NICOLA VERLATO
Born in 1965 in Verona, Italy. Lives and works in Los Angeles CA.
EDUCATION
Institute of architecture IUAV, Venice, 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, Milan, 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