Riccardo Benassi
b. 1982
lives between Cremona, Italy and Berlin, Germany
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
“Dancefloorensick” (performance), Palazzo Grassi / Punta della Dogana, Venice, IT
“Morestalgia”, Fondazione ICA, curated by Alberto Salvadori, Milan, IT
2022
“So will your voice vibrate”, GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, IT
2020
“Morestalgia”, Live Arts Week, curated by Xing, Bologna, IT
“Morestalgia”, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe, DE
2019
“Morestalgia”, IIC– Italian Cultural Institute, curated by Laura Napolitano Melbourne, AUS
“Morestalgia”, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, curated by Andrea Bellini, Genève CH
“Daily Desiderio Domestico”, Fondazione ICA, curated by Alberto Salvadori, Milan, IT
2018
“Daily Desiderio”, ArtLine – City Life, curated by Roberto Pinto, Milan, IT
2016
“Sleep’n’Spleen”, curated by Christoph Tannert, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
“Phonemenology — European Gangsta Rap”, curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio, IIC – Italian Cultural Institute, Paris, FR
2015
“Techno Casa Plus with Cristina Rizzo”, curated by Frida Carazzato, Museion, Bozen IT
“Techno Casa” (screening + book launch), VW Veneklasen/Werner, Berlin, DE
2014
“Sicilia Bambaataa”, text by Laura Barreca, Museo Civico di Castelbuono, Castelbuono IT
2013
“Techno Casa”, text by Andrea Lissoni, Marsèlleria, Milan, IT
‘Techno Casa” (screening), curated by Alberto Salvadori, Museo Marino Marini, Florence, IT
“Every Casa is Techno Casa” (online project), curated by 63rd77thSTEPS.com
“Techno Casa”, curated by Maria Luisa Pacelli, Gallerie d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Ferrara, Ferrara, IT
“Techno Casa”, curated by Xing c/o Live Arts Week @ MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, IT
2011
“Standard Sentimento”, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbertide, IT
“Appunti per corridoi che si fingono ascensori”, Segue – Festival Italiano dello Spettacolo Contemporaneo F.I.S.Co. 11, curated by Xing, Bologna, IT
“Attimi Fondamentali”, curated by Alberto Salvadori, Museo Marino Marini, Florence, IT
(Riccardo Benassi with Piero Frassinelli / Superstudio)
2010
“1982”, a cura di Marcello Smarrelli, MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di
Roma, Rome, IT
2009
“Autostrada Verticale”, in collaboration with Superstudio, Ingo Niermann – The Great Pyramid, curated by Andrea Lissoni, – PAC, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea di Ferrara, IT
2006
“Endless Denial of Service”, texts by Fabiola Naldi, Anna Bianca Krause, Galerie Davide Gallo, Berlin, DE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
“Alfabeto Bianco”, curated by Paolo Zani, Montasio Contemporary, Piacenza, IT
“THE LYING BODY: ONLY THE FUTURES REVISIT THE PAST”, curated by Emanuele Guidi, Ar/ge Kunst, Bozen, IT
“Una Boccata d’Arte”, curated by Threes Productions, Pesariis, IT
“Dancefloorensick” (performance), curated by Ilaria Mancia, Mattatoio, Rome, IT
“Retrofuturo”, curated by Luca Lopinto, MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di
Roma, Rome, IT
“Dancefloorensick” (online), curated by DIS, www.dis.art
“OutPut”, curated by Davide Giannella, Piazza Sempione, Milan, IT
2021
“Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement 2021”, curated by Andrea Bellini and DIS, MoCA Taipei, TW
“Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement 2021”, curated by Andrea Bellini and DIS, Genève, CH
“TECHNO”, curated by Bart van der Heide, Museion, Bozen, IT
“Fragilità”, curated by Alberto Salvadori, Luigi Fassi e Lim Wei Ling, a phygital exhibition project produced by particle in collaboration with Fondazione ICA, Milan, IT (online)
“Cosmo Digitale”, curated by Carolyn Christof Bakargiev, Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, IT (online)
2020
“Ultradim”, curated by Davide Giannella, Triennale di Milano, Milan, IT (online)
“Santarcangelo dei Teatri Festival”, curated by Motus, Santarcangelo di Romagna, IT (online)
“5étage”, curated by Andrea Bellini, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Genève, CH
2019
“La Plage”, ZERO…, Milan, IT
“IMPAKT Festival”, curated by Marloes de Valk, Utrecht, NL
“Panorama. Approdi e derive del paesaggio in Italia”, curated by Claudio Musso, Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna, Bologna, IT
2018
“Espaces Liquides”, curated by Elena Cardin, Parc Saint Léger Centre d’Art Contemporain, Guérigny, FR
“That’s IT! On the newest generation of artists in Italy and one meter eighty from the border”, curated by Lorenzo Balbi, MAMbo, Bologna, IT
“Phonemenology work-in-progress”, text by Andrea Lissoni, screening on Vdrome.org
“Marsèlleria New York screenings”, Marsèlleria, New York, USA
2017
“Hybrid Layers”, curated by G. Bini, S. Keyif, D. Mille, P. Ziegler, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
“Weiter so (Keep it coming!)”, curated by Christoph Tannert, Kunstraum Potsdam, Berlin, DE
“3HD Festival”, curated by Creamcake, different locations, Berlin, DE
2016
“Filter”, curated by Davide Giannella, Milano Design Film Festival, IT
“Between Art and Fashion”, curated by Stefania Ricci, Museo Salvatore Ferragamo, Florence, IT
2015
“HPSCHD”, curated by Xing, MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, IT
“Glitch”, curated by Davide Giannella, OCAT, Shanghai, CN
“La Scrittura degli Echi”, curated by NERO, MAXXI – Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome, IT
2014
“Codalunga in Rome”, curated by Nico Vascelalri, Aula Bunker del Foro Italico, Rome, IT
“Glitch”, curated by Davide Giannella, PAC Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT
“Dreams That Money Can’t Buy”, curated by CURA, MAXXI – Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome, IT
“Factional Tales” (screening), curated by Martina Angelotti, Videoex, Zurich, CH
2013
“Left eye Right eye”, curated by R.Hèrnandez, A.Navas and R.Ponce de Lèon, V8, Karlsruhe, DE
“Süden” (with Kinkaleri), curated by Angelika Stepken, Deutsch Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin, DE
“BRIEFLY, BALLARE”, curated by M.Liosi and A.Saviotti, Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, NL
“Chinese Whispers”, curated by Costanza Paissan, CURA.BASEMENT, Rome, IT
“Common Space of the Future”, curated by M.Liosi, A.Saviotti, This is Not A Gateway Festival, London, UK
2012
“OLYVETTY @ Open”, Triennale di Milano, Milan, IT
“ITaliens”, curated by Alessandra Pace, Marina Sorbello, Autostad, Wolfsburg, DE
“Forte Piano: l’arte invisibile”, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, IT
2011
“Premio Cairo”, selected by Anna Mattirolo, Museo della Permanente, Milan, IT
“If you want this story to continue…”, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Prague Biennale, Prague, CZ
“Arte Italiana in Ascolto”, curated by Anna Cestelli Guidi, NCCA, Moscow, RU
“Emerging Talents”, selecta da Andrea Bruciati, CCCS, Florence, IT
2010
“Disegnare Spazi”, curated by Walter Guadagnini, Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow, RU
“ITaliens | junge Kunst in der Botschaft”, curated di Alessandra Pace and Marina Sorbello, Berlin, DE
“25th Nadezda Petrovic Memorial – I Am what I Am”, selected by Maja Ciric, Cacak, SR
“Camere XI, Elusive”, a cura di Jimmie Durham, Radio Arte Mobile, Rome IT
2009
“Sensibili Energie”, curated by Alberto Salvadori, G.C.A.M. Arezzo, IT
“The Jerusalem Sindrome / Sound Project”, curated by Federica Bueti, Al-Ma’mal Foundation, Jerusalem, ISR
“10ms Perspective on Microsound”, curated by Daniel Neumann, Diapason Gallery, New York USA
“The Invisible Generation”, curated by Per Hütter / Daniele Balit, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne, AU
“Madre Coraggio”, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Ravello Festival, Ravello, IT
“BTAT_Crossing”, curated by Arlette Maliè, Espace Croix Baragnon, Mairie de Toulouse, FR
“Phonoramatico”, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin, DE
2008
“Focus on Contemporary Italian Art”, a cura di Gianfranco Maraniello, MAMbo, Bologna, IT
“On.Luci Accese di Notte”, curated by Martina Angelotti, concept Zimmerfrei, public places, Bologna, IT
“Lo spazio debole”, curated by Giannella Demuro / Antonello Fresu, PAV – Time in Jazz, Berchidda, IT
“Manual CC – Instructions for Beginners and Players”, curated by Marianna Dobkowska, Uqbar e.V., Berlin, DE
“Memory pilfers Space”, Ausland, Berlin, DE
“Time Code” curated by Fabiola Naldi / Alessandra Pioselli, MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, IT
“Wall at KunstVlaai 2008”, curated by Petersburg Project Space, Westergasfbriek, Amsterdam, NL
“Digital Media Festival”, curated by Toni Calderón, La Sala Naranja, Valencia, ES
“Netmage08”, curated by Xing, Palazzo d’Accursio, Bologna, IT
2006
“M.M.M.- milano.melbourne.milano. FRAME. a selection of Italian artists”, curated by C. Agnello, R. Tenconi, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, AU
“Wireless”, a cura di F. Naldi, N. Stolz, Spazio per l’arte contemporanea La Rada in collaboration with 59° International Film Festival Locarno, Locarno, CH
2005
“Tracce di un seminario”, curated by G. Di Pietrantonio, R. Pinto, CareOf / Viafarini, Milan, IT
2004
“Surely we will be confused”, X Corso Superiore di Arte Visiva della Fondazione Antonio Ratti, curated by G. Di Pietrantonio, R. Pinto, A. Daneri, ex-Ticosa, Como, IT
“Premio Dams”, curated by Renato Barilli, Villa delle Rose, in collaboration with Galleria Arte Moderna, Bologna, IT
FELLOWSHIPS / PRIZES / RESIDENCES
2019
Recipient of the Italian Council Prize (fifth edition), issued by Direzione Generale Arte e Architettura con- temporanee e Periferie urbane, MiBAC, IT
2016
Awarded of one month residency at IIC Paris – Italian Cultural Institute, curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio, Paris, FR
2016
Winner of Public Art call for entries ArtLine, Milan, curated by Roberto Pinto, Milan, IT
2015
Awarded of one year residency at Künstlerhaus Bethaniene, issued by Artisti Per Frescobaldi, Berlin, DE
2013
nomination: Premio MAXXI, nominated by Andrea Lissoni, Rome, IT
nomination: Lo schermo dell’Arte Film Festival, nominated by Filipa Ramos), Florence, IT
2012
Castello Malaspina di Fodinovo, curated by Alberto Salvadori, Fosdinovo, IT
2011
Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbertide, IT
2009
Fondazione Pastificio Cerere / Premio 6Artista, Rome, IT
