GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2025
Pugliodrome — Kulturfolger, Zürich
City of Zürich Art Grants — Helmhaus, Zürich
So Speaks a Tree — Museo Herman Hesse, Montagnola
Arte SOAZZA, Mesolcina (curated by Luciano Fasciati)
MoorArt25 - Garten der Wildnis — Park Seleger Moor , Rifferswill
Mint — Fomo Art Space, Zürich
Spielact — Le Commun, Geneva
Surprise! Surprise! — Lullin and Ferrari, Zürich

2024
So Far So Close — Swiss Art Pool — Swiss Embassy Beijing, China
Kraut Kunstfestival, Luzern
Swiss Art Awards, Basel
Menagerie — Kabinett Visarte, Zürich
Wait and See — Wartsaal, Zürich

2023
Raggiro — Griedercontemporary project, Como (cureted by Lorenzo Metzler)
Schrille Harmonie  — Hartdurm, Zürich
Ring Ring Ring — Pal Project, Paris (curated by Andy Rankin) 
City of Zürich Art Grants — Helmhaus, Zürich
Cut — Somersgallery, London
Giving birth to the sky — Cima Norma Art Festival, Valle di Blenio (curated by Elio Schenini)
Ombres lumières Couleurs — Atelier Gravure, Moutier
The Lobster needs to get rid of its shell — A&O Kunsthalle, Leipzig
From Objects to Ornament — VFO edition, Zürich
Gött*innen — Friends, Zürich

2022
Château Hornegg au Lac, Zürich (curated by 6 1/2 )
NATURE — Kunsthalle Schlieren, Zürich/Schlieren
Figures of speech — PTTH, Luzern 

Kunstankäufe der Stadt Zürich 2018–2021— Helmhaus, Zürich
S-Motion — Kunstverein Wagenhalle, Stuttgart, Germany
It's a spring show — Ruettimann Contemporary, Zürich
Common grounds — Bodega Comfama, Medellin, Colombia (curated by Matza)
 

2021
Video projection — Le Labo, Geneva, Switzerland
La Regionale — Villa Ciani, Lugano
Media Arts Biennial — National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile
Altantis im Sinn — temporäre Kunstintervention by 6 1/2, Zürich
SONIC MATTER — Video screening, Zürich
Grosse Regionale —  Kunst(zeug)haus, Rapperswil
Reality is not — Uniun fit, Zürich
Put-to-bed — Last Tango, Zürich
Swiss Art Awards, Basel
Zitronen und Zement - Vom Material zur Skulptur — Atelier Hermann Haller, Zürich

Neck of the wood - in the forest, Zürich
Loneliness II — Videocity, Basel
Loop "transformation" — Videofenster Tanzhaus, Zürich
Society of Nature — OnCurating, Zürich (curated by Arianna Guidi)

2020

Imaging the past reflecting the future — Dienstgebäude, Zürich
Willi Woo — EEEEH, Nyon (curated by Alexia Turlin)
Bonus Track 05 — We run this — Kunsthaus Aussersihl, Zürich

True grid — Unanimous consent, Zürich
Kunst 20 — with Kunsthalle Schlieren — Art Fair, Zürich

An unsubstantial territory — Galerie Duflon Racz, Bern

City of Zürich Art Grant — Helmhaus, Zürich
Paperwork — Zitrone, Zürich
                 

2019

Grosse Regionale — Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil

Catch of the year — Dienstgebäude, Zürich

Time takes time — A–DASH, Athens

Miky Maoys — Biennale dell’immagine — Spazio Lampo/Bar Mascetti, Chiasso

2018                           

Werkschau Kanton Zürich — hosted by Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich

Matza Aletsch — Aletsch glacier, Swiss Alpes

From cities to us — Spazio Lampo, Chiasso

2017                           

Catch of the year — Dienstgebäude, Zürich

Transmission — Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv

Bourses de la Ville — CAC Genève, Geneva

Carnage — Rietberg Museum, Zürich (curated by Francesca Brusa)

Schena da vedro — Kunst(zeug)haus, Rapperswil

BIG — with Milkshake Agency, Geneva
Jeunes pousses — Jardins du château de Vuillerens, Vuillerens (curated by Karine Tissot)

Wasteland pavillon — Office at Räffelstrasse, Zürich

Art Babel — Lokal-int, Bienne

2016                           

ON /OFF Kunst 16 — with Dienstgebäude – Art Fair, Zürich

Art Athina — Contemporary art fair, Athens

Antidisciplinaire — with the contemporary ensemble Vidya — Fonderie Kugler, Geneva           

Organic — Alte Krone, Biel
Dimensione disegno. Posizioni contemporanee — Museo Civico Villa dei Cedri, Bellinzona (curated by Carole Haensler Huguet)

A Journey from a sweeping gesture to a lasting effect — Vitrine Gallery, Basel

2015                           

Finals — Raw Art Gallery, Tel Aviv

MA Show RCA 2015 — Royal College of Art, London

Pause Patina — Camden Arts Centre, London

2014                           

The Chase — La Rada, Locarno

We met at the far end of the landscape and both acted shy — Grünerløkka Kunsthall, Oslo

Untitled — Flat Time House, London

Nocturnale — Dayson Gallery, London

RCA_ECA — Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh

Work In Progress Show — Royal College of Art, London

2013                           

Bourses de la ville — CAC Genève, Geneva

United art fair — in collaboration with Pro Helvetia, New Delhi

The Language Of Man — Knoerle and Baettig, Winterthur
Art Athina — Contemporary art fair, Athens

Méfie-toi de la surface des choses — Le Labo, Geneva

Over reconstruction — Intervention, Rue Henri-Frédéric-Amiel 9, 1203 (2^nd - 3 ^nd floor) Geneva

2011                           

Prix du dessin — Institut National Suisse, Geneva

Swiss Art Awards — Kiefer Hablitzel, Basel

Hors Bords — Halle Nord, Art en L’île, Geneva

3 Stunden 57 minuten — Nextex, Saint Gall

2010                           

Monochrome — Lange + Pult, Zürich

Désordres — La Dependance, Renens

Che c’è di nuovo? — Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano

Streamliner — Halle Nord — Art en L’île, Geneva

AWARDS / GRANTS / RESIDENCES

2026
Residency Bogliasco Center, Genova

2025
Award City of Zürich Art Grants
Residency Fondazione lac o le mon, Lecce, Italy

2024
Anerkennungsbeitrag — UBS Kulturstiftung, Zürich
Swiss Art Awards (Nominee)
Mete — Artistic itinerary Altitudine 875/904 m, Work in Public space, Sonvico

2023
Shortlisted Kunst am Bau, Swiss Embassy in Addis Ababa (BAK)

2022
Matza Edgelands Residency, Medellin, Colombia

2022
Workshop with Damiano Ortega — Botin Foundation , Santander, Spain
Arbeitsstipendium Covid 19, Stadt Zürich

2021
Residency Atelier Berlin, Kanton Zürich
Pro Helvetia Residency, CAP Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia
Arbeitsstipendium Covid 19, Stadt Zürich

2019
Points de confluence — Urgent Paradise (short residency), Lausanne

2018
Award Werkbeitrag Kanton Zürich
Pro Helvetia Residency, Johannesburg, South Africa
Matza Aletsch, Aletsch glacier, Swiss Alpes (residency curated by Séverin Guelpa)

2016
Residency PicNic with Micha Seidenberg (composer), Bruxelles
Atelierstipendium Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Zug, Switzerland

2011
Kiefer Hablitzel Preis, Swiss Art Awards, Basel (Nominee)

2010
Che c’è di nuovo? — Exhibition catalogue, Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano

2009
Kiefer Hablitzel Preis, Swiss Art Awards, Basel

COLLECTIONS

2025
Kunstsammlung Kanton Zürich

2024   
ZKB Zürcher Kantonalbank
SNB Swiss National Bank
2023   
Collection Canton Ticino
2022   
Kunstsammlung Kanton Zürich
Amt für Hochbauten Stadt Zürich, Gesund heitszentrum für das Alter Mathysweg.
2020
Kunstsammlung Stadt Zürich
2017
ZKB Zürcher Kantonalbank
Kunstsammlung Kanton Zürich

PUBLICATIONS

2025
Calibrando l’occhio — Valentina Pini — Museo Vincenzo Vela, Ligornetto, Federal Office of Culture, Bern
Valentina Pini: Das Echo der Dinge — Kunst Bulletin 9/25 (text by Sophie Brunner)
Dann kam dieser erste Sommer in Soazza — Arte Soazza 2025, Wolfsberg Verlag, Zürich 2023 Ungraspable — Valentina Pini — Museo Casa Rusca, Locarno, Armando Dadò Editore

2022
Jetzt und hier — Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Zürcher Kantonalbank
Matza Edgelands Medellin — exhibition catalogue, Medellin, Colombia
La Regionale — exhibition catalogue, Villa Ciani, Lugano

2021
Reading Rämistrasse #63: «Zitronen und Zement – Vom Material zur Skulptur» im Atelier
Hermann Haller (text by Giulia Bernardi)
Bosque Marino — Essay by Valentina Pini, Do Nothing Curating

2020
Zauberhafte Kunst in Arbon: In der Kunsthalle verschwinden Besucher und Wasser wird zu Wein, St.Galler Tagblatt (text by Christina Genova)
Valentina Pini — Objects of great banality that little by little become loaded with mea ning and acquire a magical value — Pro Helvetia

2019
Valentina Pini – Profondo blu — Kunst Bulletin 11/19 (text by Laura Giudici)

2018
Mensa sonora — in collaboration with RADIO PICNIC, Editions Ripopée

2017
Carnage - The subversive potential of Grotesque — Francesca Brusa, in collaboration with Museum Rietberg, Zürich
Twin Twist - Sinuose distorsioni — Kunst Bulletin 1-2/17 (text by Laura Giudici)
Fingers Stretching — Valentina Pini — Editions Ripopée, Nyon

2016
Dimensione Disegno - Linee in libertà — Kunst Bulletin 7-8/16 (text by Laura Giudici)
Dimensione Disegno. Posizioni contemporanee – directed by Carole Haensler Huguet, exhibition catalogue,
Museo Civico Villa dei Cedri, ed. Sottoscala, Bellinzona

2015
A Artistry – Equilibrium risk, 1000 Things — The Hague
Contagions – Arc #19 – Critical Writing in Art and Design, London

2014
This only happens when she eats green raisins — Dissertation RCA, London
The Chase – Antropologia del recupero – Kunst Bulletin 9/14 (text by Boris Magrini)

2011
Trois heures cinquante sept — exhibition catalogue — editors Séverine Fromaigeat an
Alexandra Maurer, Geneva
Start 12 – Art magazine, Geneva

CURATORIAL

2025
All’entrata dell’occhio — Gabriel Stöckli — Spazio Lampo, Chiasso
Worries for another day – Karin Borer — Basel Social Club, Basel

2024
Worries for another day – Karin Borer — Spazio Lampo, Chiasso

2023
Abbreviazioni — Nino Baumgartner — Spazio Lampo, Chiasso

2022
Di polvere e luce — group show — Spazio Lampo, Chiasso

2021
Anti-MEs — Lisa Biedlingmaier — Biennale dell’immagine, Spazio Lampo, Chiasso

2019
Time takes time — group show — A – DASH, Athens
Miky Maoys — Biennale dell’immagine, Spazio Lampo — group show, Chiasso