- Italo Zuffi

Italo Zuffi Imola, 1969. He lives in Milan. Visual artist, works with performance, sculpture and writing. He studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London. In 2001 he was awarded the Wheatley Bequest Fellowship in Fine Art (Sculpture) at the Institute of Art & Design, School of Art, Birmingham (UK). He teaches at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, and at the Free University of Bolzano, Faculty of Design & Arts. From 2011 to 2019 he was Visiting Lecturer in Performance at the Royal Academy of Art in L’Hague (NL). In 2013 he founded the collective “Pawel und Pavel” with Margherita Morgantin. Recent solo exhibitions: Fronte e retro, MAMbo – Museum of Modern Art of Bologna (2022); In forma di riepilogo, CLER, Milan (2019); postura, posa, differita, ar / ge kunst, Bolzano (2016); Potersi dire, MAN, Nuoro (2015); Quello che eri, e quello che sei, Nomas Foundation, Rome (2015); La penultima assenza del corpo, Pietro Rossini Foundation, Briosco (2012); Zuffi, Italo, Pinksummer, Genoa (2010). Recent group exhibitions: Performative 01, Contact (less). Maxxi L’Aquila (2021); 141 – Un secolo di disegno in Italia, by Maura Pozzati and Claudio Musso. Palazzo Paltroni, Bologna (2021); HEART. (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events). Center for Contemporary Art Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary, Trevi (2021); Non giudicare, edited by Viola Emaldi. Ancient Convent of San Francesco, Bagnacavallo (2020); Vincenzo Agnetti, Autoritratti RItratti – Scrivere, Enrico Castellani Piero Manzoni Italo Zuffi, curated by Giovanni Iovane. Building gallery, Milan (2019); BienNolo. Former Cova factory, Milan (2019); HOSPITALITY, curated by Marie de Brugerolle. Non-objectif sud, La Barralière, Tulette (FR) (2018); Deposito d’arte italiana presente, curated by Ilaria Bonacossa and Vittoria Martini. Artissima, Turin (2017); Roberto Daolio. Roberto Daolio. Vita e incontri di un critico d’arte attraverso le opere di una collezione non intenzionale, curated by Uliana Zanetti. MAMbo – Museum of Modern Art of Bologna (2017); 16th Quadriennale di Roma (section curated by Michele D’Aurizio). Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (2016); Toute première fois, curated by Francesca Napoli and Armelle Leturcq. 22 Visconti, Paris (2016); Ricettivo nouveau. Garage Carcani, Rome (2016); THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME. River landing, Lungotevere San Paolo, Rome (2016); ontemporary, festival di musica e arte d’avanguardia, curated by Maurizio Coccia and Roberto Follesa. Various locations, Donori (2016); Fuori Uso, curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio. Former Court, Pescara (2016); Riviera, curated by Caterina Riva. Swiss Institute of Milan (2016); Performance: everywhere, curated by Frida Carazzato. Cristallo Theater, Bolzano (2016);  Ipercorpo 2016 – Cosa rimane (section by Davide Ferri). Ex Centrale Avicola Amadori, Forlì (2016); ALT, edited by Cripta 747. Barracks De Sonnaz, Turin (2015).