Biography of Vinicio Momoli

Biografia Vinicio Momoli
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Biography of Vinicio Momoli

In 1996 he exhibited at Cittadella, "The secrets of the place" and in Paris at Espace Branly-Tour Eiffel. In 1997 he was invited to Turin as part of the exhibition "Và pensiero, Arte Italiana 1984-1996" and exhibited at the Pohlhammer Gallery of the Arbeitswelt Museum in Steyr, Austria, with a text in the catalog by Martin Hochleitner. In 1998 he was invited to Santillana del Mar (Santander, Spain) at Las Casas del Aguila y La Parra, with texts in the catalog by Marcos-Ricardo Barnatàn and Francisco Javier Lòpez Marcano. The exhibition was also presented at the Madrid International Contemporary Art Fair ARCO. Personal exhibition in Verona at the La Giarina Gallery, and invitation to the International Symposium "Scogliera viva" in Caorle (Venice) where you can admire his work on the seafront; in 1998 and 1999, in Palma de Mallorca, he exhibited again in the Gianni Giacobbi Gallery. In 2000 he was invited to Bologna, with a personal exhibition, at the G7 Gallery and at the Kuwait Biennial of Contemporary Art (United Arab Emirates). Then, in 2001, he created the installation "Insense", in Sens, France, in the Anciens Bâtiments Municipaux de la Ville. He exhibits at Casier, Spazio Juliet; in Paris, Galerie Weiller; in Trieste, Juliet's Room. In 2002, again in Paris, at the Galerie Weiller. Exhibitions at the Abbey of Spineto (Siena), in Torrelavega (Spain), at the Centro Nacional de Fotografia "Words in the Air", with a text in the catalog by Mariano Navarro and again in Spain, at the University of León, "Coin d' air", with catalog text by Maria José Corominas Madurell. A year later he was invited to Madrid, to the Tiempos Modernos Gallery and to Palma de Mallorca, to the Gianni Giacobbi Gallery. On the occasion of its XXV Anniversary, the University of León commissions a monumental sculpture to be placed on the Vegazana Campus and organizes a solo exhibition, with text in the catalog by Javier Hernando Carrasco. The 2nd Beijing Biennial of 2005 welcomed him with the work "Towards the future", purchased by the Chinese Ministry of Culture


Nel 2006 vince il concorso internazionale "Public Art" di Toronto con il progetto "Contrappunto", per la realizzazione di ventotto opere, in smalto su vetro, collocate all'esterno del "ONE City Hall". Espone, inoltre, al Museo Pagani di Castellanza (Varese), "Formaperdere", con testo in catalogo di Emma Zanella. Il 2007 è l'anno della grande retrospettiva "1987-2007" a Castelfranco Veneto, negli spazi più importanti della città: Museo Casa Giorgione, Teatro Accademico, Sagrato del Duomo, Giardini del Castello, dove è installata una sua opera permanente in pietra di Asiago "Contraccanto". In quest'occasione è pubblicato il catalogo "NEXITURE" con l'introduzione di Javier Hernando Carrasco e Edoardo di Mauro e le recensioni di quattordici importanti critici. Nello stesso anno il Credito Trevigiano BCC acquisisce l'opera in pietra di Asiago "Grande verde" per il giardino della sede di Villa Emo, Fanzolo di Vedelago (Treviso). Nel 2009 è invitato alla 53° Biennale d'arte di Venezia, dove presenta "Nexiture Contact", scultura monumentale permanente, installata nell'isola della Certosa, nell'ambito del progetto "La Città Ideale". Espone allo Spazio THETIS dell'Arsenale di Venezia "L'Astrazione Infinita" e, successivamente, a Daverio (Varese), alla Galleria Villa Morotti. Nel 2010, è invitato alla Galerie Weiller di Parigi e allo Spazio 10 Watt di Milano con le sue personali Nel 2011 espone ancora a Palma di Mallorca, alla Galeria Carlos Roldos. Il 2012 vede quattro eventi importanti: Bergamo, alla Bianchi Store con l'installazione permanente dell'opera "Epic Nexiture"; Madrid, personale alla Galeria Tiempos Modernos; Bovezzo (Brescia) dove vince il concorso per la posa dell'opera monumentale "Ombre di via Brede"; León (Spagna), personale all'Ateneo Cultural El Albéitar, Università di León. Nel 2013 espone la personale "Nexiture Celate" alla Galleria Zero Gallery di Treviglio (Bergamo); partecipa alla collettiva "Veneto Today" nella Galleria Rez Arte Contemporanea di Reggio Emilia, concludendo con la personale allo Spazio Lazzari di Treviso con la mostra "Natura e Artificio. E' invitato al Museo Maga di Gallarate (Varese) per la collettiva "With a little help from my friends".


In 2006 he won the international "Public Art" competition in Toronto with the "Contrappunto" project, for the creation of twenty-eight works, in enamel on glass, placed outside the "ONE City Hall". You also exhibit "Formaperdere" at the Pagani Museum in Castellanza (Varese), with text in the catalog by Emma Zanella. 2007 is the year of the great retrospective "1987-2007" in Castelfranco Veneto, in the most important spaces of the city: Museo Casa Giorgione, Teatro Accademico, Piazza del Duomo, Giardini del Castello, where one of his permanent works in stone is installed Asiago "Counteraction". On this occasion the "NEXITURE" catalog is published with the introduction by Javier Hernando Carrasco and Edoardo di Mauro and the reviews of fourteen important critics. In the same year, Credito Trevigiano BCC acquired the Asiago stone work "Grande verde" for the garden of the Villa Emo headquarters, Fanzolo di Vedelago (Treviso). In 2009 he was invited to the 53rd Venice Art Biennale, where he presented "Nexiture Contact", a permanent monumental sculpture, installed on the Certosa island, as part of the "The Ideal City" project. He exhibited "L'Astrazione Infinita" at the THETIS Space of the Venice Arsenal and, subsequently, in Daverio (Varese), at the Villa Morotti Gallery. In 2010, he was invited to the Galerie Weiller in Paris and to the Spazio 10 Watt in Milan with his personal works. In 2011 he exhibited again in Palma de Mallorca, at the Galeria Carlos Roldos. 2012 sees four important events: Bergamo, at the Bianchi Store with the permanent installation of the work "Epic Nexiture"; Madrid, solo exhibition at Galeria Tiempos Modernos; Bovezzo (Brescia) where he won the competition for the installation of the monumental work "Ombre di via Brede"; León (Spain), solo exhibition at the Ateneo Cultural El Albéitar, University of León. In 2013 he exhibited the solo show "Nexiture Celate" at the Galleria Zero Gallery in Treviglio (Bergamo); participates in the collective "Veneto Today" in the Rez Arte Contemporanea Gallery in Reggio Emilia, concluding with the solo show at the Spazio Lazzari in Treviso with the exhibition "Nature and Artifice. He is invited to the Maga Museum in Gallarate (Varese) for the collective "With a little help from my friends".


In 2017 the Calabrian artist and curator Salvatore Pepe invited him to Scalea (Cosenza) to the collective "Avamposto d' Arte". In the month of May, in Stefano Simmi's "Galleria dei Soldati" in Rome, Vinicio Momoli presented his solo show " Planes (of) color". Curator of the exhibition Cinzia Cotellessa, critical text by Dr. Barbara Vincenzi. Since December 2017 she has been present in the Cultural Events Space "Mazzini - SPACE of Portogruaro (Venice) - Artistic director and art critic Boris Brollo. In January 2018 she took part in the exhibition "Here and Then" current affairs of the post modern II, collective exhibition curated by Edoardo di Mauro, at the Biffi Arte Gallery, Piacenza. At the Municipal Museum of Praia a Mare (Cosenza) inaugurates the solo show "Between Space and Matter" curated by the critic Dr. Luigi Polillo and Prof. Salvatore Pepe. Once again invited by the University of León (Spain) to stage one of his solo exhibitions, he presents "Chromatic Ferment", an exhibition curated by José Luis Tabernero Curto with a critical text by Biel Amer, at the Ateneo Culturale of the Albéitar of León and subsequently at the University of Ponferrada.


In January 2019 in Acqui Terme (Alessandria), the important "artèplastica" event presented at the GlobArt Gallery curated by Adolfo Carozzi, sees Momoli's tires on display together with a group of contemporary artists who use plastic. At the Civic Museum of Taverna (Catanzaro), he presents the exhibition "Material Expansions" curated by Dr. Luigi Polillo and the museum director Giuseppe Valentino. Wanted and organized by GAC3 - Gruppo Arte Contemporanea, the personal exhibition at the Casa della Fantasia Museum in Sarmede (Treviso) is a follow-up to "Cromatic Ferment", curated by Edoardo Di Mauro with a critical text in the book, presented on the occasion. Subsequently the exhibition "Chromatic Ferment" is presented at the Civic Museum of the city of Rovinj - Croatia. The suggestive square of Villa Camerini in Piazzola sul Brenta (Padua) once again welcomes a monumental stone work on the occasion of the "IV Sculpture Biennial". He is invited to two important group exhibitions, curated by Boris Brollo, in the "Ai Molini" contemporary art gallery in Portogruaro (Venice): in spring with the exhibition Futurismo@Postfuturismo, in autumn with the exhibition "3200 Gradi Kelvin" art and myth of white. 

Portogruaro, 1 August 2020, Vinicio Momoli inaugurates the "Figure" sculpture in Istrian stone, which the Municipal Administration dedicated to all those who faced the Civid-19 health emergency on the front line. The work will remain over time as a symbol of the generosity of men and women who make up the extraordinary human and social richness of our community. Also in Portogruaro he is invited to the Studio61 Art Gallery to the collective "Criminal camp-la materia impassibile".


Portogruaro, 1 August 2020, Vinicio Momoli inaugurates the "Figure" sculpture in Istrian stone, which the Municipal Administration dedicated to all those who faced the Civid-19 health emergency on the front line. The work will remain over time as a symbol of the generosity of men and women who make up the extraordinary human and social richness of our community. Also in Portogruaro he is invited to the Studio61 Art Gallery to the collective "Criminal camp-la materia impassibile".