MICHELANGELO CONSANIb.1971. Livorno, Italy
Lives/works: Castell’Anselmo (LI), Italy

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
2013
2011

NOVE ELEFANTI BIANCHI E UNA PATATA, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan.
FALSE FLAG, special project, Contemporary Museum of Lissone, Milan, Italy
M.H.G. Three Personalities For A New Ecological Memory, curated by Paolo Emilio Antognoli
and Daniela Stoeppel, Kunstraum Muenchen, München, Germany
ANCORA ANCORA LA NAVE IN PORTO, curated by Matteo Lucchetti, CAMeCpianozero –Contemporary Art Center, La Spezia, Italy
THE CAR IS ON THE VEGETABLE!, MUSA Multimedia Museum, Pietrasanta, Italy
LA FESTA E’ FINITA, Fabio Tiboni / Sponda, critical text by Pier Luigi Tazzi, Bologna, Italy

2010

DYNAMO: biciclette contro il blak-out, curated by Lorenzo Giusti and Arabella Natalini,
EX3 Contemporary Art Center, Florence, Italy
PROGETTO DI DISPERDERE ENERGIA, White Project, Pescara, Italy
QUANTO PUO’ DURARE UN SECONDO?, cuated by Katia Anguelova andAlessandra Poggianti, Nicola Ricci Arte Contemporanea, Pietrasanta, Italy
ANARCHICA MORTE DI UN OCCIDENTALE, curated by Paolo Emilio Antognoli andAlessandra Poggianti, White Project, Pescara, Italy
CRASH LANDING, curated by Michael Schwander, 2WK2, Berlin, Germany
PROGETTO DINAMO: PER UNA VISIONE IN CONTATTO, Ken Damy Museum,International Biennial of Photography, Brescia, Italy
LIGHT+BUILDING, curated by Wolfang Steng, Frankfurtmesse, Frankfurt, Germany

2008
2005
2004
2002

GROUP EXHIBITIONS2013

FUORI POSTO, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi, Contemporary Museum of Casa Masaccio,
San Giovanni Val D’Arno, Italy
THE WALL#7 –BEYOND THE RAILWAY, curated by Pietro Gaglianò, CRAC, Cremona, Italy
DISSENTIRE, curated by Alba Braza Boilis, Contemporary Museum of Casa Masaccio,
San Giovanni Val D’Arno, Italy
PAST FORWARD, curated by Alessandro Romanini, Chiostro di San’Agostino, Pietrasanta, Italy
A STORY VIDEO SCREENING, Fabio Tiboni/ Sponda, Bologna, Italy

2012
WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’Art Contemporain,Luxembourg
MINIMUM, Dryphoto Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy
CLICK OR CLASH, curated by Julia Draganovic, Bianconi gallery, Milan, Italy
MMMMMMM, Southeritage Foundation, Matera, Italy
RETRAIT(E), curated by Paolo Emilio Antognoli, PAVILLON | prêt-à-migrer, Pietrasanta, Italy
DAKAR BIENNAL: ATWORK, Dakar Biennal, Dakar, Senegal
OBBLIGO DI TRANSITO, curated by Carolina Taddei, Raffaele de Grada Modern andContemporary Museum, San Gimignano, Siena, Italy
ANNO DEL DRAGO, Center for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
EVOLUTION DELL’ART, curated by Kunstverein Milan, Frigoriferi Milanesi, Milan, Italy
RE(X)STENCE, curated by Alessandro Romanini, Chiostro di San’Agostino, Pietrasanta, Italy
CARTA BIANCA, Contemporary Museum of Villa Croce, Genova, Italy
THE WALL #6 ON THE RIVER, curated by Pietro Gaglianò, Villa Pacchiani, Santa Crocesull’Arno, Italy
THE WALL #5, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
2011
4 PROGETTI D’ARTISTA, curated by Stefano Pezzato,

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Rome,2008

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2006

Center for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci, Milan, Italy
THE WALL #3, curated by Pietro Gaglianò, Nosadella2, Bologna, Italy
MADE IN FILANDIA 2011, Filanda di Pergine Valdarno, Arezzo, Italy
SPARTA, White Project, Pescara, Italy
THE WALL #2, curated by Pietro Gaglianò, Reload, Roma, Italy
AICHI TRIENNALE: ART and CITIES, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi and Jochen Volz,Aichi Art Center, Nagoya, Japan
PRACTICING MEMORY, curated by Matteo Lucchetti, Cittadellarte_Pistoletto Foundation,Biella, Italy
POSTMONUMENT: NIENTE DA VEDERE TUTTO DA VIVERE, curated by Lorenzo Bruni,
official events of XIV° International
Biennial of Carrara, Carrara, Italy
WHAT’S THE MATTER?, Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona, Italy
THE WALL#1, curated by Pietro Gaglianò, Private Flat, Firenze, Italy
SPLAV MEDUZE, curated by Marko Stamenkovic, Center for Contemporary Art Celje,Celje, Slovenia
INVOCARE ISTANTI, curated by Lorenzo Bruni, Dryphoto Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy
RITES DE PASSAGES, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi and Rich Jacobs, SCHUNCK – Glaspaleis,Heerlen, Holland
LOOP, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi, NEONcampobase, Bologna, Italy
USINE de rêve, curated by Cecilia Casorati and Sabrina Vedovotto, 26cc Contemporary Art,Italy
COMINCIA ADESSO!, curated by Stefano Taccone, Spazio Ventre, Naples, ItalyITALIANI IN VACANZA, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi, Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Val D’Arno,Arezzo, Italy
SEEK REFUGE, curated by Marta Casati and Riccardo Lisi, official events of XI° Architecture
Biennial, Venice, Italy
PER ADESSO NOI SIAMO QUA, curated by Lorenzo Bruni, Villa Romana, Florence, Italy
MARGINAL ZONE, curated by Michela Pelusio, Villa Ockenburgh, Den Haag, Holland
PERMANENT GREEN, curated by Berth Theis, Isola Art Center, Milan, Italy
SUITCASE # 5 on Informal Economy, curated by Katia Anguelova and Alessandra Poggianti- P74 Center and Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia- Mac/Val – Musee d’Art Contemporain du Val de Marne, Paris, France
UNDEAF Dutch Electronic Art Festival, The Hangar Space, Rotterdam, Holland
TRA, curated by Stefano Verri, White Project, Pescara, Italy
CONTAINER Project, curated by Paolo Emilio Antognoli, Fosdinovo, Massa, Italy
PREMIO RAZZANO per la giovane arte, Sannio Museum, Benevento, Italy
BELEF, Belgrad Summer Festival, curated by Andrea Bruciati and Antonella Crippa,Kapetan Misino Zdanje Palace, Belgrade, Serbia
ARTE DOVE 2006, curated by Paolo Emilio Antognoli and Alessandro Romanini, Oratorio della
SS.Annunziata, Fosdinovo, Massa, Italy
STRADE BIANCHE 2006 KILL THE BUTTERFLY, curated by Roberta Fossati and Elio Grazioli,Casale Marittimo, Pisa, Italy
ARTE PER L’ISOLA, curated by Marco Scotini, NABA, Milan, Italy
XXVIII° INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CLERMONT-FERRAND, Short video session,
Clermont-Ferrand, France
LA NECESSITA’ DI UN’ISOLA, curated by Alessandra Poggianti and Berth Theis,Isola Art Center, Milan, Italy
STAZIONE LIVORNO, curated by Alessandra Poggianti and Katia Anguelova, Fuoricentro,Livorno, Italy

MICHELANGELO CONSANIGROUP EXHIBITIONS cont'd2005

MEDITERRANEO, curated by Paolo Emilio Antognoli and Alessandro Romanini, Malaspina
Castle, Massa, Italy
FEAR, curated by Manuela Gandini, Artandgallery, Milan, Italy
NEW TERRITORIES Special Project for ARCO 05 curated by Angela Vettese,Associazione Prometeo, Madrid, Spain
ON AIR: VIDEO IN ONDA DALL’ITALIA, curated by Andrea Bruciati and Antonella Crippa- la Pescheria della Rocca, Ravenna, Italy- c/o careof, Milan, Italy
CONFLITTO E CONFLITTI A VILLA (POCO) SERENA, curated by Synapser, Villa Serena,

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Italy

2003

2002

Bologna, Italy
ARTE PER L’ISOLA, curated by Giacinto di Pietroantonio and Lino Baldini, Isola Art Center,Milan, Italy
SPREAD IN PRATO 2004, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi, Dryphoto Arte Contemporanea, Prato,
MACROVIDEOTECA, curated by Valentina Valentini, MACRO, Rome, Italy
15 ARTISTI SI CONFRONTANO CON L’OPERA DI NERUDA, curated by Irma Arestizábal andAntonio Arèvalo, American Latin Institute, Rome, Italy
ON AIR SHORT VERSION, curated by Andrea Mi, Center for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci,Prato, Italy
COLLEZIONE PERMANENTE, curated by Enzo De Leonibus, Ex Manifattura Tabacchi Città
S.Angelo, Pescara, Italy
ON AIR: VIDEO IN ONDA DALL’ITALIA, curated by Andrea Bruciati and Antonella Crippa- Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, Italy- Kunst Meran in haus der Sparkasse, Merano, Italy- Fortino di S.Andrea, Bari, Italy
CONTROLLED REVOLUTION, curated by Galleria Pianissimo and Associazione Prometeo,Vecchio Ospedale Soave, Codogno, Milan, Italy
THE VIDEO GAME, curated by Antonella Crippa, Galleria Pianissimo, Milan, Italy
IO NON SONO CATTIVO (performance in collaboration with Emilio Prini),Associazione Arte Continua, San Gimignano, Italy
ARTKLIAZMA, curated by Jeffrey Deitch, Patricia Ellis, Laura Martin,
Festival of Contemporary Art at the Klazminskoye Reservoir, Moscow, Russia
IO NON SONO POVERO (performance ‘on Mario Merz’), Associazione Arte Continua,
San Gimignano, Italy

GRANTS
2010

Winner of the Italian Prize Ex3 Contemporary, EX3 Contemporary Art Center, Florence, Italy
Premio Razzano for young artist, Sannio Museum, Benevento, Italy

MONOGRAPHIC BOOKS
20122010Giusti,
2008

The Caspian Depression. And a one straw Revolution,
Text by Paolo Emilio Antognoli, Serge Latouche, Matteo Lucchetti, Kunstverein Milan,
Pier Luigi Tazzi; Ed. Kunstverein (Milan, Amsterdam, New York)BARTER book,
Text by Paolo Emilio Antognoli, Michelangelo Consani, Serge Latouche, Lorenzo
Marko Stamenkovic, Pier Luigi Tazzi; Ed. Piano B Prato
Skip Intro: Michelangelo Consani,
Text by Katia Anguelova, Paolo Emilio Antognoli, Alessandra Poggianti,
Marko Stamenkovic, Massimo Tantardini, Pier Luigi Tazzi; Ed. Shin Milan

MICHELANGELO CONSANISELECTED CATALOGUES
2013
2010
2009
2007
2005
2004
2003

Dissentire, text by Alba Braza Boils, Ed. Settore8, Arezzo
AICHI TRIENNALE, Text by Akira Tatehata, Masahiko Haito, Hinako Kasagi,
Pier Luigi Tazzi and Jochen VolzRITES DE PASSAGES, Text by Richard Jacobs and Pier Luigi Tazzi, Ed. Shunk Herleen, Holland
SUITCASE # 5 on Informal Economy, Text by Katia Anguelova and Alessandra Poggianti,
Ed. Lobinski Sallon, Lubjana, Slovenia
ON AIR: VIDEO IN ONDA DALL’ITALIA, Text by Andrea Bruciati, Ed.Skira, Milan
SPREAD IN PRATO, text by Pier Luigi Tazzi, Ed. Archivio fotografico Toscano, Prato
INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF PHOTOGRAPHIA,
Text by Ken Damy, Ed. Ken Damy Museum
ARTKLIAZMA, Text by Jeffrey Deitch and Laura Martin, Ed. Revolver Frankfurt, Germany