Matteo Montani


Biography

Roma, Italia - 1972.
Lives and works in Nepi.
1997: Academy of the Arts of Rome, Italy

Solo Exhibitions

2020Natura Naturans, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milano
2019A lungo andare Unmooring, Valentina Bonomo Gallery, Rome, Italy, text by Laura Cherubini
2018Elogio della Carta, Museo H.C.Andersen Rome, Italy
2018Invitation To A Disaster #15, (with Antonio Trimani), Le Stazioni Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy
2017The Glow and the Glare, presentation by A. Zanchetta, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2017Recent Paintings, presentation by A. Zanchetta,Museo d'arte Contemporanea, Lissone - Milan, Italy
2017Unfolding, Una scultura, Reggia di Caserta, Caserta, Italy
2017Unfolding, curated by Alessandra Troncone, Nicola Pedana Arte Contemporanea, Caserta, Italy
2016Once Upon A Time Life, Again, The Elkon Gallery, curated by I. del Frate- Rayburn, New York, USA.
2016Racconto Rosso, Galleria L’Attico-Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy.
2015Things Behind, presented by E.Viola, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy.
2014Matteo Montani and Peter Flaccus, OTTO Gallery, Bologna, Italy.
2014Andarsene, Museo H.C.Andersen, curated by G.Simongini, Rome, Italy.
2012Bendini–Montani, Così vicini così lontani, curated by G.Simongini, Museo Carichieti, Chieti, Italy.
2012I Luoghi dell’immagine (con Marco Grimaldi), Nuova Galleria Morone, Milan, Italy.
2011Ausstellung, , Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Wolfsburg, Germany.
2011Seelenlandschaft, curated by D.Sarchioni, Museum Am Dom, Würzburg, Germany.
2011Ausstellung, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Köln, Germany.
2010Naturaldurante, Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, Italy.
2010Il Guardiano della soglia, Kalfayan Galleries, Athenes, Greece.
2010Matteo Montani, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, curated by I. del Frate, New York, USA.
2010Parole sulla montagna, Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti, Milan, Italy.
2010A Cielo aperto, OTTO Gallery, Bologna, Italy.
2009Abbassare il cielo agli occhi, Paci Contemporary, curated by M.Cavallarin, Brescia, Italy.
2009Discorso, Palazzo Grazioli, curated by C.D’Orazio, Reti, Rome, Italy.
2008Il Bacio ed altre strade per le stelle, Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Italy.
2008Matteo Montani, Museo d’Arte, curated by M.Tonelli, Ravenna, Italy.
2007Fostèr, Galleria L’Attico-Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy.

Group Exhibitions

2019The quest for happines, Italian Art Now, Serlachius Museum, Mänttä, Finland
2019Contemplating the Spiritual in Contemporary Art, Rosenfeld Porcini Fallery, London, UK
2019White Views, Italian Cultural Institute, London, UK
2019Franca Rame 90 anni di Spettacolo, Musalab, Verona, Italy
2019A misura d’uomo, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2019Apocalypse, Galleria Nicola Pedana, Caserta, Italy Apocalypse, Galleria Nicola Pedana, Caserta, Italy
2018Incontri, presentation by V.Catricalà, ex Chiesa dell’Annunziata, Teano (CE), Italy
2018Colore non Colore, Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2018Premio Michetti, 69th edition, curated by Renato Barilli, Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2018Small Formats, Elkon Gallery, New York, USA
2018Scorribanda, La Galleria Nazionale, Roma
2018Join the dots, Salone degli incanti, Trieste, Italy
2017Large Formats, The Elkon Gallery, New York, USA
2017Works on paper, The Elkon Gallery, New York, USA
2016La Pelle, issued by Fondaco, Officina, Brussels, Belgium.
2016The art of humanity, Pratt institute the Rubelle and Norman Schfler Gallery, New York, USA
2016Under one sky, Dianxi science and technology normal university, Dianxi, China
2016Abstraction, The Elkon Gallery, New York, USA
2016Unioni Civili, Galleria L’Attico-Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy.
2016Anni Zero, The Temple University, curated by A.Dambruoso, Rome, Italy.
2015C’è chi dipinge…, Galleria L’Attico-Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy.
2015In Abstracto, curated by M.Rossi, Galleria Alessandro Casciaro, Bolzano, Italy.
2015Unioni Civili, Galleria L’Attico, Rome, Italy.
2015Imago Mundi, curated by L.Beatrice, Fondazione Cini, Venice, Italy.
2015Duets, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy.
2014Non solo fotografia, Paci Contemporary, Brescia, Italy.
2014Biennale Cina - Italia, curated by Mian Bu, 798 Art District, Beijing, China.
2014Premio Vasto, curated by G.Simongini, Vasto, Italy.
2014Biennale d’Arte, curated by G. De Feo and L. Lucibello, Palazzo dei Papi, Viterbo, Italy.
2013Blue, Kalfayan Galleries, Athenes, Greece.
2013Premio Michetti 64th edition, Francavilla al Mare, Italy.
2012Al principio del vedere, curated by M.Galbiati, Castel Arquato, Italy.
2012Quaterna, Galleria L’Attico - Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy.
2012Neue Sammlung, Mittelberg, Burg Museum, Germany.
2011Il Santo Momento, curated by D.Sarchioni, Museum Am Dom, Würzburg, Germany .
2011Liquid Flags, curated by G.Simongini, Sassoferrato, Italy.
2011Nuova creatività italiana, Officina Italia2, curated by R.Barilli, Bologna/Milan, Italy .
2011Scritture, Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, Italy.
2010A perdita d’occhio, Galleria L’Attico Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy.
2010Oltre il trompe l’oeil, Galleria L’Attico - Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy.
2010Puglia Contemporanea: Artisti a Palazzo, curated by L.Pratesi, Gagliano del Capo, Italy.
2010Un mosaico per, curated by G.Simongini, Tornareccio, Italy .
2010Crossroads, Il Frantoio, Capalbio, Italy.
2009Clicking the cosmos, Museo di Arte Contemporanea, Vespolate, Italy.
20091+1, Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, Italy.
2009La testa tra le nuvole, a cura di M.Carriero, Convento dei Carmelitani Scalzi, Viterbo, Italy .
2009Falsi Astratti, Galleria L’Attico- Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy.
2009Da qui, Galleria 3)5, Rieti, Italy.
2008XV Quadriennale d’Arte, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, curated by L.Canova, D.Lancioni, C.Spadoni Rome, Italy.
2008Spore, Atomi, Stelle, Galleria L’Attico Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy.
2008Premio Cairo, Triennale di Milan, Milan, Italy.

Collections

Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
Collezione Unicredit, Milan, Italy
Collezione Artefiera, Bologna, Italy
Collezione Benetton, Treviso, Italy
Fondazione LA QUADRIENNALE, Rome, Italy
MAR, Ravenna, Italy
VAF Foundation, Italy
Museum Burg, Miltenberg, Germany
Museum Am Dom, Würzburg, Germany
Novartis Corporated, Whippanny (New Jersey), USA


Prizes

2013 Winner of the Special Jury Prize of the Premio Michetti, Italy
2009 Finalist for Terna Award 02, Italy
2008 Finalist for the Cairo Award, Milan, Italy
Finalist for Talent Prize, Rome, Italy
2007 Finalist for Lissone Award, Lissone, Italy
2001 Winner of the national selection for the Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000 Winner of XL Suzzara Prize, Italy