NICOLA VERLATO

Born in 1965 in , . Lives and works in Los Angeles CA.

EDUCATION

Institute of architecture IUAV, , 1985 - 1990 Art college Cignaroli, Verona, 1980 – 1985 Conservatory F.E.Dall'Abaco, Verona, 1980 – 1985

SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Museums / Institutions

American Trilogy, Matucana Cultural Center, Santiago de Chile, 2016

Hostia, Lissone Contemporary Art Museum, Lissone, 2014

Nicola Verlato, MOAH, Lancaster - CA, 2012

Modeling Process, GC.AC, Monfalcone, 2007

GROUP EXHIBITIONS: Museums / Institutions

11th Nuit Blanche, City of Toronto, Toronto, 2016

Patria O Libertad, Matucana Cultural Center, Santiago de Chile, 2016

Read my Lips!, Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam, 2016

Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose, MOCA, Virginia, 2016

Dark Opulence-Divine Decadence, Gaasbeek Castle, Brussels, 2016

From Madonna to Madonna, MACRO Castagnino, Rosario - Argentina , 2016 De Madonna a Madonna, Matucana Cultural Center, Santiago de Chile, 2015

¿La vida era esto?, Progreso, libertad, auto realización, Domus Artium, Salamanca, 2015

Intimate Strangers: politics as celebrity, celebrity as politics, Matucana Cultural Center, Santiago, 2015

Juxtapoz'20 Years Under the Influence' , Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles - CA, 2015

Masterworks, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach - CA, 2014

Juxtapoz Italiano, Italian Cultural Institute, Los Angeles - CA, 2014

Kustom Kulture, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington beach - CA, 2013

De Madonna a Madonna, Domus Artium, Salamanca, 2013

Jack Helgensen Family Collection, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorioum, Oslo, 2012

Percorsi riscoperti dell’arte italiana, MART, Rovereto Trento, 2012

The End of History... and the Return of History Painting, Domus Artium, Salamanca, 2012

The End of History... and the Return of History Painting, Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, 2011

Suggestivism, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana - CA, 2011

Bryant Park Show, Bryant Park, New York - NY 2011

Signs of Apocalypse/Rapture, Hyde Park Art center, Chicago - IL, 2009

53rd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale, Venice Biennale, Venice, 2009

Apocalypse Wow! M.A.C.R.O., Rome, 2009

The Fender Project, Museo della Musica, Bologna, 2009

In the land of retinal delights, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna - CA, 2008

The Chelsea project, Public project with More Art Foundation, New York - NY, 2008

15 Quadriennale d’arte di Roma, Palazzo delle esposizioni, Roma, 2008

L’immagine sottile, GC.AC, Monfalcone, 2007

Il Velo, CeSAC, Caraglio, 2007

On the edge of vision, Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta , 2007

More is more, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee - FL, 2007

Arte Italiana, 1968-2007, Palazzo Reale, Milano, 2007 LVIII Edizione del Premio Michetti- Nuovi realismi, Museo Michetti, Francavilla Al mare, 2007

Nuovi pittori della realta’, PAC, Milano, 2007

Painting Codes. I codici della pittura, GC.AC, Monfalcone, 2006

Miracolo a Milano, Palazzo della Ragione, Milano, 2005

2nd Prague Biennal, Karlin Hall, Prague, 2005

Clip’it, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino, 2005

100% acid free, White Columns, New York - NY, 2004

Tendenze Attuali dell’arte Italiana, V.A.F Foundation, Palazzo delle Albere, Trento, 2003

Agenore Fabbri Prize, Mathildenhoe Kunstverein, Darmstadt, 2003

LIV Premio Michetti, Fondazione Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, 2003

1st Prague Biennal, National Gallery Veletrzni Palac , Prague, 2003

Tensio, GC.AC, Monfalcone, 2002

1st Tirana Biennal, National gallery & Chinese pavillion,Tirana, 2001

Generetor, Trevi Flash Art Museum,Trevi, 2000

Sui Generis, PAC, Milano, 2000

Artists under forty, Palazzo Sarcinelli, Conegliano, 1999

Dopo Tiepolo, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venezia, 1997

Ultime generazioni-XII Quadriennale, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, 1996

Carnet, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venezia, 1996

Palazzo Carminati ’95, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venezia, 1995

SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Private Galleries

Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, 2017 Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles - CA, 2015 Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, , 2013 Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles - CA, 2013 Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York - NY, 2012 Merry Karnowski Gallery, Los Angeles - CA, 2012 Galleri S.E., Bergen, Norway , 2007 Fabio Paris, Brescia, 2007 Stux Gallery, New York - NY, 2006 Luxe Gallery, New York - NY, 2005 Mudimadue, Berlin, 2003 Davide Di Maggio, Milano, 2002 Totem il canale, Venezia, 2001 Totem il canale, Venezia, 1998 Studio Tommaseo, Trieste, 1996

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: Private Spaces

“Poulsen's Fifteen: New Art From NY – part VII”, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, 2016 “Parerga & Paralipomena della pittura”, Bonelli Arte Contemporanea, Milano, 2013 “Hi Fructose Group Show Invitational” Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2011 “Uncovered” Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths, 2010 “Tres Amigos” with Eric White and Tom Sanford Galleri S.E., Bergen, 2010 “Fantasilandia” Antonio Colombo Gallery, Milan, 2010 “Three Handed” with Eric White and Fulv io Di Piazza, Jonathan Levine Gallery, NY, 2010 “Paradiso terrestre” Bonelli LAB, Canneto sull’oglio, 2008 “Summer Group Show” Billy Shire fine art, Los Angeles - CA, 2007 “Arcani Maggiori” Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milano- Galleria In Arco, Torino, 2007 “Waiting for the barbarians” Rare-Gallery, New York - NY, 2005 “The Neo-Baroque Era” Byblos Art Gallery, Verona 2005 “The Seismologist” Sara Nightingale Gallery, Southampton, New York - NY, 2005 “Altri Fantasmi” Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, GAS Art Gallery-Galleria in Arco, Torino, 2005 “The other Europe. On art and political incorrectness” Galleri S.E, Bergen, 2005 “Not about sex” Luxe Gallery, New York - NY, 2005 “Questi Fantasmi” Galleria 1000eventi, Milano, 2004 “Drawing is the beginning of everything” Davide di Maggio Galerie - Mudimadue, Berlin, 2004 “USA today” Galerie S.E., Bergen, 2004 “Italian landscape” Hof & Huyser Gallery, Amsterdam, 2004 “Simply drawn” Luxe Gallery, New York - NY, 2004 “Stop & Store” Luxe Gallery, New York - NY, 2004 “Bianco e nero italiano” Davide di Maggio Galerie - Mudimadue, Berlin, 2003 “New Italian portrait” Spazio Consolo, Milano, 1998

LECTURES AND PANELS

Media Architecture Summit, Toronto, 2016 Italian Institute of Culture, Los Angeles, 2015 Accademia di Belle Arti Santagiulia, Brescia, 2014 Accademia di Brera, Milano, 2013 LCAD, Laguna - CA, 2011 SVA, New York - NY, 2009 NYAA, New York - NY, 2008 Accademia di Venezia, Venezia, 1996

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

MUSAC Contemporary art Museum of Castilla and León, Spain MART Contemporary art Museum of Trento and Rovereto, Italy Jack Hegelsen family collection, Oslo, Norway ENECO art collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands MUDIMA Foundation, Milano, Italy

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Monography: From Verona with Rage, Gingko Press, 2012 Modeling Process, GC.AC, 2008

Books: Painting Now, Thames and Hudson, 2015 Masterworks: Defining the New Contemporary Narrative, Gingko Press Inc., 2014 The Figure: Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, Skira Rizzoli, 2014 Juxtapoz New Contemporary, Gingko Press Inc., 2012 Signs of the Apocalypse or Rapture, Front Forty Press, 2008 Neo Baroque!, Edizioni Charta , 2006

Magazines: Art in America, Flash Art, Art Pulse, Tema Celeste, Art Actuel, Arte, Juxtapoz, Hi Fructose, ArtPulse, Lowdown, XL, Joia Magazine, Catapult Art Magazine, Empty Magazine, Exibart, Bliss magazine, The Stranger, Vogue Italia, Angeleno, Bang Art Magazine, Internazionale

Newspapers: The New York Times, Il Giornale, Il Foglio, Libero and Il Tempo, Corriere della Sera, Repubblica