Curriculum Vitae
Laura Viale (Turin, 1967) is based in Brussels.
Education
European Institute of Design, Milan.
Solo and duo exhibitions
2020
Attempts at measuring personal distances, Il Crepaccio Instagram Show.
2018
Di là fioriscono carote selvagge, Ghost Space, Turin.
2016
Halfway, Laura Viale - Stijn Cole, Italian Cultural Institute, Brussels.
2013
Inframondo, PAV - Centro Sperimentale d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin.
2010
In/natura, Carla Mattii - Laura Viale, Murat122 Arte Contemporanea, Bari.
2009
Laura Viale, opere 1999-2009, Fondazione Bottari Lattes, Monforte d'Alba.
2004
Carbone.to, Turin.
2002
Present Future, Artissima 9 (presented by Carbone.to), Turin.
Galleria Giancarla Zanutti, Milan.
Carbone.to, Turin.
1999
L.M.F., Galleria Carbone, Turin.
Andrew Mummery Gallery, London.
1998
BluUltraRosso, Galleria Giancarla Zanutti, Milan.
Contemplando la notte con tre occhi, Bloom, Mezzago, Milan.
1997
If You Lived Here You'd Be Home by Now, Galleria Carbone, Turin.
Selected group exhibitions
2023
Space Oddity, curated by Antonella Magno and Valerio Tazzetti, Galleria Photo & Contemporary, Turin.
Lightness, curated by Bart Vandevijvere, CC De Ververij, Ronse.
Flowers, curated by Antonella Magno and Valerio Tazzetti, Galleria Photo & Contemporary, Turin.
2022
Searchlight, Artmaker#5, curated by Bruce Sterling and Chiara Garibaldi, XVI Share Festival, Turin.
2020
Number, Rhythm, Transformation - Contemporary Dialogues with Emma Kunz, curated by Régine Bonnefoit, Sara Petrucci in collaboration with the Heinrich Gebert Kulturstiftung Appenzell, Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, Appenzell.
Riots, Here We Are, Artmaker#4, curated by Bruce Sterling and Chiara Garibaldi, XV Share Festival, Turin.
2019
Ghosts, Artmaker#3, curated by Bruce Sterling and Jasmina Tesanovic, XIV Share Festival, Turin.
Small Home Great Projects, curated by Alessandro Guerriero and Johnny Dell'Orto, Triennale, Milan.
2017
Grand Hotel, curated by Serena Fineschi and Marco Andrea Magni, Surplace, Varese.
Librarty. Le livre dans tous ses états, University of Liège Libraries, Liège.
2016
Lumièrematière, Laura Viale & Stijn Cole in dialogue with master students and alumni of the ArBA-EsA, Académie royale des Beaux Arts, Brussels.
2015
LandScapes, Dialoghi intorno alla terra, curated by Guido Curto, Villa Giulia, Verbania.
2013-2014
Un---fold, curated by Big Bang, Barriera, Turin; Kessler Contemporary, Valencia; Museo Soares dos Reis, Porto.
2013
Studi Aperti, curated by Asilo Bianco, Ameno.
VIDEO.it, curated by Artegiovane, Fondazione Merz, Asifa Italia, National Cinema Museum, Turin.
2011
14th International Environmental Film Festival Cinemambiente, National Cinema Museum, Turin.
S.O.S. Planet! - Torinover 2010, curated by Patricia Fleming, Elisa Lenhard, Francesca Solero, Ex Cimitero San Pietro in Vincoli, Turin; Trongate 103, Glasgow; CBK, Rotterdam.
2010
Bioteche, curated by Franco Torriani, Fondazione per le Biotecnologie, Natural Science Museum, Turin; Museum of Contemporary Arts Villa Croce, Genoa.
2009
Flower Power, curated by Andrea Busto, CRAA - Centro Ricerca Arte Attuale, Villa Giulia, Verbania.
Greenhouse (Autumn), curated by Claudio Cravero, PAV - Centro Sperimentale d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin.
2008
Questo mondo è fantastico: vent'anni con Guido Carbone, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin.
2007
Poi piovve dentro a l'alta fantasia, curated by A.titolo, Museo Marino Marini, Florence.
In attesa di giudizio, curated by Milovan Farronato, Francesca Pasini, Michele Robecchi, MiArt, Milan.
InSede 2007: che scatto! Fotografi a Torino, curated by Francesco Poli, Divisione Servizi Culturali Città di Torino, Turin.
CINEBUS, Guido Costa Projects - Torino / Shooting Hope Productions - Roma, various locations in Turin during Artissima 14.
2006
Outlook - Panorama Italiano, curated by Luigi Fassi, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin.
ManifesTO, curated and supported by GAM and Comune di Torino, Turin.
2005
Il corridoio dell'arte, curated by Gabriella Serusi, Gabriele Fasolino, Palazzo della Provincia, Turin; Palazzo della Triennale, Milan.
Blooming, curated by Roberto Vatalaro, Metropolis Photo Gallery, Bologna.
Arte e Bicolori, curated by Luca Beatrice, FIAT Café - Palazzo della Triennale, Milan.
2004
XIV Quadriennale di Roma - Anteprima Torino, Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Turin.
2002
Nuovo Spazio Italiano, curated by Fabio Cavallucci, Giovanna Nicoletti, Giorgio Verzotti, MART, Palazzo delle Albere, Trento.
Viasatellite, curated by Alessandra Galletta, Mercati Traianei, Rome.
2001
ManifesTO, curated and supported by GAM and Comune di Torino, Turin.
2000
E-mona, curated by Jef Bourgeau, Museum of New Arts, Detroit.
De mar a mar, curated by Fernando Serrano, Foro Iberoamericano de La Rabida, Huelva.
Talents: i nuovi fermenti dell'arte italiana, curated by Maria Grazia Torri, Gianluca Marziani, Paola Nicita, Spazio Consolo, Milan.
1999
Porta d'Oriente, curated by Gianni Romano, Palazzo Tupputi, Bisceglie.
Bloom: Contemporary Art Garden, curated by Gianni Romano, "Lolmocolmo", Brescia (supported by Philip Morris Companies).
1998
Nature Inurbane, I Biennale Parchi Natura Ambiente, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Palazzo Esposizioni, Rome.
Il Punto, curated by Elio Grazioli, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano.
Attraversamenti, curated by Caroline Corbetta and Diego Grandi, Teatro dell'Arte, Milan.
1997/8
Arte Terminale, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Galleria Banchi Nuovi, Rome; Italian Institutes of Culture of Madrid and Barcelona.
1997
Art by Design, curated by Francesca Piovano, APT Gallery, London.
VIII Biennale dei Giovani Artisti dell'Europa e del Mediterraneo, Cavallerizza, Turin, Kable Factory, Helsinki.
Commissions
2022
Particolari (d’après l’Aterno), permanent marble installation for the court of the Public Cultural Center Spazio Matta, Pescara.
2010
Perfect World (video, 04’:30”), in the frame of Bioteche, curated by Franco Torriani, Fondazione per le Biotecnologie, Turin.
2006-2007
Memorabile.it, charity project to support the families of children affected by Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy; supported by Fondazione CRT, Associazione Artissima, Compagnia di San Paolo, Turin; Sotheby's, Milan.
1998
Glass wall of Malpensa Airport Multiconfessional Chapel, chapel design by Ettore Sottsass, Milan.
Residencies
2022
Hub Aterno: di pietre e di acque, curated by Marcella Russo, Spazio Matta, Pescara.
2003
Fondation La Napoule, Cannes, France.
2002
Florida - First Contact, curated by Alison Nordstrom, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California.