Biography
ANDREA ROMANO
Born in 1984, lives and works in Milan
EDUCATION
2010 BA in Visual Arts, Brera Academy of Fine Art, Milan
SOLO SHOWS
2021
1789, Gaudel de Stampa, Paris
Anteo, Santolarosa, Oslo
Legato, curated by Matilde Galletti, in collaboration with Karussell and FAI-Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Palazzo Falconi, Fermo
2018
Alessandro Agudio & Andrea Romano + Francisco Goya, Octagon, Milan. (with Alessandro Agudio)
2017
Milka, curated by Rischa Paterlini, Collezione Giuseppe Iannaccone, Milan
Mario Airó-Andrea Romano, Galleria Vistamare, Pescara (with Mario Airò)
2015
Doorkijkje, Gaudel de Stampa, Paris
2013
Doorkijkje, Fluxia, Milan
Untitled, Gaudel de Stampa, Paris
2011
Claque & Shill, curated by Michele D’Aurizio, Gasconade, Milan
GROUP SHOWS
2022
Poesie bei Nacht, curated by Otto Bonnen. Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich
Premio Artisti Italiani, PART, Palazzi dell’Arte Rimini. Rimini
In Bianco, within Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale 2021, Italian Pavillon, curated by Carlo Zauli and Xiuzhong Zhang, Ceramic Art Avenue Art Museum, Jingdezhen
2021
45°28’01’N 9°11’24’E, CfAlive, Milan
Stone Age, curated by Aline Girard, Gaudel de Stampa, Paris
2020
The Give. On life and Death, curated by Stefano Raimondi, Palazzo della Ragione, Bergamo
Le Arti, 1964-2020. The Practice of Drawing, Vistamare Studio, Milan
Ghirigoro, curated by Francesco Tenaglia, Pio Pico, Los Angeles
2019
La terra piatta e la dimensione lirica di un luogo come se regredire fosse inventare, curated by Matt Paweski and Jacopo Mazzetti, Octagon, Milan
2018
Les Pratiques Solitaires, curated by Franceso Garutti and Vittorio Dapelo, The view, St’Ilario, Genova.
A Few of the Things you Left Behind, curated by Francesco Tenaglia, Edicola Radetzky, Milan.
2017
LIVE END DREAM NO, curated by Eva Fabbris, Galerie Steinek, Vienna
2016
EHI, VOI!, curated by Michele D’Aurizio, within ALTRI TEMI ALTRI MITI, 16A Quadriennale di Roma, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
The picture Club, within Across the Board, curated by Ilaria Gianni, Gianni Politi, Saverio Verini, American Academy in Rome, Rome
Imagine, curated by Domenico De Chirico, Brand New Gallery, Milan
2015
Ennesima, Una mostra di sette mostre sull’arte italiana, curated by Vincenzo de Bellis, La Triennale di Milano, Milano
Club of Matinee Idolz, Co2, Turin
Moroso Concept for Contemporary Art, Villa Manin, Passariano
Hairy plotter and the polygrapher’s tones, Toves, Copenhagen
2014
Pre post alphabet, Curated by Eva Fabbris and Gigiotto Del Vecchio, Fondazione Morra, Museo Nitsch, Naples
Contromicheael, within DER BLITZ, curated by Cripta 747. MAG, Galleria Civica G. Segantini, Arco
Italian Summer, Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Zuoz
2013
Rosa Titanica, curated by Michele D’Aurizio, Gasconade’s Guest, Rome
2012
Record, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice
Better than beter, Copenhagen Place, London
FW2013RTW (Kudos), curated by curated by Michele D’Aurizio, Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome
Les Associations Libres, project by Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art, within Retour à l‘intime, la collection Giuliana et Tommaso Setari, La maison rouge-Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris
Orlando, curated by Luca Francesconi, Fondazione Brodbeck, Catania
Sous les pavés, la plage, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Pose position, curated by Michele D’Aurizio, Galerie 1M3, Lausanne
Take the leap, Peep-Hole Annual Benefit, Peep-Hole, Milan
Io Tu Lui Lei, curated by Associazione E. Palazzetto Tito, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice
SPECIAL PROJECTS, WORSHOPS, RECIDENCIES
2020
Silenzio, Giorgio Galotti, Turin
2019
September Book, curated by Dallas, Fondazione ICA Milano, Milan
2018
Tesoro, Mega, Milan (Solo)
CLAQUE & SHILL, Limited edition for Flapper, SS2019 Collection
2017
Trigger Party, a project by Siliqoon, Marsèlleria, Milan
2016
IL MONTE GALALA, permanent public sculpture commissioned by Tatweer Mirs in collaboration with Fare-Frigoriferi Milanesi, Il Cairo/Sokhna (Solo)
Le Petit Jeu (On going), Università Bocconi di Milano (with Gasconade)
2015
Paramount Ranch, Los Angeles, CA
Sala d’aspetto, curated by Anna Musini and Elisa Penagini, Private Studio, Milan (with Elisa Sighicelli)
2014
CLAQUE & SHILL, The Blank. Zandobbio marble caves, Bergamo (Solo)
II STILE, project by Paolo Chiasera, Patrick Tuttofuoco’s studio, Berlin (with Dario D’Aronco)
Aida, Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza, Via Farini DOCVA, Milan
2012
Ramosissimo, curated by Giulia Brivio, Gaff, Milan
Bureau for Art Nerds, (with Anonima Nuotatori), Istituto Svizzero, Casa Morigi, Milan
White Columns -Cripta747, Art Editions, Artissima 19, Turin
A SPECIAL DAY, curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, in collaboration with: Comune di Venezia, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri- Dipartimento delle pari opportunità, Università Iuav di Venezia, Venice
2011
ARTISSIMA LIDO, project curated by Christian Frosi, Renato Leotta, Diego Perrone. Turin
Exploding Fluid Inevitable, curated by Guido Santandrea, Piscine Caimi, Milan
2010
Nuove, Vecchie Frontiere: gli Artist Run Space, curated by Milovan Farronato, PAC, Contemporary Art Pavilion, Milan (with Motel Lucie)
Armless Monkeys Suck Banana from the Bananos, Gum Studio, Carrara, (with Motel Lucie)
30 Minuti di Pausa da Motel, within De Arte Disputatio, curated By Milovan Farronato, MiArt, Fieramilanocity, Milan (with Motel Lucie)
Due Doppie, Motel Lucie, Milan (with Alessandro Agudio)
2009
Real Presence 09, curated by Dobrila Denegri and Biljana Tomic, NKA\ICA, Belgrade, Serbia
Grenz Labor/Border Lab, within (UN)DEFINED 09, Meran
MOTEL LUCIE, Artist run space, Milan
LECTURES, TALK, SEMINARS
2022
Poesie bei Nacht, curated by Otto Bonnen. Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich
2019
Dynamo Camp Art Factory, Dynamo Camp, Limestre
2016
Luca Cerizza Museology class, Visual Arts & Curatorial Studies, NABA, Milan
2015
Strange Teaching, curated by Rainer Ganhal, Armada, Milan
2012
IULM, Department of Law and Economics of Arts, Milan
CATALOGUES
PREMIO ARTISTI ITALIANI PART, Various contributors
NEL SEGNO DI APPIANI, text by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Nomos edizioni
LEGATO-ANDRE ROMANO, Gaudel de Stampa editions, text by Camilla Pietrabissa
POTSHERDS OF GAZES, artist book
REAL PRESENCE, texts by Dobrila Denegri, Biljana Tomic, Antonia Alampi, nKa/Ica
TESORO, Mega Issues
MILKA, ANDREA ROMANO, texts by Andrea Romano, Rischa Paterlini, Giuseppe Iannaccone, Mousse Publishing
ALTRI TEMPI ALTRI MITI, text by Michele D’Aurizio, 16a Quadriennale di Roma, Nero Publishing
ENNESIMA-AN EXHIBITION OF SEVEN EXHIBITIONS ON ITALIAN ART, texts by Vincenzo de Bellis, Francesco Garutti, Mousse Publishing
ANDREA ROMANO – POTSHERDS AND GAZES, text bt Davide Giannella, Rawraw Edition
ATTITUDE(S) AND CURRENT RESEARCH IN ITALY. T.A.X.Y., text by Michele D’Aurizio
MOROSO CONCEPT FOR CONTEMPORARY ART 2015, text by Alessandro Rabottini
DER BLITZ, MAG, Museo Alto Garda
LISTE 2014, Liste Art Fair
ARCO MADRID 2014, Ifem, Fiera de Madrid
ART IN MILAN FROM 2011, Self publishing by Gasconade for Les associations libres
LES ASSOCIATIONS LIBRES-Retour à l’intime, la collection Giuliana et Tommaso Setari, texts by Francesca Di Nardo, Chiara Parisi, Michele D’Aurizio. Fage éditions and La Maison Rouge
A SPECIAL DAY – IO TU LUI LEI, texts by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, Filipa Ramos, Angela Vettese, Pier Luigi Tazzi, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa
SOUS LES PAVES, LA PLAGE, Lecturis Publishing
ARTISSIMA LIDO, Carte Bianche Special Edition, Unicredit
REVIEWS
LETTER FROM THE CITY, ANDREA ROMANO, Flash Art Italia, #353, Summer 2021
MANNISKOR SOM SOKER EN IDENTITET KOMMER INTE HIT-ANDREA ROMANO, by Rita Nettelstad. Paletten #316-2019
THE VIEW, Arte e Critica N. 92, November/December 2018
ARTIST’S THINGS 12- ANDREA ROMANO, by Francesco Garutti, Icon Design, May 2017
TUTTA L’ARTE È CONTEMPORANEA, by Stefano Bucci, text by Alessandro Rabottini, La Lettura N. 268, Corriere Della Sera, January 2017
ANDREA ROMANO-CREARE UNA VISIONE, by Michele D’Aurizio, Flash Art Italia 325, February 2016
LA DIFFICILE ARTE DELLO SCOUTING, by Marilena Pirelli, text by Vincenzo De Bellis, Plus 24- Il Sole 24 Ore, N.687, November 2015
GASCONADE, Revs. N. 10, winter 2014-2015
ANDREA ROMANO-ALTERING CITYSCAPES, #Horst & Edeltraut, Issue 5. 2014
FUTURE GREATS, by Barbara Casavecchia, ArtReview, March 2014
IL GUSTO DEL FRUTTO PROIBITO, by Maria Chiara Valacchi, PlayBoy, January 2014
HINTERLAND CREATIVO, by Michele D’Aurizio. Abitare 537, January-February 2014
25 ARTISTS TO WATCH IN 2014, by Scott Indrisek, Modern Painters, December 2013
ANDREA ROMANO, by Francesco Tenaglia, Blow-Up, February 2012
ANDREA ROMANO, by Vincenzo Latronico, Frieze, January-February 2012
L’ARTE E LA STORIA DA INVENTARE, by Barbara Casavecchia, D/La Repubblica 733, March 2011 (with Motel Lucie)
CRONACA VERA DELL’ARTE, Cronaca Vera 1975. July 2010 (with Motel Lucie)
ARTIST’SPACES, by Milovan Farronato, No Mad Milan #01, Spring/Summer 2010 (with Motel Lucie)
INDIPENDENT CHOICES, by Alessio Ascari, Kaleidoscope, Issue 06, April-May 2010 (with Motel Lucie)
ONLINE
CfAlive, all (artistic) roads lead to Milan, by Riccardo Conti, Salone del Mobile, Milano
IL DONO, Sulla vita e la morte/Palazzo della Ragione, Bergamo, ATP Diary, February 17, 2021
IL GHIRIGORO, by Patrick J. Reed (Unpublished)
ANDREA ROMANO, INCONTRARSI AI MARGINI, by Gaia Badioni, The Walkman, December 2020
ANDREA ROMANO, POTSHERDS OF GAZES, by Stefano Pirovano, Conceptual Fine Arts, October 2020
BOOKS AND OTHERS /ICA, Milano/Short interview with Alberto Salvadori, ATP Diary, October 5, 2019
ARTE E MODA: FlAPPER + ANDREA ROMANO, Io Donna, March 4, 2019
MILANO ART WEEK/La notte degli ‘indipendenti’!, by Lisa Andreani, ATP Diary, April 12, 2018
I 12 GIOVANI ARTISTI ITALIANI DEL 2017, by Francesco Tenaglia, Esquire Italia
ARTISSIMA LIVE/Ilaria Bonacossa presenta Artissima 2017, ATP Diary, September 8, 2017
MARIO AIRÒ E ANDREA ROMANO, Segno
ANDREA ROMANO, by Michele D’Aurizio, Flash Art, February 20, 2017
ARE YOU ATTENDING MILAN’S ART WEEK? HERE ARE SOME LOCALS YOU MAY LIKE TO MEET, by Stefano Pirovano, Conceptual Fine Arts, March 2017
DOORKIJKJE-ANDREA ROMANO, Cura Magazine, January 2016
ACROSS THE BOARD: Parts of a Whole Ilaria Gianni racconta… ATP Diary, February 23, 2016
ANDREA ROMANO’ SEE-THROUGH DOORS AT GAUDEL DE STAMPA, by Stefano Pirovano, Conceptual Fine Arts, November 2015
MOROSO CONCEPT, Domus, February 24, 2015
ARMADA-MILAN, Strange Teaching, May 2015
RAWRAW Edizioni — Potsherds And Gazes / BOOK LAUNCH, by Marco Arrigoni, ATP Diary, April 10, 2015
MICHELE D’AURIZIO BY SAM KORMAN. BOMB, Artists in Conversation, November 13, 2014
STUDIO VISIT #05-ANDREA ROMANO, Cura Magazine
(ART) BASEL DIARY 2014, We Find Wildness, June 21, 2014
ROSA TITANICA, HAI I GIORNI CONTATI!, ATP Diary, January 14, 2014
ROSA TITANICA, Nero Magazine, November 30, 2013
SHORT INTERVIEW WITH ANDREA ROMANO, ATP Diary, October 28, 2013
LENTO VIOLENTO, by Michele D’Aurizio, Premio Testori (Unpublished)
SEE YOU NEXT SUMMER BYE BYE, ATP Diary, September 1, 2013
ANDREA ROMANO, DOORKIJKJE, Mousse Magazine, October 13, 2013
FW2013RTQ (KUDOS), by Marco Tagliafierro, Artforum, January 2013
RAMOSISSIMO DI ANDREA ROMANO, ATP Diary, December 21, 2012
ANDREA ROMANO, by Vincenzo Latronico, Frieze, January 1, 2012
ANDREA ROMANO, CLAQUE & SHILL, We Find Wildness, January 23, 2012
NÈ L’UNO NÈ L’ALTRO/ANDREA ROMANO/GASCONADE, ATP Diary, November 5, 2011