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Manfredi Beninati
Palermo (Italy)
11 January 1970
SOLO SHOWS
2015 – “Manfredi Beninati”, Hic sunt Leones, Athens, Greece
2014 – “Manfredi Beninati”, Joyce, Hong Kong
2014 - "Manfredi Beninati. Nature is a Theater", Miniature Museum, Beijing, China
2013 - "Manfredi Beninati. Il sei novembre del duemilatrentanove", Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome, Italy
2011 - "Manfredi Beninati", Cura Project Space, Rome, Italy
2011 - "Manfredi Beninati. Le voci di dentro" FPAC, Palermo, Italy
2010 - "Manfredi Beninati. Dicembre 2039", Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
2009 - "Manfredi Beninati. Rearranging the Landscapes around", Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008 - "Manfredi Beninati. La natura morta", Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
2007 - "Manfredi Beninati. La lettera "f"", American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
2007 - "Manfredi Beninati. Flavio and Palermo (in the summer) ", James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2007 - "A Flavio", Museo Laboratorio, Città Sant'Angelo (PE), Italy
2006 - "Manfredi Beninati", Galeria Braga Menendez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005- "Manfredi Beninati. Rescued works", Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome, Italy
2005 - "Manfredi Beninati. Drawing cabinet", FPAC, Palermo, Italy
2005 - "Manfredi Beninati. New Paintings", James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2003 - "Manfredi Beninati", Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome, Italy
GROUP SHOWS
2013 - "Artisti nello spazio - Da Lucio Fontana a oggi: gli ambienti nell'arte italiana", Fondazione Rocco
Guglielmo, Catanzaro, Italy
2013 - "Outrageous Fortune", Touring Exhibition, Hayward Gallery, UK
2013 - "Party with us. Ten years after", FPAC, Palermo, Italy
2012 - "9th Shanghai Biennale", Shanghai, China
2012 - "Double Take", 2nd Mardin Bienali, Mardin, Turkey
2011 - "3rd Thessaloniki Biennale", Thessaloniki, Greece
2011 - "When in Rome", ICI Los Angeles and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
2011 - "Outrageous Fortune", Touring Exhibition, Focal Point Gallery, UK
2011 - "Vanitas!", UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
2011 - "Archive Fever", Open Care, Milano, Italy
2011 - "Premio Maretti", Museo Pecci, Prato, Italy
2011 - "Accademia. Stanze. Persone.", American Academy in Rome, Italy
2010 - "PPS", Riso - Museo Arte Contemporanea di Sicilia, Palermo, Italy
2010 - "Argianas, Beninati, Bradley, Buchler, Hugonnier, Hulusi, White", Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
2010 - "Memento", La Giarina Arte Contemporanea, Verona, Italy
2010 - "I can't feel my face", Royal T art space, Los Angeles, USA
2009- "Heaven", 2nd Athens Biennale 2009, Athens, Greece
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2009 - "Collaudi", Italian Pavilion, 53 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2009 - "The Tree", James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China
2009 - "No more than a point of view", Prague Biennial, Prague, Czech Republic
2009 - "Escaping the dead ends", Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 - "Obsession: Contemporary art from the Lodeveans collection", University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
2009 - "Atsushi Fukui, Gert&Uwe Tobias, Manfredi Beninati, Masaya Yoshimura", TKG Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2008 - "Made Up", Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
2008- "Sand", Parrish Museum, Southampton (NY), USA
2008 - "15th Rome Quadriennale", Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
2008 - "Imaginary Realities ...", Max Wigram Gallery, London,UK
2008 - "Dream Therapy", Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, USA
2008 - "Passed as present", York Art Gallery, York, UK
2007 - "Summer Show", James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2007 - "Arte italiana 1968-2007. Pittura", Palazzo Reale, Milano, Italy
2007 - "The end begins", The Hospital, London, UK
2007 - "Detour", The Art Directors Club, New York, USA
2007 - "Open Studios", American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
2006 - "Negotiating reality", Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, USA
2006 - "C'era una volta un re...", Arcos Museo, Benevento, Italy
2006 - "Figuring the landscape", Contemporary Art Galleries, Storrs (Ct), USA
2005 - "Altmejd, Beninati, Everberg et Margolis", Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
2005 - "12 painters", Galleria In Arco, AB+, Turin, Italy
2005 - Padiglione Venezia at Giardini, 51 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2004 - "Between the lines", James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2004 - "Expander", Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2004 - "Summer show", Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome, Italy
2004 - "Wall Paper", GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy
2003 - "Dirty pictures", The Approach Gallery, London, UK
2003 - "Quadriennale di Roma-Anteprima", Palazzo Reale, Naples, Italy
2003 - "Roma 2003", Galleria Pack, Milan, Italy
2003 - "Le collezioni - Recenti acquisizioni", MAXXI - Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy
AWARDS
2013 - Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing
2010 - Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship
2006 - Rome Prize , American Academy in Rome
2005 - Audience award - Italian pavilion, 51 Venice biennale
2004 - Darc Prize for young Italian art
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 2001
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 2001
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Pencil and acrylic gesso on paper on wood, 81x125cm, 2001
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Pencil, charcoal and acrylic gesso on paper on canvas, approx. 150x180cm, 2001
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Pencil and gesso on paper on wood, 2001
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Pencil, gesso and coffee on paper on board, 2001
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Oil on board, 2001
Oil on board, approx. 15x18cm, 2001
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Pencil, gesso and ink on paper on board, 2001/2002
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Pencil and gesso on paper on canvas, 2001/2004
Pencil and watercolor on Fabriano paper on board, 2001
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Pencil, gesso and ink on Fabriano paper on board, 45x58cm, 2001
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 2002
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 60x70cm, 2002
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Pencil and ink on Fabriano paper on board, 45x58cm, 2002
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 2002
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 2002
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 2002
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Oil on board, 2001
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Oil on board, 2001
Oil on board, 2002
Oil on board, 2002/2005
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Oil on board, approx. 50x50cm, 2002 (I version)
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Oil on canvas, 103.5x103.5cm, 2002 (II version)
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Oil on board, approx. 50x50cm, 2002 (I version)
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Oil on canvas, approx. 100x100cm, 2002 (II version)
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Oil on board, 2003
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Oil on canvas, 2003
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Oil on canvas, 2003
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Oil on canvas, 2003
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 2002/2003
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Oil on canvas, 2003
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Oil on canvas, 2003
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Oil on canvas, 2002/2003
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Oil on canvas, 2003
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Oil on canvas, 190x190 cm, 2002/2003 (III version)
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Oil on canvas, 2002/2003
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Oil on canvas,98x98cm, 2003
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Oil on canvas, 2002/2003
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Oil on canvas, 2003
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Oil on canvas, 2003
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Oil on board, 2003
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Oil on canvas, 2003
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Oil on board, 2003
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Oil on paper on canvas, 2003
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Oil on board, 2003
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Oil on board, 2004
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Oil on canvas, approx. 130x150cm, 2004
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Oil on canvas, 105x105cm, 2003
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Oil on board, 2004
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Oil on board, 2004
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Oil on board, approx. 40x40cm, 2004 (I version)
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Oil on canvas, approx. 70x70cm, 2004 (II vers.)
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Oil on canvas, 200x200cm, 2004
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Oil on canvas, 200x200cm, 2004
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Oil on canvas, 200x150cm, 2004
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Oil on canvas, 200x200cm, 2004
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Oil on canvas, 150x120cm, 2004
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Oil on canvas, 200x150cm, 2004
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Oil on canvas, 170x125cm, 2004
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Oil on canvas, 200x153cm, 2004
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Oil on canvas, 100x100cm, 2004
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Pencil and coffee on paper on board, 60x80cm, 2004
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Tarot cards from a deck of 90 pieces
Pencil and ink on Fabriano paper, 2001/2004
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Pencil and ink on Fabriano paper, 2001/2004 (From a deck of 90 card
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Pva vinavil glue on papier-mâché on wood, 114x114x88cm, 2005
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Ink on paper, 44.5x34.5cm, 2005
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Ink on paper, 44.5x34.5cm, 2005
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Ink on paper, 44.5x34.5cm, 2005
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Ink on paper, 44.5x34.5cm, 2005
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Ink on paper, 44.5x34.5cm, 2005
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Ink on paper, 44.5x34.5cm, 2005
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Ink on paper, 44.5x34.5cm, 2005
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"Taking notes for a dream that begins in the afternoon and continues through the night (and is not
canceled out on awakening) or "Waking up on a beach in the scorching sun"
"Prendere appunti per un sogno da iniziare di pomeriggio e continuare la notte (e che non si
cancella al risveglio)" ovvero "Sveglliarsi su una spiaggia sotto il sole cocente"
Installation at 51 Venice Biennale, 2005
Mixed media: wood, glass, fabric, …
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Collage on board,70x50cm, 2005/2006
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Collage on board,70x50cm, 2005/2006
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Collage on board, 122x100cm, 2005
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Collage on board,122x100cm, 2005
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Collage on board,122x100cm, 2005
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Collage on board, 2005
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Oil on canvas, 2004/2005
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Oil on board, approx. 50x50cm, 2005
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Oil on canvas, 100x100cm, 2004/2005
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Oil on board 27x40cm, , 2005
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Oil on canvas,175x170cm, 2005
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Oil on canvas, 170x180cm, 2005
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2005
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2005
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2005
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2005
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2005
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2006
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2006
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2006
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2006
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2006
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Oil on canvas, 2006
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Oil on canvas, 195x210cm, 2006/2007
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Oil on canvas,150x130cm, 2006/2007
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Bronze, 12x17x22cm, 2006
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“12 mins of self-inflicted exile” – Installation at Arcos Museum, 2006
Mixed media
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Pencil, gesso and coffee on paper on board, 52x64,5cm, 2006
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Framed drawing (Pencil on Fabriano paper 40x52cm) behind an opaqued glass, 50x64cm, 2006/2007
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Mixed media, glass-box and wooden table, 74x74x167cm, 2007
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Collage on canvas, 160x200cm, 2006
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Collage on canvas, 160x200cm, 2006
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Collage on canvas, approx 180x220cm, 2006
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Oil on board, approx. 80x60cm, 2006
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Collage on canvas, 200x150cm, 2006
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Oil on board, 60x60cm, 2006
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Oil on canvas, approx. 180x210cm, 2006
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Oil on canvas, 160x200cm, 2006
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Oil on board, approx. 45x45cm, 2006
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Collage on paper, approx. 40x30cm, 2006/2007
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Collage on paper, approx. 30x40cm, 2006/2007
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Collage on paper, approx. 30x40cm, 2006/2007
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Collage on paper, approx. 30x40cm, 2006/2007
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Raw clay on plywood, 2007
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Photograph, 2007
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“Fruits from an ocean nearby” - Installation at James Cohan Gallery, N.Y., 2007
Mixed media: wood, plasterboard, carpet, curtains, furniture, books, glass, sand, etc
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Moleskine Detour
Mixed media, 2007 (Moleskine notebook)
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Fabric, ink, acrylic gesso, tic-tacs, plastic, cotton thread, 2007
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
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Pencil on paper, 70x100cm, 2007
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
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Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
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Pencil collage and graphite on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
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“Something to build on” - Installation at Ravello Festival, 2008
Mixed media: Replica of the study in Antonello da Messina’s Saint Jerome made in wood, MDF, glass,
books, stuffed birds, spotlights, etc
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Pencil and ink on paper on wood, approx. 35x50cm, 2008
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"Svolgimento: ipotesi 1: tracciare la traiettoria dell’orbita del sole attorno alla terra attraverso il
riallineamento di tutti i punti della ellisse della terra attorno al sole"
Installation at Quadriennale di Roma, 2008
Mixed media: furniture, upholstery, plants, glass, rubbles, scaffoldings, cyclorama film studio lights
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Oil on canvas, 90x120cm, 2008
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Oil on board, 60x60cm, 2008
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Oil on canvas, 120x90cm, 2008
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Oil on canvas, 120x90cm, 2008
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 60x70cm, 2008
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 60x70cm, 2008
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 70x70cm, 2008
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 60x70cm, 2008
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 70x70cm, 2008
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“To think of something” – Mixed media - Installation at Liverpool Biennial, 2008
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Ceramite gesso and wood, approx. 80x80x80cm, 2008
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Collage on paper, 83x60cm, 2008
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Collage on paper, 83x60cm, 2008
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“Rearranging the landscapes around” – Mixed media - Installation at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2009
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Fresco # 1
Tempera on mortar on a wooden structure, 180x195cm, 2009
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Fresco # 2
Tempera on mortar on a wooden structure, 180x195cm, 2009
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Collage on paper, approx. 40x30cm, 2009
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Collage on paper, approx. 30x40cm, 2009
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Photograph of paper origamis and china porcelain, 2009
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“Triangles in squares made out of circles” - Installation at Athens Biennale, 2009
Mixed media: bricks, concrete, wood, furniture, plants, etc
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on panels, 250x300cm, 2003/2004
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on panels, 260x300cm, 2009/2010
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on panels, 260x300cm, 2007/2010
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on panels, 260x300cm, 2009/2010
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Pencil on Fabriano paper on panels, 260x300cm, 2009/2010
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Gesso and wood, approx. 50x70x30cm, 2010
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Gesso and wood, 2010
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Gesso and wood, 2010
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Spray paint on acrilic, life-size, 2011
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Mixed media: plywood, plastic, glass, human dummies, etc, - Installation at Thessaloniki Biennale, 2011
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Mixed media: podium, furniture, curtains, paper, mirrors, plywood landscape silhouette, painted
sunset/dawn - Installation, 2011
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Mixed media: podium, furniture, curtains, paper, mirrors, plywood landscape silhouette, painted
sunset/dawn - Installation, 2011
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Light-box, variable size, 2011 (edition of 10)
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Plaster, 31x34x138cm, 2011
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Resin, 25x20.5x30cm, 2011
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Oil on canvas, approx. 100x80cm, 2009/2011
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Oil on canvas, 160x200cm, 2011 (II version)
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Oil on canvas, approx. 200x200cm, 2011
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Oil on canvas, approx. 70x70cm, 2011 (II version)
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Mixed media: furniture, metal dishes, photocopies – Installation at Mardin Biennale – Turkey 2012
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Framed photograph installed at Archivio Flavio Beninati, 2013
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Mixed media: furniture, paper plates, painting – Installation at Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, 2013
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Oil on canvas, approx. 25x30cm, 2012/2013
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Oil on canvas, approx. 80x80cm, 2009/2013
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Oil on canvas, 50x40cm, 2012/2013
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Oil on canvas, 80x100cm, 2012
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Oil on canvas, 160x200cm, 2012/2013
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Oil on canvas, 160x200cm, 2012/2013
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Oil on wood, 30x21cm, 2013 (II version)
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Oil on wood, approx. 20x38cm, 2013
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Oil on wood, approx. 28x34cm, 2013 (II version)
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Oil on canvas, 50x40cm, 2013
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Oil on wood, 21x30cm, 2013
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Oil on wood, 21x30cm, 2013 (III version)
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Oil on wood, 21x30cm, 2013
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Oil on wood, 21x 30cm, 2013
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Oil on wood, 30x21cm, 2013 (II version)
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Oil on canvas, 120x150cm, 2013 (I version)
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Oil on canvas, 200x160cm, 2013
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Oil on canvas, 200x160cm, 2013 (III version)
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Oil on canvas, 150x120cm, 2013 (painted with two kids)
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Oil on canvas, 200x160cm, 2013 (IV version)
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Oil on canvas, 200x160cm, 2013
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Oil on canvas, 80x100cm, 2012/2014
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Oil on canvas, 200x160cm, 2014 (III version)
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Oil on canvas, 100x80cm, 2014 (II version)
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Oil on canvas, 100x80cm, 2014 (III version)
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Oil on canvas, 100x80cm, 2014 (II version)
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Terracotta, 2008/2014
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Terracotta, 2014
Pencil on paper, 2013/2014 (Series of 24)