Lorenzo Modica
Roma, 1988
lorenzomodica@gmail.com
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 Dritto e Rovescio*, Fondazione Aldega, Amelia, IT
2021 Hidden in Plain Sight, curated by Davide Ferri, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna, IT
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, IT
2018 B e C, curated by Sarah Linford, deconsecrated church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Mantova, IT
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, IT
2016 Il Cielo è di un azzurro cielo intenso, Galleria Arte e Pensieri, Roma, IT
2015 13 Days, INEX Gallery, exhibition / thesis project, supervisor Cecilia Casorati, Belgrade, RS
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Great Expectations, Spazio Mensa, Roma, IT
2023 Buona fortuna ribelli, Galleria Lunetta 11, Lunetta, Torino, IT
2022 L’Invenzione della giovinezza, curated by Sarah Linford, smART Polo per L’Arte, Roma, IT
2022 Graduate Show, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK
2021 The Castle of Crossed Destinies, curated by Giulio Verago, Dìnamo Gallery, Porto, PT
2021 Prize Artefici del Nostro Tempo, Palazzo Bevilacqua la Masa, Venezia, IT
2021 Masterless Eye, curated by Gino Bosa, Yudik One, Brescia, IT
2020 Via Farini in Residence Open Studio, curated by Giulio Verago and Patrizia Brusarosco, Via Farini, Milano, IT
2020 Slade Runner, ASC gallery, London, UK
2019 Spaceship/Dungeon/Zoo, curated by Alvaro Barrington, Peter Davies and Alastair Mackinven, Studio Alvaro Barrington, London, UK
2018 Ieri Oggi Domani, organised by Professors Cecilia Casorati, Gabriele Simongini, Scuderie Aldobrandini, Frascati, IT
2018 Fenêtre jaune cadmium, curated by Sarah Linford, Institut français Centre Saint Louis, Roma, IT
2018 Now and Forward - Emerging Artists in Rome, curated by Shara Wasserman and Tiziana Musi, Temple University Rome Gallery of Art, Roma, IT
2016 A> Rete Residency Exhibition, Galleria il Ponte, Firenze, IT
2016 A> Rete Residency, curated by Alfredo Pirri, Donnini, Firenze, IT
2015 N/Home, curated by Francesca Lilli, Roma, IT
2015 3 + 2, curated by Donatella Landi, Interno 14 - Italian Association of Architecture and Criticism, Roma, IT
2015 Uscite di Emergenza, curated by Whart under the supervision of Cecilia Casorati, MACRO, Roma, IT
2015 Myths. Students / Artists / Teachers. A process of exchange, curated by Maria Rosa Sossai and Miroslaw Balka, Pastficio Cerere Foundation, Roma, IT
2014 Painting Exhibition, curated by Duccio Trombadori, Galleria Incontro d'Arte, Roma, IT
2011 Patrizia Barlettani Award finalist, Fabbriche del Vapore, Milano, IT
2010 Painting show, Chamber of Deputies, Palazzi Chigi, Roma, IT
Prizes, Residencies, Workshops
2023 Nuovo Forno del Pane Outdoor Edition, Curated by Caterina Molteni, Sabrina Samorì and Giulia Pezzoli, MamBo, Bologna, IT
2022 Combat Prize (Shortlisted), Livorno, IT
2021 Prize Artefici del Nostro Tempo, Municipality of Venice, Venezia, IT
2021 The Fine Art Collective - Colart Residency Program, London, UK
2020-21 September - February, VIR Viafarini-in-residence, Milano, IT
2017 Hanji paper international workshop, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, IT
2016 Residence A> Rete, Coordinator Alfredo Pirri, Donnini, Firenze, IT
2016 Residence A> Rete, Galleria Il Ponte, Firenze, IT
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, IT
2013 Foundry Workshop, UGR, Granada, ES
2011 Either printing technique workshop, Atelier Contrepoint, Paris, FR
Teaching
2024 Artist’s Talk, MFA, RUFA, Roma, IT
2022-ongoing John Cabot University, Studio Art Lecturer Professor (Drawing, Painting, 3D Practices, Color Theory), Roma, IT
2023 Assistant / Tutor (Painting, Sculpture), Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Roma, IT
2022 May Crits at Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), Slade MA/MFA visiting Camberwell UG, London, UK
2022 March Workshop in L’Invenzione della giovinezza, curated by Sarah Linford, Smart Polo per L’Arte, Roma, IT
2022 February Guest tutor MFA, RUFA, Roma, IT
2021 December Assistant, UCL East Schools programme, Slade150 Printmaking school project, London, UK
2020 November Guest tutor MFA, RUFA, Roma, IT
2019 February Castro crits, Roma, IT
2018-2019 Assistant / tutor (Painting, Paper techniques), Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Roma, IT
2018 September Artist’s Talk, Tyler-Temple University - MFA programme, Roma, IT
2018 November Monotype techniques workshop, State Institute of Art "Giulio Romano”, Mantova, IT
2018 November Monotype techniques workshop, Scuole Dell'Infanzia Comunali Strozzi Valenti, Mantova, IT
2017-2018 Assistant / tutor (Painting, Paper techniques), Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Roma, IT
2016-2017 Assistant / tutor (Painting, Drawing), Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Roma, IT
Publications
2024 Enrico Camprini, Negazione Differente. Appunti sulla pittura di Lorenzo Modica, exhibition catalogue, Dritto e Rovescio, Published by Fondazione Aldega, Amelia, IT
2023 Caterina Molteni, in the catalogue, Nuovo Forno del Pane Outdoor Edition, published by MamBo, Bologna, IT
2022 Leonardo Regano, text for the artist’s book Peli Notevoli, Published by Edizioni Esperidi, Lecce, IT
2022 Combat Prize, (exhibition catalogue), published by Municipality of Livorno, Livorno, IT
2022 222 artisti emergenti su cui investire / 2022, published by Exibart, Roma
2021 Davide Ferri, text for the exhibition Hidden in Plain Sight, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna, IT
2021 Enrico Camprini, Alle soglie dell’immagine. Franco Guerzoni e Lorenzo Modica in mostra a Bologna, Artribune (www.artribune.com)
2021 Ruggero Savinio, Arianna Paragallo, Beatrice Benella, Chiara Traversaro, self- publication printed in occasion of the solo show Solo le persone buone non puzzano, i santi, forse, profumano, KH Lab, Roma, IT
2021 Beatrice Benella Intervista, A Roma, apre il Laboratorio KH: si parte con Lorenzo Modica, Exibart (www.exibart.com)
2021 Prize Artefici del Nostro Tempo, (exhibition catalogue), Municipality of Venice, Venezia, IT
2020 Sarah Linford, Devin Kovach, Force Fields. Rome and Contemporary Printmaking, edited by Sarah Linford and Devin Kovach, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, USA, and Palombi Editori, Roma, IT: pages 234-235.
2018 Sarah Linford, Pia Candinas, Dorothea Dietrich, Donatella Saroli, in the catalogue B e C, or On Private Language, (bilingual monographic exhibition catalogue), edited by Sarah Linford, Ed. Municipality of Mantua, Mantova, IT
2018 B e C - Artist’s Book, Ed. Municipality of Mantua, Roma, IT
2018 Ieri Oggi Domani, (exhibition catalogue), Ed. Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Roma, IT
2015 13 Days, (monographic exhibition catalogue), self-published, Belgrade, IT
Collections
MamBo, Bologna, IT
Collezione LZ, Milano, IT
Collezione Aldega, Amelia, IT
Soho House Art Collection, Roma, IT
Private collections in Italy, France, Denmark, Switzerland, UK and USA