VALENTINA PINI
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ALTITUDINE 875/904 m
Madonna d'Arla, Sonvico
Opening: September 21 at 11h00
LAST TANGO FUNDRAISING AUCTION
October 4
Quartierzentrum Schütze
Heinrichstrasse 238
8005 Zürich
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TEXTS & PRESS REVIEW
VALENTINA PINI (CH/IT)
Born 1982 in Ticino, lives in Zürich, Switzerland
Since 2019 Co-director of the artist-run-space Spazio Lampo, Chiasso
2013/15 MA (Sculpture) Royal College of Art, London
2010 Master in Secondary Education (Visual Arts), IUFE, University of Geneva
2007 HEAD Geneva University of Art and Design (Degree with distinction)
2004/5 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (Socrate exchange)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Title (tba)– Museo Vincenzo Vela, Ligornetto (June)
Title (tba)– with Roman Blumenthal – VC7, Zürich (February)
2024
Water into Wine – Lullin and Ferrari, Zürich
2023
Nebulous Surface – with Mirjam Blanka Inauen – Kabinett Visarte, Zürich
Secret shared, secret kept — Kōbō Art Space, Zürich
Ungraspable — with Sabine Schlatter and Xanti Schawinski – Museo Casa Rusca, Locarno (curated by Raphael Gygax)
2022
No No–Breastplate — with Beatrice Lozza — Nano Gast of Visarte, Zürich
Il più bell’errore del mondo — with Francesco De Bernardi — Sonnenstube, Lugano
2021
Rimembrana — with Alan Bogana — Nano, Zürich
2020
Curiosity killed the cat — Kunsthalle Arbon, Arbon (curated by Deborah Keller)
2019
With two naked eyes watching slime on the ocean floor — ZQM, Berlin
Snake Oil — Dienstgebäude, Zürich
2018
Soluble — Garage, Zürich
2017
Untitled duet — with Nastasia Meyrat — MOREL, Lugano
Tonic Immobility — DeptfordX Gallery, London (curated by Rice + Toye)
Twin Twist — with Aloïs Godinat — Le Labo, Geneva
2014
Water into Wine – with Bob Gramsma and Solèn Gün — Lullin and Ferrari — Zürich
2013
Untitled — Milkshake Agency — Geneva
2012
Die Quadratur des Kreises — L’ atelier kunst(spiel)Raum, Berlin
Bounding volume — with Bianca Brunner — Schwarzwaldallee, Basel
2010
Section — Le Futur Antérieur, Geneva
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2025
ArteSOAZZA — Mesolcina (June)
MoorArt — Rifferswill (June)
2024
Title (tba) — Swiss Embassy Beijing, China (October)
Kraut — Kunstfestival — Luzern
Swiss Art Awards — Basel
Menagerie — Kabinett Visarte — Zürich
Wait & See — Wartsaal — Zürich
2023
Raggiro — Griedercontemporary project, Como
Schrille Harmonie — Hartdurm, Zürich
Ring Ring Ring — Pal Project, Paris (curated by Andy Rankin)
City of Zürich Art Grant — 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
NATURE — Kunsthalle Schlieren, Zürich/Schlieren
Figures of speech — PTTH, Luzern
S-Motion — Kunstverein Wagenhalle, Stuttgart, Germany
It's a spring show — Ruettimann Contemporary, Zürich
Common grounds — Bodega Comfama, Medellin, Colombia (curated by Matza)
2021
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 (2nd - 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
2024
Research trip to Beijing and Shanghai, Pro Helvetia
UBS Kulturstiftung
Swiss Art Awards (Nominee)
Altitudine 875/904 m, Kunst am Bau, Sentiero Storico Naturalistico, Sonvico
2023
Shortlisted Kunst am Bau, Swiss Embassy, Addis Ababa (BAK)
2022
Workshop by Damian Ortéga, Fundación Bótin, Santander, Spain
Residency Common grounds, Bodega Comfama, Medellin, Colombia (curated by Matza)
Arbeitsstipendium Covid 19, Stadt Zürich
2021
Swiss Art Awards (Nominee)
Residency Atelier Berlin, Kanton Zürich
Pro Helvetia Residency, CAP Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia
Arbeitsstipendium Covid 19, Stadt Zürich
2019
Points de confluence, Urgent Paradise, Lausanne (short residency)
2018
Award Werkbeitrag Kanton Zürich
Pro Helvetia Residency, Johannesburg, South Africa (3 months)
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 (6 months)
2009
Kiefer Hablitzel Preis, Swiss Art Awards, Basel
COLLECTIONS
2024
SNB Swiss National Bank
ZKB Zürcher Kantonalbank
2023
Collection Canton Ticino
2022
Kunstsammlung Kanton Zürich
Permanent installation. Amt für Hochbauten Stadt Zürich, Gesundheitszentrum für das Alter Mathysweg.
2020
Kunstsammlung Stadt Zürich
2017
ZKB Zürcher Kantonalbank
Kunstsammlung Kanton Zürich
PUBLICATIONS
2023
Ungraspable — Valentina Pini — Museo Casa Rusca, Locarno, Armando Dadò Editore
2022
Jetzt und hier — Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung der Zürcher Kantonalbank, Scheidegger & Spiess
2020
Zauberhafte Kunst in Arbon: In der Kunsthalle verschwinden Besucher und Wasser wird zu Wein,
St.Galler Tagblatt (text written by Christina Genova)
Valentina Pini — Objects of great banality that little by little become loaded with meaning and
acquire a magical value — Pro Helvetia (https://prohelvetia.org.za/en/2020/01/27/)
2019
Valentina Pini — Profondo blu — Kunst Bulletin 11/19 (text written 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
Twin Twist — Sinuose distorsioni — Kunst Bulletin 1-2/17 (text written by Laura Giudici)
Fingers Stretching — Valentina Pini — Editions Ripopée, Nyon
2016
Dimensione Disegno — Linee in libertà — Kunst Bulletin 7-8/16 (text written 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 (www.1000things.org/en/article/ocd)
Contagions — Arc #19 — Critical Writing in Art and Design, London
2014
This only happens when she eats green raisins — Valentina Pini — Dissertation RCA, London
The Chase — Antropologia del recupero — Kunst Bulletin 9/14 (text written by Boris Magrini)
2011
Trois heures cinquante sept — exhibition catalogue — editors Séverine Fromaigeat and Alexandra
Maurer, Geneva
Start 12 — art magazine, Geneva
2010
Che c’è di nuovo? — exhibition catalogue, Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano
CURATORIAL
2024
Title (tba) – Karin Borer, Spazio Lampo, Chiasso
2023
Abbreviazioni – Nino Baumgartner, Spazio Lampo, Chiasso
2022
Di polvere e luce — group show — Spazio Lampo, Chiasso (curated with Giulia Guanella)
2021
Anti-MEs — Lisa Biedlingmaier — Biennale dell’immagine, Spazio Lampo, Chiasso
2019
A – DASH — Time takes time — group show, Athens
Miky Maoys — Biennale dell’immagine, Spazio Lampo/Bar Mascetti — group show, Chiasso