DOPPIA CONVERSAZIONE CON LA PITTURA: ALESSANDRO PESSOLI

ALESSANDRO PESSOLI
Alessandro Pessoli è nato a Cervia nel 1963. Si diploma nel 1989 all’Accademia di Belle Arti di
Bologna, nel 1992 si trasferisce a Milano dove vive fino al 2008. L’anno seguente si trasferisce a
Los Angeles. Tra le mostre personali, quelle al Drawing Center, New York; al MAN Museo d’Arte
della Provincia di Nuoro; alla Triennale di Milano; al Nouveau Musée National de Monaco; al
Museum of Modern Art di San Francisco; alla 53esima Biennale di Venezia; alla Collezione
Maramotti di Reggio Emilia.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Pluto is my Master, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
2021 CITY OF GOD, Palazzo Vizzani a Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Carousel, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Testa Cristiana, curated by Eva Fabbris, Cloisters of Sant’Eustorgio, Milan, Italy
2020 Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio, Milan, Italy Greengrassi, London, UK
Endless Kingdom, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Testa Cristiana, Basilica di Sant’Eustorgio,
Milan, IT
2019 The Woodstock’s Boy, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Chiostri di Sant’Eustorgio,
Milan, Italy
Like A Free Life, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium 2017 Against Me, Anton Kern Gallery, New
York, NY
Morning Becomes Eclectic, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Alessandro Pessoli: The Neighbors, MAN Museo d'arte della Provincia di Nuoro, Sardinia,
Italy
2015 Ennesima, Palazzo della Triennale of Milano, Milan, Italy (through 2016) [cat]
Project Room: Alessandro Pessoli, Villa Paloma, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco,
Montecarlo, Monaco Il mio cuore sulla spiaggia, Galleria Zero, Milan, Italy
2014 TESTA MATTA, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium Autoritratto Petrolini, Greengrassi,
London, UK Autoritratto Petrolini, Zero Gallery, Milan, Italy
2012 New Work: Alessandro Pessoli, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Fired
People,
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
110 to Hellman Ave, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
2011 Fiamma Pilota Le Ombre Seguono, Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia, Italy West,
Greengrassi, London
Giulietta degli spiriti (la notte il giorno), Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
2010 Caligola, 1999 - 2002, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
2009 Macrowall: Alessandro Pessoli, MACRO Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome Anton
Kern Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Bunker Zingaro, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
Bucaneve testa che piange e sorride la mia faccia e Marzo, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
2007 Bruciatore, Greengrassi, London
2006 Fuga Verde, Anton Kern Gallery, New York Il Caduto, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
2005 Baracca’s Time, Chisenhale Gallery, London
2004 Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
Caligola - Film and Drawings, Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX The Void
Winners, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
2003 Il gaucho Biondo, Studio Guenzani, Milan
2002 Sandrinus, Anton Kern Gallery, New York Studio Guenzani, Milan
Caligola, Greengrassi, London
2000 Pesci Freddi Meravigliosi Nuotano Nella Mia Testa, Studio Guenzani, Milan
Pessoli-Ghermandi, S. Maria delle Croci, Ravenna, Italy 1999 Drawings, Anton Kern Gallery, New
York
1998 Ragno Pirata, Greengrassi, London
1997 Distruttore, Squadro, Bologna Sonno, Studio Barbieri, Venice.
One Day to Live, The Drawing Center, New York
1996 Il sole che non c'è, Emilio Mazzoli, Modena
1995 Ristorante ai confini dell'universo, curated by Gianni Romano, Galleria in Arco, Turin
1994 In Marcia, Studio Guenzani, Milan
1993 Maelstrom, Viafrini, Milan.
Bacia la mano che non puoi tagliare, Ass. Culturale Roma & Arte, Rome
1992 Durante la costruzione del ponte, Galleria 4.5 x 4.5, Parma
1991 Strettamente personale, Galleria Antonella Melari, Rome
1989 Ore, 420 W.B., Ravenna
L'azzuro del cielo, Galleria Neon, Bologna
1988 Si & No, Circolo Culturale Escandalo, Parma

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Pollen On A West Wind, Curated by Tony Marsh, Jason Jacques Gallery, New York, NY 2021
Tales of Manhattan, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
DE ARTE VENANDI, Knust Kunz Gallery, Munich, Germany
2020 17a Quadriennale d’arte, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, IT
2019 The Passion, Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg Museum, Derneburg, DE Some Trees,
curated by Christian Malycha, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US Rehang, Collezione
Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, IT
2018 The New Frontiers of Painting, Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy
2017 Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros, curated by Eric Fischl Hall Art Collection, Reading, VT
2016 After Morandi: 1945-2015, Palazzo Fava Genus Bononiae, Bologna, Italy
Alessandro Pessoli, Amalia Pica, Guido Van Der Werve & Jennifer West: Early Films, Marc Foxx
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Almanach 16, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Ceramix - Ceramics and art from Rodin to Schütte, La Maison Rouge, Paris; Cité de la
Céramique, Sèvres, France
2015 Ceramix - Ceramics and art from Rodin to Schütte, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht,
Netherlands Le Stanze di Aragona #3, Villino Favaloro, Palermo, Italy
Beyond Borders, Beaufort Triennale, Raversyde, Beaufort
2014 Leonor Antunes, Jason Meadows, Carter Mull & Alessandro Pessoli, Marc Foxx, Los
Angeles
2013 The System of Objects, DESTE Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
The Inevitable Figuration: A scene of painting today, Centro per l’arte contemporanea, Luigi Pecci,
Prato, Italy
2012 Out of the Blue, Borolami, New York Pittura, Studio Guenzani, Milan
Lilliput, High Line, New York
2011 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Next Season, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Italics: Italian Art Between Tradition & Revolution 1968-2008, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Chicago, IL XIV, Quadriennale di Roma, Rome, Italy
2008 Italics: Italian Art Between Tradition & Revolution 1968-2008, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy A
Seer Out of Season, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
2007 Family and Friends, Anton Kern Gallery, New York Works in Ceramic, Gladstone Gallery,
New York, NY Flipside Exterior, Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles, CA RAW, Among the ruins,
Marres Maastricht, Netherlands Makers and Modelers, Barbara Gladstone
e-flux Video Rental: travelling to Centre culturel Suisse, Paris and Carpenter Center for Visual Arts,
Cambridge
2006 Infinite Painting: Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin Centre, Coidropo,
Italy Manzelli / Mir / Owens / Pessoli / Phelps, Studio Guenzani, Milan
2005 E-Flux Video Rental, KW Berlin: traveling to Portikus, Frankfurt, Mucsarnok - Kunsthalle
Budapest, Arthouse Texas, Austin, and Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
2004 Storyline, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Unplugged, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
e-flux Video Rental, KW, Berlin: Traveling to The Moore Space, Miami, Portikus, Frankfort,
Mucsarnok, Kunsthalle Budapest, Arthouse Texas, Austin, and Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
2003 Seriously Animated, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Dark Shadows, Marc
Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Rendered, Sarah Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
International Paper, UCLA Hammer Museum, CA.
2002 Exit, curated by Francesco Bonami, Fondazione Sandrettore Rebaudengo per L’arte,Torino
2001 The Happy Face of Globalization, Albisola, Italy
I Love NY, Benefit show, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY

2000 Mental Wilderness, Gale Gates et al, Brooklyn, NY
1997 Metamorphosis, Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan Dislocata, (curated by Massimo
Barbero), Lofte Arte, Vicenza
1996 Controfigura, Studio Guenzani, Milan.
Carte Italiane, (curated by Gianni Romano), Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Athens.
Antologia, (curated by Luca Beatrice & Cristiana Perrella), Spazio Herno, Torino; Trevi Flash Art
Museum, Trevi.
Panorama Italiano 1, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi.
E'nella mia natura, Galleria Neon, Bologna.
Straniero in mondi stranieri, (curated by Massimo Sgroi), Ex Officina Meccanica, Caserta.
1995 Dodici pittori italiani, (curated by Luca Beatrice & Cristiana Perrella), Galleria In Arco, Turin.
Tradition & Innovation. Italian Art since 1945, National Museum Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea.
1994 Prima Linea, (curated by Francesco Bonami & Giacinto Di Pietrantonio), Trevi Flash Art
Museum, Trevi.
1993 Time to Time, Castello di Rivara, Turin
Segni e Disegni, (curated by Gianni Romano), Analix & L.Polla, Geneva; In Arco, Torino; Loft Arte
Club, Valdagno; Marsilio Margiacchi, Arezzo.
Pentalogo, Galleria Emilio Mazzoli, Modena.
1992 Nuova Officina Bolognese, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna. D'ora in avanti, 44 Premio
Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, Chieti. Air de Paris - Neon, Gallery Neon, Bologna.
Tattoo Collection, Air de Paris & Urbi et Orbi, Paris.
1991 La galleria si mostra, Galleria Neon, Bologna.
Galleria delle Colonne, Parma.
Loro, Castello Visconteo, Trezzo sull'Adda, Milan.
Provocarte, Repubblica di San Marino.
1974 - 1991 Emilia Doc, Associazone Culturale Italo-Francese, Bologna.
1990 Laboratorio 3, Galleria S. Fedele, Milan.
Behgi, Bernardi, Marisaldi, Pessoli, Pivi, Santa Maria delle Croci, Ravenna. Italia '90. Ipotesi Arte
Giovane, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan.
1989 Biennale Giovani 3, Palazzo delle esposizioni, Florence.
1988 Oratorio S. Sebastiano, Forlì.
1987 Traviata, Isola Boschina, Ostiglia (MN).
Lamberti - Pessoli - Sarra, Circolo Artistico, Bologna

ARTIST BOOKS AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2021 Carousel, published on the occasion of ‘Carousel’, Anton Kern Gallery, NY
Testa Cristiana, published on the occasion of ‘Testa Cristiana’ at the Cloisters of Sant’Eustorgio,
Lenz Press, Milan, Italy, edited and authored by Eva Fabbris,
2015 Alessandro Pessoli: Sandrinus, il tutto prima delle parti (Sandrinus, the Whole before the
Parts, Ennesima, An Exhibition of Seven Exhibitions on Italian Art, La Triennale di Milano, Mousse
Publishing, Milan, Italy
2014 Un Milione di Miglia, published on the occasion of Independent Art Fair, Anton Kern Gallery,
NY 2012 Fired People, Anton Kern Gallery, NY
2005 Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
2004 Gipsy Stories, Boiler, #05, Milan, Itality 2003 Tex is Dead, Coconino Press, Bologna, Italy
2002 Caligola, Exit, Fondazione Sandretto re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Drawing: Signs of Change, Tema Celeste International, July September
Variazione e immutabilita, Tema Celeste, no. 81, Summer
Tirannicidi la fotographia, exhibition catalogue, Instituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, Italy
1995 Ristorante ai confine dell’universo, Galleria in Arco, Turin, Italty Il sole che non c’é, Emilio
Mazzoli Editore, Modena, Italy

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 Schultz, Charles. Alessandro Pessoli: Carousel. Brooklyn Rail, May 2021.
2020 Silva, Mario Rodolfo. Past presence. Forward motion. Kooness, July 17, 2020.
2016 Nechvatal, Joseph. Surveying Modern and Contemporary Art’s Embrace of Ceramics.
Hyperallergic, May 12,
2016.
2015 Ricciardi, Nicola. Reviews: Alessandro Pessoli, Frieze, Issue 174, October 2015.
Valacchi, Maria Chiara. Critics’ Picks: Alessandro Pessoli. Artforum, September 2015.

Bria, Ginevra. Fausto Melotti nel Principato di Monaco. Analisi logica, Artribune, July 15, 2015.
2012 D’Agostino, Paul. Fired People: Leave Your Baggage at the Door. The L Magazine. October
10, 2012.
Wolff, Rachel. Alessandro Pessoli: To live andglaze in L.A.. Modern Painters, September 2012,
p.28.
Wolff, Rachel. “Experimental Ceramicist Alessandro Pessoli on His Latest Creations at Anton
Kern,” Artinfo, July 9, 2012.
Yablonsky, Linda. Artifacts | Gilding the ‘Lilliput’. T Magazine, April 30, 2012.
Paderni, Marinella. Alessandro Pessoli, Frieze, Issue 144, January – February 2012, p.148.
2011 Robecchi, Michele. Vitamin P2: New Perspectives in Painting. London: Phaidon Inc, 2011:
p.240-243
2008 Ilaria Bonacossa, Alessandro Pessoli. May June 2008
Paola Noe, Alessandro Pessoli, Artforum International, October 2008
2005 Melissa Gronlund, Alessandro Pessoli, Frieze, October 2005, p.220 Eliza Williams,
Alessandro Pessoli, Flash Art, October 2005
2004 Findings, Harpers Magazine, Vol. 309, No, 1850, July 2004.
2003 Elaine, James, Alessandro Pessoli, from the catalogue of the exhibition International Paper,
Ucla Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, January 27 – April 27 2003.
Frank, Peter. The Paper Chase, art on paper, April.
Barliant, Claire. Alessandro Pessoli: Sandrinus, art on paper, March.
Smith, Roberta. Alessandro Pessoli “Caligola” Anton Kern Gallery, The New York Times, January
11. Coates, Jennifer. Aleesandro Pessoli, The Brooklyn Rail, Winter 2003.
Subotnick, Ali. Unplugged. Work: Art in Progress, October-December.
Martin, Philip. International Paper. Tema Celeste, May-June.
Knight, Christopher. Drawing, Not Toeing, the Line. Los Angeles Times, February 7. 2002 O’Reilly,
Sally. Alessandro Pessoli – Greengrassi, Time Out London, July 10-17 2001 Il contratto del
Disegnatore, In Arco catalogue, Torino
2000 Pessoli, Alessandro, Drawings: signs of change, Tema Celeste 81/2000 Corter, Holland, The
New York Times, December 16
Mental Wilderness, The New Yorker, December 11
1997 Alberto Fiz, Rendono più de Bot, Milano Finanza, 25 October.
Robert Murdock, Selections Winter '97. The Drawing Center, Review, Dec 1. Selections Winter
'97. The Drawing Center, Time Out NY, December 4-11. Stuart Klawans, The Drawing Room, Daily
News, December 6.
Selections Winter '97. The Drawing Center, Voice Choices December 9.
1996 Renato Diez, Galliano e Pessoli giovani in salita, Arte,January. Luciana Baldrighi, Pennelli a
confronto, Il Giornale, March 9.
Luca Beatrice & Cristiana Perella, Fermo immagine, Rittrato di una generazione attraverso la
pittura, Flash Art Italia, April-May.
Roberto Daolio, Alessandro Pessoli, Flash Art International, Nov- Dec. Roberto Daolio, Alessandro
Pessoli, Flash Art Italia, December-January. Luca Beatrice, Antologia, Giancarlo Politi Editore,
Milano (cat.)
1995 Gianni Romano, Ristorante ai confirni dell'universo, Galleria In Arco, Turin (cat)
Teodoro Stamos, Alessandro Pessoli, Tema Celeste, January-March. Guido Curto, Alessandro
Pessoli, Flash Art Italia, April-May.
Guido Curto, Dodici pittori italiani, Flash Art Italia, December-January
1994 Anthony Ianacci, Alessandro Pessoli, Artforum, summer.
Marco Senaldi, Alessandro Pessoli - Cheryl Donegan, Flash Art Italia, June. Nicoletta Cobolli Gigli
& Elisabetta Planca, L'Arte giovane, Arte, October.
1993 Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Alessandro Pessoli, Flash Art Italia, 172, February. Cristina Perella,
Alessandro Pessoli, Tema Celeste, 40.
Meyer Raphael Rubinstein, Art in the Maelstrom, Art in America, June. Gianni Romano, In and Out
Liquid Architectures, Temporale, 31.
Robert Pinto, Pentalogo, Flash Art Italia, November. 1991 D. Trento, 1974-1991 Emilia Doc,
Essegi, Ravenna (cat.)
1990 Vittoria Coen, Roberto Daolio, I ragazzi della via Emilia, Flash Art Italia, October-November.
1989 Roberto Daolio, (curated by), Alessandro Pessoli, Galleria Neon, Bologna. (cat.)

COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
AmC Collezione Coppola, Vicenza, Italy

Banca Generali, Italy
Ca ́la Ghironda - Museo d ́Arte Classica, Moderna e Contemporanea, Zola Predosa, Italy Dallas
Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples, Italy Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Moderna e Contemporanea, Zola Predosa, Italy Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA