Gabriele Di Matteo
Born in Torre del Greco (Naples), 1957.
Lives and works in Milan.
Selected solo exhibitions
2015
Keitelman Gallery, Brussels.
Performance, with Martín Giménez, Steve Piccolo, Gak Sato and Debora Hirsch, E Il Topo
Spazio Borgogno, Milan.
2014
Keitelman Gallery, Brussels.
Museo Pecci, Spazio Borgogno, Milan.
2013
Musée d’art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO), Geneve.
Galleria Annarumma, Naples.
2012
Performance with Martín Giménez, Art Club 2000 E Il Topo at White Box, New York.
Performance whit Martín Giménez, Steve Piccolo E Il Topo at Supportico Lopez, Berlin.
Performance with Martín Giménez, Y Liver, Steve Piccolo E Il Topo, Printed Matter, New York.
2011
Federco Luger, Milan.
2009
Pepe Cobo & Cia, Madrid.
Keitelman Gallery, Brussels.
Art Unlimited, Basel.
Frac Bretagne et Centre Hospitalier de Cornoualle, Quimper.
Federico Luger Gallery, Milan.
2007
Annarumma 404, Milan.
2005
Musée d’art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO), Genève.
Musée d’art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO), Genève.
FRAC Languedoc-Rousillon, Montpellier.
Musée PAB, Alès.
Gallery 101, Ottawa.
2004
Musée d’art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO), Genève.
2003
Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milan.
Galleria 404, Naples.
FRAC BRETAGNE, Rennes.
Le Grand Café, Saint Nazaire.
2002
College Marcel Duchamp, Châteauroux.
FRAC LIMOGES, Limoges.
2001
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.
2000
Vilma Gold Gallery, London.
C/O non-profit Gallery, Milan.
1999
Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois Gallery, Paris.
1998
Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon, FRAC Rhône Alpes, Lyon.
1996
Paolo Vitolo gallery, Milan.
1996
PLACENTIA Gallery, Piacenza.
1994
FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Galerie ESCA, Nimes.
1993
FAC-SIMILE Gallery, Milan.
1992
Espaj Pascual Lucas, Valencia.
1992
Studio Graziano Vigato, Alessandria.
1991
FAC-SIMILE Gallery, Milan.
1989
FAC-SIMILE Gallery, Milan.
1986
Galerie ESCA, Nimes.
Selected group exhibitions
2015
Les mondes inverses, BPS22, Charleroi.
Per-Formare, Museo Madre, Napoli.
Rewind, Museo del 900, Castel Sant’elmo, Napoli.
2013
Bonelli, Mantova.
Nouvelles Impressions de Raymond Roussel, Palais de Tokio, Paris.
2012
Carta Bianca. Museo Villa Croce, Genova.
2011
The Global Contemporary, Art Worlds After 1989, curated by Hans Belting and Andrea Buddensieg, ZKM, Karlsruhe.
Il bel paese dell’arte, Galleria d’arte moderna e contemporanea (Gamec), Bergamo.
2010
Seconde Main, Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris.
2009
That’s All Folks, Cultuurcentrum, Brugge.
Là où je suis n’existe pas, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Toulouse.
Les Uns et les Autres – Le portrait dans tous ses états, Musée d’art et d’histoire de S.Briec.
2008
Le Couloir des Miroirs (Art &Cinéma), FRAC Limousin, Limoges.
2007
P2P-Échanges, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
2006
Chauffe Marcel (L’imitation de Marcel Duchamp ), Montpellier.
Moléculles Particulières, Espase François-Auguste Ducros. Grignan, FRAC Rhône-Alpes.
2005
L’HUMANITÉ MISE À NU ET L’ART EN FRAC”, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
OK, OKAY Swiss Institute, New York.
OK, OKAY Gray Art Gallery, New York.
Quadriennale di Roma, Rome, Italy.
2004
Welcome to Entropia, curated by Yannick Millloux, Centre national d’Art et du paysagge, Vassivière,.
Utopia Station, Incursione Vesuviana, curated by di Gigiotto Del Vecchio, Napoli.
2003
Une collection de Chefs-d’oeuvre, FRAC Limousine.
Isola (art) project”, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO), Genève.
La Pittura come concetto, Chiesa di S. Matteo, Lucca, curated by di L. Beatrice.
Napoli Anno Zero, Castel Sant’Elmo, Napoli, curated by di G. Maraniello.
2002
Rumors of war, Jacob Lawrence Foundation, New York, curated by F. Sirman
2001
Biennale di Tirana, Tirana.
Il Dono, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, curated by G. Maraniello, A. Somaini, S. Risaliti.
Ghosty Galleria 1000eventi, curated by Gigiotto Del Vecchio.
2000
Hallucinating Love Foundation , Maze Art gallery, Turin, curated by G. Del Vecchio.
Fantapop, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia, curated by V.Baradel.
1999
First Melbourne International Biennial, Melbourne, curated by Jen Budney and Roberto
Pinto.
Un jardin d’ hiver, Bourg-en-Bresse, Collection FRAC Rhône-Alpes.
1998
ART OMI, International Artist Residency Exhibition; Ghent, NY, curated by Franklin Sirmans.
Subway, Milano, curated by Roberto Pinto.
due o tre cose che sò di loro, Padigiglione Arte Contemporanea (PAC) Milan, curated by Marco Meneguzzo.
1997
Gamblers, Mediarte Caserta, curated by M. Sgroi.
Il Punto, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, curated by Elio Grazioli.
1996
Photopeintres, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Procius, works in slides, selected by Emily Tsingou, London.
Tradition & Innovation, Italian Art since 1945, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, curated by Francesco Bonami.
1995
APERTO 95 out of order, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, curated by Roberto D’Aolio.
Verso una grande collezione, Flash Art Museum, Trevi curated by Helena Kontova.
1994
Procreation, Centre d’art contemporain FRI-ART, Fribourg (CH).
Prima Linea, Flash Art Museum, Trevi, curated by Francescao Bonami.
1991
Something is happening in Italy, Lia Rumma Gallery, Naples.
1989
Saatchi & Saatchi Prize, Palazzo delle Stelline, Milano 1° Prize
Prizes and awards
1989 1st. Prize, Saatchi & Saatchi Prize
Public collections
Museo MADRE, Napoli
Museo del 900, Castel sant’Elmo, Napoli
MAMCO, Genève (www.mamco.ch/artistes_fichiers/D/dimatteo2.html) (www.mamco.ch/artistes_fichiers/D/dimatteo.html)
FRAC Bretagne ( www.fracbretagne.fr/collection.html )
FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon (http://frac-lr.videomuseum.fr/Navigart/index.php?db=fraclr&qs=1&Itemid=156 )
FRAC Limousin (www.fraclimousin.fr/content/view/27/60/ )
FRAC Rhône-Alpes
ARTOTHÈQUE, Lyon www.bm-lyon.fr/decouvrir/collections/dimatteo.htm
PAC, Milano
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