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ALESSANDRO ROMA



Born 1977 Milan, Italy

Lives and works in London, England

 

 

EDUCATION

2000    
Accademy of Art Brera, Milan, Italy

 

 

AWARDS

2009    
Residence Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, Worpswede, Germany

2007    
IV International Painting Prize, Diputación de Castellón, Museo de Bellas Artes de Castellón, Castellón, Spain

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2014

Solo show, Scaramouche, NY (forthcoming)

Oranizzazione organica di forme, curated by V. Dell'Oro, Contemporary Art Museum, Lissone (Milan), Italy (forthcoming)

Alessandro Roma, High House Gallery, Oxfordshire, England


2013  
Enclosure, Paradise Row gallery, London, England

2012 
Il sole mi costrinse ad abbandonare il giardino, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy

2011 
Unfolding the Folds, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany
Humus, curated by G. Verzotti, MART-Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento-Rovereto, Italy
Sites of Action, Scaramouche, New York

2009 
Vicarius, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany

2008 
Il sogno è anche un luogo ideale per il desiderio di giustizia, Lucie Fontaine, Milan, Italy

2007 
Alessandro Roma, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany

2005 
Alessandro Roma, Gallery Marabini, Bologna, Italy
Alessandro Roma, Gallery Artra, Milan, Italy

2004 
Alessandro Roma, Gallery Artra, Genova, Italy

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2014
Visions for an Inventory, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, Italy

2013  
Drawing Biennial 2013, Drawing Room, London, England

 

2012  
Estate, curated by L. Fontaine, Marianne Boesky gallery, New York
Never before a girl done so much with so little, curated by L. Fontaine, The Suburbans, Chicago, IL           
Lacune, curated by L. Lanteri, Archaeological Museum Eno Bellis, Oderzo, Italy

2011  
Partita a quattro una riflessione sulla scultura, curated by L. Pratesi, Gallery Lorcan O'Neill, Rome, Italy
Scultura lingua, curated by B. Meneghel, Marsellèria, Milan, Italy 
The Gentlemen of Verona: Experiments in Contemporary Art in Italy, Palazzao Forti, Verona, Italy

2010  
Impresa pittura, curated by R. Gavarro, Centro Internazionale per l’Arte Contemporanea, Gennazzano, Rome, Italy
Route tournante en sous –bois, Uploand Art Project, Trento, Italy

2009  
Unreachable is just close enough, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany
Snooze, curated by Marco Antonini, Scaramouche c/o Fruti and Flower Deli, New York
Prague Biennial 4, Expanded Painting, curated by Helena Kontova and Giancarlo Politi, Prague, Czech Republic

2008  
Il rimedio perfetto, curated by M. Tagliaferro, Gallery Riccardo Crespi, Milan, Italy
Interiors, Grusenmeyer Gallery, Deurle, Belgium 

2007    
IV International Painting Prize, Museo de Belles Artes de Castellón, Spain
Scuola di Pittura, curated by O.Berlanda e G. Montesano, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
Expanded Painting, Prague Biennial 3, curated by Helena Kontova and Giancarlo Politi, Prague, Czech Republic
Italia 1980-2007:Tendenze della ricerca contemporanea, Vietnam National Fine Art Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam
Re-Enacted painting, preview A.T. Kearney, curated by Milovan Farronato, Milan, Italy

2006  
La giovini Italia, curated by Renato Brilli, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna, Italy

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

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