BIO
VIOLETTE MAILLARD
born 1984, Bourg la Reine, France
lives in Milan, Italy
EDUCATION
2016 Fellow at Italian Academy of Advanced Studies, Columbia Univeristy, New York, US
2012-2015 Meisterschulerin Städelschule (Tobias Rehberger class), Frankfurt am Main, D
2009-2011 MA visual art IUAV, Venice, IT
2004-2008 BA DAMS Cinema, Bologna, IT
EXHIBITIONS SOLO (Selection)
2024 We are Fou, paradisoterrestre, Bologna, IT curator Gherardo Tonelli
2021 Diving into Poetry, studioconcreto, Lecce, IT curator Laura Perrone
2019 Put a tiger in the sun two catfishes in the car, National Art Museum Of China, Beijing, CN
2017 Energia Potenziale, city of Reggio Emilia, IT curator Daniele de Luigi
2017 Causerie, ex-showroom Gavina, Artcity Polis, Bologna, IT
2017 Immortal game, Locale Due, Bologna, IT curator Giulia Morucchio and Irene Rossini
2017 Fashion show, x-temporary, Berlin, D curator Marenka Krasomil
2014 L'Oiseau de feu a ballet for tower cranes, Maintor, Frankfurt am Main, D
2013 Did dinosaurs or sculpture come first? Giraffatitan Brancai, Naturkunden Museum, Berlin, D
2013 Cibo, special project, Daimlerstrasse, Frankfurt am Main
2010 Titled, special project at Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna Ca’ Pesaro, Venezia, IT curator Francesco Vezzoli
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
2023 Limited, paradisoterrestre, Bologna, IT curator Gherardo Tonelli
2022 Cinema Galleggiante, Venezia, IT curator Microclima in collaboration with Ocean Space / TBA21-Academy, Pentagram Stiftung and Palazzo Grassi - Punta della Dogana - Pinault Collection and In Between Art Film Foundation
2022 DDS2E1, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, curators Il-Jin Atem Choi and René Shoe
2022 La casa nella casa. Omaggio a Dino Gavina, ADI Design Museum Compasso d'oro, Milan, IT
2022 Design Forever, Palazzo Bovara, Milan, IT curator Calvi Brambilla for Elle Decor Italia
2022 Oasis, Arquipélago, Centro des Artes Contemporaneas, Ribeira Grande, PT curators Carine Dolek and Virgilio Ferreira
2021 Hidden Displays 1975-2020, MoRe Museum at Museo d'Arte Moderna Bologna, IT curator Elisabetta Modena and Valentina Rossi in collaboration with Fondazione del Monte and Fondazione Mitri
2021 Premio Fabbri Fotografia Contemporanea, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, IT curator Carlo Sala
2021 SUPERBLAST, Manifattura Tabacchi, Firenze, IT curator Caterina Taurelli Salimbeni
2021 Open studio, Manifattura Tabacchi, Firenze, IT curator Caterina Taurelli Salimbeni
2020 Premio Michetti, Fondazione Michetti, Francavilla al Mare et Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna IT curator Guido Molinari
2020 Tracce di Residenze V_Air 2017-2019, Must Vimercate, Milano, IT
2019 Non-places and the Spaces in Between, Italian Cultural Institute, New York, US curator Ylinka Barotto in collaboration with Magazzino Italian Art Foundation
2019 Causal Loops / Squiggles, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, IT curators Ei Arakawa, Kasper Konig and Nora Schulz
2019 Immersione Libera, Palazzina dei Bagni Misteriosi, Milan, IT curator Giovanni Paolin, a project by Marina Nissim in collaboration with Galleria Continua
2019 Under water, Fondazione CRC, Caraglio, IT curator Andrea Lerda and Daniela Berta
2019 One night standing, Studio Santo Stefano, Artcity, Bologna, IT
2019 About a City, Fondazione Feltrinelli, Milano, IT
2018 That's it, Sull'ultima generazione di artisti in Italia e a un metro e ottanta dal confine, MAMbo, Museo d'Arte Moderna Bologna, IT curator Lorenzo Balbi
2018 Energia Potenziale, Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, IT curator Daniele de Luigi
2017 Istantanee del cambiamento, Urban Center Metropolitano, Torino, IT
2017 Whenever the heart skips a beat, Mehring Platz, Berlin, D curator Marenka Krasomil
2017 Omaggio ai caduti, Fondation LacoLeMon, S. Cesario di Lecce, IT curator Laura Perrone
2017 TU35 Expanded, Museo Pecci, Prato, IT curator Elena Magini
2017 And now for something completly different, L'Entrepot Monaco, MC curator Gino Giannuizzi
2017 Immortal Game, Studi Festival, Milan, IT
2016 Sublimina, Museo delle Mura, Roma, IT a project by LUISS
2016 Premio Treviglio, Spazio San Paolo Invest, Treviglio, IT curator Sara Fontana
2016 Theater der Bedienbarkeit, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, D
2016 New York Prize, Italian Cultural Institute, New York, US curator Fabio Troisi
2016 Ditto, Glasshouse, Brooklyn , NY, US curator Marie Vigneau
2016 Low Grade Euphoria, Pfizer Building, New York, US curator SVA
2016 Spring Open Studios, ISCP - International Study and Curatorial Program, New York, US
2015 Parked like serious oysters, Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, D curator Anna Goetz
2015 24 hours in Seung Sanga, OIOIX, Seoul, KR curator Tobias Rehberger
2015 Getting Lost, Villa Iris, Fondation Botin, Santander, ES curator Julie Mehretu
2015 Brand new bright blue, Satellit, Berlin, D
2015 Do we dream under the same sky, special project, Art Basel, Basel, CH in collaboration with Rirkrit Tiravanija, Nikolaus Hirsch, Antto Melasniemi, Michel Muller [...] and ArtBasel
2014 In then out, Österreichische Skulpturenpark, Graz, AT curator Elisabeth Fiedler, in collaboration with Tobias Rehberger class and Tobias Rehberger
2014 Power of chi, Spreez, Munich, D
2014 Out of frames, MAC Lissone, Milan, IT curator Alberto Zanchetta
2014 Evakuieren, Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main, D curator Akira Takayama
2014 Index 14, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, D
2014 Premio Lissone, MAC Lissone, Milan, IT curator Alberto Zanchetta
2014 FDJT, Festival Der Jungen Talente, Offenbach, D curator Roos Gortzak
2012 The blind stirred slightly, but all within was dim and unsubstantial, Solalanotte, Frankfurt am Main, D curator Elisa Caldana
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TALK and SYMPOSIUM
2022/07/08 Oasis, Fondation Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, FR
2021/12/10 Book Preview, Manifattura Tabacchi, Firenze, IT
2021/09/16 Il paradosso dell'energia sostenibile, God Is Green Festival, Manifattura Tabacchi, Firenze, IT
2019/12/17 Symposium Put a tiger in the sun two catfishes in the car, NAMOC, Beijing, CN
2019/11/04 Italy China Prize, Italian Contemporary Art Day, Italian Cultural Institite Beijing CN
2018/04/21 Energia Potenziale, Spazio U35, Fotografia Europea, IT
2017/12/01 Energia Potenziale, Spazio Gerra, Reggio Emilia, IT
2016/03/29 Salon: Francesca Grilli and Calori & Maillard, ISCP Talk, ISCP, New York, US
2015/11/11 Absolventen Talks II MMK1, Frankfurt am Main, D
2015/09/15 L'Oiseau de feu, RAT school of art, Seoul, KR
2014/12/07 Kunstlergesprach im Rahmen von Index 14, Kunsthaus Hamburg, D
2012/10/05 Round table with Christin Paula Berg, Andrew de Freitas, Kristina Kilian, Franziska Stenglin, Juergen Teller, Sophie von Olfers, Staedelschule, Frankfurt am Main, D
PRIZES and GRANTS
2021 Superblast Award, held by NAM -Not A Museum- and Manifattura Tabacchi, Florence, IT
2019 I Italy-China Prize, held by MAECI, MIBACT, Fondazione Garuzzo, IIC Pechino and NAMOC, Beijing, CN
2017 Grant Residenze di Fotografia in Italia 2017, held by MIBACT and GAI, in collaboration with the city of Reggio Emilia, IT
2016 XIII New York Prize, held by Italian Academy of Advanced Studies at Columbia University, MAECI and IIC New York, US
2016 Grant Movin'Up, GAI - Giovani Artisti Italiani, II session Held by MIBACT and GAI, Turin, IT
2014 Grant Heinz und Gisela Friederichs Project Stipends, Frankfurt am Main, D
2014 Grant Staedelschule Portikus e.V. Project Stipends, Frankfurt am Main, D
2013 Ernst & Young Preis, Staedelschule, Frankfurt am Main, D
RESIDENCY and WORKSHOPS
2022 Artist in residency at Arquipélago, Centro des Artes Contemporaneas, Ribeira Grande, PT
2021 Artist in residency at NAM -Not A Museum- Manifattura Tabacchi, Firenze, IT
2019 Artist in residency at National Art Museum Of China, Beijing, CN
2019 CSAV Artists' Research Laboratory Causal Loops/Squiggles Fondazione Ratti, Como, IT
2017 Residenze di Fotografia in Italia, Reggio Emilia, IT
2017 Artist in residency at MAMbo, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Casa Natali, IT
2016 Artist in residency at ISCP, International Study and Curatorial Program, New York, US
2015 Visual Art Workshop Julie Mehretu, Fondation Botin, Santander, ES
2014 Artist in residency at Österreichische Skulpturenpark, Graz, AT
2012 Artist in residency at VIVA Performance Lab, Cosenza, IT in collaboration with MAXXI, Rome, IT
2009-2011 IUAV workshops: Cesare Pietroiusti, Francesco Vezzoli, Tania Bruguera, René Gabri, Cornelia Lauf, Lewis Baltz and Rob Pruitt
2009 IX Film Summer School, Cinema and the world's fragile boundaries, Corso Salani and Amos Gitai, Università di Lugano and Locarno International Film Festival, Locarno, CH
COLLECTIONS
Collezione di Fotografia Europea, Fototeca Panizzi, Reggio Emilia, IT
Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, MC
Must, Vimercate, Milan, IT
Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, New York, US
Italian Cultural Institute of New York, US
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Superblast, published by NERO ed, Roma, IT
2021 Hidden Displays 1975-2020, published by ed MAMbo, Bologna, IT
2021 Lo Spazio Vissuto, Cambi di prospettiva per il decennio che verrà, published by ed IIC Tirana, AL
2021 Diving into poetry, artist book, edition of 30, Venice, IT
2021 Premio Fabbri Fotografia Contemporanea, published by ed Fabbri, Pieve di Soligo, IT
2020 Premio Michetti, published by ed Corraini, Bologna, IT
2020 Causal Loops / Time Squiggles, published by Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, IT
2020 Bologna Metropolis ArteTV documentaire Février
2019 Immersione Libera, published by ed Galleria Continua, IT
2019 Flex in, published by IUAV, Venice, IT
2019 222 artisti su cui investire Exibart, published by Edizioni Exibart, IT
2018 That's it, Sull'ultima generazione di artisti in Italia e a un metro e ottanta dal confine, published by Ed MAMbo, IT
2018 Fotografia Europea 2018_XIII ed RIVOLUZIONI RIBELLIONI, CAMBIAMENTI, UTOPIE Silvana Ed Milano, IT
2018 IUAV Heritage, published by IUAV, Venice IT
2017 Remixing Cities n°2, published by Edizioni GAI, Torino, IT
2016 Premio d'arte Città di Treviglio, published by Publi Paolini, Mantova, IT
2016 We Hope This Finds You Well, published by Immigration Office, Bremen, D
2016 DANCE how a city moves, published by Verlag fur Handbucher, Stuttgart, D
2016 Ma la grande mela seduce ancora? Exibart n 93, Roma, IT
2016 Mountain School 10 Year Anniversary Book, published by Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (LACA)
2016 Ditto Magazine, published by SVA, NY, US
2015 Are we mountains? Absolventen 2015 ed Staedeschule, Frankfurt am Main, D
2015 Hr, published by Sommerakademie im Zentrum Paul Klee, CH
2015 Our hot, artist book, edition of 30, Frankfurt am Main, D
2014 Premio Lissone, published by MAC Lissone, IT