Lorenzo Modica
Roma, 1988

lorenzomodica@gmail.com





Education


2022 MFA, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London

2015 post-graduate degree, Painting, highest honours, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma

2012 undergraduate degree, Painting, highest honours, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma






Solo exhibitions


2024 (Upcoming), Fondazione Aldega, Amelia

2021 Hidden in Plain Sight, curated by Davide Ferri, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna

2021 This is a Fraud on The American Public, Il Crepaccio instagram show, curated by Caroline Corbetta

2021 Solo le persone buone non puzzano, i santi forse profumano, KH Lab, Roma

2018 B e C, curated by Sarah Linford, deconsecrated church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Mantova

2018 What You Do Not Understand is What Really Belongs to You, Sentieri (Paths) - festival of contemporary art (Project Room), curated by Claudio Pieroni and Silvia Berdini, Amelia

2016 Il Cielo è di un azzurro cielo intenso, Galleria Arte e Pensieri, Roma

2015 13 Days, INEX Gallery, exhibition / thesis project, supervisor Cecilia Casorati, Belgrade





Selected group exhibitions



2024 (Upcoming), Spazio Mensa, Roma

2023 Buona fortuna ribelli, Galleria Lunetta 11, Lunetta, Torino

2022 L’Invenzione della giovinezza, curated by Sarah Linford, smART Polo per L’Arte, Roma

2022 Graduate Show, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London

2021 The Castle of Crossed Destinies, curated by Giulio Verago, Dìnamo Gallery, Porto

2021 Prize Artefici del Nostro Tempo, Palazzo Bevilacqua la Masa, Venezia

2021 Masterless Eye, curated by Gino Bosa, Yudik One, Brescia

2020 Via Farini in Residence Open Studio, curated by Giulio Verago and Patrizia Brusarosco, Via Farini, Milano

2020 Slade Runner, ASC gallery, London

2019 Spaceship/Dungeon/Zoo, curated by Alvaro Barrington, Peter Davies and Alastair Mackinven, Hackney Project, London

2018 Ieri Oggi Domani, organised by Professors Cecilia Casorati, Gabriele Simongini, Scuderie Aldobrandini, Frascati

2018 Fenêtre jaune cadmium, curated by Sarah Linford, Institut français Centre Saint Louis, Roma

2018 Now and Forward - Emerging Artists in Rome, curated by Shara Wasserman and Tiziana Musi, Temple University Rome Gallery of Art, Roma

2016 A> Rete Residency Exhibition, Galleria il Ponte, Firenze

2016 A> Rete Residency, curated by Alfredo Pirri, Donnini, Firenze

2015 N/Home, curated by Francesca Lilli, Roma

2015 3 + 2, curated by Donatella Landi, Interno 14 - Italian Association of Architecture and Criticism, Roma

2015 Uscite di Emergenza, curated by Whart under the supervision of Cecilia Casorati, MACRO, Roma

2015 Myths. Students / Artists / Teachers. A process of exchange, curated by Maria Rosa Sossai and Miroslaw Balka, Pastficio Cerere Foundation, Roma

2014 Painting Exhibition, curated by Duccio Trombadori, Galleria Incontro d'Arte, Roma

2011 Patrizia Barlettani Award finalist, Fabbriche del Vapore, Milano

2010 Painting show, Chamber of Deputies, Palazzi Chigi, Roma





Selected Prizes, Residencies, Workshops


2023 Nuovo Forno del Pane Outdoor Edition, Curated by Caterina Molteni, Sabrina Samorì and Giulia Pezzoli, MamBo, Bologna

2022 Combat Prize (Shortlisted), Livorno

2021 Prize Artefici del Nostro Tempo, Municipality of Venice, Venezia

2021 The Fine Art Collective - Colart Residency Program, London

2020-21 September - February, VIR Viafarini-in-residence, Milano

2017 Hanji paper international workshop, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma

2016 Residence A> Rete, Coordinator Alfredo Pirri, Donnini, Firenze

2016 Residence A> Rete, Galleria Il Ponte, Firenze

2014 Myths. Students / Artists / Teachers. A process of exchange, workshop held by Miroslaw Balka, organised by the Institute of Polish Culture in Rome, residence in Warsaw and Rome

2013 Foundry Workshop, UGR, Granada, Spain

2011 Either printing technique workshop, Atelier Contrepoint, Paris




Teaching


2022-ongoing John Cabot University, Studio Art Lecturer Professor, Roma

2022 May Crits at Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), Slade MA/MFA visiting Camberwell UG, London

2022 March Workshop in L’Invenzione della giovinezza, curated by Sarah Linford, Smart Polo per L’Arte, Roma

2022 February Guest tutor MFA, RUFA, Roma

2021 December Assistant, UCL East Schools programme, Slade150 Printmaking school project, London

2020 November Guest tutor MFA, RUFA, Roma

2019 February Castro crits, Roma

2018-2019 Assistant / tutor (Painting, Paper techniques), Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Roma

2018 September Artist’s Talk, Tyler-Temple University - MFA programme, Roma

2018 November Monotype techniques workshop, State Institute of Art "Giulio Romano”, Mantova

2018 November Monotype techniques workshop, Scuole Dell'Infanzia Comunali Strozzi Valenti, Mantova

2017-2018 Assistant / tutor (Painting, Paper techniques), Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Roma

2016-2017 Assistant / tutor (Painting, Drawing), Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Roma




Publications


2023 Nuovo Forno del Pane Outdoor Edition, Edited by Caterina Molteni, Sabrina Samorì and Giulia Pezzoli, MamBo, Bologna

2022 Combat Prize, (exhibition catalogue), Municipality of Livorno, Livorno

2021 Prize Artefici del Nostro Tempo, (exhibition catalogue), Municipality of Venice, Venezia

2020 Force Fields. Rome and Contemporary Printmaking, edited by Sarah Linford and Devin Kovach, Temple University Press, Philadelphia and Palombi Editori, Roma: pages 234-235.

2018 B e C, or On Private Language, (bilingual monographic exhibition catalogue), edited by Sarah Linford, with other contributions by Pia Candinas, Dorothea Dietrich, Oliver de la Paz, Donatella Saroli, Ed. Municipality of Mantua, Mantova

2018 B e C - Artist’s Book, Ed. Municipality of Mantua, Roma

2018 Ieri Oggi Domani, (exhibition catalogue), Ed. Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Roma

2018 Sentieri (Paths) - festival of contemporary art, (exhibition catalogue), Amelia

2015 13 Days, (monographic exhibition catalogue), self-published, Belgrade

2011 Patrizia Barlettani Award, (exhibition catalogue), Milano



Collections

MamBo (Museo di Arte Moderna di Bologna)

Soho House Art Collection

Private collections in Italy, France, Denmark, Switzerland, UK and USA