GIUSEPPE VENEZIANO
B. 1971
Italian
“My ambition is to recount contemporary stories but with a nod to the past and the history of art, this serves as a stimulation for new stories for me to tell and confront the present and past.”
Veneziano’s work deals with social themes such as religion, politics, and sex - three fundamental themes that allow him to tell the story of today’s society. Every civilization becomes represented by these three elements and in some way they define a period in time.
“In terms of technique, my vision in the representation of the image is very influenced by TV, so often I have seen the world and images in a flat way. In representing this world, which belongs to me because it comes a lot from my imagination, I use a technique that comics and illustrators don’t use, but that is more a chromatic landscape.
”During my childhood, I created fantastic worlds in my head populated with characters which in some way fed my fantasy world. Superheros from Comics and Marvel, Disney characters, and Japanese anime are those I am more sentimentally linked to.
Now is a really strategic time to buy artwork by Giuseppe. Coming off a string of critically acclaimed solo exhibitions in Germany and Dubai, Giuseppe will make his New York City in 2021. A critical darling, he is on the radar of major collectors in the U.S. and abroad, and his rigorous calendar of exhibitions will only continue to raise his profile and also his price point.
Museum Exhibitions
2021 Botticelli. His Time. Our Time. Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Mr. Quarantine, curated by di Ivan Quaroni, Fabbrica Eos Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2020 Giuseppe Veneziano Versus Raffaello Sanzio, Palazzo Bice Piacentini, Pinacoteca del Mare, San Benedetto del Tronto AP, Italy
2019 Fantasy, curated by Aurelio Pes, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Palazzo Riso, Palermo, Italy
2019 Storytelling, curated by curated by Ivan Quaroni, Palazzo Ducale, Massa, Italy
2019 Villains, curated by curated by Ivan Quaroni, Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza (LU), Italy
2019 Fake Reality, curated by di Valeri Lalov, Kronsbein Gallery, Monaco di Baviera, Germany
2019 Clito Ridens, curated by di Carlo Alberto Arzelà, Centro Polivalente San Carlo, Lajatico (PI), Italy
2018 Operette Immorali, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Futura Art Gallery, Pietrasanta (LU), Italy
2018 St-Art, Curated by Angelo Crespi, Centro Polivalente Mondadori, Milan, Italy
2017 Mash-Up, curated by di Valeri Lalov, Kronsbein Gallery, Monaco di Baviera, Germany
2017 Spin-Off, curated by Pier Giuseppe Moroni, 7,24x0,26 Gallery, Milan, Italy
2017 White Slave, curated by Gualtiero Vanelli, Art Curial, Palazzo Crespi, Milan, Italy
2014 Un artista contro, curated by Stefano Contini, Galleria d'arte Contini, Cortina d'Ampezzo (BL), Italy
2011 La surreale cronistoria del reale, curated by Luca Beatrice, Galleria Contini, Venice, Italy
2010 Equivoci, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Museo della Mafia, Salemi (TP), Italy
2010 Zeitgeist, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Palazzo Panichi, Pietrasanta (LU). Gestalt Gallery, Germany
2009 Italians do it better, curated by Luca Beatrice e Giampiero Mughini, Angel Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
2008 Pregiudizio Universale, curated by Luca Beatrice, Angel Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
2007 La Rivoluzione d’Agosto, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Galleria Studio D’Arte Fioretti, Bergamo, Italy
2007 Self Portrait, curated by di Ivan Quaroni, KGallery, Legnano (MI), Italy
2006 American Beauty, curated by Chiara Canali e Ivan Quaroni, Galleria Luciano Inga Pin, Milan, Italy
2004 In-visi, curated by Andrea G. Pinketts, Le Trottoir, Milan, Italy
Group Exhibitions
2020 Neue Stimmung, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Casati Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
2019 Winter Group Show, curated by Natalie Clifford, Space Gallery Soho, New York City, NY
2019 Leonardo 50.0, curated by Filippo Lotti, Chiesa di Santa Croce, Vinci (FI), Italy
2019 Vedo Nudo, curated by E. Mori, G. Berardinelli, S. Papetti, Palazzina Azzurra, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
2019 Il tesoro di Eros, curated by Daniela Arionte, Palazzo della Cultura, Catania, Italy
2019 Reality Show, curated by Simona Campus, EXEMA, Cagliari, Italy
2019 Looking For Monna Lisa, curated by Valerio Dehò, Castello Visconteo, Pavia
2017 Italian Newbrow-Apocalittica, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Labs Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2017 Vasi Comunicanti, curated by Angelo Monti e Roberto Borghi, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, Italy
2017 Amen, curated by Danilo Mendola, Ex Chiesa S. Giovanni Battista, Gela (CL), Italy
2017 Pop Vibrations, curated by Demetrio di Grado, Palazzo Ceramico, Caltagirone, (CL), Italy
2017 Mostra Galeotta, curated by Giancarlo Lacchin, Spazio BIG Santa Marta, Milan, Italy
2016 Street Scape 5, curated by Chiara Canali e Ivan Quaroni, Teatro Sociale, Como, Italy
2015 La pratica della pittura, curated by Ivan Quaroni e Chiara Canali, Castello Spadafora (ME), Italy
2015 Imago Mundi, curated by Luca Beatrice, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino, Italy
2015 Pop Re-Generation, curated by Mauro Tropeano, Pordenone, Italy
2015 Expo Arte Italiana, curated by i Vittorio Sgarbi, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Varedo (MB), Italy
2015 Tesoro d'Italia, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Padiglione Eataly, Expo Milan, Italy
2015 5 piazze 5 sensi, curated by Chiara Canali, Pizza Belvedere, Enna, Italy
2014 Artisti di Sicilia, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Museo ex Stabilimento Florio delle tonnare, Favignana (TP), Palermo, Catania, Italy
2014 Superheroes 2.0, curated by di Silvia Fabbri, Villa Bertelli, Forte dei Marmi (LU), Italy
2014 Greetings From Italy, curated by Farm Cultural Park, Favara (AG), Italy
2013 L'arte è un romanzo, curated by di Luca Beatrice, Museo Civico di Arte Contemporanea, Palazzo della Penna, Perugia, Italy
2013 Riflessi D'Italia, curated by Chiara Argentieri e Angela Memola, C.U.B.O., Bologna, Italy
2012 Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea Italia-Cina, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Villa Reale, Monza, Italy
2012 Italian Newbrow - Cattive compagnie, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Fortino Napoleonico, Forte dei Marmi (LU), Italy
2012 Rewind, curated by Luca Beatrice, Museo Internazionale della Musica, Bologna, Italy
2012 63°Premio Michetti, Popism, curated by Luca Beatrice, Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare (CH), Italy
2012 007, New Bond Street, curated by Rossella Farinotti, Galleria Federica Ghizzoni, Milan, Italy
2012 Dialoghi Contemporanei, Centro Culturale Polivalente, ex Chiesa dell'Annunziata, Gualtieri Sicaminò (ME), Italy
2012 Subterranean Modern, curated by Giacomo Spazio, La Carrozzeria, Milan, Italy
2012 Newbrow, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Pinacoteca Civica di Palazzo Volpi, Como, Italy
2012 Amici Miei, Spazio Cannatella, Palermo, Italy
2011 Padiglione Italia, 54ª Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte della Biennale di Venezia, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
2011 Tra il Sublime e L'idiota: l'umorismo nell'arte contemporanea italiana, Museo Internazionale dell'umorismo, Tolentino (MC), Italy
2011 Danno d'immagine, curated by Cecilia Freschini, Zajia Lab, Beijing, Pechino, Italy
2011 Italian Pop Surrealism, curated by Andrea Oppenheimer, Musei Capitolini, Centrale Montemartini, Rome, Italy
2011 Trinacria, Art Factory 01, Le ciminiere, Catania, Italy
2010 Italian Newbrow - b/side, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Galleria Area/B, Milan, Italy
2010 XXS curated by Emma Gravagnuolo, Gallery SuperStudioPiù, Milan, Italy
2010 Micropop & Nipposuggestioni, curated by Cristian Gancitano, Angel Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
2010 Misteri, curated by Ivan Quaroni, C.A.P.A. San Nazzaro (Benevento), Italy
2010 Marilyn Monroe - L’arte della Bellezza, curated by Carlo Occhipinti, Villa Ponti, Arona (NO), Italy
2010 Obraz 10, curated by Loris Di Falco, Galleria Obraz, Milan, Italy
2010 Anni ‘00, curated by A. Cruciani, Fiordalice Sette, Grace Zanotto, Galleria Famiglia Margini, Milan, Italy
2010 L’ombra della Luce, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Officine dell’iImagine, BAF, Bergamo, Italy
2009 SerrONE, Biennale Giovani 2009, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Serrone villa Reale, Monza (MI), Italy
2009 Undercover, curated by Mimmo Di Marzio, Wannabee Gallery, Milano – Galleria L’Archimede, Rome, Italy
2009 Italian NewBrow curated by Ivan Quaroni, Galleria Carini & Donatini, San Giovanni Valdarno (AR), Italy
2009 Spaghetti Pop Festival, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Galleria Studio d’Arte Fioretti, Bergamo, Italy
2008 Masters of Brera, curated by Rolando Bellini, Museo Nazionale Liu Hai Su Museum of Modern Art di Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2008 Beautiful Dreamers, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Angel Art Galley, Milan, Italy
2008 Rumors, curated by AA. VV., ex arsenale Borgo Dora, Italian Factory, Torino, Italy
2008 Trick or treat, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Galleria Spazioinmostra, Milan, Italy
2008 Artâthlos (XXIX Giochi Olimpici di Pechino), curated by AA.VV; Haidian Exhibition Center, Pechino, Italy
2008 Hiperorganic, curated by Jacqueline Ceresoli, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
2008 Allarmi 4, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Alessandro Trabucco, Alberto Zanchetta, Caserma De Cristoforis, Como, Italy
2008 Le fabbriche dell’arte, curated by Marco Cingolati, Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy
2008 Overview, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Ass. Arsprima, Valmadrera (LC), Italy
2008 Expo 40x40, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Galleria Studio D’arte Fioretti, Bergamo, Italy
2008 Neroazzurra, Galleria Mandelli Arte Contemporanea, Seregno (MI), Italy
Full CV available upon request