Artist Biography

Born in Milan, Italy, 1976.
Lives and works in Milan. 

Education
2004
Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute, USA

2001
BA (Honours) Degree in Fine Art, Environmental Art, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

Solo Exhibitions
2021
Affioramenti, on the occasion of Una Boccata d’Arte, Fondazione Elpis and Galleria Continua, Spinola Castle, Campo Ligure, Italy

2020
RECURSIVE, Alice Cattaneo, curated by David Komary, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria

2019
Alice Cattaneo, Museo Archeologico, Acqui Terme, Italy
The Image in the Hand, MLF | Marie-Laure Fleisch, Brussels, Belgium
Alice Cattaneo, curated by Jonathan Watkins, organised by Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, and a.topos, a.topos, Venice, Italy

2018
Alice Cattaneo, MLF | Marie-Laure Fleisch, Brussels, Belgium
Mettere un mare nella nebbia, Museo del Novecento, Milan, Italy

2017
Alice Cattaneo - Michael Höpfner, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria

2016
Un qui puntiforme unitissimo, Galleria Collicaligreggi, Catania, Italy

2015
Assonometrie, duo show with Antonio Catelani, Galleria Rizzuto, Palermo, Italy
Tensioni e-statiche, duo show with Hilla Ben Ari, Galleria Marie-Laure Fleisch, Rome, Italy
Col fiato sospeso per circa due ore, curated by F. Pasini, La Quarta Vetrina, Libreria delle Donne, Milan, Italy

2013
Nothing quite flat and more round, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, USA

2012
Contrapositive, duo show with Fred Sandback, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria

2011
Alice Cattaneo, Galleria Suzy Shammah, Milan, Italy

2009
Premio NY Exhibition, International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York (con S. Arancio), USA

2008
Alice Cattaneo, Galleria Suzy Shammah, Milan, Italy
Alice Cattaneo, MADRE - Museo d' Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Naples, Italy

2007
Alice Cattaneo, Ikon Gallery, curated by Jonathan Watkins, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Special Project, Art Forum Berlin, Germany
Alice Cattaneo, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom

2006
Alice Cattaneo, Analix Forever, Genève, Switzerland

2005
Alice Cattaneo, Galleria Suzy Shammah, Milan, italy
Micro-Macro, a cura di E. Di Raddo, Tufano Studio25, Milan, Italy
c/o Careof, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy

2004
Concrete Particularities, Mission 17, San Francisco, USA

Group Exhibitions (selected)
2022
Astratte. Donne e astrazione in Italia 1930-2000, Villa Olmo, Como, Italy

2021
La Vie Matérielle, CENTRALE for contemporary art, in collaboration with Palazzo Magnani Foundation, curated by Marina Dacci and Carine Fol, Brussels, Belgium
Levitas, curated by Giorgio Verzotti, The Open Box, Milan, Italy

2020
Faster Than Ever, curated by J.Watkins, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK

2019
Il disegno politico italiano, curated by Aurora Fonda and Sandro Pignotti, A plus A Gallery, Venice, Italy
Equilibrium. An idea for Italian sculpture, curated by Giorgio Verzotti, Mazzoleni Art, London, UK
Negative Space. Trajectories of Sculpture, curated by Peter Weibel, Daria Mille and Anett Holzheid, ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany

2018
Glasobjekte & Hans Essinger, Garten des Essinger Hauses - Essinger Art Club, Mödling, Austria
Equilibrium. An idea for Italian sculpture, curated by Giorgio Verzotti, Mazzoleni Art, Turin, Italy
La Vita Materiale. Otto stanze, otto storie, curated by Marina Dacci, Palazzo da Mosto, Reggio Emilia, Italy

2017
Combining materials, Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Solo Figli, curated by Sergia Avveduti and Irene Guzman, Padiglione de l’Esprit Nouveau, Bologna, Italy

2016
VII. Premio Fondazione VAF. Aktuelle Positionen Italienischer Kunst, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Museum Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz, Germany
Tempo e Dettagli / Times and Details, Artisti/Artigiani/Carlo Scarpa, curated by C. Bertola and G. Blais, Officina Zanon, Falegnameria Capovilla, Aula Mario Baratto Universita’ Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy
La PELLE, Officina, Brussels, Belgium
Premio Fondazione VAF (VII edizione), MACRO Testaccio, Rome, Italy; Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Lifting the Veil - 11 International Female Artists, Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Linea del Tempo Annodata, Studi Festival, Milan, Italy

2015
Chaotic Passion, curated by A. Lovecchio e CHAN, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy
La Quarta Vetrina, curated by F. Pasini, Libreria delle Donne, Milan, Italy
CArD in citta’, Percorsi d’arte tra passato e presente, curated by P. Baldacci, D. Volpi, Antiquarium Santa Margherita, Piacenza, Italy
Moroso Concept for Contemporary Art, curated by A. Bruciati, Villa Manin, Passariano, Udine, Italy

2014
CArD Contemporary Art & Design, curated by P. Baldacci, D. Volpi, C. Baldacci, Pianello, Val Tidone, Piacenza, Italy
Ritratto dell'Artista da Giovane, curated by M. Beccaria, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Equilibri, curated by L. Cherubini e E. Fiorentini, Galleria Erica Fiorentini, Rome, Italy
Non-Profit & Profit, Galleria SpazioA, Pistoia, Italy

2013     
Autoritratti. Iscrizioni del Femminile nell'Arte Italiana Contemporanea, section curated by F. Pasini, MAMbo Bologna, Italy
Arte in Memoria, curated by A. Zevi, Sinagoga di Ostia Antica (RM), Italy

2012
Performing Structures, curated by S. Simoncelli, Wäscherei Kunstverein, Zurich, Switzerland
The Unseen, The Fourth Guangzhou Triennial, curated by J. Watkins, Guangdong Museum of Art, Republic of China
Periplo della Scultura Italiana Contemporanea 3, curated by G. Appella, MUSMA, Matera, Italy
Collaboration, curated by San Rocco Magazine, 13. Biennal of Architecture, Venice, Italy
Segni e (non) sogni.  Sperimentalismi e astrazioni, ieri e oggi, curated by G. Verzotti, MIART, Milan, Italy
Italian Genius Now, curated by M. Bazzini - Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy / Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ceci n’est Pas du Cinema!, Rivoli al Cinema, curated by M. Beccaria, Cinema Massimo, Turin, Italy

2011
Arte essenziale, a project of F. Ferrari, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy / Frankfurt Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Biennale Giovani Monza, Villa Reale, Monza, Italy

2010
La scultura Italiana del XXI Secolo, curated by M. Meneguzzo, F. Pomodoro, Milan, Italy  
Terre Vulnerabili, curated by C. Bertola with A. Lissoni, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Roaming. Heterotopias, curated by A. Castiglioni, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Italian Genius – Casa Dolce Casa, curated by M. Bazzini, Centro per L'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Expo Shangai; Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan; Taichung Creative and Cultural Park, Taiwan
L'Elogio della Semplicità - Un carattere dell’Arte Contemporanea, curated by G. Verzotti, Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan, Italy

2009
Fragile, Terres d'Empathie, curated by L. Hegyi, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, France; The Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea
Galerie Christine Koenig, Vienna, Austria
Projector, curated by L. Welch and A. Bellaran, FOUR, Dublin, Ireland
Lago Film Fest, Revine Lago (TV), Italy
New Italian Epic, curated by A. Bruciati, Brown Project Space, Milan, Italy
Emerging Talents, Nuova Arte Italiana, curated by F. Nori, Strozzina CCC, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy

2008     
Italics, Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution, 1968-2008, curated by F. Bonami, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
3rd Biennial of Young Artists, curated by A. Barak, Bucharest, Romania
Soft Cell: dinamiche nello spazio in Italia, curated by A. Bruciati, GC.AC, Monfalcone (GO), Italy
XV Quadriennale di Roma, curated by C. Bertola, L. Canova, B. Corà, D. Lancioni, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
VIDEO.IT, curated by F. Poli, F. Bernardelli, M. Gorni, S. Lacagnina, Accademia Albertina, Turin, Italy
Sporgersi Prego, Galerie Lange und Pult, Zurich, Switzerland
The Mystical, the Scatological and the Occult, curated by C.Lin, Monte Vista, Los Angeles, USA

2007
War, Peace and Ecstasy, curated by C. Alemani, Artissima, Turin, Italy
Nessuna Paura, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Le Trame di Penelope, curated by E. Zanella, Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Gallarate, Gallarate (VA), Italy
"Apocalittici e Integrati", Utopia nell’arte italiana di oggi, curated by P. Colombo, MAXXI - Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy
On Mobility, Premio Furla per l'Arte, curated by C. Bertola, G. Maraniello, Villa delle Rose, Bologna, Italy

2006
Generazioni Rigenerazioni - Arte nell’età dei conflitti ininterrotti, Biennale Arti Visive di La Spezia, Camec, La Spezia, Italy
Outlook - Panorama Italiano, curated by L. Fassi, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy
Fragmented Show, curated by R. Pinto, A. Daneri e C. Pietroiusti, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy
videoREPORT ITALIA 04_05, curated by A. Bruciati, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, Italy
La Giovine Italia, curated by R. Barilli, Lo Spazio d'Arte, Gambettola (FC), Italy; Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Italy
Abstract Art Now: Strictly Geometrical? Curated by L. von Mengden e T.Kiefer, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
OK. Quoi?!, Faucet Media Arts Centre & Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
It’s the little things, Back to the Picture Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Videopassages, curated by M. Gorni and S. Bordone, c/o Careof, Milan, Italy
Supermegadrops 2, curated by C. Agnello, M. Gorni, F. Poli, E. Volpato, CRAC, Cremona, Italy
Premiata Officina Trevana 2006, curated by M. Coccia e M. Predicatori, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi (PG), Italy
Manomettere, Strategie per un'estetica del precario, curated by D. Lotta, Galleria Comunale d’Arte, Castel San Pietro Terme (BO), Italy

2005
Fragile, curated by G. Romano, Analix Forever, Geneva, Italy
Video.it / Contrappunti, curated by N. Casorati, M. Gorni, F. Poli e E. Volpato, Circolo degli Artisti, Turin, Italy
Idiozie Sofisticate, curated by G. Gianuizzi, neon>campobase, Bologna, Italy
Vorticanti, curated by I. Bonacossa e C. Laubard, Galleria Maze, Turin, Italy

2004
California Masters, Works, San José (CA), USA
FIAV 04-Festival d’Image Artistique Video, Centro Culturale Francese, Milan; c/o Careof, Milan, Italy

2003
Landing, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, USA
The Murphy Fellowship Award, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, USA
21st Century Video Art, Artists Television Access, San Francisco, USA

2002
Creative City, Library of San Francisco Planning and Urban Research, San Francisco, USA
Something Haptic, Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
The Dirt of Love, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

Grants & Awards
2015
Moroso Concept for Contemporary Art, Udine (Finalist), Italy

2012
Premio Lombardia Arte, Regione Lombardia, MIART, Milan, Italy

2009
Premio New York, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Italian Academy at Columbia University, New York, USA

2008
IX Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, Italy
Borsa per Giovani Artisti, Castello di Rivoli, Turin (Finalist), Italy
Emerging Talents, Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Fond. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (Finalist), Italy
Premio Adolfo Pini per l’Arte Contemporanea, Fondazione Adolfo Pini, Milan (Finalist), Italy

2007
Premio Furla per l'Arte, Villa delle Rose, Bologna (Special Mention), Italy

2006
Premio Epson, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy

2004
Teaching Assistantship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA

2003
Murphy Fellowship in the Fine Arts, The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, USA

2002
MFA Merit Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA

Residencies
2017
NUOVE//Residency, Bassano del Grappa (VI), Italy

2015
Madeinfilandia, Pieve a Presciano, Pergine Valdarno (AR), Italy

2014
AIR - Artist in Residence, Krems, Austria

2013
Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, con il supporto dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di San Francisco, USA

2009
International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, USA