
Berlin-based, Italian-born artist Mimmo Catania has been enjoying success on the international stage for over forty years. His work, lauded for its deeply cinematic air combining Hitchcockian intrigue with a dangerously luscious palette, has been featured a most impressive four times at the Venice Biennale and dozens of international exhibitions, including at Galerie Yvonne Lambert, Art Omi in New York, and multiple Institutes of Italian Culture around the world. Among his accolades are grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the Joan Mitchell Foundation.
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Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Interior Shot
Dispari & Dispari Project, Berlin, Germany2019
Interior Shot
Dispari & Dispari Project, Berlin, GermanyTraces of Absence
Hilton Molino Stucky, Venice, Italy2018
Idyllic Landscape
Corner Window Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand2017
Odd One Out
Artloft, Berlin, Germany2016
Overturn
Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea Montevergini, Siracusa, Italy2015
Storm
TAM, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, US-CandaShutter-Schütter
Irena Kos Arte Contemporanea, Pietrasanta, Italy2013
Mimmo Catania
Casa del Arte, Zürich, Switzerland2011
The Perfect Fake
Epicentro Art, Berlin, Germany2010
Out of Order
Unit One Gallery, Beijing, China2009
Expected News
Galerija Charlama, Sarajevo, Bosnia-HerzegovinaShouting all life long
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Cologne, GermanyCatcher in the Act
Tallina Kunstihoone/City Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia2008
The Corner
The Pickled Art Centre, Beijing, ChinaThe Enchanting Forest (Chuanbei Park)
Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China2007
Set on Wet
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM2005
Spectator
Mietart Galerie, Berlin, Germany2004
Three paintings
Mietart Galerie, Berlin, Germany2003
Selected works
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, CroatiaZeitgeist, Works 1998-2002
Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre-Venice, Italy1999
Mimmo Catania
Casa di Goethe Museum, Rome, Italy1997
Window
Artists’ Space, Berlin, Germany1996
Night Day Light
Pyramida Center for Contemporary Art, Haifa, IsraelLabyrinth
Ephrat Gallery (with Abraham Eilat), Tel Aviv, Israel1995
Mind the Step
Dziekanka Gallery, Warsaw, PolandSelected drawings
Scuola Grande S. Giovanni Evangelista, Venice, Italy1994
Notes & Notices
Wschodnia Gallery, Lodz, Poland1993
Notes
Konzept Museum Galerie, Berlin, Germany1990
Reflessioni
Galerie Loulou Lasard, Berlin, Germany1988
Zwei Jahre später
Galerie IX, Berlin, Germany1987
La strategia dei Gemelli, with R. Dreher
Planet Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany1986
La Fedelta del Camaleonte
Galerie Kunst-Raum, Hagen, GermanyThe Wind
Galerie IX, Berlin, Germany1985
La bestia del sonno
Schaufenstergalerie, Berlin, GermanyAvvisi in Bakeka
Eiszeit Kino, Berlin, GermanyGROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Alptraum
La Estacion Gallery, Chihuahua, MexicoBridges and Walls, Walls and Bridges
AC Institute, New York, NY+1
Safe Gallery, Berlin, GermanyAlptraum
Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ2018
Art Noah
Kunsthalle Feldbach, Feldbach, AustriaBiennale
Gallery for Contemporary Art Charlama, Sarajevo, Bosnia-HerzegovinaEos
Spazio Mazzone, Vittoria, CanadaArt Protects
Yvon Lambert, Paris, France2017
The Vitesse Collection
RAE FARM, Lentzke/Fehrbellin, GermanyThe Research Pavillion, in the context of the 57.
Biennale di Venezia, Venice, ItalyLos Angeles
Serrone della Villa Reale, Monza, Canada2016
Alptraum
RAE art space, Berlin, Germany
Art Protects
Yvon Lambert, Paris, FranceCreators
Gallery for Contemporary Art Charlama, Sarajevo, Bosnia-HerzegovinaMurder, she said
Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, New York, NY2015
Alptraum
Salon de Lirio, Velim, Salcete, IndiaBring the Darling
Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, GermanyJungle of Sculptures
Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, GermanyNightmare
Visual Voice Gallery, Montreal, CAAlptraum
Visual Arts Centre – McClure Gallery, Montreal, CAWorks in White
Schau Fenster, Berlin, GermanyKIK Five
Kino Internationale Kunst, Berlin, Germany2014
Clashart
Thossprojekte at SchimidtMarc Gallery, Berlin, GermanyIn eager anticipation of a house search
Hotes International Fine Art, Berlin, GermanySynthesis, Suomesta
Gallery for Finnish Contemporary Art, Berlin, GermanyLet’s fix it
Freies Museum Berlin, Berlin, GermanyArt Protects
Yvon Lambert, Paris, France2013
Sleep is different
Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, GermanyHerzflattern, Junge Kunst der 1990
Abgeordnetenhaus, Berlin, GermanyPersonal Structures, Palazzo Bembo, Collateral Events, 55
Biennale di Venezia, Venice, ItalyPieces
Kwadrat Galerie, Berlin, GermanyLet us snow
Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, Germany2012
Papierfile on tour
Kunstraum Tosterglope, Tosterglope, GermanyAgency of Unrealized Projects at daadgalerie
daadgalerie, Berlin, GermanyFragmente
Stadtgalerie Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany2011
Shadows of the Bright
Showroom Unter den Linden, Berlin, GermanyMapping Exhibition
ArtLife Gallery, Venice, ItalyDie Leistungsschau
Kunsthalle am Hamburgerplatz, Berlin, GermanyArtexchange 4
Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria, Rovinj, CroatiaAgency of Unrealized Projects
Kopfbau Building (Art Basel), Basel, Switzerland2010
From the Edge
ZieherSmith Gallery, New York, NYPapierfile on tour
Edvard Munch Haus, Warnemünde, GermanyARTEXCHANGE 3, Istrian Art Fair, Multimedia Centre (MMC) Rovinj
Museum of Contemporary Arts of Istria, Pula, Croatia2009
Art swap at East Festival 2009
August Art Gallery, London, UKCulture Kiosk
ScalaMata Gallery, Venice, ItalyDependtendency
Isola della Certosa, Venice, ItalyPassing through
Galerie Kunstpunkt, Berlin, GermanyArt Protects
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, FranceWielkie Serce
Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Cracow, PolandSub-Documenta
Galerija Charlama, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina2008
The door was open
Galerija Charlama, Sarajevo, Bosnia-HerzegovinaPaperfile #2
Galerie Oqbo, Berlin, GermanyBackstop
Erzeugmarkt, Berlin, GermanyIntrude 366 Art&Life
Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China2007
Tautologija i utjeha
Radobolja Colony, Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina2006
Homo grandis natu
Exhibition Hall of Russian State University, Moscow, Russia2005
The Eye of the I
Outdoor projection at Alexanderplatz, Berlin, GermanyPoles apart/Poles together
51 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy2004
Inaugural Show
Mietart Galerie, Berlin, GermanyThe 8th Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
Grand Halle de la Villette, Paris, FranceImpermanence
Scuola Grande S. Giovanni Evangelista, Venice, ItalyMUF, Malogradanske Umjetnosti Frakcija
Galerija Tautologija, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina2003
Vergine d’oliva
Pinacoteca Provinciale di Bari, Bari, ItalyWandering Library
Venice Jewish Museum, Venice, ItalyBanners III
Regional Arts Center, Lubbock, TX2002
Reactions
Exit Art, New York, NY
Post-Visa
Tecla Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Markers 2
Kassel and Edinburgh Theater Festival, Edinburgh, Germany2001
Art for Peace
Eye-Five Gallery, Los Angeles and Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Jaffa, IsraelSarajevo Depot Cafe
CDA Mladost, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
La Casa dell’Angelo
Cantieri alla Zisa, Palermo, Italy
Markers, (Tableau der Menschheit)
49th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Re-Duchamp
7th Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul, Turkey
Milestones
Milton J. Weill Gallery, New York, NY2000
Save the Building
International Artists’ Museum, New York, NY
Spazi di Pace
Palazzo Consoli, Gubbio, Italy1999
Centre Cultural De la Villa, Madrid, Spain
Zwei aus Fünfundzwanzig
Druckwerkstatt in Bethanien, Berlin, Germany1998
Berlin-Bialystok
Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, Poland
Aggregatzustand
Umspannwerk, Berlin, Germany
Artists Messengers of Peace
Museo De Arte Contemporanea Neo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela1997
Golden Seed
Mount Abu, Mount Abu, IndiaUnd noch ist das Schiff nicht in Sicht
GAK, Bremen, Germany1996
Ways of Seeing
Mudgee, Australia
Die Grundsteinkiste
Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn and Goethe Institut, Rotterdam, NetherlandsArtists Messengers of Peace
Ha’aretz Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Art-Focus ’96, Contemporary Art in Israel
Ephrat Gallery, Tel Aviv, IsraelFort of Art
St. Benedict’s Fort, Cracow, Poland1995
Co-Existence
Mitzpe-Ramon-Negev Desert, IsraelArt/Omi
International Arts Center, New York1994
Medium Bild
Galerie T & A, Berlin, Germany5. Maisalon-Art in Berlin
Neues Kunstquartier, Berlin and Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Bonn, GermanySchattensprung
Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Site-Ations
The Artists’ Museum Project, Mowlems Factory, Cardiff, Wales, UK1993
Privat, Kunst-Werke
Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Construction in Process IV
Artists’ Museum, Lodz, Poland
Werkschau 1
Neues Kunstquartier, Berlin, Germany1992
Projekt 37 Räume
Kunst-Werke, Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany1988
Ubi minor ubi maior
Galleria Arco di Rab, Rome, ItalyLe Stanze della Pittura
Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea, Marsala, Italy1987
Il Fare dell’Arte
Rocca Bernarda, Udine, Italy
Pittura
Galleria Arco di Rab, Rome, Italy1986
Pulitzer Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands1985
Muziek Installaties
Museum Waterland, Purmarend, Netherlands1984
Microcosmo-Macrocosmo, Palazzo Ducale
Urbino, Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy1983
Expo 83
Fiera del Levante, Bari, Italy1982
Il Golpe del Pianerottolo
Galleria Comunale Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy1981
Anteprima 81
Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy1980
Indipendenze
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Education
1984
Accademia di Belle Arti, Urbino, Italy
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Collections
Francis Greenburger Collection, New York, NY
DaimlerChrysler Casa di Goethe, Rome, Italy
Museum Bagheria, Bagheria, India
Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
Künstlerförderung des Landes, Berlin, Germany
Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles, CA
Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Colonia, Uruguay
Tallinn City Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
Galleria Civica Arte Contemporanea, Marsala, Italy
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
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Awards
2016
Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, New York, NY2012
Katalogförderung, Senate of Berlin, Berlin, Germany2008
Studio at Pickled Art Centre, Beijing, China2007
Joan Mitchell Foundation grant, New York, for residency at Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM2006
Residency at the House Radobolja Colony, Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina2005
Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, New York, NY1999
Daimler-Chrysler grant, Casa di Goethe, Rome, Italy1996
Grant, KULTURfonds Foundation, Berlin, for a residency in Haifa, Israel1995
Grant, Art Omi International Artists’ Residency Program, New York, NY