ANTONIO RIELLO

Riello was born in 1958 in Marostica, Italy, and lives and works between Marostica and London.

He has a degree in Chemical Sciences from the University of Padua. In his works, Riello explores the reality of making inquiries about specific political and social problems: to highlight these issues his approach often combines objects from opposite worlds, mixing guns, tanks, and missiles to toys, gadgets, clothes, and so on. In 1997, he made his first piece of art in Italy, in the form of a video game, titled Italiani Brava Gente (where, sardonically, one wins by sinking the immigrants’ ships). The commonality of this artist’s creations is a manipulation of images and objects, together with the relationship between ironic invention and conceptual paradox.

Riello has exhibited his works in several Museums and Institutions including:

BIENAL DE CURITIBA, (Curitiba BR), BALTIC (Gateshead UK), NGBK (Berlin D), NEUHAUSEN KUNSTVEREIN (Neuhausen D) MART (Rovereto I), MUSEE D’ART SAINT ETIENNE (Saint Etienne F), KUNSTHALLE WIEN (Vienna A), FONDAZIONE ARNALDO POMODORO (Milano I), PAC (Milano I), PALAZZO DELLE PAPESSE (Siena I), NEUE GALERIE (Graz A), WOLFSBURG KUNSTVEREIN (Wolfsburg D), GALLERIA CIVICA ARTE CONTEMPORANEA (Palermo I), MUSEO PECCI (Prato I), FREIBURG KUNSTVEREIN (Freiburg D), KIEL KUNSTVEREIN (Kiel D), GALLERIA CIVICA ARTE CONTEMPORANEA (Trento I), BIENNALE ARTE TIRANA 2001 (Tirana AL), SYNOPALIA II (Synope TR), ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE (London UK), WIESBADEN KUNSTVEREIN (Wiesbaden D), MUSEO STORIA NATURALE (Milano I), XII and XV QUADRIENNALE D'ARTE (Roma I), BORUSIAN FOUNDATION (Istanbul TR), CHELSEA MUSEUM OF ART (New York USA), REMAP (Athens GR), ELGIZ MUSEUM (Istanbul TR), 54th and 57th BIENNALE DI VENEZIA ARTI VISIVE (Venezia I), GLOBEGALLERY (NewCastle/Tyne UK), 4 CANAKKALE BIENNALE (Canakkale TR), GALLERIA ARTE MODERNA (Torino I), BIENNALE ARTE RIJEKA (Rijeka HR), MUSEUM ART DESIGN (New York USA), MUDAC (Lausanne CH), MUSEO CIVICO BASSANO (Bassano I), OPENSPACEISTANBUL (London UK), ARIANA MUSEE' (Geneve CH), MUSEUM DER WELT (Berlin D), DORDRECHT MUSEUM (Dordrecht NL)

ANTONIO RIELLO

SOLO EXHIBITIONS  (selection)

2019

“SOLO RIELLO”, KANALIDARTE GALLERY, Brescia (I)

2018

“MUSEOMANIA #8”, Museo Civico Bassano, Bassano DG (I) (Cur C, Casarin)

2017

“NE’ CAPO NE’ CODA”, Galleria LABS, Bologna (I) (Cur M. Meneguzzo)

2016

“EX VOTO”, Museo Civico Bassano, Bassano  DG (I), (Cur C. Casarin)

2015

“LIBRICIDA”, Galleria Paolo Tonin, Torino (I)

2014

“INCENDIE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE”, Galerie Rossi, Geneva (CH) (cur Martina Cavallarin)

2013

“ANTONIO RIELLO”, Galerie Fuckner, Ludwisburg (D)

2012

“DIABOLUS IN VITRO”, Salon Vert Gallery, London (UK), cur James Putnam

2011

“ORIGINAL RIELLO”, Galleria M. Rizzo, Venezia (I) (cur Martina Cavallarin)

“ONLY THE GOOD/BAD” , Nuehaus Kunstevrein, Neuhaus (D) (cur. Susanne Jakob)

2010

“ORDINARY THINGS”, Potnia Thiron Gallery, Athens (GR) (cur. Alessandro Vincentelli)

“BE SQUARE! GAM”, Galleria Arte Moderna, Torino (I), (cur. Danilo Eccher)

2009

“ACRITER & FIDELITER”, Galleria Lipanje&Puntin, Roma (I) (cur. Jonathan Turner)

“BE SQUARE! BALTIC”, Gateshead (UK) (cur. Alessandro Vincentelli)

“ASHES TO ASHES”, GlobeGallery, Newcastle u/Tyne (UK) (cur. Rashida Davison)

“FESTIVAL FILOSOFIA MODENA”, Galleria BettaFrigieri, Modena (I) (cur. Luca Panaro)

2008

“ELEGANT WARFARE”, Galleria M. Rizzo, Treviso (I) (cur. Martina Cavallarin)

2007

“BE SQUARE!”, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (A) (cur. Gerald Matt)

“POLITICALLY INCORRECT”, Potnia Thiron Gallery, Athens (GR)

2006

“ANTONIO RIELLO”, Mogadishni Gallery, Copenhagen (DK)

2005

“AIRMART”, MART, Rovereto (I), (cur. Giorgio Verzotti)

“OPERE ROMANE”, Galleria DeCrescenzo&VIesti, Roma (I)

“RIELLO”, David Roberts Foundation, London (UK)

“FLAKTURM DOWN”, Kunsthalel Wien, Vienna (A) (cur. Jurgen Weisshauptl)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION _  MOSTRE COLLETTIVE

 2021

“GLASSTRESS HERMITAGE”, Hermitage State Museum, St Petersburg, (RU), (Cur Dimitri Ozerkov)

2020

“DRIVE-IN”, BelleArti Generali Ass, Brescia (I)

2019

“GLASSTRESS2019”,  Fondazione Berengo, Venezia (I)

2018

“VERTICALITY”, Rosenfeld Gallery, London (UK)

2017

“BIENNALE DI VENEZIA - MODUS”, Venezia (I), (Cur Martina Cavallarin)

2016

“CROSSING LINES”, Openspace London-Istanbul, London (UK) (Cur Huma Kabakci, Billur Tinsel)

“GLASS”, Dordrecht Museum, Dordrecht (NL) (cur Gerrit Willems)

“TOYS ARE US”, London Crypt, London (UK) (cur Kosha Hussain)

2015

“NO PLACE TO HIDE”, Galleria Civica Monfalcone, Monfalcone (I)

2014

“CHANAKKALE BIENNALE”, Istanbul and Chanakkale, (TR)(cur Beral Madra)

“THEY USED TO CALL IT THE MOON”, Baltic, Newcastle/Gateshead (UK)

2012

“SWEPT AWAY”, MAD, New York (USA) (cur. David McFadden)

2011

“GOODLUCK” , Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti, Roma (I)

“PERCORSIARTEITALIANA-VAF”, MART, Rovereto (I) (cur. Daniela Ferrari)

“IL BEL PAESE DELL’ARTE” , GAMEC, Bergamo (I) (cur. Giacinto Di Pietrantonio)

“54 BIENNALE DI VENEZIA” , GLASSTRESS2 (cur. B. Clearwater, L. Edelkoort, P. Noever, D. Paparoni) ITALIANS DO IT BETTERS (cur M. Bittanti, D. Quaranta) ROUNDTHECLOCK (cur. M. Cavallarin)

“DER TRAUM VOM FLIEGE”, Museum der Welt, Berlin (D)  (cur. Thomas Hauschild , Britta N. Heinrich)

“DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE”,  Galleria Lipanje&Puntin, Trieste (I)

“THE SEXUAL OBJECT”, Gallery Salon-Vert, London (UK) (cur.  Maria Nicolacopoulou)

2010

“SCULTURA ITALIANA XXI SEC”, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milano (I) (cur. Marco Meneguzzo)

“LONGITUDINI”, Galleria M. Rizzo, Venezia (I) (cur. Martina Cavallarin)

“CHEST PLAN”, GlobeGallery, Newcastle /Tyne (UK) (cur. Rashida Davison)

2009

“LIBERTA’ “, Fortezza, (I) (cur. Marion Piffer)

“REMAP”, Athens (GR) (cur. Maria Karas)

“PREMIO TERNA”, Chelsea Art Museum, New York (USA) (cur. Gianluca Marziani)

2008

“RESIDENCE PERMIT”, GlobeGaller, Newcastle/Tyne (UK)

“THE DAWN OF TOMORROW”, Elgiz Museum, Istanbul (TR) (cur. Vittorio Urbani)

“EXPERIMENTA”, Ministero Esteri Italiano, Roma (I)

“XV QUADRIENNALE”, Palazzo Esposizioni, Roma (I) (cur. Lorenzo Canova)

“ARMI”, Galleria DeCrescenzo&Viesti, Roma (I)

2007

“ITALIAN ART”, Hanoi Contemporary Museum, Hanoi (VIET) (cur. Lorenzo Canova)

“OPENING”, Poulsen Gallery, Copenhagen (DK)

“BIENNALE RIJEKA”, Rijeka Museum, Rijeka (HR) (cur. Vittorio Urbani)

“ON THE EDGE OF THE VISION”, Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta (INDIA) (cur. Lorenzo Canova)

2006

“BANGBANG”, Museè d’Art et Metieres, Saint-Etienne (F)

“SYNOPALIA”, Synope (TR) (cur. Vittorio Urbani)

“THIS BALL IS SQUARE!”, Galerie Deschler, Berlin (D)

“ERETICA”, Galleria Civica Arte Contemporanea Palermo, Palermo (I) (cur. Demetrio Paparoni)

“MEDITERRANEO”, Arsenale Navale Taranto, Taranto (I) (cur. Antonio Davossa)

“NEXT LEVEL”, Wolfsburg Kunstverein, Wolfsburg (D) (cur. Martin Wolf)

2005

“WORLD IS A SAFER PLACE”, GlobeGallery, NewCastle/tyne (UK), (cur. Francis Gomila)

“DRESSCODE”, Neuhausen Museum, Nehuhausen (D) (cur. Susanne Jakob)

“HANDLUNGS...”, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (A) (cur. Gerald Matt)

“IL CORPO ELETTRICO” Palazzo Chiarulli, Campobasso (I), (cur. Lorenzo Canova)

2004

“LEGAL/ILLEGAL”, NGKB, Berlin (D) (cur. Susanne Jakob)