Exhibitions / My Religion Is Kindness. Thank You, See You In The Future / Biography

Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 1999, Paola Pivi was born in Milan in 1971. She lives and works in Milan and Anchorage (Alaska, USA).

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006
Fffffffffffffffffff, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami
No Problem Have a Nice Day, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris

2005
Fant Ass Tic, Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan

2004
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
To Me, Curated by Tamsin Dillon, a project by Platform for Art, Gloucester Road Underground Station, London

2003
MACRO Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Curated by Laura Cherubini, Rome (with catalogue)
The Wrong Gallery, New York
Animal Skin, (with Maurizio Pecoraro), Alta Moda Roma, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome

2002
Alicudi Project, Curated by Xavier Franceschi, Centre d’Art Contemporaine de Brétigny, Espace Jules Verne, Brétigny-sur-Orge (with catalogue)
Jewels editions Elena Levi, Curated by Laura Cherubini, Galleria Roma Roma Roma, Roma (with catalogue)

2001
Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Alicudi Project, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt

2000
Paola Pivi. Un progetto per il Castello, Curated by Marcella Beccaria, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin (with catalogue)

1999
Galleria S.A.L.E.S., (with Simone Berti), Curated by Laura Cherubini, Roma

1998
100 cinesi, Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milano

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006
Kontracom, Contemporary festival, curated by Max Hollein, Salzburg
Il Diavolo del Focolare, curated by Claudia Gian Ferrari, La Triennale di Milano, Milano
Fuori pista, Capanna Mollino di Sauze D’Oulx, Sportina, Torino

2005
Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye, Curated by Francesco Bonami with Julie Rodrigues Widholm and Tricia Van Eck, MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA (with catalogue)
Das Verlorene Paradies: Die Landschaft in der zeitgenössischen Photographie, Curated by Beate Kemfert, Opelvillen - Zentrum für Kunst in Rüsselsheim
Fuori tema/Italian Feeling, XIV Quadriennale di Roma, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Roma. (with catalogue)
En Route: Via Another Route, Curated by Adam Carr, Trans-Siberian Train, Moscow-Bejing, Russia-China
War Is Over, Curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio and Maria Cristina Rodeschini Galati, GAMeC Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo (with catalogue)
Bidibidobidiboo: Works from Collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and other venues, Torino (with catalogue)
Generations of Art: 10 anni alla FAR, Curated by Giorgio Verzotti, Fondazione Antonio Ratti and other venues, Como (with catalogue)

2004
With All Due Intent, Manifesta 5, Curated by Marta Kuzma and Massimiliano Gioni, different venues, Donostia-San Sebastiàn, (with catalogue)
Per amore: Il collezionismo privato d’arte contemporanea in Sicilia, Curated by Salvatore Lacagnina and Paola Nicita, Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea Montevergini, Siracusa (with catalogue)
I nuovi mostri: Una storia italiana, a poster project by Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Milano-Venezia (with catalogue)
Ettore Spalletti, Paola Pivi, Giorgio Colombo, Associazione culturale VistaMare, Pescara
No principio era a viaxe/In the Beginning There Was the Journey, 28a Bienal de Arte de Pontevedra, Curated by David G. Torres and Miguel von Hafe Pérez, Pontevedra (with catalogue)
Lei: Donne nelle collezioni italiane, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino

2003
Interludes, Curated by Francesco Bonami, nell’ambito di Sogni e conflitti: La dittatura dello spettatore, 50. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte La Biennale di Venezia, Venezia (with catalogue)
Artists’ Projects, Curated by Polly Staple, Frieze Art Fair, London (with catalogue)

2002
Next Art: 20 musei per l’arte di domani, Curated by Ludovico Pratesi, Sala Murat and Fortino Sant’Antonio, Bari (with catalogue)
Tutto normale, Curated by Jérome Sans and Ludovico Pratesi, Accademia di Francia - Villa Medici, Roma (with catalogue)
Ouverture... arte dall’Italia, Curated by Andrea Bruciati, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone (with catalogue)
Ouverture, Curated by Nicolas Bourriaud and Jérome Sans, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
ExIT: Nuove geografie della creatività italiana, Curated by Francesco Bonami, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino (with catalogue)
Verso il futuro: Identità nell’arte italiana 1990-2002, Curated by Ludovico Pratesi and Costantino D’Orazio, Museo del Corso, Roma (with catalogue)

2001
Marking the Territory, Curated by Marina Abramovic, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (with catalogue)
Uniform: Order and Disorder, Curated by Francesco Bonami, Maria Luisa Frisa and Stefano Tonchi, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York (with catalogue)
Sonsbeek 9: LocusFocus, Curated by Jan Hoet, different venues, Arnhem (with catalogue)
Espresso: Arte oggi in Italia, Curated by Luca Cerizza and Gianfranco Maraniello, in Boom!, Manifattura Tabacchi, Firenze (with catalogue)
Signatures of the Invisible, in collaboration with CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, Ginevra), Curated by The London Istitute, The Atlantis Gallery, London; Complesso del Vittoriano, Roma; 2002 Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva; 2003 P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York (with catalogue)
Adriatico: Le due sponde, Curated by Angela Vettese, 52 Premio Michetti, Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare (with catalogue)

2000
Uniforme: Ordine e disordine, Curated by Francesco Bonami, Maria Luisa Frisa and Stefano Tonchi, Stazione Leopolda, Firenze (with catalogue)
Clockwork 2000 - P.S.1 National and International Studio Program 1999-2000, Curated by Roxana Marcoci, Clocktower Gallery, New York (with catalogue)
Migrazioni e multiculturalità, Premio Giovane Arte Italiana, Curated by Laura Cherubini, Paolo Colombo and Anna Mattirolo, Centro Nazionale per le Arti Contemporanee, Roma (with catalogue)
Ventana hacia venus/Window onto Venus, in 7a Bienal de la Habana, Curated by Zerynthia Associazione per l’Arte Contemporanea, Teatro Nacional de Cuba, L’Avana, Cuba

1999
Au-Delà, Curated by Jens Hoffmann, Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin
L’Autre Sommeil, Curated by Angeline Scherf, ARC Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (with catalogue)
P.S.1 Italian Bureau selections 1998-2000, Curated by Laura Cherubini, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Mario Codognato, Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella (with catalogue)
dAPERTutto, 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte La Biennale di Venezia, Curated by Harald Szeemann, Venezia (with catalogue)

1998
Guarene Arte 1998, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarene d’Alba (with catalogue)
Opera nuova, Fuori Uso ’98, Curated by Laura Cherubini, Mercato ortofrutticolo, Pescara (with catalogue)

1997
Mercato globale, Fuori Uso in Provincia, Curated by Laura Cherubini, ex Colonia Stella Maris, Montesilvano, Pescara (with catalogue)
Invitation to a Pointless Investigation, workshop con Jimmie Durham, Curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Viafarini, Milano

1996
A Month on the Lake, Corso Superiore di Arti Visive, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, visiting professor John Armleder, Curated by Angela Vettese and Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Chiesa di San Francesco, Como (with catalogue)

1995
Transatlantico, Curated by Alberto Garutti and Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Viafarini, Milano