SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
• La poesia della terra II, curated by Antonio Grulli, La Colombiera, Castelnuovo Magra, IT
• HE, HM, HA, curated by Elena Volpato, Fondazione Coppola, Vicenza, IT
• Oggi, curated by Saverio Verini, Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Spoleto, IT
• L’Hésitation, CEAAC – Centre Européen d’Actions Artistiques Contemporaines, Strasbourg, FR
2022
• Kaputt, Italian Cultural Institute, Krakow, PO
• E’ POSSIBILE CAPIRE L’ESTATE, SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
• 1897. Dove andiamo?, Chiara Camoni, Luca Bertolo, Studio Spada Partners, Bologna, IT
2021
• CHI CI SALVA, curated by Sergey Kantsedal and Yuliya Say, Barriera, Torino, IT
2019
• Why Write? Why Paint?, SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
2018
• Luca Bertolo, MART, Rovereto, IT
• Blue Led Song, Tripla, Bologna, IT
2017
• Le Belle Parole/The Beautiful Words, SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
• Luca Bertolo. Se non qui dove (If not Here, Where?), organized by MAN, Gavoi, Ex Caserma, Nuoro, IT
• Everybody is always right, Arcade, London, UK
2016
• If Anything, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2015
• Guerre Pace, SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
2014
• Uno più uno uguale tre, a project by Ettore Favini, Museo Archeologico, Cremona, IT
2013
• UFO,SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
2012
• A Painting Cycle, curated by Cecilia Canziani e Ilaria Gianni, Nomas Foundation, Roma, IT
• Six tips for ageing with grace, Arcade, London, UK
2011
• Il Ritorno del Reale e Altri Imprevisti / The Return of the Real & Other Unexpected Events, SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
2009
• La felicità non fa racconto, SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
• L’INVERNO ESISTE PROVE ED ESEMPI, Mars – Milano Artist Run Space, Milano, IT
• The Domain of Painting, Arcade, London, UK
2007
• La vita degli animali. Introduzione #1 (with Chiara Camoni), curated by F. Pasini, Assab One, Milano, IT
2006
• La Repubblica delle Donne, Galleria De March, Milano, IT
• TreStanzeSpazioA, SpazioA gallery, Pistoia, IT
2005
• Pastelli su carta, A+M Bookstore, Milano, IT
2003
• Galleria De March, Milano, IT
2002
• Galleria De March, Legnano, IT
1999
• Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, DE
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2024 4th edition Premio Osvaldo Licini by Fainplest, Italy
2008 Artist in Residence, Villa Sträuli, Winterthur, Swiss
2007 Artist in Residence, Schrattenberg beim St Lorenz, Austria
2005 Artist in Residence Programm, Bundeskanzleramt, Wien
2001 Annual grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY
– V. de Bellis, A. Rabottini (a cura di), Strata: Italian Art since 2000. The Words of the Artists, Lenz Press, Milano, 2023
– D. Ferri, Le realtà ordinarie, exhibition catalogue, 2020
– Luca Bertolo, I baffi del bambino. Scritti sull’arte e sugli artisti, Quodlibet, Macerata, 2018
– D.Isaia, S. Velotti, Luca Bertolo, exhibition catalogue, 2018
– Luca Bertolo (2012-2017) – Le Belle Parole/The Beautiful Words, Mousse Publishing, September 2017
– Luca Bertolo per il Corriere della Sera, la Lettura, domenica 17 gennaio 2016, numero 216, copertina
– I. Mariotti, Luca Bertolo – Revolutions and vases of flowers, arte e critica, autunno 2015, numero 83, pag. 56-57-58
– M. Bazzini, Luca Bertolo – Contraddizioni, Arte, Settembre 2015, numero 505, pag. 119-122
– A. Sarra, Luca Bertolo allo SpazioA, Pistoia, ATP Diary, 2014 (online)
– I. Gianni, Inevitable Figuration, Artforum online, 2013
– Luca Bertolo. Paintings and, with texts by R. Rubisten, D. Ferri, P. L. Tazzi, C. Sharp, CURA.BOOKS, 2012
– E. Minna,Dalla macchia alla traccia. Nella pittura di Bertolo,arte e critica 71, giugno-agosto 2012
– L. Bertolo, Curare la critica, “Flash Art”, 280, February, 2010
– S. Colaiacomo, London eye #1. Dagli artisti curatori ai giovani pittori, “Exibart.com”, January, 2010
– A. Mugnaini,Luca Bertolo, SpazioA – Pistoia, “Flash Art”, 278, October – November, 2009
– A. Bruciati,Im03, l’immagine sottile, exhibition catalogue, 2009
– I. Colsell, D. Ferri, P. Goodwin, S. Menegoi, C. Sharp,The Domain of Painting, exhibition catalogue, 2009
– M. Bazzini, Nessuna Paura. Arte dall’Italia dopo il 2000, exhibition catalogue, 2007
– L. Bertolo, Composita Solvantur, artist’s book, SpazioA gallery, 2007
– “Flash Art”, 263, 2007
– L’oggetto mancante,“Cross”, April, 2007
– A. Mugnaini, “Flash Art”, 261, 2006
– I. Bombelli, “Flash Art online”, 2006
– S. Barassi, 1:1 – Translations of the real, exhibition catalogue, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, UK, 2006
– E. Fabbris,Senzafine, exhibition catalogue, Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio, 2006
– D. Ferri, Non finito, exhibition catalogue, Galleria De March, Milano, 2004
– A. Madesani, Cantieri dell’arte, exhibition catalogue, Milano, 2004
– V. Costa,Luca Bertolo, “Flash Art”, August / September 2003
– M. Dantini,Teste-corolle, exhibition catalogue, Galleria De March, Legnano, 2002
– D. Nani, Intervista, “That’s Art”, 32, 2002
– M. Dantini, UTZ, Alcune considerazioni sulla stranezza, “N.1 periodico del Palazzo delle Papesse”, Siena,1999
– M. Cingolani, Scorribanda d’artisti con destrezza, “Tema Celeste”, Milano, 1999
– E. Krum,Incubi di Hieronimous Bosch, “Corriere della Sera”, Milano, 1997
– F. Tondi,Autoproduzione d’energia, exhibition catalogue, Studio Cannaviello, 1997
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
• La poesia della terra II, with Flavio Favelli, curated by Antonio Grulli, La Colombiera, Castelnuovo Magra, La Spezia, IT
• Leggere il tempo. Libri nell’Arte. XXI secolo, curated by Laura Garbarino, Palazzo Nicolosio Lomellino, Genova, IT
• Infinita infanzia, curated by Saverio Verini, Palazzo Collicola – Galleria d’Arte Moderna G. Carandente e Appartamento Nobile, Spoleto, IT
2023
• Pittura italiana oggi, Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, IT
• Domus Contemporanea, curated by Margherita De Pilati and Andrea Viliani, Galleria Civica Trento, Trento, IT
• Premio Termoli 63, curated by Cristiana Perrella, MACTE, Termoli, IT
2022
• Di semplicità e di brivido. Filippo De Pisis in dialogo con Richard Aldrich, Michael Berryhill, Luca Bertolo, Paul Housley, Merlin James, Mairead O’hEocha, Maaike Schocorel, P420, Bologna, IT
• a city-wide exhibition curated by Vincenzo de Bellis, Panorama Monopoli, Monopoli, IT
2021
• L’INCONTRO, a selection of works from Silvia Fiorucci Roman’s private collection, curated by Cristiano Raimondi, La Quai, Monaco
• CITOYENNE REPRISE. JEREMIAH DAY & COLLABORATORS, Netwerk Aalst, Aalst, BE
• Sul principio di contraddizione, curated by Elena Volpato GAM, Torino, IT
2020
• Flow, Francesco Carone’s studio, Pistoia, a project by Francesco Carone and SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
• Le realtà ordinarie, curated by Davide Ferri, Palazzo de’ Toschi, Bologna, IT
2019
• Nous, with Chiara Camoni, Arcade Brussels, BE
2018
• Superbellezza, curated by Michele Dantini, CasermArcheologica, Sansepolcro, Arezzo IT
• Blackout, curated by Antonio Grulli, Galeria 3+1, Lisboa, PT
• 10 Years of Love, SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
2017
• Oltreprima, curated by Fabiola Naldi e Maura Pozzati, Fondazione del Monte, Bologna IT
• Material Life, The Goma, Madrid, ES
2016
• Gegen Weiss: Peripherien der Zeichnung, curated by CAPRI Berlin, Palais fur aktuelle Kunst Gluckstadt, DE
• Raccontare il presente – opere del premio Gallarate, curated by Emma Zanella e Alessandro Castiglioni, Italian Cultural Institute, London, UK
• Urban Mining, Rigenerazioni Urbane, XXV Premio Internazionale Arti Visive città di Gallarate, Museo MA*GA, Gallarate, IT
• Face to Face, Palazzo Fruscione, Salerno, IT
2015
• Recto Verso, Fondazione Prada, Milano, IT
• Ri-pensare il medium: il fantasma del disegno, curated by Cristiana Collu and Saretto Cincinelli, Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno (PI), IT
• Anna Barham, Luca Bertolo , John Wallbank, Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, BE
• Club of Matinee Idolz, Co2, Torino, IT
2014
• Zig Zag. Annegret Hoch – Luca Bertolo, Städtische Galerie Cordonhaus Cham, Cham, DE
• I baffi del bambino, curated by Luca Bertolo, Lucie Fontaine, Milano, IT
• Luca Bertolo, Alessandra Spranzi, Arcade, London, UK
• Krobylos. Un groviglio di segni, da Parmigianino a Kentridge, curated by Alessandra Bigi Iotti, Marinella Paderni, Massimo Pulini, and Giulio Zavatta, Biennale Disegno Rimini, Rimini, IT
2013
• Souvenir, organised by Lucie Fontaine, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, FR
• Fig. 2: Natura Morta, curated by Cecilia Canziani & Ilaria Gianni, GNAM, Roma, IT
• Picasso D’Oro, Studio VP93, Milano, IT
• La Figurazione Inevitabile curated by Marco Bazzini e Davide Ferri, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea L. Pecci, Prato, IT
• FUORI POSTO, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi, Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno, IT
2012
• Altra Natura, a project curated by Stefano Pezzato, Museo Pecci, Milano, IT
2011
• Senza di te, che sarei mai io?, curated by A. Bruciati, Dimora Guado dell’Arciduca, Nogaredo al Torre, IT
• Difetto come indizio del desiderio, curated by A. Bruciati, NEON Campobase, Bologna, IT
• Alarums and Excursions, curated by E. Crenson e A. Alic, Front Room Gallery, New York, USA
• Meriggio a Carignano, curated by Ludovico Pratesi, Villa, Carignano, IT
• FuseWorks Multiples and Editions, University Galleries, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, USA
2010
• ort/da, curated by Alis Filiol, CARS, Omegna, IT
• The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place, curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers, 176 / Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
• Festa mobile, curated by Davide Ferri e Antonio Grulli, Bologna, IT
• HOTELPUPIK – Lieblingspositionen, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, DE
• Impresa pittura, curated by Raffaele Gavarro, CIAC, Centro Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea, Castello Colonna di Genazzano, Roma, IT
2009
• Fuse Works, Multiples and Editions, Front Room Gallery, Brooklin, New York, USA
• Glad to invite you, curated by Gian Paolo Striano, Mostra d’oltremare, Napoli, IT
• No More Than a Point of View, curated by A. Mosca, Prague Biennale, CZ
• Im03, l’immagine sottile, curated by A. Bruciati, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, Gorizia, IT
• Italian Genius Now, curated by M. Bazzini, Macro Future, Roma, IT
2008
• One or three ways to turn on the light, Villa Sträuli – Winterthur, Zürich, DE
• Via Amati 13, SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
• Falling from an apple tree by mistake, curated by R. Selvaggio, Wilde Gallery, Berlin, DE
• A Colour Box,featuring Len Lye, Arcade, London, UK
• Manual CC – Instruction for Beginners and Advanced Players, a project by D. Bienert, D. Drechsel, M. Sorbello, A. Weitzel, uqbar, Berlin, DE
• Italian Genius Now, curated by M. Bazzini, Korean Design Centre, Seoul, KR
• Istituto Italiano di Cultura Tokyo, Bao Tang My Thuat Viet Nam, JP
• Multiples & Editions, vol. 2, The Front Room Gallery, New York, USA
• Fuori ConTesto, curated by D. Filardo, G. Giannuizzi, C. Guida, public spaces of Bologna, Milano, Rovereto, IT
• Sottile, curated by F. Di Nardo, Undo.Net
2007
• Nessuna Paura. Arte dall’Italia dopo il 2000, curated by M. Bazzini, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Pecci, Prato, IT
• PointingPainting, curated by A. Mugnaini, SpazioA gallery, Pistoia, IT
2006
• Uscita Pistoia, SpazioA contemporanearte, Pistoia, IT
2005
• By Artificial Resemblance: Portraits from Four Centuries, curated by E. Crenson, The Front Room Gallery, New York, USA
• Fuori Posto – Berlino, curated by M. Sorbello, Villa delle Rose (GAM), Bologna, IT
2004
• Cantieri dell’arte, curated by A. Madesani, Ex Cartiere Binda, Milano, IT
• Hic et Nunc, San Vito al Tagliamento, IT
• Berliner Kunstprojekt, Berlin, DE
2003
• Sedici pittori a Berlino, ex Consolato Cecoslovacco, Berlin, DE
2002
• Five (un)ambiguous statements upon distance and beauty, curated by M. Dantini, Galleria De March, Legnano, IT
2001
• Offene Ateliers in der Schulstrasse, Münster, DE
2000
• Die blaue Begeisterung, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, DE
1999
• UTZ, curated by M. Dantini, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, IT
• Galerie Kühn, Berlin, DE
curated by Elena Volpato; texts by Elena Volpato, Davide Ferri; published by Viaindustriae; 112 p.; (cm 17 x 24)
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curated by Danis Isaia; texts by Denis Isaia, Stefano Velotti; published by Mart, Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto; 83 p.; graphic design Headline, Rovereto. (cm 21 x 17)
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curated by Davide Ferri; published by Quodlibet, Macerata; 232 p.; paperback. (cm 12 x 18)
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texts by Raphael Rubinstein, Davide Ferri, Pier Luigi Tazzi, Chris Sharp; published by cura.books, Rome; produced by SpazioA, Pistoia, in collaboration with Arcade London; 128 p.; hardbound; graphic design Andrea Baccin. (cm 21 x 26)
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texts by Ilsa Colsell, Davide Ferti, Paul Goodwin, Simone Menegoi,Chris Sharp; published by Arcade, London and SpazioA contemporanearte, Pistoia; 72 p. (cm 26 x 26)
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edited by Luca Bertolo and galleria alessandrodemarch; 40 p. (cm 27.2 x 20.7)
Born 1968 Milan, Italy
Lives and works in Seravezza, Italy
EDUCATION
1994 – 1998 Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan IT
1987 – 1992 Degree Course in Computer Science, Università Statale di Milan, IT
1987 – 1989 School of Appliad Arts, Course in Illustration, Milan, IT