BIOGRAPHY
Stefano Cagol (Trento, 1969) studied at the Brera Academy in Milan and Ryerson University in Toronto with a post-doctoral fellowship from the Government of Canada. Recipient of the Italian Council (2019) of the Italian Ministry of Culture and awards such as the Visit of E.on Stiftung and the Terna for Contemporary Art, he works in the fields of Conceptual Art, Environmental Art, Eco-Art and Land Art, reflecting for years on borders, viruses, flags and climate issues. He participated in biennials such as the 55th Venice Biennale, Manifesta 11, 14th Curitiba Biennale, 2nd OFF Cairo Biennale, 1st Xinjiang Biennale, Barents Art Triennale 2013 and 1st Singapore Biennale. He did solo exhibitions at museums such as the CCA Center for Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv (2021), MA*GA in Gallarate (2019), Galleria Civica di Trento/Mart (2016), ZKM Karlsruhe (2012) and Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (2000).
In 2022, realizes a performance in the exhibition "Macht! Licht!" at the Wolfsburg Museum (Germany), participates in the pavilion of Perak state of Malaysia as a collateral event at the Venice Biennale, in “The State-of-the-art Science” series by IBSA Foundation in collaboration with MASI museum in Lugano (Switzerland), in Bergen (Norway) does a residency at BEK and a solo video screening at Kunsthall 3.14, and the Gallery of Modern Art of Verona devotes to him the Primaparete solo exhibition through September 30th. He have initated and curates the project "We are the Flood. Liquid platform on the climate crisis, anthropocenic interactions and ecological transition” of MUSE Science Museum in Trento (Italy).
2022 Archeology of the Anthropocene. Far before and after us, C+N Gallery CANEPANERI, Milano, IT
Stefano Cagol: Il Crepaccio Instagram Show, curated by Caroline Corbetta, @ilcrepaccio, 11-15.04.2022
Sponsored by Volkswagen Art4All. Nell’ambito della mostra "Macht! Licht!", 30.03.2022 - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (Germania), Catalogo Walther König
2021 “The Diviner”, Primaparete, GAM-Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Verona, 11.12.2021 – 30.09.2022
2019 La Forma del Vento, Ossana, Castello di San Michele, 28.06-15.09.2019
Hyperobject. Visions btw borders, energy and ecology, curated by Alessandro Castiglioni, Gallarate, MA*GA, 23.03-15.09.2019
2017 The body of energy (of the mind), Villa Adria, Adria, Italia
THE CONSEQUENCES OF VACUA - C+N Gallery CANEPANERI, Milano, IT
2016 697 madri, Antica Chiesa di San Barnaba, Bondo, IT
Stefano Cagol, Works 1995/2015, Mart, Galleria Civica, Trento, IT
2015 The Body of Energy (of the mind), CLB Berlin Collaboratorium, Berlino, DE
2014 The Body of Energy (of the mind), project room, Museo MA*GA, Gallarate, IT
2012 Sensor: Stefano Cagol, ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, DE
Fight or Flight, L’Ozio, Amsterdam, NT
2011 CONCILIO, Collateral Event at 54th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, Chiesa di San Gallo, Venezia, IT
Stockholm Syndrome (always with you), Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, USA
2010 Salon: Stefano Cagol, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA
Undergo Alarms, Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, IT
2008 Guinea Pig, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York City, USA
2007 Flu ID, NADiff – New Art Diffusion, Tokyo, JP
2005 Babylon Zoo, Oredaria Arti Contemporanee, Roma, IT
Atomicwerk, Forte Strino, Vermiglio, IT
LiesPlatform, Londra, UK
2004 Irrational Embrace, project room: video windows, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, USA
2000 Contemporanea, Stefano Cagol MART – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Trento, IT
Spider and Empire, Galleria Estro, Padova, IT
1999 The Cat’s moon, Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, IT
1998 Entropia, Ryerson Gallery, Toronto, Canada, CN
1996 Disintegrazione, Galerie der Berchtold Villa, Salisburgo, AU
Fattore Artificiale, Dirbtinis Faktorius, Arka Galerija, Vilnius, LT
1995 Sex-Net-Mort Nuclèaire, Künstlerhaus, Salisburgo, AU
GROUP SHOW
2023 Sulla Materia e l’Energia, Duo Show, Hannah Rowan & Stefano Cagol, A Pick Gallery, Italy, To
2019 14th Curitiba Biennial of Contemporary Art, Curitiba, Museum Oscar Niemeyer, 21.09.2019-01.03.2020
Incursioni d’arte nella civiltà, Camogli, Fondazione Remotti, 12-22-09-2019
Water(proof), Berlin, Momentum, Kunstquartier Bethanien, 10.08-15.09.2019
Writing the history of the future, Karlsruhe, ZKM, 23.02.2019-28.03.2021
Wather Light Festival, Bressanone, 9-25.05.2019
Tu vs Everybody, Venezia, GAD - Giudecca Art District, Spazio Bocciofila, 10.05-6.06.2019
D/Evolution, Venezia, Scuola Grande della Misericordia, 7.05-15.05.2019
Antipasti, curated by Veit Loers, Bonn, Sauvage, 15.02-26.04.2019
2018 Relazioni Estetiche, viedoproiezione, Reggia di Caserta, Caserta, IT
CASSATA DRONE, Palermo, IT
TBOE - The body of energy (of the mind) | Manifesta 12, Palermo, IT
Le Table Ronde, Diskurs, Berlino, DE
2017 Una visione oltre, Museo Nazionale di Adria, Adria, IT
In theyr eyes, MMSU, Rijeka, CR
Idioma, Museion - Bolzano, IT
Aftermieter - Haus Mödrath - Räume für Kunst, Colonia, DE
2016 Manifesta 11, Zurigo, CH
In their eyes..., Kunsthalle Eurocenter, Lana, It
Inferno, Pristine Gallery, Monterrey, MEX
The end of the world as we know it, Cospace Gallery, Shanghai, CN
Attraverso. Una visione oltre, MAAD – Museo d’Arte Adria e Delta, Adria, IT
PIGS, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Oporto, PR
PIGS, Artium, Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES
2015 Collezionare per un domani: nuove opere a Museion. Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bolzano, IT
Nature, Galleria Civica, Trento, IT
Flow, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, IT
Visit 2010-2015. Die Stipendiaten der RWE Stiftung, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, DE
Smach: Confini, San Martin De Tor, IT
Visioni Contemporanee, Museo Pecci, Milan, Italy; SPSI Art Museum, Shanghai, CN
The Politics of Water, Kumho Museum, SK
2014 After Image, Galleria Civica, Trento, IT
The Politics of Water, Pohang Museum, SK
Portable Nation, Fondazione Pescheria-Centro Arti Visive, Pesaro, IT
Visioni Contemporanee, Certosa di San Giacomo, Capri, IT
The Xinjiang Biennale: New Art on the Silk Road, Urumqi, CN
TIME CODE, White Box Art Center, New York, USA
2013 Maldives Pavillon, 55th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, IT
Twenty for one, Loft Rizzordi Art Foundation, S.Pietroburgo, RU
Twenty for one, special project of 5th Moscow Biennale, Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery, Mosca, RU
The Name, the Nose, Museo Laboratorio, Città Sant’Angelo, IT
ARType, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, IT
Fernsicht, Reiserouten Tiroler und Trentiner Kunstler von 1800 bis heute, Stadtmuseum Bruneck, IT
Art Jungle, La Venaria Reale. Giardini della Reggia. Gran Parterre, Torino, Italia
Barents Art Triennale, Kirkens, NO
Lavoro – work – vore, SPAC (Spazi Pubblici Arte Contemporanea), Buttrio, IT
2012 Video Arte Italiano: 2004-2012, El Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, ARG
Amerikka the beautiful, White Box, New York, USA
La magnifica ossessione, Mart – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rovereto, IT
Piccolo Festival dell’Arte, University of Trento, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy, Trento, IT
Alpenrepublik, Kunstraum, Innsbruck, AU
Macello Butch-ennal, via Macello 47, Bolzano, IT
Gap – Generazioni a confronto, MAXXI B.A.S.E., Roma, IT
2011 Grr(eece) & Hmmm, ReMap, Atene, EL
Ename Actueel: Sediment, Pam, Ename-Oudenaarde, BE
Anteprima, Oredaria Arti Contemporanee, Roma, IT
Pino Pascali. Ritorno a Venezia. Puglia Arte Contemporanea, Palazzo Bianchi Michiel, Venezia, IT
Il Giardino Segreto, Convento di S. Scolastica, Bari, IT
Look, ’800 versus ’900, MART, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rovereto, IT
Mind the Map! Barents Spektakel, Pikene på Broen, Kirkenes, NO
2010 Suspensions of Disbelief, Other Gallery, Shanghai, CN
Cento anni di imprese per l’Italia. Centenario Confindustria, Ara Pacis, Milano, IT
Art//Tube, Galleria Civica Cavour, Padova, IT
Bittersweet: the chocolate show, The Paul Robeson Galleries. Rutgers University, Newark, USA
New A22 gate in Trento, Fondazione Galleria Civica-Centro di Ricerca sulla Contemporaneità, Trento, IT
Stirrings Still, White Box, New York City, USA
There is no flag large enough, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA
Intramoenia Extra Art. Miraggi, Castello Aragonese, Taranto, IT
Contemporary Energy. Italian Attitudes, SUPEC – Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, Shanghai, CN
Queens Move, White Box Satellite at the Juvenal Reis Studios and Residencies, Long Island City, New York, USA
Open Studios. 15th Anniversary special, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA
Cento anni di imprese per l’Italia. Centenario Confindustria, Palazzo della Triennale, Milano, IT
Aktuelle Positionen Italienischer Kunst. Premio Agenore Fabbri, Stadtgalerie, Kiel, DE
Here and Now. Bologna Art First, Palazzo Re Enzo, Bologna, IT
2009 Terna Prize 02, MAXXI – Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo; Tempio di Adriano, Roma, IT
Into the Light, Error One, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Anwerpen, BE
Cimatics Festival, Beursschouwburg kunstencentrum, Brussels, BE
The Forgotten Bar, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, DE
Incontri d’aria, Oredaria Arti Contemporanee, Rome, IT
Universalkode: Stefano Cagol, Arthur Kostner, Galerie Gefängnis Le Carceri, Caldaro, IT
National Day, The Ever Mass Land by Nadine, Bruxelles, BE
2008 Loss of Control, Abschiedsausstellung: Jan Hoet, MARTa Herford, DE
TINA B. The Prague Contemporary Art Festival. Petrin Tower, Praga, RCZ
Invisible Cities, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, CN
The Peekskill Project, HVCCA – Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, USA
Insiumus, Progjet utopie, Colonos, Udine, IT
Genius Loci, Fortezza Umberto I, Isola Palmaria, La Spezia, IT
Fragile, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent, BE
Eurasia, MART – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rovereto, IT
Arrivals and Departures, White Box, New York, USA
Urban Landscape, Muratcentoventidue, Bari, IT
2007 From and to, Kunst Meran – Merano, Arte,Merano, IT
Le luci dell’arte, Auditorium di Mecenate, Rome, IT
War, Peace and Ecstasy. Artssima, Lingotto, Torino, IT
L.A Auction Bellavita, New Chinatown Barbershop Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Auslaender Marathon, A4 Zero Space, Bratislava, SLV
Videoart Yearbook 2007, Chiostro di Santa Cristina, Bologna, IT
Paesaggi Metropolitani, MLAC – Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, La Sapienza, Roma, IT
Italy 1980-2007. Tendencies of the contemporary research, Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam
On the Edge of Vision, Victoria Memorial Hall, Kalkota; National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi;
National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbay, IN
2006 Zoo logical garden, Harry Malter Park, Gent, BE
Euronite, IIC – Italian Cultural Institute, Toronto, CN
Videoart yearbook 2006, Chiostro di Santa Cristina, Bologna, IT
FairPlay. Festival delle Culture Giovani, Complesso Monumentale di Santa Sofia, Salerno, IT
2005 Atomica. Making the invisible visible, Lombard Freid Projects; Esso Gallery, New York, USA
Pensieri sul relativismo, Villa Tonda, Ansedonia, IT
2004 Moving Pictures. A Video Installation Survey, Artcore Gallery, Toronto, CN
MacroVideoteca: On Air, MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Roma, IT
Costanti Diversità. European Biennal of Visual Arts, CAMeC, La Spezia, IT
Medioevo prossimo venturo, Palazzo Pretorio, Certaldo, Firenze, IT
Interfacied Asteriae, Asteria Multimedia, Trento, IT
On Air, La Comunale, Monfalcone, IT
Artcore International, Artcore Gallery, Toronto, CN
Stop & Stor, Luxe Gallery, New York, USA
Quadriennale Anteprima, La Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Torino, IT
Enter, Casoli Art Prize, Barbara Behan Gallery, Londra, UK
Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, IT
2003 Piccole Belve, Museo Laboratorio, Città Sant’Angelo, IT
You can find it anywhere. Visioni by Renault, Villa Borghese, Roma, IT
Places of Affection, Luoghi d’affezione, IKOB – Internationales Kunstzentrum Ostbelgien, Eupen, BE
30 Jahres, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salisburgo, AU
In faccia al mondo, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genova, IT
Foto, Galleria Rebecca Container, Genova, IT
Warm Up, Galleria Neon, Bologna, IT
2002 Nuovo Spazio Italiano. New Italian Space, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, IT
Video Lab. Artissima, Torino Esposizioni, Torino, IT
Mostra d’emergenza, Galleria Civica, Castel San Pietro Terme, IT
First International Festival of Photography. Viasatellite, Mercati Traianei, Roma, IT
First Detroit Video Festival, Museum of New Art, Detroit, USA
2001 Kunstler Brucken. Ponti d’artista, Ponte Druso, Bolzano, IT
Panorama II, Tiroler Kunstpavillion, Innsbruck, AU
River Run: Paesaggi in movimento, Chiostri di San Domenico, Reggio Emilia, IT
All’Esedra, Villa Manin, Codroipo, Udine, IT
S.A.A Strategies Against Architecture, Galleria Gian Carla Zanutti, Milano, IT
2000 Dintorni/Umgebung, Galerie Im Traklhaus, Salisburgo, AU
1999 Whichkraft? Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, USA
Video.it, S.Pietro in Vincoli, GAM – Gallery of Modern Art, Torino, IT
Atlante – Atlante, geografia e storia della giovane arte italiana, MACS – Museum of Contemporary Art, Masedu, IT
Super Mega Drops, Viafarini, Milano, IT
1998 Laboratorio, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, IT
1997 Generazione Media, Palazzo della Triennale, Milano, IT
1996 Adicere Animos, Galleria Civica, Cesena, IT
Video Forum.2nd edition, ART 27’96 Basilea, CH