Nico Angiuli was born in Adelfia, Bari in 1981. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome and Bari, and completed his education at IUAV in Venice. Between 2006 and 2010, he collaborated with the Stalker group in Rome; in 2007, he co-founded Ilmotorediricerca, a collective working on cross-border projects between Italy, Albania, and Greece.

Between 2008 and 2011, he developed a cycle of sculptures based on the unfinished works of Pino Pascali. During those years, he also began focusing on the theme of labor, leading to projects such as Ma Vai a Lavorare! (Performance, 2008), Le piastrelle Sono Intenzioni (Performance, 2010), and La Danza degli Attrezzi (video archive, 2011 > ongoing).

Throughout 2011, he was in residence at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice; between 2012 and 2013, he continued La Danza degli Attrezzi in Spain, working with the Moroccan community between Murcia and Andalusia; this was followed by a project in Switzerland, where he created Adieu with the gardeners of Chateau Mercier (Performance, 2014).

He directed three major film projects: in 2009, OTNARAT – Taranto a futuro inverso, a documentary funded by Apulia Film Commission envisioning Taranto without heavy industry; in 2015, TreTitoli, a film on the cyclicality of violence in Southern Italy’s agricultural lands; and together with Fabrizio Bellomo, E per te Canterò tutta la vita, a film about the media relationships Albanians maintained with Italian media during communism.

Nico Angiuli has exhibited his work in numerous venues and institutions, including: 16° Quadriennale di Roma; 2° Biennale di Kiev; Museo MART in Rovereto; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin; Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella; Museo MAAM in Rome; 4° Biennale di Atene; Teatro Nazionale di Tirana; Bozar in Brussels; and Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice.

Education

2010 MA in Visual Arts Production and Planning, IUAV, Venice, IT, 2007 BA in Visual Arts, Accademia di Belle Arti, Bari, IT

Residencies

2016 Parco Eternot, Casale Monferrato, IT, 2015 OMI International Arts Center, Columbia County, NY, US, Tirana Art Lab, Tirana, AL, 2014 Villa Reffiux, Sierre, CH, 2013 Centro Negra, Blanca, ES, 2012 La Fragua, Belalcázar, ES, 2011 Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT, 2008 Arteinparabita, Lecce, IT, 2006 Barilonga, Stalker/ON, Bari, IT

Awards and Recognitions

2015 Fellowship, Dena Foundation, Paris / New York, US, Progetto Memoria, Apulia Film Commission, Bari, IT, 2014 Arte, patrimonio, diritti umani, Connecting Cultures, Milan, IT, 2013 NCTM per l’arte, Milan, IT, 2010 Study Grant, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT, 2009 A Box of Dreams, Fondazione Claudio Buziol, Venice, IT, 1st Prize Digiart Section, 7° Tiff Tirana International Film Festival, Tirana, AL, 2008 1st Prize, International Festival of Videotale, Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, IT

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016 Omnia munda mundis, Chiesa ipogea di Triggiano, Bari, IT, 2015 Smoke. Biomechanics of Power, Tirana Art Lab, Tirana, AL, 2014 Adieu – Erasing the Alps, Viafarini, Milan, IT, Washing by Watch, Lavanderia Jefferson, Lecce, IT, 2013 El dinero lo es todo, Centro Negra, curated by AADK, Blanca, ES, 2012 Portfolio – Focus on Young Italian Art, EX3 Art Center, curated by P. Gagliano, Florence, IT, 2011 Angiuli e Vestrucci – Opere in Dialogo, curated by J. Trabona, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, IT, 2010 Indipendents, ArtVerona, curated by Fondazione Claudio Buziol, Verona, IT, The Tiles are Intentions, Scalamata Exhibition Art Space, curated by C. Tirelli, Venice, IT

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016 Altri Tempi Altri Miti, 16° Quadriennale di Roma, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, IT, Mun Ange, Arte Contemporanea, curated by S. Riba, Crissolo Cuneo, IT, Home Coming, curated by C. Scola, Planar, Bari, IT, 2015 Primavera 4, curated by V. Meyer, Paris, FR, The School of Kyiv – 2° Biennale of Kiev, UKR, Heritage 3, Kunst Museum, Thun, CH, 2014 The Yellow Side of Sociality – Italian Artists in Europe, curated by N. Setari, BOZAR, Brussels, BE, Scenario di terra, MART Museum, Rovereto & Trento, IT, The Declination of Community, curated by E. Rinaldo Meschini, Centro Luigi di Sarro, Rome, IT, Apulia Land Festival, curated by F. Guerisoli, Specchia, IT, Home Theatre, MAAM, Rome, IT, 2013 The Tools’ Dance video series, curated by Droste Effect, NOoSPHERE Arts, New York, US, Radio Materiality, Agorà, 4° Athens Biennale, Athens, GR, Lavoro / Vore / Work, curated by P. Toffolutti, SPAC, Buttrio, IT, 2012 Luna Park, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT, O.P.E.N.#4, Magazzini del Sale, Venice, IT, Borsisti 94ma Collettiva, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT, Ouverture, Museo Pino Pascali, Polignano a Mare, IT, 2011 Premio LUM – Arte a Responsabilità Illimitata, curated by S. Chiodi, C. Corbetta, G. Caroppo, Bari, IT, Par coii b’sogna semna, Frassineto Po, curated by D. Carmi, IT, Agora Nao, Barber Shop, curated by Filipa Ramos & Antonio Contador, Lisbon, PT, A Beautiful Day, curated by Fondazione March, Vicenza, IT, EIFF Ecologico International Film Festival, Lecce, IT, 2010 94° Collettiva, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT, Bif&st, Bari International Film Festival, IT, Person in Less, Fondazione Re Rebaudengo, curated by E. Cooke, C. Fritzpatrick, A. Campens, Turin, IT, 2009 7° Tirana Film Festival, National Theatre, Tirana, AL, Italian Doc Screenings, Trento, IT, Videominutopoptv, XVII Edition, Art Centre Luigi Pecci, Prato, IT, 2008 GAP – Giovani Artisti Pugliesi, Sala Murat, Bari, IT, World One Minute, Beijing Today Art Museum, Beijing, CH

Workshops / Festivals

2014 La Zappa Sui Piedi, Agricultural Film Festival, Artistic Direction, Adelfia, IT, 2012 Filmare l’Architettura, Visiting Professor Filippo Macelloni, Festival dei Popoli, Florence, IT, 2011 Premio LUM, Visiting Professor Olaf Nicolai, Bari, IT, 2010 Oda National Theatre, Tirana, AL, 2009 A Beautiful Day, Fondazione March, Padua, IT, Adelfia-Brothers, Volos-Milies, GR, 2008 Trancient Spaces, Visiting Professor Cesare Pietroiusti, Vilnius, LT, 2007 Barifilmstage by Holden School, Bari, IT

Selected Bibliography

2016 16° Quadriennale di Roma – Altri tempi, altri miti, Ed. NERO, CAMPO ESPANSO – Arte e agricoltura in Italia dagli anni Sessanta a oggi, curated by Simone Ciglia, Ed. Crea, Ritratto, riassemblaggio, performance e pittura: torna la Quadriennale di Roma, La Repubblica, October 12, 2014 The Yellow Side of Sociality – Italian Artists in Europe, Bozar Books & Silvana Editoriale, 2013 M. Spinelli, Una generazione di performers pugliesi, Ed. Fondazione Apulia Film Commission, 2012 A. Vettese, Nello studio. Atelier BLM Notebook, Ed. Moleskine Srl, Milan, S. Coletto, I borsisti della 94collettiva Giovani Artisti, 2011 A Beautiful Day – Workshop d’artista in azienda, Ed. March Foundation, D. Carmi, Arte pubblica a Frassineto Po, Par Coi Bsogna Semna’, M. Di Tursi, Talenti di Puglia, Corriere del Mezzogiorno, April 22, L. Castellini, I mutevoli volti del ritratto, Il Giornale, January 14, 2010 M. Di Tursi, La fontana d’acciaio, Corriere del Mezzogiorno, January 7, AA.VV., Persona in meno, Ed. Mousse Publishing, Milan, G. Curto, Vola il basilico e sussulta il mobile, La Stampa, May 10, S. Zanardi, Le piastrelle sbocciano come fiori, La Nuova Venezia, May 3, P. Bonino, Interview, IUAV Laboratory of Visual Arts – L. Balts, February 29, 2009 F. Mazzotta, OTNARAT un docufilm di Nico Angiuli, Corriere del Mezzogiorno, AA.VV., Operina Siciliana, Ed. Fitzcarraldo Foundation, Ilmotorediricerca Albania 1 e 1000, Ed. Torino World Design Capital

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