BiographyImages
Natura Morta #2
2015
oil on canvas
45 x 40 cm
Sabrina’s Landscape
2015
oil on canvas
40 x 50 cm
Sign
2016
oil on canvas, wood
218 x 70 cm
Signs
2013
oil, acrylic, canv, wood
dimensions variable
Bandiera (Flag) #14
2014
oil, acrylic, collage on canvas
70 x 80 cm
Bandiera (Flag) #17
2014
oil, acrylic, collage on canvas
70 x 80 cm
Untitled 14#2
2014
oil on canvas
35 x 40 cm
Untitled (Withdrawal of US Troops from Afghanistan)
2013
oil on canvas
252 x 369 cm
Installation view:
Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, IT
3 Women
2012
oil on canvas
80 x 70 cm
Untitled (palette #1)
2012
oil on canvas
40 x 50 cm
Self-Portrait
2012
oil on wood
34 x 35 cm
Nieuwe Visie (Roger Raveel)
2013
oil on canvas
80 x 70 cm
Tulipani
2012
oil on canvas
30 x 35 cm
Natura Morta (Still Life)
2013
oil on canvas
40 x 45 cm
Untitled 11 #09
2011
oil and acrylic on canvas
160 x 130 cm
Untitled #3
2010
oil on canvas
50 x 40 cm
Untitled
2010
watercolour on paper
30 x 40 cm
Antinoo
2012
oil on canvas
80 x 70 cm
Untitled #13 (Goya)
2008-10
oil on canvas
45 x 40 cm
Foundfootage #2
2009
oil on canvas
40 x 45 cm
Foundfootage #3
2009
oil on canvas
40 x 45 cm
The Domain of Painting
2009
oil on magazine paper
26 x 26 cm
Luca Bertolo, b.1968, IT. Lives and works in Milan, IT
Education
1994 – 1998
Accademia di Brera, Milan, Italy, Painting Degree
1987 – 1992
Università Statale di Milano, Degree in Computer Science
1987 – 1989
School of Applied Arts, Milan, Course in Illustration
Solo Exhibitions
2016
If Anything, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, US
2015
Guerre Pace, SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
2014
Gian Carozzi Revisited (curated by Luca Bertolo), Cardelli & Fontana, Sarzana, IT
2013
UFO, SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
2012
Six Tips For Ageing With Grace, Arcade, London, UK
A Painting Cycle, NOMAS Foundation, Rome, IT
2011
The Return of the Real & Other Unexpected Events, Galleria SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
2009
Happiness does not make for a story, Galleria SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
The Domain of Painting, Arcade, London, UK
L’inverno esiste. Prove ed esempi, MARS, Milano, IT
2006
Galleria Alessandro De March, Milano, IT
Galleria SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
2005
A+M Bookstore, Milano, IT
2004
Galleria Alessandro De March, Milano, IT
2003
Galleria Alessandro De March, Milano, IT
2002
Galleria De March – Solbiati, Legnano (Milano), IT
1999
Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, DE
1997
Studio d’arte Cannaviello, Milano, IT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015
Recto/Verso, Prada Foundation, Milan, IT
Rethinking the Medium, The Phantom of Drawing, Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdamo (AR), IT
2014
Baffi Del Bambino (curated by Luca Bertolo), Lucie Fontaine, Milan, IT
2013
Der Blitz, Museo Alta Garda, Rive del Garda, IT
Souvenir, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, FR
La Figurazione Inevitabile, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, IT
2010
Impresa Pittura, CIAC – Centro Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome, IT
The Library of Babel/In and Out of Place, 176 Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
2009
Prague Bienniale 4, Prague, CZ
2008
VIA AMATI 13, Galleria SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
Falling from an Apple Tree by Mistake, Wilde Gallery, Berlin, DE
A Color Box, Arcade, London, UK
Una Giornata Particolare, Book/Box, with 5 artists’ projects + 6 short stories, Pisa, IT
Manual CC – Instructions for Beginners and Advanced Players, (A project by Dorothee
Bienert, Dortje Drechsel, Marina Sorbello, Antje Weitzel), Uqbar, Berlin, DE
Italian Genius Now, Korean Design Center, Seul / Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Tokyo, JP
Multiples & Editions, vol.2, The Front Room Gallery, New York, US
Fuori Contesto, Bologna / Milano, IT
2007
PI Performance Intermedia Festival, Szczecin, Poland / Berlin, DE
Nessuna Paura, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, IT
Pointing Painting, Galleria SpazioA, Pistoia, Italy
Assab One, Milano, Italy
Multiples & Editions, The Front Room Gallery, New York
2006
East of West – West of East, video featured in Milano Film Festival, Milano, IT
Senza Fine, Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio, IT
1:1 – Translation of the Real, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, UK
Uscita Pistoia, SpazioA gallery, Pistoia, IT
2005
By Artificial Resemblance: Portraits from Four Centuries, curated by E. Crenson, The Front Room Gallery, New York, US
Fuori Posto* – Berlino, Villa delle Rose (GAM), Bologna, IT
2004
Art Worksites, Ex Cartiere Binda, Milano, IT
Hic et Nunc, San Vito al Tagliamento, IT
Berliner Kunstprojekt, Berlin, DE
2003
Sixteen Painters in Berlin, former Czechoslovakian Consolate, Berlin, DE
2002
Five (Un) Ambiguous Statements Upon Distance and Beauty, Galleria De March, Milano, IT
Silbernagl Undergallery, Milano, IT
Offene Ateliers in der Schulstrasse, Münster, DE
Between Dresden and Prague, (a Project of B. Giorgi), Prague, Dresden, Rome, IT
2000
Die Blaue Begeisterung (Young Italian Artists), Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, DE
1999
Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, Udine, IT
Contemporary Arts Center Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, IT
Postfuhramt, Berlin, DE
Grants, residencies
2010
Diogene Bivacco Urbano, Turin, IT
2008
Kultursalon und Artist in Residence, Villa Streuli, Wintherthur, CH
2007
Artist in Residence, Hotel Pupik, Schrattenberg, AU
2005
Artist in Residence Program of the Austrian Federal Office, Vienna, AU
2001
Grant from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, US
Other Projects
2007
Curates the pataphysical pocket diary Patagenda, Elèuthera editions, Milano, IT
2002
Participates in the project Between Dresden & Prague of Bernardo Giorgi and Gregorio Galli
2000
Assistant for the scenery of Where is the Wonderful Life, staging of A.T.I.R., Milano, IT
1996
Set design for the film I Want to Believe in a God that Knows How to Dance, directed by Paolo Vari for Metamorphosi, Milano, IT