Maurizio Bongiovanni
Lives and works between London and Milan
Fellowships / Stipends
2014 Internationale Sommerakademie fur Bildende Kunst Salzburg, Austria
2013 Fellowship at Fundacion Valparaiso, Spain
2012 GAI – Association for the Young Italian Artists Circuit – MOVIN’UP, Italy
2012 The Visual Artist's Full Fellowship Award from Marin Community Foundation, The Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, USA
2012 Fellowship at La Napoule Art Foundation / Clews Center for the Arts, Fellowship, Cote d'Azur, France
2000-2002 Full Fellowship, The Fabrizio Ferri school, Università dell'Immagine, Fondazione Industria, Milan, Italy
Residencies / Workshops
2018 Fondazione Lac o Le Mon, Painting Symposium curated by Luigi Presicce and Laura Perrone, Lecce
2014 Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte, visiting professors Liliana Moro / Mario Airò, Poirino, Turin
2013 Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte, visiting professor Doug Ashford, Poirino, Turin
2013 Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar Playa, Almeria
2012 The Vermont Studio Center, Vermont
2012 La Napoule Art Foundation / Clews Center for the Arts, Cote d'Azur
2011 SIM Samband Islenskra Myndlistarmanna, Reykjavik
2011 IARB International Art Residency Beijing
2000 Centro T.A.M. Foundation Arnaldo Pomodoro, Fellowship, Pesaro/Urbino
Awards
2014 Finalist, Castel Sant'Elmo, Naples
2012 Finalist, Prize Francesco Fabbri, Pieve di Soligo, Treviso
2012 Finalist, Arte Rugabella, Villa Rusconi, Castano Primo, Milan
2004 Winner, National Award Canon young photographer, Milan
Solo Exhibitions
2017 The Original Face, Century Club, London
2015 Goldfinch, Uluntu Bermondsey, London
2014 CRISCO DISCO and The Totem Paintings, curated by Alice Ginaldi at Fondazione FUORI!, Turin
2012 As We May Think, Galleria Uno+Uno, Milan
2012 It makes me tense, MARS/Milan Artist Run Space, Milan
2011 IARB International Art Residency Beijing at Where Where Art Space, Beijing
2009 Abstraction-Action, Studio d'Arte Cannaviello, Milan
Group Exhibitions
2017 NATURE MORTE, Contemporary Still Life, Guildhall Art Gallery, London
2017 Studio Freud, B&G Studio di Psicoterapia, curated by Fabio Carnaghi, Milan
2017 MADEINBRITALY, Drawings from Lightning, curated by Laura Santamaria, London
2016 Hmm..., curated by Roberto Ekholm | EKCO, Hilbert Raum, Berlin
2015 Notre avenir est dans l'air, Antiquarium Alda Levi, curated by Fabio Carnaghi, Milan
2015 L'ESPRIT DE L'ESCALIER, DIMORA ARTICA, curated by Alice Ginaldi, Milan
2014 Prière de Toucher, MARS/Milan Artist Run Space, Milan
2014 2000 Maniacs, curated by Andrea Bruciati and Lorenza Boisi, Art Verona
2014 Storytelling, Summer Academy curated by Felix Gmelin and Carl Fredrik Harleman, Salzburg
2014 Upward Positive Leaders + Drawings from Lightnings, Kunstverein Neukolln, curated by Laura Santamaria, Berlin
2013 La sequenza del fiore di carta, Incubatore, Sant'Elena, curated by Martina Cavallarin, Venezia
2012 Bianca feat. Mars, Galleria Bianca, Palermo
2012 Anni' 10, INTERNO18, Cremona
2012 Prize Francesco Fabbri, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, curated by Carlo Sala, Treviso
2012 Sulla Natura, Villa Rusconi, curated by Fabio Carnaghi, Milan
2011 Gallery S.I.M., Reykjavik
2011 Factory-Art Gallery, Berlin
2011 Nappe dell'Arsenale, Venice
2010 Anni '10 Studio d'Arte Cannaviello, Milan
2009 Stile Libero Italiano, Studio d'Arte Cannaviello, Milan
2005 Seven "Everything goes to hell" curated by Maurizio Sciaccaluga, Certaldo, Florence
2004 "Il volume delle labbra" curated by Luciano Inga Pin, Galleria Luciano Inga Pin, Milan
Curatorial projects
2014 Soggettività opere luoghi, CORRADO LEVI for FUOR! Artisti artist run space at Fondazione Sandro Penna, Turin
2013 Fuori! Artisti / 33 artisti celebrano la rivista Sodoma, Fondazione Sandro Penna, Turin (cat.)
Public talks
2014 SODOMA 30 ANNI DOPO, Salone internazionale del Libro di Torino with Enzo Cucco Gianni Farinetti, Angelo Pezzana
2014 "L'arte da parte", talk a cura di Associazione Edge, Milan
2013 Fuori! Artisti, Conversation with Arturo Schwarz about Art and Homosexuality, Fondazione Sandro Penna, Turin
2013 "Archivio Queer Italia" Independents ArtVerona curated by Giulia Casalini, conversation with Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, Verona
2013 Scatolabianca BLACK MATCH with Paola Angelini e Martina Cavallarin, Milan
Recent Publications / Press/ Articles / interview links
Artribune, n42 - 2018, Dagli Atomi ai bit & ritorno: Il glitch analogico
Queen&Country Magazine, 'An Artist's Life" by James Wilkinson, February 2018
L'UOMO VOGUE, A Vision for the people, May/June 2014 n. 451
The Pinch Journal, volume 34 issue 1, Spring 2014
The House of Peroni, “ Meet the digital painter searching for the essential” Interview by Laura Havlin, 2014
Verde que te quiero verde. Ultrafilosofia online published on April 2013. Interview by Fabio Carnaghi
Nature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life Tradition, by Michael Petry, published by Thames & Hudson (2013).
Artribune AGENDISSIMA TORINO 2013 - Fondazione Sandro Penna Torino, Italy
PIZZADIGITALE Fuori! Artisti 2013
Fuori! Artisti - Domus web notizie 2013
A Rush of Culture, Magazine, January 2012
Artribune. Una mostra Made in China. A Milano tetx by Marta Cereda, December - 2012
Il silenzio della Gioconda. Riflessioni sull'arte, by Lombardo Pippo, published by Con-Fine, Effimera 2012
Kritika online Maurizio Bongiovanni. As We May Think text by Emanuele Beluffi, November 20 - 2012
Espoarte online published on 2012 with titled: Maurizio Bongiovanni non è un pittore... "come potremmo pensare" by Igor Zanti
IDN International Designers Network – International Edition volume 18 n.5, 2011
Hi Fructose, New Contemporary Art Magazine
Con-fine 2010 n.20 Magazine
Abstraction-Action
Exibart by Caterina Misuraca 2009
Premio Celeste 2008
Commissions:
2011 Tee-shirt design for brand 55DSL Diesel. Part of the 10.55 Limited Edition Artist Series
2010 Ex Psychiatric Hospital Paolo Pini, Milan
Collections
Private collections in Italy, UK, Spain, USA, Canada, China, Lebanon and Switzerland
Lives and works between London and Milan
Fellowships / Stipends
2014 Internationale Sommerakademie fur Bildende Kunst Salzburg, Austria
2013 Fellowship at Fundacion Valparaiso, Spain
2012 GAI – Association for the Young Italian Artists Circuit – MOVIN’UP, Italy
2012 The Visual Artist's Full Fellowship Award from Marin Community Foundation, The Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, USA
2012 Fellowship at La Napoule Art Foundation / Clews Center for the Arts, Fellowship, Cote d'Azur, France
2000-2002 Full Fellowship, The Fabrizio Ferri school, Università dell'Immagine, Fondazione Industria, Milan, Italy
Residencies / Workshops
2018 Fondazione Lac o Le Mon, Painting Symposium curated by Luigi Presicce and Laura Perrone, Lecce
2014 Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte, visiting professors Liliana Moro / Mario Airò, Poirino, Turin
2013 Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte, visiting professor Doug Ashford, Poirino, Turin
2013 Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar Playa, Almeria
2012 The Vermont Studio Center, Vermont
2012 La Napoule Art Foundation / Clews Center for the Arts, Cote d'Azur
2011 SIM Samband Islenskra Myndlistarmanna, Reykjavik
2011 IARB International Art Residency Beijing
2000 Centro T.A.M. Foundation Arnaldo Pomodoro, Fellowship, Pesaro/Urbino
Awards
2014 Finalist, Castel Sant'Elmo, Naples
2012 Finalist, Prize Francesco Fabbri, Pieve di Soligo, Treviso
2012 Finalist, Arte Rugabella, Villa Rusconi, Castano Primo, Milan
2004 Winner, National Award Canon young photographer, Milan
Solo Exhibitions
2017 The Original Face, Century Club, London
2015 Goldfinch, Uluntu Bermondsey, London
2014 CRISCO DISCO and The Totem Paintings, curated by Alice Ginaldi at Fondazione FUORI!, Turin
2012 As We May Think, Galleria Uno+Uno, Milan
2012 It makes me tense, MARS/Milan Artist Run Space, Milan
2011 IARB International Art Residency Beijing at Where Where Art Space, Beijing
2009 Abstraction-Action, Studio d'Arte Cannaviello, Milan
Group Exhibitions
2017 NATURE MORTE, Contemporary Still Life, Guildhall Art Gallery, London
2017 Studio Freud, B&G Studio di Psicoterapia, curated by Fabio Carnaghi, Milan
2017 MADEINBRITALY, Drawings from Lightning, curated by Laura Santamaria, London
2016 Hmm..., curated by Roberto Ekholm | EKCO, Hilbert Raum, Berlin
2015 Notre avenir est dans l'air, Antiquarium Alda Levi, curated by Fabio Carnaghi, Milan
2015 L'ESPRIT DE L'ESCALIER, DIMORA ARTICA, curated by Alice Ginaldi, Milan
2014 Prière de Toucher, MARS/Milan Artist Run Space, Milan
2014 2000 Maniacs, curated by Andrea Bruciati and Lorenza Boisi, Art Verona
2014 Storytelling, Summer Academy curated by Felix Gmelin and Carl Fredrik Harleman, Salzburg
2014 Upward Positive Leaders + Drawings from Lightnings, Kunstverein Neukolln, curated by Laura Santamaria, Berlin
2013 La sequenza del fiore di carta, Incubatore, Sant'Elena, curated by Martina Cavallarin, Venezia
2012 Bianca feat. Mars, Galleria Bianca, Palermo
2012 Anni' 10, INTERNO18, Cremona
2012 Prize Francesco Fabbri, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, curated by Carlo Sala, Treviso
2012 Sulla Natura, Villa Rusconi, curated by Fabio Carnaghi, Milan
2011 Gallery S.I.M., Reykjavik
2011 Factory-Art Gallery, Berlin
2011 Nappe dell'Arsenale, Venice
2010 Anni '10 Studio d'Arte Cannaviello, Milan
2009 Stile Libero Italiano, Studio d'Arte Cannaviello, Milan
2005 Seven "Everything goes to hell" curated by Maurizio Sciaccaluga, Certaldo, Florence
2004 "Il volume delle labbra" curated by Luciano Inga Pin, Galleria Luciano Inga Pin, Milan
Curatorial projects
2014 Soggettività opere luoghi, CORRADO LEVI for FUOR! Artisti artist run space at Fondazione Sandro Penna, Turin
2013 Fuori! Artisti / 33 artisti celebrano la rivista Sodoma, Fondazione Sandro Penna, Turin (cat.)
Public talks
2014 SODOMA 30 ANNI DOPO, Salone internazionale del Libro di Torino with Enzo Cucco Gianni Farinetti, Angelo Pezzana
2014 "L'arte da parte", talk a cura di Associazione Edge, Milan
2013 Fuori! Artisti, Conversation with Arturo Schwarz about Art and Homosexuality, Fondazione Sandro Penna, Turin
2013 "Archivio Queer Italia" Independents ArtVerona curated by Giulia Casalini, conversation with Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, Verona
2013 Scatolabianca BLACK MATCH with Paola Angelini e Martina Cavallarin, Milan
Recent Publications / Press/ Articles / interview links
Artribune, n42 - 2018, Dagli Atomi ai bit & ritorno: Il glitch analogico
Queen&Country Magazine, 'An Artist's Life" by James Wilkinson, February 2018
L'UOMO VOGUE, A Vision for the people, May/June 2014 n. 451
The Pinch Journal, volume 34 issue 1, Spring 2014
The House of Peroni, “ Meet the digital painter searching for the essential” Interview by Laura Havlin, 2014
Verde que te quiero verde. Ultrafilosofia online published on April 2013. Interview by Fabio Carnaghi
Nature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life Tradition, by Michael Petry, published by Thames & Hudson (2013).
Artribune AGENDISSIMA TORINO 2013 - Fondazione Sandro Penna Torino, Italy
PIZZADIGITALE Fuori! Artisti 2013
Fuori! Artisti - Domus web notizie 2013
A Rush of Culture, Magazine, January 2012
Artribune. Una mostra Made in China. A Milano tetx by Marta Cereda, December - 2012
Il silenzio della Gioconda. Riflessioni sull'arte, by Lombardo Pippo, published by Con-Fine, Effimera 2012
Kritika online Maurizio Bongiovanni. As We May Think text by Emanuele Beluffi, November 20 - 2012
Espoarte online published on 2012 with titled: Maurizio Bongiovanni non è un pittore... "come potremmo pensare" by Igor Zanti
IDN International Designers Network – International Edition volume 18 n.5, 2011
Hi Fructose, New Contemporary Art Magazine
Con-fine 2010 n.20 Magazine
Abstraction-Action
Exibart by Caterina Misuraca 2009
Premio Celeste 2008
Commissions:
2011 Tee-shirt design for brand 55DSL Diesel. Part of the 10.55 Limited Edition Artist Series
2010 Ex Psychiatric Hospital Paolo Pini, Milan
Collections
Private collections in Italy, UK, Spain, USA, Canada, China, Lebanon and Switzerland