven, December 1 – 4, 2005

How Close are We? – Endless International Gallery, Shanghai, curated by David Pierce, 6F No.713 DongDaMing Road, Shanghai, China, November 16 – 30 2005

Beograd Nekad I Sad –Prodajna Galerija, Beograd, Kosancicev venac 19, 11000 Beograd, Serbia & Montenegro, October 22 – November 22 , 2005

Vidéo & Electro Mix Live  – Galleria Parisud, 14 bis Rue du Docteur Gosselin, Paris, May 14 – June 25, 2005

Flash Art Fair – Presented by Gallery Boreas, ATA Hotel Executive, Via don Luigi Sturzo 45, Milan, Italy, April 8 – 10, 2005

2004

Senza freni    Antonio Colombo Gallery, SENZA FRENI!, curated by No Production , Via Solferino 44, Milan, Italy, September 21 – October  22, 2004.

Da lontano era un’isola – Fabbrica del Vapore, curated by Con-Cura, Via Procaccini  4, Milan, Italy, September 8 – 22, 2004

Sensitive Material – organized by Frere Independent, New York Academy of Sciences, curated by Jean Michel Arnoult, 250 Greenwich St, New York, August 26, 2004

Italian Painters and American Sculptors in Contemporary Brooklyn – organized by Gallery Boreas New York, Gateway Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts, August 9 – September 4, 2004.

Benefit Raffle – White Columns, 320 W 13th St , New York , April 28 – May 2004

2003

25th Small Works – New York University East Gallery, curated by Barbara Millstein, 80 Washington Square East , New York , February 2 – March 8, 2002

Reaction – Exit Art Gallery, curated by Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo, 475 10th Ave, New York, January 12 – March 30, 2002

 

FILM & VIDEO FESTIVALs ¢

2009

 

 

2008

TINA B. NEW ERA    The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, curated by Blanca De La Torre, from October 8 to Oct

25, 2009

Art Tech Media 2008 Curated by Blanca De La Torre, Cordoba, Spain, November 26 – 28, 2008 2008

VIDEO ART FESTIVAL #003 (screening The Evil Empire) Harvestworks digital media arts center, curated by Nicole J. Caruth,  596 Broadway #602, New York , September 24-26, 2008

Miaf Melbourne International Animation Festival  – Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne Australia, June 16 – 22, 2008

ImpakT Festival 2008 Theater Kikker and Filmtheater‘t Hoogt, Utrecth, Netherland, May 7-11, 2008

Cortoons Teatro Palladium, piazza Bartolomeo Romano 8, Rome, Italy; March 27 30, 2008

2007

F.E.M 2007 Festival Edicion Madrid – curated Madrid , Spain , October 18 – 30, 2007

2006

viedeomedeja 06 - 10th International Video Festival, the Museum of Voivodina, Novi Sad, Serbia, December 15 17,2006

Cineambiente – International Environmental Film Festival, Corso Regina Margherita 73, Turin, Italy, October 27 – 31, 2006

Emerging Filmakers – Moving Image Centre, 17 Galatos St, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand, October 5, 2006

Miaf – Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne Australia, June 20 – 25, 2006

Outvideo 2006 – Russia International Video Art Festival, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Voronezh, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Krasnodar, Russia, June 5 – July 5, 2006

Off Loop Festival – Barcelona International Video Festival, Barcelona, Spain, May 10 – 21, 2006

IndieLisboa – Lisbon International Independent Film Festival 2006, Lisbon, Portugal, April 20 – 30, 2006

Independent Exposure Film Festival – The Axiom Theatre, Houston, Texas, March 11, 2006

2005

Impakt Film Festival 2005 – Theater Kikker, Utrecht , Holland , December 7 – 11, 2005

DIVA Bruxelles – Digital and Video Art Fair, The Warehouse 2, Tour & Taxis, Avenue du Port / B, Bruselles, Belgium, April 15, 2005

DIVA New York – Digital and Video Art Fair, Embassy Suites Hotel, New York, March 11-13, 2005

 

LECTURE/PANEL ¢

2009

VISITING STUDENTS moderator professor Michael Alan (from the School of Visual Arts), New York,  New York

2008

MOTION GRAPHICS IN CONTEMPORARY ART – moderator Professor Alexander Reyna, School of Visual Art, 141 West 21 street, New York, October 13, 2008                

CONTROVERSIAL ART PAST AND PRESENT – moderator Elga Wimmer, Artist Talk on Art, School of Visual Art, 209 East 23 st, New York, September 26, 2008

IMPAKT Invites Federico Solmi moderator Chris Keulemans, Impakt Festival 2008; Film Theater Hoogt, Utrecht, Netherlands, May 8, 2008

2005

MEETING THE STUDENTS – moderator Professor Francesca Romana Morelli, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, Naples, Italy, May 11, 2005

 




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