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BORN
in Lugano (Switzerland) in 1969.

LIVES AND WORKS
in New York and Lugano.

EDUCATION
1989 window dressing and graphic arts diploma at CSIA, Lugano (Switzerland)
1991 stage design diploma at Ecole du décor de theatre, Geneva (Switzerland)
1993 Summer academy with Nancy Spero, Salzburg (Austria)
1994 Summer academy with Dick Higgins, Salzburg
1996 visual art diploma at ESAV, Geneva

AWARDS
2005 Swiss Awards 05, Messe Halle, Basel. Switzerland. (cat.)

2003 Che c'è di nuovo? La scena artistica contemporanea in Ticino, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano. Switzerland. (cat.).
         Swiss Awards 03, Messe Halle, Basel. Switzerland. (cat.).

2000 Swiss Awards show, Fri-Art Centre d'Art Contemporain, Fribourg. Switzerland. (cat.).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Wrecks, Momenta Art, Brooklyn NY, U.S.A
         Workshop, École des Beaux-Arts, Sierre, Switzerland.

2004 The Stranded Boat, CACTicino Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona, Switzerland (cat.).
         Mutter Courage, Oredaria articontemporanee, Rome, Italy.
         The House in the Woods, Laurin, Zurich, Switzerland.
         Happy #2 (performance), Planet22, Geneva, Switzerland.

2003 Casual Friday, MLAC Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy (cat.).

2002 Crossing, Kunsthaus PasquArt, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.
         École des Beaux-Arts, Sierre, Switzerland.
         Sport Stücke, Alessandro De March, Legnano-Milan, Italy.
         Science et Cité (conference), Expo '02, Yverdon-Les-Bains, Switzerland.

2001 CACTicino Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
         More, More, CACTicino Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona, Switzerland.

2000 Kunsthaus Zug, Zug, Switzerland (cat.).
         Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland.

1998 Centre de Rencontres, Ferney-Voltaire, France.

1996 Fido, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (cat.).

1996 Fido, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (cat.)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 Fuera de la orbita, Planet22. Valparaiso, Chile.
         Benefit, Momenta Art, New York. U.S
         Something is Somewhere, Monya Rowe gallery, New York. U.S
         Swiss folks, galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva. Switzerland
         A Swiss Video Selection, ARTeast Foundation, fortress Gallery, Tirgu Mures. Romania

2004 Tra cronaca e storia. Contemporanea Giovani, Ticosa Area A-shed, Como, Italy (cat.).
         The Nurse, La Fabbrica, Losone, Switzerland (cat.).
         Surveillance camera, CACTicino Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
         Biennale Adriatica, Museo della carta, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy (cat.).
         Popstarz, videopreis, Boswil. Switzerland.
         Video, Video, Film, ausstellungsraum25, Zuerich, Switzerland.
         After school special, Locarno film festival. Switzerland.
         Negotiation: for love or money?, Donze Vansaanen Gallery, Lausanne. Switzerland.
         Laurin Gallery, Zuerich, Switzerland.

2003 Urban Diaries. Young Swiss Art, Alcalá 31, Contemporary Art Center, Madrid (cat.).
         Riflessioni sugli effetti delle guerre, Galleria Milano, Milan, Italy.
         SwissFlux, Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Rome, Italy.
         Che c'è di nuovo? La scena artistica contemporanea in Ticino, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland (cat.).
         Liste 03 (CACTicino Special Guest), Basel, Switzerland (cat.).
         Play, V.I.D. (Video in der Dampfzentrale), Dampfzentrale, Berne, Switzerland.
         Annual Auction, SI Swiss Institute-Contemporary Art, New York, USA.

2002 VideROM 2.0, GianCarla Zanutti, Milan, Italy.
         Fe_Male (performance with Una Szeemann), CACTicino Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
         VideROM 3.0, GAMeC Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo.
         VideROM 4.0, MACRO Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome.
         Artissima Art Fair 02 (Alessandro De March gallery, Legnano-Milan), Turin, Italy.

2001 Record Collection, Forde, Geneva, Switzerland.
         Italian Connection. Junge Videoszene Italien und Tessin, Kornhaus, Berne, Switzerland.
         Helle Nächte, Basel, Switzerland (cat.).
         Biennial of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
         I Love Art Video, Turbulence 01, Maillon-Wacken, Strasbourg, France.
         Dans le désordre si possible, Maillon, Strasbourg, France.

2000 Katia Bassanini, Ivana Falconi, Stefano Jermini, Cristina Poretti, Silvano Repetto, Vanessa & Sibilla, CACTicino Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona,          Switzerland.
         Swiss Awards, Fri-Art Centre d'Art Contemporain, Fribourg, Switzerland (cat.).
         Cute, Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland.

1999 Sconfinamenti performativi, Cinema Teatro, Chiasso, Switzerland.
         999, Palazzo Ex-Troesch, CACTicino, Bellinzona, Switzerland (cat.).
         Perugi gallery, Padova, Italy.

1997 Europa è solo una parola?, Magazzini del Sale, Siena, Italy (cat.).

1995 Saldi di fine impero, Studio Foce, Lugano, Switzerland.
         In vivo, Geneva, Switzerland.

1994 Festival d'Art Vidéo, Hérouville Saint-Clair, France (cat.).

 

 

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