Selected Exhibitions
(* Catalogues and special pubblications)
2018
(duo solo show) Braked Ping Pong, Valentina Maggi Summo and Sophie Usunier, curated by Ermanno Cristini, Riss(e)-Zentrum, Varese, I
Hotello, somnia et labora: Abitare un ritardo, curated by Ermanno Cristini e Giancarlo Norese, inside exhibition 999. Una collezione di domande sull’abitare contemporaneo, La Triennale di Milano, I *
Attimi di arresto. Polvere, sfocature e rotolacampi, Petrolo’s Estate, Ticinallo, I *
2017
Kunstbrulè in palmo di mano, curated by Zentrum, Umberto Cavenago’s studio, Brugherio, Milan, I
Perché non sono riuscito mai a nuotare ho deciso di volare. Federico Bianchi gallery, FM contemporary art center, Milan, I
NESXT festival, Turin, I
(duo solo show) Ideoscriptura, Ermanno Cristini Valentina Maggi Summo, Masnago Castle, Museum of Contemporary and Modern Art, Varese, I
Grand Hotel, Surplace Art Gallery – Zentrum, Varese, I
TheIndipendent, MAXXI Museum, Rome, I
Tutto a posto e niente in ordine, working-group exhibition for Studi Festival#3, Studio MVK, Milan; I
2016
Kunsthalle Palermo oppure gran fiera d’ammenniccoli pseudo criso-elefantini, curated by Stefania Galegati, Darrell Shines and Davide Ricco, Caffè internazionale, Palermo; I
exhibition with Caffè internazionale at i7 indipendent spaces | Art Verona
Psichic TV, Itinerary Exhibition, curated by Decifra Collective, The Others Art Fair | Artissima, Turin; I
2015
Psichic TV, Itinerary Exhibition, curated by Decifra Collective, Spazio Ferramenta, Turin; I
2014
Frammenti d’Italia #3, curated by Francesca Guerisoli, Sala Dogana – Palazzo Ducale, Genova, I
Diari Urbani #2, curated by Chiara Massini, P.Ar.Co Pavillion of Contemporary Art Casier, Treviso, I
Apulia Land Art Festival, curated by Francesca Guerisoli, Specchia (LE), I *
Psichic TV, Itinerary Exhibition, curated by Decifra Collective, Studio Ellisse, Venice; I
Psichic TV, Itinerary Exhibition, P.Ar.Co Pavillion of Contemporary Art Casier, Treviso, I
2013
Diari Urbani, curated by Chiara Massini, Limonaia di Villa Strozzi, Florence, I
In(K)ubo Festival di Arti Elettroniche e Sintetiche Padova, I
Psichic tv, Itinerary Exhibition, curated by Decifra Collective, IV Open Studios, Venice, I
2012
Fight-specific Isola, Isola Art Center working-group exhibition, Frigoriferi Milanesi, Milan *, I
Funding for Isola, curated by Julia Draganovic and Federica Patti (LaRete Art Projects), Bianconi Gallery, Milan, I
motel b, curated by Motel B, Rua Sovera, Brescia, I
Carta Bianca Milano , curated by Francesca Guerisoli, Gabi Scardi and Cecilia Guida,Villa Croce Contemporary Art Museum, Genova, I
2011
recommended artist at XV Biennale del Mediterraneo, shortlist
Turno 14/22, curated by Alterarti Collective, Cascina Cuccagna, Milan, I
Latitudine 45° 28-38” 28N – Longitudine 09°10- 53” 40E , Crima’rt Gallery, Milan, I
Open#3 , curated by Bert Theis, Marco Baravalle, Camilla Pin and Valeria Mancinelli, S.a.L.E., Venice, I
Da Storia nasce cosa , curated by Arianna Carcano, San Domenico Foundation, Crema, I*
2010
There is no place like home , curated by Francesca Chiacchio, Sara Errico and Anna Caterina Bleuler, Milan, I
Block Party, curated by Chiara Massini, auditorium Santa Chiara, Vercelli, I
Supermegadrops 6 , a selection from the video library Careof-DOCVA curated by Mario Gorni, CRAC – Contemporary Art Research Centre, Cremona, I
Horror vacui, Occupying the present , curated by Valerio Del Baglivo and Aria Spinelli, Isola Art Center, Milan,
2009
Isola Randagia, Isola Art Center, LACCA, Milan, I *
Emergency Room and Biennalist Collaboration at the 53rd Venice Biennale 2009, I, curated by Thierry Geoffroy
Festival della bassa risoluzione , Curated by Valentina Vetturi and Anna Lovecchio,Bari, I *
The others, curated by Francesco Jodice *
Public Turbulence. Disordine in Pubblico , curated by Alberto Pesavento and Bert Theis, Isola Art Center, Milan, I
Isola Rosta Project 3, curated by Bert Theis and Al berto Pesavento, Isola Art Center, Milan, I
VIDEO.it 2009. One Bridge on the Mediterranean . Itinerary Exhibition of Contemporary Video Art and Dance. Curated by Francesco Poli, Francesco Bernardelli, Mario Gorni, Paola Nicita, Cristiana Perrella. Fondazione Merz (Turin, I), Centro Culture Contemporanee Zo (Catania, I), Casa del Cinema of Villa Borghese (Rome, I), Palazzo Affari (Milan, I) during the Gala VII Forum EuroMed, Careof (Milan, I), Galerie ESCA in Nimes (FR) and for the Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage international award of the RAI *
ZOOart 2009 , curated by Art.ur, Fresia Gardens, Cuneo, I *
2008
BugTopia. Biennale di Architettura Venice.Project realized by a team with collaboration of Kris Krois and of Id-Lab, Venice, I
2006
Interference! Actions for Public Gerencia, curated by Mau Monleon, Cultural Centre of Gerencia, city of Sagunto (Valencia), E * Builders and Livers … or not, inside Art, Life and Public Space, Valencia, E
Collaborations
2012
Zapatos Rojos, project by Elina Chauvet, cooperation in the achievement of the project in Milan during Con i tuoi occhi, curated by Francesca Guerisoli, with collaboration of CHAN and Silvia Somaschini on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Una buona notizia, project by Alessandro Nassiri Tabibzadeh
Residencies | Workshops | Awards
2016
Suzzara prize, NoPlace 3 – 49° , Suzzara prize Gallery, Suzzara; I *
residence Lac o Le Mon Foundation / Lu Cafausu , S.Cesario di Lecce (LE); I
2014
residence Apulia Land Art Festival, Specchia (LE), I
2011
recommended artist at XV Biennale del Mediterraneo, shortlist
workshop, Asuka Ohsawa, Massimo Carasi the flat Gallery, Milan, I
2010
Workshop, Grzegorz Kowalski Lukasz Kosela, XIV International Biennale of Sculpture of Carrara, I
2009
workshop, Francesco Jodice, Forma Foundation, Milan, I
workshop, Urbonas, NABA, Milan, I
workshop, Park Fitcion, NABA, Milan, I
2008
workshop, Oliver Ressler, NABA, Milan, I
lessons, Dan Graham, Maria Papadimitriou, Alex Farquharson, NABA, Milan, I
workshop, Kris Krois, NABA, Milan, I
workshop, Luca Cerizza, NABA, Milan, I
workshop, Viktor Misiano, NABA, Milan, I
workshop, Jens Hoffmann, NABA, Milan, I
Education
2011 – MA Degree in Visual Art and Curatorial Studies, NABA institute New Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, I
2008 – BA Degree in Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, Milan, I
2006 – audio-visual media, BBAA Academy of Fine Arts, Valencia, E
2005 – sculpture, BBAA Academy of Fine Arts, Salamanca, E
Catalogues and other publications
Francesca Petrolo, Ermanno Cristini, Attimi d’arresto. Polvere, sfocature, rotolacampi, catalogue, La Centrale Edizioni, Milan, 2019
Sibilla Panerai, “Valentina Maggi Summo – Eredità rivoluzionaria”, Rivista Segno, 23 june 2018
Ermanno Cristini, Forse, La Centrale Edizioni, Milano, 2019
999 (curated by) Abitare un ritardo, catalogue, La Triennale di Milano Editions, 2018
Ermanno Cristini, Giancarlo Norese (curated by) Hotello somnia et labora, catalogue, La Centrale Edizioni, Milan, 2018
Umberto Cavenago, Ermanno Cristini, Marco Panizza (curated by) NoPlace.Space, catalogo, 2017
Piero Almeoni, Simona Bordone, Maria Campitelli, Zefferina Castoldi, Annalisa Cattani, Piero Cavellini, Dino Ferruzzi, Mario Gorni, Alberto Pesavento, Roberto Pinto, Paola Sabatti Bassini (published by) OsservatorioInOpera; Postmedia Books, Milan, 2014
Silvia Paci, “15 artisti e un bosco: l’Apulia Land Art Festival nel cuore del Salento”, Affari Italiani, 27th august 2014
Cecilia Pavone, “Pratiche di Land Art nel rispetto dell’ambiente. Da Cesare Viel a Silvia Giambrone, ecco le immagini dei work in progress degli artisti presenti all’Apulia Land Art Festival”, Artribune; 2nd september 2014
Lorenzo Madara, “Quindici artisti nel bosco: al via Apulia Land art”, Repubblica Bari, 2014
Cecilia Pavone, “La Land Art in versione salentina. Un festival a Specchia per un’altra idea-weekend”, Artribune, giovedì, 28 august 2014
Marta Mentasti, “Apulia Land Art Festival, 29–31 ago 2014 presso Bosco di Cardigliano e Castello Protonobilissimo Risolo”, Wall Street International, 21august 2014
Federica Boragina, Giulia Brivio (curated by), Interno domestico. Mostre in appartamenti 1972-2013; Fortino editions, Milan, 2013
Isola Art Center (published by), Fight Specific Isola; Archive Books, Berlin, 2013
“La versione “cortese” di Macao? Sta a Brescia, è uno spazio nomade promosso da artisti per artisti. Si chiama motel b, e chiede spazi alla politica…”, Artribune; 18 may 2012
Tiziana Casapietra, “Cartabianca#Milano“, Flash Art, n. 302 May 2012
Viviana Conti, “Cartabianca. Una buona notizia…“, Arte e Critica, n.71, june-august 2012
Arianna Carcano (curated by), Da storia nasce cosa, catalogue; 2011
“Bon Voyage a project by Valentina Maggi”, Undo.net; 2010
Francesco Jodice (curated by) “Equilibrio, a project by Valentina Maggi and Andrea Kunkl”, Nothing to see here, n°1; Forma Foundation,2009
Francesco Bernardelli (curated by), VIDEO.IT 2009. Un ponte sul Mediterraneo, catalogue; Ferrero editore, 2009
Valentina Vetturi e Anna Lovecchio (curated by), Festival della bassa risoluzione, catalogue; Radice Quadrata, 2009
Domenico Olivero (curated by), ZOOART, catalogue; 2009
Kings+Barbara Frappi, Bert Theis (curated by) Rosta project, graphic project; 2009
intervew to Michela Giuggia by Emanuela Genesio, “La zoofilia dell’arte”, Exibart; 2009
“Venti artisti sparsi tra la gente nei quartieri a Bassa risoluzione”, La Repubblica Bari; 11 october 2009
Luce Manara, “Turbolenze in pubblico. Arte e incontri all’Isola”. Il manifesto; 22 march 2009
Giusy Caroppo, “Festival della bassa risoluzione”, Segno; n. 227, november-december 2009
Mau Monleòn, Josè Juan Martinez Ballester, Juan Antonio Cerezuela, Carles Javier Lòpez (curated by), Injerencias! Acciones por la Gerencia publica, Catalogue; 2006