Piero GOLIA

 

 

Né en 1974 à Naples / Born 1974 in Naples

Vit et travaille à Los Angeles / Lives and works in Los Angeles

 

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

 

2009     Loser, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona

Ruins, Regrets and Visible Efffects, Piero Golia & Fabian Marti, Swiss Institute, Rome

Oh My God, That's So Awesome!, Bortolami, New York

 

2008     Knives, Galleria Fonti, Naples

Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, Los Angeles

 

2007     Postcards from the Edge, Cosmic Galerie, Paris

Piero Golia, Bortolami, New York

           

2006     Art Position, The Mountain School of Art at Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami

 

2005     Piero Golia, Galleria Fonti, Naples

February 2005, Christina Wilson Gallery, Copenhagen

Let's the Devils Do Their Job, Perry Rubinstein Gallery, New York

 

2004     The King is Dead, Cosmic Galerie, Paris (avec / with Christian Jankowski and Gianni Motti)

Killer Shrimps, 61 mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica di Venezia, Venice

 

2003     Art Statement, Miami Basel Art Fair, Miami with Cosmic Gallery

May Be Not Even a Nation of Millions, Cosmic Galerie, Paris (avec / with Marcello Simeone and Marco Boggio Sella)

 

2002     Faccio sul serio, Studio Massimo De Carlo, Milan

Again, Maze Gallery, Turin

Ecart, Basel Art Fair, Bâle, organisée par / curated by John Armleder and Silvye Fleury (with Laurent Pache)

La folie de la Villa Médicis, Villa Médicis, Académie de France à Rome (avec / with Marco Boggio Sella)

 

2001     Tattoo, I-20 Gallery, New York

Voi non sapete chi mi credo di essere, Viafarini, Milan

 

2000     Le mucche per Morra, Studio Morra, Naples

...Forever..., Maze Gallery, Turin

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

 

 

2013     Vice versa, Italian Pavillon at the 55th Venice Biennale, with Fabio Mauri e Francesco Arena, Luigi Ghirri e Luca Vitone,            Marcello Maloberti e Flavio Favelli, Gianfranco Baruchello ed Elisabetta Benassi, Francesca Grilli e Massimo Bartolini, Piero Golia e Sislej Xhafa, Giulio Paolini e Marco Tirelli, organize par / curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi

2010   Things That Only Artists Can Do, MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo; MEIA, Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz

 

2009     Italian Open, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, organise par / curtaed by Art at Work

Walden to Vegas, Fondation nationale des arts graphiques et plastiques, Nogent-sur-Marne, organisée par / curated by A Constructed World, Etienne Bernard, Antoine Marchand

 

2008     Neon, Nomas Foundation, Rome, organisée par / curated by Achille Bonito Oliva

Biennial of Young Artists, Bucharest, organisée par / curated by Ami Barak

            2008 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Arts, organisée par / curated by Lauri Firstenberg

            Busan Biennale, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, organisée par/ curated by Nancy Barton, Michael Cohen Florence Derieux and Tom Morton

            Retrospective, Gagosian Gallery, New York

Lucky Number 7, Seventh International Biennale, Site Santa Fé, organisée par / curated by Lance Fung

 

2007     Lara Favaretto, Francesco Gennari, Piero Golia, Massimo Grimaldi, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienne

Uncertain States of America, American Art in the 3^rd Millenium, touring exhibition Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague; Le Musée de Sérignan, Sérignan; CCA Warsaw, Warsaw; Herning Art Museum, Herning, organisée par / curated by curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran, Daniel Birnbaum, Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Looking Up, Mario Sequeira Gallery, Braga

Dialogues méditerranéens, la Citadelle, Saint-Tropez, organisée par / curated by Susanne van Hagen

Substance & Surface, Bortolami, New York

Où? Scènes du Sud : Espagne, Italie, Portugal, le Carré d'art, Musée d'art contemporain, Nîmes, organisée par / curated by Françoise Cohen

Space Oddity, Cosmic Galerie, Paris

Vesuvius, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, organisée par / curated by Gigiotto Del  vecchio

Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, organisée par / curated by Joseph Backstein, Daniel Birnbaum, Iara Boubnova, Nicolas Bourriaud, Fulya Erdemci, ,Gunnar B. Kvaran, Rosa Martinez, Hans-Ulrich Obrist

 

2006     Fuori Uso, Pescara, organisée par / curated by Nicolas Bourriaud and Paolo Falcone

Gold Standards, P.S.1, New York, organisée par / curated by Anthony Huberman and Paul Pfeiffer

When Fathers Fail, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, organisée par / curated by Guillaume Rouchon

Grey Flags, Sculpture Center, Long Island City; CAPC Bordeaux, organise par / curated cy Anthony Huberman et Paul Pfeiffer

Uncertain States of America, American Art in the 3^rd Millenium, ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris; Reykiavik Art Museum, Serpentine Gallery, Londres, Bard College, New York, organisée par / curated by curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran, Daniel Birnbaum, Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Vesuvius, 798 Space, Pekin, organisée par / curated by Gigiotto Del Vecchio

People, Volti, corpi e segni contemporaneid ella collezione di Ernesto Esposito, Museo Madre, Naples, organisée par / curated by Eduardo Cicelyn and Mario Codognato

Survivor, Bortolami Dayan, New York, organisée par / curated by David Rimanelli

 

2005     Performa Biennale 2, 24h Incidental, Swiss Institue, New York, organisée par / curated by Jordan

Wolfson

Napoli Presente, Posizioni e prospettive dell'arte contemporanea, PAN, Palazzo delle Arti, Napoli,

organisé par / curated by Lorand Hegyi

Uncertain States of America, American Art in the 3^rd Millenium, Astrup Fearnly Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran, Daniel Birnbaum, Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Arte all'Arte X, Colle di Val d'Elsa, Siena, organisée par / curated by Galleria Continua, San Giminiano

E-Flux Video Rental, Portikus, Frankfurt

Closing Down, Bortolami - Dayan, New York

ID Troubles – US Visit, NURTUREart INC, New York, organisée par / curated by Heike Munder and B. Steinbrugger

 

2004     I nuovi mostri, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan, organisée par / curated by Massimiliano Gioni

Narcissus: New Vision of Self Representation, CRAC Alsace, Altkirsch

 

2003     Assenze Presenze, une nouvelle génération d'artistes italiens, Le Botanique, Centre Culturelle de la Communauté Française Wallonie-Bruxelles, Brussels

Cosi va il Mondo, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, organisée par / curated by Charloltte Laubard

Biennale de Prague, Prague, organisée par / curated by Giancarlo Politi

Sukun, Museum Folkwang, Essen, organisée par / curated by N. Sonmez

Sub Real: Reality Survival Strategies, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, organisée par / curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi

 

2002     Napoli Anno Zero, Qui e Ora, Castel Sant'Elmo, Naples, organisée par / curated by Giancarlo Maraniello

Radical and Critical, Fondazione Olivetti, Rome, organisée par / curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi

La Folie de la Villa Médicis, Villa Médicis, Académie de France à Rome, organisée par / curated by Chiara Parisi

There is a Light Which Never Goes Out, Villa Galvani, Pordenone, organisée par / curated by Sonia Rosso

 

2001     I Tirana Biennial, National Gallery, Tirana, organisée par / curated by Giancarlo Politi

Cosa Arcana e stupenda, Sermoneta, organisée par / curated by Andrea Bellini

Schizzi, macchie e pensieri, Studio Massimo De Carlo, Milan, organisée par / curated by Paola Clerico

Invasione Italiana, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Siracusa, organisée par / curated by S. Lacagnina

Lovers, Terminal, Bologna, organisée par / curated by E. Bordighelli & D. Lotta

Play, Open Space, Milan, organisée par / curated by Gigiotto Del Vecchio

 

2000     Castelli in aria, Museo di Castel Sant' Elmo, Naples, organisée par / curated by Angela Tecce

 

 

Lectures:

 

2005     The Vanishing, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen

 

2004     Something About Charlie, MOCA, Los Angeles

           

2003     1987, Accademia di Brera, Milan

 

2002     La differenza tra artefice e creatore nel pensiero aristotelico, Università Bocconi, Milan

 

 

Awards:

 

 

2000     Winner IV Ed. Premio “Torino Incontra... l'Arte”

Selected Premio Furla

 

1999     Malka Lubelski Foundation Studio Program

 

 

Selected Bibliography:

 

2006     BELLINI Andrea, "New York Tales: Chain Reactions", in Flash Art n° 246, January, 2006

           

2005     BOENZI Francesca, "Piero Golia", in Flash Art International n°245, November – December 2005

BOENZI Francesca, "Piero Golia", in Flash Art Italia n°254, October – November 2005

BELLINI Andrea, "New York Tales", in Flash Art n° 241, March - April, 2005

RIFBJEG Synne, "Brudstykker", in Weekendavisen, February 11 – 17, 2005

ROSS Trine, "Han er en lille sten i USA", in Politiken, February 11, 2005

DANNAT Adrian, "Indelibly Yours", in The Art Newspaper n°155, February 2005

 

2003     LAVRADOR Judicaël, “Un home, un vrai”, in Les Inrockuptibles, n°393, 11 – 17 juin 2003

“Piero Golia : Forza Napoli”, in Technikart, n°73, juin 2003

CASAVECCHIA Barbara, “You Don't Know Who I Think I Am”, in Texfield Magazine, vol.1, n°1, Winter 2003

LAUBARD Charlotte, “One Man Show”, in Zérodeux, n°24, January - February - March 2003

BELLINI Andrea, “Thrills and Laughters”, in Flash Art, February - March 2003

CURTO Guido, “Piero Golia”, in Flash Art Italia, February - March 2003

 

2002     Séduire / Seduce, Coromandel Design, Paris, 2002

BELLINI Andrea, “Golia e la goliardia”, in Il Giornale dell'Arte, October 2002

LEONI Chiara, “La giovane scultura italiana”, in Flash Art, September 2002

“Self Portrait”, in Tema Celeste, n°93, September - October 2002

ELLIS Patricia, in LAB Magazine, September 2002

The Book by Piero Golia, Fine Art Unternehmen Books, Zug / Marinotti Edizioni, Milan, 2002. Texts by HUNT

David ; BELLINI Andrea ; ELLIS Patricia ; POLITI Gea ; GOLIA Piero ; BERGMANN Paolo ; PASINI Francesca ; CASAVECCHIA Barbara

BELLINI Andrea, "Piero Golia: A Parody of Reality", in Sculpture Magazine, April 2002

WILLIAMS Eliza, “Piero Golia”, in Zoo Magazine, First Issue, 2002

2001     BONACOSSA Ilaria, “Review”, in Flash Art, n°230, October - November 2001

CURTO Guido, “Ouverture: Piero Golia”, in catalogue de l'exposition Play, Open Space, Milan, 2001

HUNT David, “Piero Golia”, in Tema Celeste, n°87, September - October 2001

TONELLI Massimiliano, “Piero Golia: Retrospettiva”, at www.exibart.com, 6 November 2001 

BELLINI Andrea, in Cosa arcana e stupenda, Skira

ELETTRICO Maurizio, “A Weird Celebration... Piero Golia”, in NY Arts, vol.5, n°9, January 2001

CAROLI Ela, “Golia, un campo di calcio a New York”, in Corriere della Sera/Corriere del Mezzogiorno, 10 April 2001

ECHAURREN P., “Il suicidio dell'arte'”, in Arte Applicata, Editori Riuniti

BARTORELLI Guido, “In Mostra: Lovers”, in Flash Art, n°227, April  - May 2001

2000     CURTO Guido, “Luoghi dell'Arte”, in La Stampa, November 2000

VENTRIGLIA Ilaria, “Scoring a Goal with Piero Golia”, at www.gabrius.com, 14 December 2000

CURTO Guido,“Anagrafe, il benvenuto del grande torino”, in La Stampa, 10 October 2000

GAMBARI Olga, “Il barone rampante”, in La Repubblica, 5 October 2000

BERNABÒ SILORATA Donatella, “Review”, in Segno, n°275, September - October 2000

BERNABÒ SILORATA Donatella, in Flash Art, n°222, June - July 2000

ROMEO F., “Review”, in Flash Art, n°221, April - May 2000
CURTO Guido, “Ouverture”, in Flash Art, n°225, December 1999 - January 2000

CLAUSEN E., “Ein Luftschloss für die Avantgarde”, in Der Kunst, 26 - 27 May 2000
FANELLI F., “Vernissage”, in Il giornale dell'Arte, n°5, May 2000

BERNABÒ SILORATA Donatella, “Art in Naples at the End of the Century”, in NY Arts, vol.5, n°7
MORGAN Robert, “Notes on Na.To.”, in NY Arts, vol.5, n°4

BERNABÒ SILORATA Donatella, in Segno, June - July 2000

FANELLI Franco, “Vernissage”, in Il Giornale dell'Arte n°5, May 2000

“The Photo of the Month”, in NY Arts, vol.4, n°11

AGRO Ombretta, “Piero Golia”, in Ny Arts, vol.4, n°3
BARTORELLI G., “In mostra: Lovers”, in Flash Art, n°227, April - May 2000

AGRO Ombretta, “Emerging Artists”, in Art Tribune, vol.1, n°3, March - April 2000

PINDEMONTE A., “Off Off... Piero Golia”, in Corriere del Mezzogiorno (Corriere della Sera), 15 September 2000