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    Christian Fogarolli

    Trento • 1983
    Christian Fogarolli © Christian Fogarolli
    Born in Trento in 1983, Christian Fogarolli obtained a degree in archeology in 2007 to then pursuing his historical-artistic studies with a master’s degree in 2011 at the University of Trento, alongside a master’s degree in diagnostics and restoration of works of art at the University of Verona. Since 2011, he has been dedicated to studies and research of artistic, philosophical, and historical practices.
    His theoretical and field research unfolds in archival and museum contexts, from which he draws inspiration with the aim of enhancing little-known heritages. His practice develops at the intersection of visual art and scientific disciplines, investigating how the latter have used the artistic medium to progress. Through historical and archival research, he attempts to deconstruct the binary condition that separates deviance and normality, reflecting on the normative attributions of disease, marginalization and categorization in contemporary society.
    He works through different forms of expression, from installation to photography, from sculpture to video. Fogarolli’s works stimulate critical thinking on the relationship between the mind and the brain, reflecting on how the functional processes of the latter interact with the subjective ones of the mind, and investigating how these acts of thought develop into behaviors considered lawful or prohibited.
    The results of his research have been displayed in events such as dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel (2012); the Mart, Museum of Modern and Contemporary art of Rovereto (2013); The Maison Rouge in Paris (2014); Museum of the Foundation Miniscalchi-Erizzo, Verona (2015); de Appel arts centre of Amsterdam (2015); 5th Moscow International Biennale (2016); the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow (2017); Gaîté Lyrique of Paris (2017); Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin (2017); Mart/Galleria Civica di Trento (2014-18); Les Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles (2018); MAXXI, the National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome (2018); Fortuny Palace Museum, Venice (2018); Musée de Grenoble (2019). He recently received research and residency awards at the College of Physicians and Mütter Museum of Philadelphia (2018); Futura center for contemporary art in Prague (2018); Boghossian Foundation Villa Empain a Bruxelles (2021).
    In 2019 he received the prestigious Italian Council award granted by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. 2020 works by Christain Fogarolli are exhibited at Musée d’histoire de la Médecine, Paris; MARe Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest; at STATE Experience Science in Berlin; Löwenbraukunst Art Center and schwarzescafé Luma Westbau in Zurich; Etablissement Gschwandner Reaktor in Wien; GAM Galleria di Arte Moderna in Turin; MAMM Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow.

    Lives and works in Trento.

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    SOLO EXHIBITIONS - Selection

     

    2022

    A Form of Delusion, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto, Galerie Alberta Pane, Venice, IT

     

    2020

    Pneuma, curated by G. Busetti, Löwenbräukunst Contemporary Art Center and schwarzescafé Luma Westbau, Zurich, CH

    The Outer Reaches of the Inner Self, Etablissement Gschwandner Reaktor, Wien

    Monomania, commissionated by Christine Clerici and Marie-Véronique Clin, coordinator G. Nardelli, Musée d’histoire de la Médecine, Paris, FR

     

    2019

    Phantom models 6, Kyiv, solo project and projection curated by G. Colletti, National Museum of Medicine, Ukraine, Kyiv, UA

    Il corpo d’aria, text by Angel Moya Garcia, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris, FR

    Stone of Madness, monographic intervention curated by Lorenzo Balbi, Palazzo Poggi Museum, Bologna, IT

     

    2018

    Stone of Madness, curated by Nadim Samman, Galerie Mazzoli, Berlin, DE

    Phantom models IV, Hrdlicka Museum of Man in collaboration with National Medicine Library, Prague, CZ

    Persona, Casa Testori, Milan, IT (solo Show together with Filippo Berta)

     

    2017

    Satelliti, curated by W. Guadagnini, E. Grazioli, D. Dufour, text by F. Farinelli, History Museum of Psychiatry, Palace of Museums, Reggio Emilia, IT

     

    2016

    Phantom models III, curated by C. Ianeselli and G. Malerba, Anatomical Museum Luigi Rolando, Turin , IT

    Le monde du ticqueur, text by Giuliana Setari Carusi, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris, FR

     

    2015

    Esoscheletro, curated by S. Fontana, text by S. Raimondi, Civic Museum and Historical Museum Vertical, Treviglio, IT

     

    2014

    Clair, curated by C. Sala, text by R. Pinto, TRA, Treviso Ricerca Arte, Treviso, IT

    Myopie, open studio curated by C. Rota and S. Raimondi, The Blank Residency, Bergamo, IT

     

    2013

    white, curated by Chiara Ianeselli, Arte Boccanera, Trento, IT

     

    2012

    Noli me Tangere, Sale Crediveneto, Padova 2011 Katábasis, Palazzo Salvadori, Trento, IT

     

     

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS - Selection

     

    2022

    Beyond Baroque, curated by Valentina Locatelli, Schloss Waldegg, Feldbrunnen Canton Solothurn, CH
    Cerebro(s), curated by Emily Sargent and Ricard Solé, CCCB, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, in collaboration with Wellcome Collection London, Barcelona, ES

     

    2021

    Metafotografia, curated by Mauro Zanchi e Sara Benaglia, BACO, Base Arte Contemporanea Odierna, Bergamo, IT
    Italian Twist, curated by Elisa Carollo e Mattia Solari, Gallerie delle Prigioni, Benetton Foundation, Treviso, IT
    Danae Revisited, curated by Carlo Sala, Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Treviso, IT

     

    2020

    Stasi Frenetica, curated by Ilaria Bonacossa, GAM, Galleria di Arte Moderna, Torino, IT
    Certain Disorder, curated by Antoine de Galbert, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, RU
    #80 #90, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto, La Fondazione, Roma, IT
    REC, project with Sky Arte, Amaci and Save the Children

     

    2019

    My Blueberry Night, works from collectors club GAMeC, curated by Antonio Grulli, Ex Ateneo Piazza Duomo, Città Alta – Bergamo, IT
    Historical Psychiatric Clinic, Bremen, DE
    Photo open up, Festival internazionale di Fotografia, Cattedrale ex Macello, Padova, IT
    Souvenirs de voyage, curated by Sophie Bernard, Musée de Grenoble, FR

     

    2018

    La Ginestra, Galerie Alberta Pane, Venice, IT
    Media Art Festival 2018, The Great Convergence: Natural and Artificial Intelligence, MAXXI, Rome, IT
    Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles 2018, Portrait(s),  ,  Magazin Électrique, Arles, FR

     

    2017  

    Premio Cairo, Palazzo Reale, Milano, IT

    In depth of Identity, Studio La Città, Verona, IT

    Rencotres Internationales, Nouveau Cinema at Art Contemporain, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE

    Le Désir, Alberta Pane Gallery, Venice, IT

    Eau & Gaz, curated by Kathrin Oberrauch, Lanserhaus Museum, Bolzano, IT

    Rencotres Internationales, Nouveau Cinema at Art Contemporain, Paris, FR

    In/Human: The Body as Resource, curated by MLitt curatorial practice and Minhea Mircan, The Hunterian Museum & Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, SCO

     

    2016

    5th Moscow International Biennale for young art, curated by Nadim Samman, Trekhgornaya Manufaktura, NCCA and MMOMA, Moscow , RU

    Palinsesti, curated by G. Gastaldon, Udine Punctum, Grattacielo Intesa  San Paolo, Turin , IT

    The Hawt Show, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Rome, IT

    Session #1,  Blackslash and Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris, FR

    Die Van Aalst, curated by Jan De Nys, texts and talks by Luk Lambrecht, Philippe Van Cauteren, Cultuurcentrum Belgica, BE

     

    2015  

    The morning i killed a fly, Emilio Mazzoli Gallery, Modena, IT

    La sottile linea del tempo, curated by M. Paderni, Foundation Museum Miniscalchi Erizzo, Verona, IT

    Spell to spelling ** Spelling to spell, curated by I. Lace, C. Ianeselli, de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam, NL

    Imago Mundi, mappa dell'arte nuova, Cini Foundation, Venice, IT

    Videoart, curated by R. Barilli and with the collaboration of F. Cavallucci, Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, IT

    Praestigium. Contemporary artist from Italy, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, IT

    Il destino delle cose, curated by L. Meneghelli, La Giarina Gallery, Verona, IT

     

    2014

    Le Mur, curated by LMR, La Maison Rouge, Foundation Antoine de Galbert, Paris , FR

    Treviglio's Prize, curated by S. Fontana, San Paolo Invest space and Civic Museum, Treviglio, IT

    The Inner Outside, curated by G.D. Levis, Casso, Vajont Videoart Yearbook 14, curated by R. Barilli, Department of Visual Art, Bologna, IT

    Chiamata a raccolta. Collezioni private in mostra, curated by Roberto Festi, Civic Gallery, Trento, IT

     

    2013

    Francesco Fabbri Contemporary art, curated by Carlo Sala, Treviso, IT

    Group show, curated by Andrea Bruciati, PAN of Naples, IT

    Big Bang, curated by Arte Boccanera, Le Albere by Renzo Piano, IT

    Videoart Yearbook Annual of Italian Videoart, curated by Renato Barilli and Fama Gallery, Department of Visual Art, University of Bologna , IT

    The magnificent obsession: Christian Fogarolli, Emilio Isgrò, Liliana Moro, Paco Cao and Paolo Meoni, MART, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rovereto, IT

    Group exhibition, Civic Museum Giovanni Fattori, Livorno , IT

     

    2012

    dOCUMENTA (13), curated by Carolyn Christov–Bakargiev, The Worldly House, Karlsaue Park ­ Kassel, DE

    Francesco Fabbri Contemporary art, curators D. Capra, V. Dehò, M. Cavallarin, Villa Brandolini, Treviso, IT

    Coney Island 1903, curated by Fabio Bartolini, Arte Boccanera Gallery, Trento, IT

    Furere, Castel San Zeno, Padova Twentieth Century and Beyond: from de Chirico to Multimedia, greats masters

    and young Italian reality, Palazzo Pisani, Vicenza, IT

     

    2011

    54° Biennale di Venezia, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Padiglione Italia. Sala Nervi, Torino , IT

    Pride, Museum of contemporary Art ­ ARCOS, Benevento , IT

     

     


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    SELECTED WORKS
    Christian Fogarolli
  • Transparent Human 1, 2021
    Fine art print on cotton paper Hahnemühle mounted on alu-Dibond, glass fusion, plastic, liquids, wood, museum glass. 106 x 86 x 3 cm. Ph. Daniele Molajoli
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Transparent Human 2, 2022
    Fine art print on cotton paper Hahnemühle mounted on alu-Dibond, glass fusion, plastic, liquids, wood, museum glass. 106 x 86 x 3 cm. Ph. Daniele Molajoli
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Transparent Human 2 (detail), 2022
    Fine art print on cotton paper Hahnemühle mounted on alu-Dibond, glass fusion, plastic, liquids, wood, museum glass. 106 x 86 x 3 cm. Ph. Daniele Molajoli
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Purplish, 2021
    Pigment print on lead sheet, glass fusion, wood, iron, glass. 45 x 35 x 3 cm. Ph. Daniele Molajoli
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Purplish (detail), 2012
    Pigment print on lead sheet, glass fusion, wood, iron, glass. 45 x 35 x 3 cm. Ph. Daniele Molajoli
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • In Pink, 2018
    Installation, pigment print on cotton paper Hahnemühle FineArt, stone, steel, glass, UV light. 40 x 30, cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • In Green, 2018
    Installation, balance, lens, archive photo, stones, steel, UV light. 220 x 17 x 20 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • In Green (detail), 2018
    Installation, balance, lens, archive photo, stones, steel, UV light. 220 x 17 x 20 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Allégorie de la folie, 2018
    Installation, glass casting, stones, UV light, black mirror glass. Environmental dimensions
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Loose, 2017
    Pigment print on lead, brass, mirror, steel. 175x22x18 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Loose (detail), 2017
    Pigment print on lead, brass, mirror, steel. 175x22x18 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Phantom Stone, 2018
    Installation, steel, mirror, lens, stone. 230 x 50 x 50 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Phantom Stone (detail), 2018
    Installation, steel, mirror, lens, stone. 230 x 50 x 50 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Phylum, 2014
    Iron, glass, insect, lens, photos. 102 x 64 x 48 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Phylum (detail), 2014
    Iron, glass, insect, lens, photos. 102 x 64 x 48 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Syme, 2014
    Wood, metal, glass.
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Syme (detail), 2014
    Wood, metal, glass.
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Exhibition view at at de Appel arts centre, 2015
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Exhibition view at at de Appel arts centre, 2015
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Satelliti, 2017
    Ceramic. Variable dimensins
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Leucotomia, 2017
    Stones, gold, stee, natural oil, glass. 196 x 30 x 30 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Leucotomia (detail), 2017
    Stones, gold, stee, natural oil, glass. 196 x 30 x 30 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Tape, 2014
    Iron, paper, photos. 100 x 700 x 40 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Tape (detail), 2014
    Iron, paper, photos. 100 x 700 x 40 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Tool, 2014
    Iron and various materials, 180 x 40 x 40 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Tool (detail), 2014
    Iron and various materials, 180 x 40 x 40 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Lumière de l'âme, 2018
    Steel, glasses, stone, light, plastic. 180 x 50 x 50 cm
  • Christian Fogarolli
  • Lumière de l'âme (detail), 2018
    Steel, glasses, stone, light, plastic. 180 x 50 x 50 cm
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