Vincenzo Grosso, born in Nuoro, Italy in 1977, currently lives and works between Nuoro and Berlin. In Nuoro, he shares a studio with other five artists, all working on the Seuna Project, the goal of which is to make a common place of reciprocal exchange.
Grosso graduated from the Art Institute in Nuoro, and then moved to Florence where he graduated with honors in Fine Arts with a specialization in teaching Painting Disciplines from the S.I.S.S Tuscany Institute. Since 2005, he has taught at the Art Institute in Nuoro, and started to collaborate with art institutions in the organization of events and artistic interventions in Sardinia and in other Italian cities. In 2010 he moved to Berlin, hanging out in Underground places, focusing his attention on post-war architectures and the possible consequences of the excesses of the modern world.
In 2011 Grosso spent 3 months in London thanks to the Man-Gasworks residence program. In 2012 he was invited by Casa Falconieri engraving Studio, where he attended the research studio " Segni del paesaggio urbano". He carries on with the engraving and graphic experimentation at the BBK Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin where in 2013 he contributed actively to the birth of a new show-room studio in German´s capital city.
Selected recent solo exhibits include: Blecker- San Teodoro (NU), More than a mixed midnight (2012); Tacheles – Berlino, Zeit und Form (2011); XLAB Gallery – Berlino, Manufacturing of consent (2010); and, Trittico Ironico – Nuoro, Firme Fuori Luogo # (2005).
Selected group exhibits in 2013 include: Studio D ÌArs - Milano - "XXxXX"; Palazzo di Cittá - Cagliari - In Between - Urban Interferences; Mercado del Ensanche - Bilbao - International Engraving Festival. FIG; Museo Bellas Artes - Bilbao - Cerdena indecifrable, el signo grabado; Printmakers Studio Gallery - Limerick ( Eire ) " Culture Night "; Urban- Olbia - ST.ART; Museo Masedu - Sassari - SHOUT!; Areal der Messe - Dresda - Interntionale kustaustellung - "Ostrale 013"; Stattbad Wedding- Open walls gallery Berlin" Spring Show"; XLABCorrosive art farm. Berlin "LastShow"; Casa Museo - Serdiana (ca) I luoghi del segno.; Theatre de Verre - Paris - The corrosive container; Palazzo di Cittá - Cagliari. Piranesi Ritrovato, segni del paesaggio urbano.
Grosso was invited to present at the 54th Venice Biennale in the Sardinian Pavilion. Other selected group exhibits in 2012 include: The Cube - Drop Dead Festival- Berlino, XLAB Macabre Artshow; Centro Laber – Time in jazz – Berchidda, I mangiafuoco; XLAB corrosive art farm – Berlino, Apocalyptic container; Spazio Concept – Milano, Hende_Neu; X-Lab Gallery – Berlino, Stroke Art Fair.
Grosso’s artworks can be found in both public and private collections.
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