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Art Residency

2009: Artist in residency at the Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey

Publications

Young Blood 09, Governo Italiano, ministero per la gioventù, (2010) young talent annual.
Video.it, a bridge over the mediterranean, arte giovane, (2009) festival of video artist.
Island+ghettos, Hidelberger Kunstverein (2008), book about the project Decolonizing Architecture
La scelta della fotografia (2008), International prize of Lombardy bank and Contrasto with the Startrucks project
Velvet (April 2009, n.29) article about Sturtrucks project
Work Art in progress (winter 2007/2008), publication of the Startrucks project
Ottagono Design Architettura Idee (July- August 2008 n. 212), Ottagonale section, publication of the Startrucks project
Lightworks, Designing lights (2007), publication of the Startrucks project
No Tears web magazine (2008), publication of the Startrucks project

Grant/Awards

2009:

Winner of the DE.MO Movin’up Art Residency Program, at the Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center (irp), Istanbul, Turkey.
Selected Artist for the project “Un ponte sul Mediterraneo”. Young art, Video.it, Startrucks. Turin, Italy
Finalist at the Riccardo’s Pezza Prize, Contemporary Museum for photography, Cinisello Balsamo, Italy

2008:

Special mention for the International prize Lombardy Bank and Contrasto, Milan, Italy

Collective expositions

2011:

Sharjah Biennial 10 curated by Suzanne Cotter and Rasha Salti, Future Archaeology film, with Decolonizing Archtecture.

2010:

Le peuple qui manque, QUE FAIRE ? Art, film, politique, Centre Pompidou, France, Paris, curated by Aliocha Imhoff. Future Archaeology
Redcat, Los Angeles, USA, curated by Clara Kim. Future Archaeology and photographic exhibition with Decolonizing Architecture.
Queensland Art Gallery, Stanley Place, Brisbane, Australia, curated by Kathryn Weir. Future Archaeology andphotographic project with Decolonizing Architecture.

67th. Mostra Internazionale d’ Arte Cinematografica, la Biennale di Venezia, official selection of the film Future Archaeology.
Ashkal Alwan, Home Works V, Beirut, Libano. Future Archaeology, two screen installation, with Decolonizing Architecture.
Officina dei Sensi, Villa Ciani Bassetti, Lasino, Trento, Italy. Curated by Marco Tomasini.E-Roads, video monoscreen installation and cartography.

Rassegna video dagli archivi Art Hub, complesso delle ex Murate, Firenze, Italy. Curated byFrancesca di Nardo. E-Roads, monoscreen installation.

2009:

Barcelona COAC, Barcelona, Spain, monoscreen installation of Future Archaeology, with Decolonizing Architecture.
The Israeli for digital Art, Holon, Israel, monoscreen installation of Future Archaeology, with Decolonizing Architecture.
NGBK – Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany, monoscreen installation of Future Archaeology, with Decolonizing Architecture.
Gemak, Den Haag, Netherlands, monoscreen installation of Future Archaeology, with Decolonizing Architecture.
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium, monoscreen installation of Future Archaeology, with Decolonizing Architecture.
Biennale Architettura 11. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, Venezia, Italy, monoscreen installation of Future Archaeology, with Decolonizing Architecture.

2008:

o Museo Civico di Riva del Garda, Trento, Italy

o Galleria Civica di Trento, Trento, Italy

Solo expositions

2009:

Startrucks – Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy, presentation of the project.

Education

2007: Bachelor of Arts in Design, University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy.

1999: Advertisement graphic, photography and kinetics high school diploma, F. Depero High School of Art, Rovereto (TN), Italy.