Gianni Politi was born in 1986 in Rome where he lives and works. His research is closely linked to autobiographical events that he processes through the painting medium.
Solo shows:2020 I morti non muoiono, GNAM – National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome; 2019 Benvenuto (Anima del pittore da giovane), Centro Arti Visive , Pesaro; In the belly of the serpent, Lorcan O’Neill Gallery, Rome; Gianni Politi, Monteverdi, Sarteano; 2018 2017, Artistic Foundry Battaglia, Milan; Bodybulding, Mc Namara Art Project, Hong Kong; Paintings from the old world, 56 HENRY, New York; 2017 Scalza, Palazzo Zino, Palermo; Vussuria, Castello di Carini, Palermo; 2016/2017, Painting and Sculpture, Lorcan O’Neill, Rome; 2014 (upcoming) Malandrino 86, GNAM, Rome (IT); 2013 From the studio (Nightrider) CO2, Rome (IT); 2012 Viva la muerte omaggio a S. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, curated by Costanza Paissan, catalogue by Cura, Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome (IT); 2011 Le cose non saranno mai più come prima, curated by Alessandro Facente, Palazzo Collicola arti visive, Spoleto (IT); A brief history of pain, Artist book, 27 days of pain by Cura CO2, Rome (IT).
Group shows: 2019 Videobao, Videocittà, Rome; Ossessione, Palazzo Monti, Brescia; FESTINA LENTE LOL, Echo Des Vagues Island of Yeu, Vendée, France; La città sommersa, LA CITTA’ SOMMERSA, Antica Citta di Cosa, Ansedonia, Italia; Machismo, Villa Lontana, Rome; Respawn, Antoine Levi, Paris, France; 2018 Il richiamo di Cthulhu, Manifesta12 Mazzarino Palace, Palermo; La stanza del padre, Ex Deposito Atr, Forlì; Nuova Terra Antica, La Vallonea, Capalbio, Italy; Work in progress – La collezione San Patrignano, La Triennale di Milano, Triennale Palace, Milan; Il paradigma di Kuhn – Atto primo, Galleria FuoriCampo, Siena, StudioO2, Cremona; 2017 Iconoclash – Il conflitto delle immagini, Castelvecchio Museum, Verona; Il meglio del meglio, Temple University Rome, Roma; Inside the white whale, Favignana; Costellazione/Constellation, Rome; Apart, Milan; Vision(s), American Academy in Rome, Rome; 2016 Residenze #1 Flavio Favelli – Gianni Politi, AlbumArte, Rome; 2016, PAR TIBI, ROMA, NIHIL, Rome; 2014 Display – Mediating Landscap, curated by Flip, Project Space Sala Murat, Bari (IT) La XIII luna with: Lupo Borgonovo, Enzo Cucchi, Raphael Hefti, Morten Norbye Halvorsen, Jessica Warboys, Furini arte contemporanea, Arezzo (IT); 2013 The Ritual of the Snake, a project by Gianni Politi with: Alessandro Agudio, Lupo Borgonovo, Giulio Delvè, Andrea Dojmi, Helena Hladilova & Namsal Siedlecki, Matteo Nasini, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome (IT) The cock-cro with: Giulio Delvè, Andrea Dojmi, Ettore Favini, Helena Hladilova, Ilja Karilampi, Mike Ruiz, Samara Scott, Jesse Wine, CO2, Turin (IT); Artissima 20 with: Giulio Delvè and Andrea Dojmi, Booth CO2 Oval Lingotto, Turin (IT); Genius loci curated by Paola Ugolini, various locations, Pesaro (IT); Yellowing of the lunar consciousness curated by Andrea Bruciati, Galleria Massimo De Luca, Mestre / Palazzo Bonvicini, Venice (IT); 2012 Re-generation curated by Maria Alicata and Ilaria Gianni, MACRO, Rome (IT); Teoria del valore with: David Casini, Stanislao Di Giugno, Ettore Favini, Francesco Fonassi, Ma Liang, Giovanni Oberti, CO2, Rome (IT); 2011 Su nero nero/Over black black, a project by Franz Paludetto Castello di Rivara, Torino (IT); Cabinet des dessins curated by Lorand Hegyi with: Dennis Oppenheim, Tony Cragg, Omar Galliani, Piero Pizzi Cannella, Rolando Deval, Marco Neri, Marine Joatton, Denica Lehocka, Ugo Giletta, Nina Kovacheva, Valerio Berruti, Felice Levini, Veronica Holcova, Christina Lhopital, Lazlo Revesz, Marina Paris, Anila Rubiku, Villa La versiliana, Marina di Pietrasanta (IT); Pain thing; a project by Gianluca Marziani, 52° Venice Biennale, Palazzo Zenobio degli Armeni, Venice (IT); In the long tunnel we are all alive, curated by Alessandro Facente with: Tom Pnini, Rosini and Mitzi Pederson, Reload – Ex officine Rosati, Rome (IT).
Residencies and grants: 2010 Celeste Prize NY winner of the painting section, Brooklyn, New York (USA).
Bibliography: 2013 Il rituale del serpente published by Cura; 2012 Viva la muerte, texts by Ilaria Marotta, Costanza Paissan, published by Cura; 2011 Twenty-seven days of pain, published by Cura.
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