Massimo Bartolini was born in Cecina (1962), where he lives and works. He studied as a surveyor in Livorno (1976-1981) and graduated from the Florence Academy (1989). He is professor of visual arts at UNIBZ Bolzano, NABA (New Academy of Fine Arts, Milan) and Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna.

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Biography

Massimo Bartolini was born in Cecina (1962), where he lives and works. He studied as a surveyor in Livorno (1976-1981) and graduated from the Florence Academy (1989). He is professor of visual arts at UNIBZ Bolzano, NABA (New Academy of Fine Arts, Milan) and Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna.

Also following his experiences in the world of theater, Massimo Bartolini's first interventions are actions performed with live music, theatrical machines, and dancers. Subsequently he dedicated himself separately to installation and performance, thus isolating the actors from the theatrical machines and from the stage, to obtain a space that directly modifies the perceptions of the spectator also through an architectural narration. Typical of Bartolini is an attitude of extreme openness completely transversal to the mediums that he uses and reinvents in unorthodox ways. The variety of languages and materials adopted is extraordinary: from performative works that involve temporary actors, the public or the architectural space, to drawings carried out over a deliberately long time frame; from large public installations often created with the collaboration of other hands and knowledge, to small sketch-works assembled in the studio; from complex sound sculptures to photographs and videos.

Since 1993 Massimo Bartolini has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad. Among his personal exhibitions: Senza titolo & Artra (Milan, 1993), Henry Moore Foundation (Leeds, 1996), British School at Rome (Rome 1997, with Martin Creed), Casa Masaccio (San Giovanni Valdarno, 1998), PS1 (New York, 2001), Museum Abteiberg (Mönchengladbach, 2003), Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art (Prato, 2003), GAM (Turin, 2004), Museu Serralves (Porto, 2007), CaixaForum (Barcelona, 2007), Ikon Gallery (Birmingham, 2007), Museion (Bolzano, 2010, with Stefano Arienti), Center of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu (Torun, Poland, 2011), Auditorium Arte (Rome, 2012), MARCO (Vigo, Spain, 2012), SMAK (Ghent, 2013), Museo Marino Marini (Florence, 2015), Fondazione Merz (Turin, 2017), Le Futur derrièr nous (Villa Arson, 2022).
He has participated in the Venice Biennale (1999, 2001, 2009, 2013), the Valencia Biennale (2001), Manifesta 4 (Frankfurt, 2002), the São Paulo Biennale (2004), the Pontevedera Biennale (2004), the Shanghai Biennale ( 2006 and 2012), International Triennale of Contemporary Art (Yokohama, 2011), Documenta 13 (Kassel, 2012), Etchigo Tsumari Tiennal (Tokamachi, Japan, 2012), Kathmandu Triennale (Nepal, 2017), Pune Biennale, (India, 2017 ), Yinchuam Biennial (China, 2018), Bangkok Biennial (2020).

Solo exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2022
IT, Hagoromo Curated by Luca Cerizza, Elena Magini, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
F, Horizontal Victory, MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique, Paris
2020
I, On Identikit, CSAC , Parma
2018
B, And others landscapes, Gert Robijns RESETHOME, Borgloon
I, Caudu e Fridu Curated by Caludia Gioia, Palazzo Oneto di Sperlinga, Palermo
2017
I, Four Organs, Fondazione Merz, Torino
2016
UK, Golden Square, Fifth Street Gallery, London
I, Paesaggi, Massimo De Carlo, Milano
2015
I, Massimo Bartolini, Museo Marino Marini, Firenze
2014
I, It's mine! Paesaggio e appropriazione, MART, Rovereto
I, Massimo Bartolini, Magazzino, Roma
2013
E, Hum Curated by Anna Cestelli Guidi, Marco - Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Vigo
D, Schlosspark Pansevitz, Outdoor Sculpture Park, Rugen
B, Studio Matters + 1, S.M.A.K., Gent
UK, Studio Matters + 1, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
D, Zwei Inseln (Two Islands), Schlosspark Pansewitz, Rugen
UK, Afterheart, Frith Street Gallery, London
2012
I, Hum Curated by Anna Cestelli Guidi, AuditoriumArte, Roma
2011
PL, Serce na dłoni, Centre of Contemporary Art, Torun
I, Basements, Massimo De Carlo, Milano
Polonia, Il cuore in mano, Centre of Contemporary Art "Znaki Czasu", Turon
CH, Massimo Bartolini, Art Unlimited, Art Basel 42, Basilea
2010
UK, Massimo Bartolini: Cor, South London Gallery, London
BG, Massimo Bartolini. Dews, Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia
2009
Three quarter tone-pieces, Magazzino d'arte moderna, Roma
2008
I, Organi, Massimo De Carlo, Milano
UK, Massimo Bartolini, Firth Street Gallery , London
USA, Massimo Bartolini: Concert room with voices, D’Amelio Terras, New York
I, Dialoghi con la città Curated by Laura Cherubini, MAXXI - Museo delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Roma
2007
E, El Jardì de Roses - Intervencions a’artistes a CaixaForum, Fundaciòn La Caixa, Barcelona
USA, Massimo Bartolini: Airplanes and Horizon, D’Amelio Terras, New York
I, Massimo Bartolini - Laboratorio di storia e storie, Cappella Anselmetti, Torino
Group exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2023
I, La guerra è finita! La pace non è ancora iniziata, Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso
I, Terra animata. Visioni tra arte e natura in Italia (1964-2023) Curated by Paola Bonani, Francesca Rachele Oppedisano, Mattatoio, Roma
2022
F, Le futur derrière nous, Villa Arson, Nice
I, Crazy, Dart – Chiostro del Bramante, Roma
2021
I, Villa Chiuminatto, Villa Chiuminatto, Torino
2020
MASSIMO DE CARLO FOR MILANO: A Benefit Sale to Support Local Hospitals, ARTSY
T, Bangkok Biennial, Bangkok
I, Come prima, meglio di prima, Massimo De Carlo, Milano
2019
I, Grotoni e malocchi, Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza
I, Mare blu, Fondazione musei civici di Venezia, Venezia
I, Notti magiche. Arte italiana anni novanta dalla collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino
2018
UK, Summer Breeze: An Ensemble of Prints, Frith Street Gallery, London
I, No Man's Library Curated by Zerynthia Associazione per l'Arte Contemporanea, Ex Biblioteca Universitaria, Sassari
I, Raymond, Grand Hotel et des Palmes, Palermo
PRC, Starting from the Desert. Ecologies on the Edge, Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan , Yinchuan
2017
NEP, The City, My Studio / The City, My Life Curated by  Philippe Van Cauteren, Kathmandu Triennale 2017, Kathmandu Valley
IT, Walk-In And Expansive Works From The Museion Collection, Fondazione Museion, Bolzano
D, In the Meantime, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar
UK, Summer Breeze: An Ensemble of Prints, Frith Street Gallery, London
2016
I, Other times, other myths - The 16th Art Quadrennial, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma
I, The Indipendent. Base, MAXXI, Roma
D, Massimo Bartolini, Emscherkunst, Essen
I, Start up Quattro Agenzie per la produzione del possibile Curated by Gianfranco Baruchello, Maria Alicata, Carla Subrizi, Fondazione Baruchello, Roma
NL, Full Moon, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar
I, The Pagad Curated by Rita Selvaggio, Massimo De Carlo, Milano
2015
I, I'll be there forever - The sense of classics Curated by Chloe Piccoli, Palazzo Cusani, Milano
I, Ennesima. Una mostra di sette mostre sull'arte italiana Curated by Vincenzo De Bellis, Triennale di Milano, Milano
I, Liberi Tutti! Arte e Società in Italia 1989 - 2001, Museo Ettore Fico, Torino
I, PROPORTIO Curated by Axel Vervoordt, Daniela Ferretti, Palazzo Fortuny, Venezia
2014
F, Histoires Sans Sorcière, La Maison de La Vache Qui Rit, Lons-le-Saunier
E, NUMBER, NAME, THINK (The Scientific Method), Carlos Garaicoa Open Studio, Madrid
I, Perduti nel Paesaggio, MART, Rovereto

Bibliography

Year
Author, Publication Title, Date
2020
Artdaily.com, 21 September
Quattordio, Alessandro, Artribune, 25 September
Arte, 12 September
2019
Luce e Design, February
2016
Aesthetica, May
2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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Tolino, Giulia e Laura Cherubini, Se vedo... capisco! - Sguardi sull'arte contemporanea italiana
2011
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Scuderi, Massimiliano, Flash Art, October

Public collections

Country
Location
Canada
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Italy
Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Torino
Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
Fondazione Teseco per l'Arte, Pisa
Il Giardino dei Lauri - Collezione Massimo Lauro, San Litardo
MAGA - Museo Arte Gallarate, Gallarate
MAXXI Arte Collections, Roma
Museion Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Bolzano
Spain
Centro de arte visuales Fundaciòn Helga de Alvear, Caceres
Fundaciò La Caixa, Barcelona
The Netherlands
Museum Voorinden, Wassenaar
United Kingdom
Here and Now Collection, The McManus, Dundee
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
United States of America
Olnick Spanu Art Program, Garrison, New York

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