Bio

DATES

 

Born 1983, Cento (Ferrara), Italy

Lives and works between Bologna (Italy) and the USA

 

 

EDUCATION

 

2007-2011 Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, University of Bologna, Italy

2002-2006 University Degree SSLMIT, School of Interpreting and Translation, Forlì, University of Bologna, Italy

 

 

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS (Download CV for a complete list)

 

  • Performance Cosmic Syntropy: Biodiversity, curated by Gabriella Travaglia and Francesco Marcello Falcieri. In collaboration with CNR ISMAR, Academy of Fine Arts of Venice, Venetian District for Research and Innovation, National Biodiversity Future Center, under the patronage of the City of Venice. In conjunction with the exhibition “Bio≠ – La Biodiversità come convivenza essenziale” (“Bio≠ – Biodiversity as Essential Coexistence”), part of the ARSMar project – Arte delle Scienze Marine (The Art of Marine Sciences). Magazzini del Sale, Venice, Italy. 17 May 2025.
  • Solo exhibition, participatory performance with high school students Cosmic Syntropy: Sustainable Goals. Event organized with the contribution of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Giornata del Contemporaneo (Art Contemporary Day). With the cooperation of the Italian Consulate in Zurich and the Italian Cultural Institute of Zurich. Kantonsschule Freudenberg Zuerich, Zurich, Switzerland, 22 October 2024.
  • Solo exhibition, participatory performance open to the public Cosmic Syntropy: Sustainable Goals. Event organized with the contribution of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Giornata del Contemporaneo (Art Contemporary Day). With the cooperation of the Italian Consulate in Zurich and the Italian Cultural Institute of Zurich. Kantonsschule Freudenberg Zuerich, Zurich, Switzerland, 22 October 2024.
  • Group exhibition Combat Prize 2024, Selected artwork for the exhibition of the ten finalists, Performance and video section, Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Livorno, Italy, 21 September – 5 October 2024.
  • Solo exhibition, experimental performative and participatory project Cosmic Syntropy, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio. Event organized in collaboration with Arts at Cern, CERN, Geneva. CNR Area Territoriale di Ricerca di Bologna, Biblioteca Dario Nobili, Bologna, Italy, 13 January – 29 February 2024.
  • Group Exhibition Combat Prize 2023, Selected artwork of the exhibition of the ten finalists, Section Graphics, Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Livorno, Italy, 2023.
  • Group Exhibition: The Looking Glass and Through it. MISP Museum, Museum of Saint Petersburg 20-21 Century Art (with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Consulate General of Italy in Saint Petersburg and the Italian Cultural Institute of Saint Petersburg), Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2020.
  • Solo Exhibition: Penelope Chiara Cocchi: Atelier, MACRO Contemporary Art Museum of Rome, Rome, Italy, 19- 24 November, 2019 (catalogue).
  • Group Exhibition: Combat Prize 2018, award of distinction and selected artwork in the Sculpture and Installation section. Villa del Presidente, Livorno, Italy, 2018.
  • Group Exhibition: Star Gate in The Friendship Project. The Venice Art Biennale, National Pavilion of the Republic of San Marino, Venice, Italy. 2017.
  • Group Exhibition in the Spoleto Art Pavilion, Venice, Italy.
  • Double Solo Exhibition with Erwin Wurm Star Gate. Palazzo Dandolo. On the occasion of The Venice Art Biennale, Venice, Italy. 2017.
  • Solo Exhibition: Avatar. International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna, Italy. 2016.
  • Solo Exhibition: We Are All Made of Stardust: Paintings on Natural and Mysteriously Found Objects. The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, The Italian Consulate. 2015.
  • Solo Exhibition: Forgotten Spaces: All That Is Left Behind. Palazzo Dandolo. On occasion of The Venice Art Biennale, Venice, Italy. 2015.
  • Solo Exhibition: Driftwood Series. The Ringling Museum Art Center, Englewood, Florida. 2014.
  • Group Exhibition: Ringling Underground. The Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida. 2014.

 

 

AWARDS

 

2025

Combat Prize 2025
Livorno, Italy
Special Mention by the Jury, Sculpture and Installation Section (Catalogue)

2024

Combat Prize 2024
Livorno, Italy
Selected – Section Performance and Video (Catalogue)

 

2023

Combat Prize 2023
Livorno, Italy
Selected – Section Graphics (Catalogue)

 

2021

Canal Convergence – Water+Art+Light
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Selected artist Phase I

 

Premio Comel, Latina, Italy
Selected artist Phase I

 

2020

The Looking Glass and Through it, Italian Cultural Institute of Saint Petersburg
Exhibition of the winners in Museum MISP (The Museum of St. Petersburg Art 20th–21st centuries), St Petersburg
Winner

 

2018

OfficinARS Award, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Winner

 

ARTDEX Art Competition, New York City, New York, USA
First place

 

Combat Prize, Museo Fattori, Livorno, Italy
Finalist

 

2017

Premio Arte Laguna, Venice, Italy
Finalist

 

2016

Trees Price. Bologna, Italy
Winner

 

2010

Festival delle Arti (Festival of the Arts), Bologna, Italy
Finalist

 

2009

San Vitale Photography Contest. Bologna, Italy
Winner

 

Art and Science Prize, Fondazione Marino Golinelli.
Palace Re Enzo, Bologna, Italy
Finalist

 

2008
MAGI 900 Museum, Pieve di Cento, Bologna, Italy.
Finalist