Exhibitions
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Biography
Gianni Piacentino (born 1945, Coazze, Province of Turin) is an Italian artist, known for his sculpture and painting inspired by motorcycles, automobiles and planes.
In 1965 he enrolled in the University of Turin where he studied philosophy until 1966. During his studies, he worked for a year as a disc jockey and worked part-time at a paint factory that produced special paints from 1967 – 1968. Following his break from the Arte Povera group in 1968, he purchased a 1930s Indian motorcycle that deepened a lifelong fascination, as well as an intimate knowledge of the vehicle. This captivation heavily influenced his work as an artist and eventually led to him participating in numerous motorcycle races, both as driver and sidecar passenger, between 1971 and 1977. He eventually resumed racing as a sidecar passenger and decorating racing sidecars in 2012.
Piacentino currently lives and works in Turin, Italy.
Exhibitions
2015-2016
Fondazione Prada, Milano
Fondazione Prada, Milano
2015
Michael Werner Gallery at the ADAA Art Show , New York City
Michael Werner Gallery, London
Michael Werner Gallery, New York
2014
Fondazione Giuliani, Roma
Giacomo Guidi Arte Contemporanea, Roma
VeneKlasen/Werner, Berlin
2013
Centre d’Art Contemporain, GENEVE
2012
Paolo Erbetta Gallery, BERLIN
2008
Il Ponte Contemporanea, ROME
Studio Stefania Miscetti, ROME
2005
Galleria De’Foscherari, BOLOGNA
Il Ponte Contemporanea, ROME
2004
Galleria Rino Costa, Arte Fiera, BOLOGNA
Esso Gallery, NEW YORK, NY
Galleria Rino Costa, MiArt, MILAN
2002
Esso Gallery, NEW YORK, NY
2000
Chiostri di San Domenico, REGGIO EMILIA
1999
Paolo Tonin Arte Contemporanea, ARCO 99, MADRID
1994
Fondazione Mudima, MILAN
1993
Lia Rumma, NAPLES
XLV Biennale, VENICE
1991
“121”, Art Gallery, ANTWERPEN
Galerie Di Meo, PARIS
Galleria Arte Borgogna, MILAN
1990
Galleria ROCCA6, TURIN
1989
Galleria Arte Borgogna, MILAN
1988
Castello di Rivara, RIVARA (TURIN)
1987
Galleria Arte Borgogna, MILAN
1985
Christian Stein, TURIN
1983
Reinhard Onnasch Ausstellungen, BERLIN
Reinhard Onnasch Ausstellungen, Art’ 14-83, BASEL
1982
Galleria Arte Borgogna, MILAN
1981
Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst e V., BREMEN
1980
Galleria Arte Borgogna, MILAN
Galleria Plura, MILAN
1979
Studio 46, TURIN
1978
Galleria Luigi Deambrogi, MILAN
1975
Onnasch Gallery, NEW YORK
Galleria Arte Borgogna, Art’ 6-75, BASEL
1974
Galleria Arte Borgogna, MILAN
Claudio Bottello Arte, TURIN
Onnasch Galerie, COLOGNE
1972
Galleria L.P. 220, TURIN
Palais des Beaux-Arts, BRUXELLES
1971
Galerie König, GENEVA
Galleria Toselli, MILAN
O.K. Harris, NEW YORK
1970
Onnasch Galerie, COLOGNE
1969
Galleria Toselli, MILAN
1968
Galleria La Bertesca, GENOA
Salone Annunciata, MILAN
Galleria Sperone, TURIN
1967
Galleria Sperone, MILAN
1966
Galleria Sperone, TURIN