gianni motti - Galerie Nicola von Senger

GIANNI MOTTI
Born 1958 in Sondrio, Italy
Lives in Geneva, Switzerland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2013
"Spread", Palais de l'Athénée, Société des Arts, Geneva
"Moneybox", Galerie Perrotin, Paris
2012
«The Big Illusion», D+T Project, Brussels
«Moneybox», Migrosmuseum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich
«Swap», BPS22, Charleroi
Zeit zu handeln! - Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, (AT)
Incongru. Quand l'art fait rire - Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts,
Lausanne, (CH)
2009
Centre d’art contemporain la Synagoge de Delme, Delme, (FR)
La Ferme du buisson, Centre d’Art et de Curiosités culturelles, Noisiel
2008
Le Criée, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Rennes, (FR)
2007
La Salle de Bains, Lyon, (FR)
2006
Centre d’Edition Contemporaine, Genève, (FR)
Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, (DE)
Spirit of John Lennon, Metro Pictures Gallery, New York, (US)
2005
“HIGGS“ A la recherche de l’anti-Motti, Galerie Nicola von Senger,
Zurich, (CH)
L’exposition qui n’existe pas 1: Gianni Motti, MAMCO, Geneva, (CH)
2004
Plausible Deniability, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, (CH)
(cat.)
2003
Ars Futura Galerie, Zurich, (CH)
Turn over, Associazione Prometeo, Lucca, (IT)
Installation and video, Centre pour l’Image Contemporain, Geneva, (CH)
Turn over, Gallery Artra, Milano, (IT)
2002
Cadeaux diplomatiques with Christoph Büchel, Kunsthalle Thun, (CH)
(catalogue)
Productions 6, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, (DE)
Capital Affair with Christoph Büchel, Helmhaus Zurich, (CH)
2001
Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, (CH)
Talk is cheap, Swiss Institute-Contemporary Art, New York, (US)
Collateral Damage, Gallery Jousse Entreprise, Paris
2000
Vivement 2002, MAMCO, Museum of Contemporary Art, Geneva, (CH)
Cusy Job, Gallery Artra, Milano, (IT)
1999
MAMCO, Geneva, (CH)
Galerie Analix, Geneva, (CH)
Exit, Lausanne, (CH)
Neues Kunstmuseum, Luzern, (CH)
1998
Villa Arson, Nice, (CH)
1997
Nice Fine Art, Nice, (CH)
MAMCO, Geneva, (CH)
Lunar eclipse, Opening on the roof of the "Cité Radieuse" by Le Corbusier
in Marseille, with the Musée d'art contemporain Espacío Vacio, Bogotà,
(CO)
1996
Cusy Job, Galerie Analix, Geneva, (CH)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Of Bridges & Borders, Fundacion PROA, Buenos Aires, (AR)
2010
Let’s Dance, Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne MAC/Val, Vitry-durSeine, (FR)
Une Idée, une Fomrme, un Etre. Poésie/Politique du corporel, Migros
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, (CH)
Trickster makes this world, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin-si, (KW)
Press art. Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel, Museum der Moderne Salzburg,
Salzburg, (AT)
ONE SHOT! Football et art contemporain, Espace de Création Contemporaine,
Charleroi, (FR)
Things that only an artist can do, Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo
(MARCO), Vigo, (ES)
2009
Pourquoi Attendre ! Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva, (CH)
More than a T-Shirt, Bielefeld Kunstverein, Bielefeld, (DE)
Nouvelles acquisitions du FRAC Aquitaine, Musée de Gajac, Villeneuve-surLot, (FR)
Usages du document, Centre culturel Suisse, Paris, (FR)
Three leap seconds later, Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, (CH)
Shifting Identities. (Swiss) Art Now, Contemporary Art Center Vilnius
(CAC), Vilnius, (LT)
2008
Déplacement. Le 19 Neuf, Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain, Montbéliard,
(FR)
Interstitial Zones. Historical Facts, Archaeologies of the Present and
Dialectics of Seeing, Argos, Brussels, (BE)
Geschlossene Gesellschaft, Kunst-Werke Berlin, KW Institute of
Contemporary Art, Berlin, (DE)
Degrees of Remove. Landscape and Affect, Sculpture Center, New York, (US)
Average, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal, (CH)
Shifting Identities. (Schweizer) Kunst heute, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich
Les Ateliers de Rennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes
Le corps comme spectacle, FRAC, Bourgogne, Dijon
2007
We can’t be stopped, Galerie Nuke, Paris, (FR)
TOMORROW NOW – when design meets science fiction, Musée d’Art Moderne
Grand-Duc Jean (MUDAM), (LU)
Die Kunst zu Sammeln, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, (DE)
SUBLIME OBJECTS. Collections sans frontiers V, National Museum of
Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bukarest, (RO)
Video Report Italia 2004_5, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka
(MMSU), Rijeka, (HR)
Mulher, Mulheres, SESC Paulista, Sao Paulo, (BR)
2. Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, (RU)
art_clips.ch, ZKM, Karlsruhe, (DE)
2006
Swiss Video, Tate Modern, London, (GB)
Six Feet Under, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, (CH)
Defamation of Character, P.S.1 MoMA, Long Island, (US)
5'000'000'000 d’années, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, (FR)
50 JPG, Centre de la Photographie, Geneva, (CH)
Human Game–Vincitori e vinti, Fondazione Pitti Discovery, Firenze, (IT)
Cindy Sherman, Gianni Motti, Olaf Breuning, Galerie Nicola von Senger,
Zurich, (CH)
Space Boomerang, SI Swiss Institute, New York, (US)
2005
A Brief History of Invisible Art, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts,
San Francisco, (US)
Rundlederwelten, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, (DE)
Shadows Collide With People, Swiss Pavillion, Venice Biennale Always a
Little further, Arsenale di Venezia, 51st International Art Exhibition,
Venice, (IT)
banquete-comunicación en evolución, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid
Legal/Illegal (Wenn Kunst Gesetze bricht), Kunstverein Neuhausen,
Neuhausen auf den Fildern, (DE)
hack.it.art / Disobedience / Kurds On the Map, Kunstraum
Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, (DE)
2004
Under Destruction #1 with Christoph Büchel, MNAC, Bukarest, (RO)
Romanian artists (and not only) love the Palace?!, National Museum of
Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bukarest, (RO)
Situations construites. attitudes, Espace d’arts contemporains, Geneva,
(CH)
Save the moon, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich, (CH)
Die zehn Gebote, Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, (DE)
Swiss Video Lobby, SMC . CAC Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, (LT)
I nuovi mostri. Life is beautiful, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan,
(IT)
2003
Pantalla Suiza, Centro de arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, (IT)
10e Biennale de l’image en Mouvement, Geneva, (CH)
Beautiful Banners, Prague Biennale 1, Prag (curator: Marco Scotini, cat.)
Mursolaici, Centre Culturel Suisse de Paris, (FR)
25th Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubliana (cat.)
Attak! Kunst und Krieg in den Zeiten der Medien, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna,
(AT) (cat.)
Collections sans frontiers, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e
Contemporanea (GAM), Turin, (IT)
Extra, Swiss Institute, Contemporary Art, New York, (US) (cat.)
Going public, MAST, Modena, (IT) (cat.)
Hardcore, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, (FR) (cat.)
2002
Actualité Le Triangle, Centre de la Ville de Lyon, Lyon, (FR) (cat.)
Busan Biennale, Busan, (KW) (cat.)
Né un 3 septembre, FRAC, Bourgogne, Dijon, (FR)
Capital Affairs, Helmhaus Zürich, Zürich, (CH)
View Finder, Arnolfini, Bristol, (GB)
Un cinéma, nouvelle génération, Musée d'art contemporain, Lyon, (FR)
Sans consentement, Centre d’Art Neuchatel (CAN), Neuchatel, (CH)
Tutto normale, Académie de France à Rome, Villa Médici, Rome, (IT) (cat.)
Last minute, Verso la fine dell'eternità, Ospedale Soave, Codogno, Lodi
(cat.)
Protest ! Respekt!, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, (CH)
Cadeux diplomatiques. Christoph Bächli, Gianni Motti, Kunstmuseum Thun,
Thun, (CH)
C’est pas du cinema, Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains,
Tourcoing, (FR)
Balsam, Helmhaus Zurich, (CH)
2001
Looking With/Out, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, (GB) (cat.)
The Overexcited Body, Museo del palazzo Arengario, Milano; Velodromo,
Vogorelli, Milano, (IT) (cat.)
Arte All’Arte, Arte Continua, San Gimignano, (IT) (cat.)
The overexcited body, SESC, Sao Paulo, (BR)
Design et activisme, Speak For Gallery, Tokyo, (JP)
2000
Big Crunch, La Box, Bourges, (FR)
Ironic, Flash Art Museum, Trevi (cat.)
Transfert. Urban Art in Urban Space, Bienne, (CH) (cat.)
Mixing Memory and Desire, Neues Kunstmuseum Luzern, (CH) (cat.)
7th Biennale of Architecture of Venice, (IT) (cat.)
Parolesparoles, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, (CH)
Let's be friends, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, (CH)
Bruit de fond, Centre National de la photographie Paris
Ticker, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin, (DE)
1999
Mayday, Centre d’Art Neuchatel (CAN), Neuchatel, (CH)
Grown in frozen time, Shed im Eisenwerk Frauenfeld (curator: Harm Lux)
XN, Chalon-sur Saône, (FR) (curator: S.Moisdon/H.U.Obrist)
They Came by Taxi, Parabolica Space, Berlin, (DE)
Collage jukebox 2.0. Musée d'art contemporain Lyon, (FR)
Ounofrio, National Gallery Tirana, Tirana, (AL)
Loisirs (working title), Glassbox, Paris, (FR)
Vivement 2002, MAMCO, Geneva, (CH)
1998
P.O.BOX, (touring exhibition), Moderna Museet, Stockholm / Serpentine
Gallery, London / Le Nouveau Musée, Villeurbanne, (FR), Centre National
de la Photographie, Paris, (FR) (program: Stéphanie Moisdon)
Esc, Ecole d'art de Grenoble, Grenoble
All star, Sous-Sol, Essav, Geneva (cat)
Centre Pasquart, Bienne, (CH)
Andere Sichten, Kunsthaus, Zurich, (CH)
Fais ce qu'il te plaît, MAMCO, Geneva, (CH)
Technoculture, Fri Art, Fribourg, (CH)
Loisirs (working title), Glassbox, Paris, (FR)
1997
P.O. BOX, MAMCO, Geneva, (CH)
Version Originale, Musée d'art Contemporain Lyon, (FR)
1996
Nouvelles du Fonds, Collection du Fonds Municipal, MAMCO, Geneva
Motti '96, MAMCO, Geneva, (CH)
Autoreverse 2, Le MAGASIN, Grenoble (curator: Stéphanie Moisdon)
Non! Pas comme ca, CAN, Neuchâtel, (CH)
Cabines de bain. Picine de la Motte, Fribourg, (CH) (curators: Jean-Paul
Felley/Olivier Kaiser)
Shed im Eisenwerk Frauenfeld, Zurich, (CH) (curator: Harm Lux)
Mort aux Trousses, Projektraum, Zurich, (CH) (curator: Marc-Olivier
Wahler)
Departure Lounge, Clocktower Gallery, New York, (US) (organisation: PS1
Museum)
PERFORMANCES / EVENTS
2003
Interventions on the pages of the news paper "Dnevnik", Ljubiana
2002
Intervention on the pages of the newspaper "Tribune", Geneva
2001
Boomerang Girls, G8, Geneva
Paris premiere, Intervention in the program of the tv-satellite “Paris
Derniere" 18th October 2001
Queen's Guard, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
2000
Intervention – three consecutive days on the pages of the "Neue Luzerner
Zeitung", Lucerne
Performance, FIAC, (Jousse entreprise), Paris
1999
ciao mamma (Palais des Sports, Chalon-sur-Saône; Basketball game: Chalon
sur-Saône-Paris-St-Germain (live on canal +)
1998
Gianni Motti's assistant, World Tour 1997-1998; (press + tv); anti-FN
demonstration, Paris (press)
1997
Intervention at the 53rd Session of the Commission of Human Rights, UNO,
Geneva (1997-1998)
Confidential Meeting, MAMCO, Geneva
A con la fuerza, todo con la mente, Demonstration of a telepathic
destabilisation against the Columbian president Ernesto Samper Pisano:
Palacio, Nariho, (presidential residence), Bogota, Columbia (press, "El
Espectador" on the front page + tv)
1996
MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland (8th October 1996 and 29th October 1996)
Intervention, American election campaign soirée, Hotel Intercontinental,
organised by the American ambassador, Geneva (6th November 1996), (press,
tv + radio); "Agence France Presse", "Keystone", "Reuters"
Motti '96, (election campaign on internet and posters), Geneva / London /
New York / Boston / Grenoble / Paris / Berlin / Madrid
Restore Hope, internet