ALFREDO ACETO
Born in Torino in 1991 (IT)
Lives and works in Lausanne (CH)
EDUCATION
2020
· Rome International Film School, Rome, (IT)
2016
· MSA, The Mountain School of Art, Los Angeles, (US)
2012 – 2014
· ECAL, École cantonale d’art de Lausanne, (CH)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
· Faces of Francis, MLIS, Villeurbanne, (FR)
· Full Moon Sergio, CIRCUIT, Lausanne, (CH)
2023
· A Curtain, That is a Room on Uranus, Hua International, Beijing, (CN)
· Builders Supply, Lange + Pult, Zurich, (CH)
· Fullo, Andersen’s Contemporary, Copenaghen, (DK)
2022
· Andersen’s Contemporary, Copenaghen (DK)
· Chew, VinVin, Vienna (AT)
· Lange + Pult, Zurich (CH)
2021
· Brains & Bronze, Laurence & Friends, Geneva (CH)
· My Italian Is a Little Rusty, Lange + Pult, Auvernier (CH)
· Bureaucracy Studies, Lausanne (CH)
· TiramisùforTwo, L’Ascensore, Palermo (IT)
· Ambaraba Ciccì Coccò, with Denis Savary, Kunst Halle, Sankt Gallen (CH)
· Cockroack or Queen?, Last Tango, Zurich (CH)
· LINGUA INFUMANTE, Parliament Unlimited, Paris (FR)
2020
· Kevin, Kunstraum Riehen, Riehen (CH)
2019
· Lange + Pult, Zurich (CH)
· Dialogue, Artissima, Torino (IT)
· Museo del 900, Milan (IT)
2018
· Azure, Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin (DE)
2017
· Unreachable Turtles, Lateral Art Space, Cluj-Napoca (RO)
· Endemisms, Andersen’s Contemporary, Copenaghen (DK)
2016
· Something between Posthistoria and Prehistoria, curated by Stéphanie Serra, Associazione Barriera, Turin (IT)
· Modesty or Surprise, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto, Museo Pietro Canonica a Villa Borghese, Rome (IT)
· Everyone stands alone at the heart of the world, pierced by a ray of sunlight, and
· suddenly it’s evening, Galerie Bugada & Cargnel, Paris (FR)
2015
· Refaire le Portrait Acte #1, curated by Andrea Bellini, Centre D’Art Contemporain, Geneva (CH)
2014
· Haram, Frutta Gallery, Rome (IT)
· Prophétie et Croque-Monsieurs, Happy Baby Gallery, Crissier (CH)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
· Récis d’une collection, MAMCO, Genève, (CH)
· Bourse de la Ville de Genève, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève, (CH)
· Palai, Palazzo Tamborino Cezzi, Lecce, (IT)
· Jardin d’Hiver, curated by Simon Wursten Marin, MCBA, Lausanne, (CH)
· Transformations, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, (CH)
· Stanza 224, Fondazione Merz, Palermo, (IT)
. 12 ROOMS, Kunstmuseum Appenzell (CH)
2022
· Barbe à papa, curated by Cédric Fauq, CAPC, Bordeaux (FR)
· Soft Machines, HUA International, Berlin, (DE)
· Swiss Art Awards, Basel, (CH)
· Neue Arbeiten, by Samuel Haitz, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, (DE)
· Print Art Now, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, (CH)
2021
· Eifersucht, Galerie Noah Klink, Berlin (DE)
· Ensemble au Chateau, Château de Nyon (CH)
· Signatures (X) ,Smallville, Neuchâtel (CH)
· Eifersucht, Parliament Unlimited, Paris (FR)
2020
· Blade-Banner, SPRINT-Independent Publishers and Artists’ Books Salon, Spazio Maiocchi, Milano (IT)
· The Living Room, curated by Samuel Gross, Artgenève, Geneva (CH)
· UP LIFT, Galerie xippas, Geneve (CH)
· La Totale, Moulin de Sainte-Marie, Les Moulins (FR)
· The Crowning Show, Lange + Plt, Zurich (CH)
2019
· #80|90, Académie de France à Rome, Villa Medici, Rome (IT)
· Immersione Libera, a project by Marina Nissim, curated by Giovanni Paolin, Palazzina dei bagni misteriosi, Milan (IT)
· The Big Rip, Bounce Chill or Crunch?, Last Tango, Zurich (CH)
· Art Basel Lounge, Basel (CH)
· Was erzähltdie Romandie?, curated by Xavier Fischer, Hausler Contemporary, Zurich (CH)
· Still Life: An On going Story, Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva (CH)
· La métamorphose de l’art imprimé, Zeitgenössische Westschweizer Editionen und
· serielle Unikate, VFO, Verein fur Original graphik, Zurich (CH)
2018
· Re-Routing Nature, curated by Irene Campolmi, Sixty – Eight Art Institute, Copenaghen (DK)
· Talent Prize 2018, curated by Irene Art, La Pelanda, Il Mattatoio, Rome (IT)
· Performing Identities, curated by Irene Campolmi, Code Art Fair, Bella Center, Copenaghen (DK)
· Greffes, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin (DE)
· Swiss Art Awards, Basel (CH)
· Greffes, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto, Lateral Art Space, Cluj-Napoca (RO)
· Greffes, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto, Beatrice Burati Anderson Art Space,Venice (IT)
· Le Colt est Jeune & Haine, DOC!, curated by Cédric Fauq, Paris (FR)
2017
· The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest (RO)
· X, Galerie l’ELAC, Renens (CH)
· Shivers Only, curated by Hubert Marot, La Paix, Paris (FR)
· La Norme Idéale, Levy-Delval, Bruxelles (BE)
· Terrasse, Silicon Malley, Prilly (CH)
· Greffes, Art Club#18, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto, Académie de France à Rome, Villa Medici, Rome (IT)
· Happiness is a Fiat 500, White Cuib, Cluj-Napoca (RO)
· As if we never said good-bye, Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin (DE)
· Prix MAIF pour la Sculpture, MAIF Social Club, Paris (FR)
· Premio Moroso, Museo Etnografico, Udine (IT)
· Mementos, curated by Piper Marshall and Jens Hoffmann, Tour et Taxis, Bruxelles, (BE)
· Solidi Platoonici, La Rada, Locarno (CH)
· General Audition, curated by Samuel Gross and Stéphane Kropf, Galerie l’ELAC, Renens (CH)
2016
· The Milky Way, Galleria Gio Marconi, Milan (IT)
· In Mostra–corpo, gesto, postura, curated by Simone Menegoi, Artissima,Turin (IT)
· Mémoires d’été, Art Club #7,curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto, Académie de France à Rome, Villa Medici, Rome (IT)
· Kiefer-Hablitzel Preis, Messe, Basel (CH)
· I Would’ve Done Everything For You / Gimme More!, curated by Cedric Fauq, Flat 7,22, Westland Place, N1 7JR, London (UK)
· All the Lights We Cannot See, curated by Anna Hugo and Sandino Scheidegger, Random Institute, Pyongyang (KP)
· Texture and Liquidity, curated by Vincenzo Della Corte, The Work bench International, Milan (IT)
2015
· Wincklemans, PAZIOLI, Chavannes-près-Renen (CH)
· Death of the Shambls, Silicon Malley, Prilly (CH)
· 16e nuit des musées, invited by Simon Paccaud, Musée Jenisch,Vevey (CH)
· Lavorare lavorare lavorare, preferisco il rumore del mare, Centre D’Art Contemporain, Geneva (CH)
· Kiefer-Hablitzel Preis, Messe, Basel (CH)
· L’heure qu’il est, Centre d’Art Contemporain (CACY),Yverdon Les Bains (CH)
· Club of Matinée Idolz, Co2, Turin (IT)
· Junge Schweizer Kunst XI, Kiefer Hablitzel Preis, Kunsthaus,Glarus (CH)
2014
· TheGo-Between, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples (IT)
· Jump, curated by Gasconade, Art-O-Rama (FR)
· World Wide, WALLRISS, Fribourg (CH)
2013
· One Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty Peep-Hole, Peep-Hole, Milan (IT)
· Sol LeWit Loves Pancakes, ZIP, Basel (CH)
· Ari Mortis, curated by Milovan Farronato and Roberto Cuoghi, Museo del 900, Milan (IT)
RESIDENCIES and AWARDS
2021
· Open Studio, Fonderia Artistica Battaglia & Instituto Svizzero, Milan (IT)
2020
· Milano Calling, Istituto Svizzero, Milano (IT)
2019
· Bourse culturelle, Fondation Leenaards (CH)
2018
· Swiss Art Awards, Basel (CH)
· Talent Prize, Inside Art, Rome (IT)
2017
· Premio Moroso, Udine (IT)
· MAIF, Prix Pour la Sculpture, Paris (FR)
2016
· MSA, Mountain School of Art, Los Angeles (US)
· Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (FR)
· Kiefer Hablitzel, Basel (CH)
2015
· Centre D’Art Contemporain, Genève (CH)
· Residency Unlimited (RU), New York, (US)
· Kiefer Hablitzel, Basel (CH)
2013
· Full Scale, by Piero Golia, Museo del 900, Milan (IT)
· Fontaine, School of, Lucie Fontaine, Artport, Tel-Aviv (IL)
2010
· La Malterie, Ville de Lille, Lille (FR)
COLLECTIONS
· MAMCO, Musée d’art modern et contemporain, Geneva (CH)
· MCBA, Musée cantonal des beaux-arts de Lausanne (CH)
· Museo del 900 (IT)
· Centre d’Art Contemporain de Geneve (CH)
· Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (IT)
· Wallriss (CH)
· Stoffel Collection (US)
· Mobilière Collection (CH)
· Crédit Suisse (CH)
· Julius Bär (CH)
· BCV, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (CH)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
· Immersione Libera, ed Galleria Continua
· ArtClub, ed Pier Paolo Pancotto, Villa Medici, 2018
· Premio Moroso, 2017
· Something Between Posthistoria and Prehistoria, ed Barriera, Texts by Tristan Lavoyer and Stéphanie Serra. Supported by Albert Friedrich His- Stiftung
Foundation, Basel (CH), 2016
· Alfredo Aceto | Andrea Bellini. First Monograph HAPAX.JRP Ringier, 2015
· Unter 30 XI Junge Schweizer Kunst Kiefer Hablitzel Preis. Kunsthaus Glarus, 2015
· L’heure qu’il est, Centre d’Art Contemporain Yverdon Les Bains (CACY), 2015