Biography
Gabriele Grones is a painter and visual artist whose artistic research is focused on the relationship that we establish with reality through the dialogue with the expressive codes of art history. His series of paintings in oil on canvas are mainly centered around specific subjects, such as natural details, figures or compositions. The details of plants and grass are carefully investigated from a close point of view, giving shape to every feature that evokes the complexity of reality. The portrait series are based on classical iconological references and often depict the same subjects in slightly different poses and light conditions in an obsessive representation mirroring the atmospheres of the early Flemish portraiture and metaphysical painting. For certain projects, Grones creates installations of his own works where the relationships between the different paintings propose unexpected connections capable of establishing a dialogue among apparently unrelated elements. This operation generates different meanings that calls to mind a symbolic analysis of our experience.
Grones took part in two editions of the Venice Biennale: Atelier Aperti in 2005 and Lo Stato dell’Arte – Art Academies Pavilion in 2011. Recent solo exhibitions in 2022 include Conversazioni at Ca’ Pesaro – Museum of Modern Art (Venice) and Boccanera Gallery (Trento/Milan). Other venues that Grones has exhibited include: National Portrait Gallery (London); Royal Society of Painters (London); MEAM Museum (Barcelona); MART Museum (Rovereto); Palazzo Fulcis Museum (Belluno); Fort Wayne Museum (Fort Wayne); Museum of Arts (Cluj-Napoca), National Museum of Fine Arts (Valletta); Volkskunstmuseum (Innsbruck).
He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
EDUCATION
2006-2008 Second Level degree in Fine Arts (MFA), Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2002-2006 First Level degree in Fine Arts (BFA), Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2001-2002 Art school, Liceo Artistico Statale, Venice, Italy
1997-2001 Art school, Liceo Artistico “Leonardo da Vinci”, Belluno, Italy
MAIN SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Sacred Connections, SARAHCROWN Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Compositions, virtual exhibition promoted by Walter’s Cube and Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Primo movimento, Andraz Castle Museum, Livinallongo, Italy
Conversazioni, curated by Giovanna Nicoletti, Boccanera Gallery, Milan, Italy
Conversazioni, curated by Giovanna Nicoletti, Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italy
2021
Conversazioni, curated by Elisabetta Barisoni and Giovanna Nicoletti, Ca’ Pesaro – Museum of Modern Art, Venice, Italy
2020
Gabriele Grones, curated by Martin Ziegelmayr, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany
2019
ECHOES. Assonances between past and present, curated by Gabriele Lorenzoni and Denis Ton, Palazzo Fulcis, Belluno, Italy
2018
Pluralitas 40×30, curated by Riccardo Vaglini, Camino al Tagliamento, Udine, Italy
2017
Percursc | Pathways, Tublà da Nives, Selva in Val Gardena, Bolzano, Italy
2016
Frammenti, curated by Martin Ziegelmayr, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany
2015
Gabriele Grones, new paintings, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, United States
2014
Gabriele Grones, curated by Martin Ziegelmayr, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany
2013
Identità #2, curated by Martin Ziegelmayr, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany
2012
Ichnos, curated by Katharina Moling, Istitut Ladin Micurà de Ru, San Martino in Badia, Bolzano, Italy
Identità, curated by Martin Ziegelmayr and Carmen Roll, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany
Self-portrait, curated by Martin Ziegelmayr and Carmen Roll, St. Peter am Perlach, Augsburg, Germany
2007
Ritratti, Casinò di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Figurazioni, curated by Chiara Casarin, Palazzo Scotti, Treviso, Italy
2006
Figurazioni, curated by Chiara Casarin, Galleria Santo Stefano, Venice, Italy
MAIN GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
La storia non si ripete ma fa rima, Studio La Città Gallery, Verona, Italy, curated by Hélène de Franchis and Giorgia Lucchi Boccanera
Masks, duo show with Peter Depelchin, KODA/RU House, Governors Island, New York, NY, United States
Urban Ecology, Sapar Contemporary, New York, NY, United States, curated by Hayley Ferber
Domus Contemporanea, Extra Muros, Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italy
Art Stays, FO.VI Gallery, Ptuj, Slovenia, curated by Marika Vicari
2022
Un lustro di vincitori del Premio Mestre di Pittura, Palazzetto Tito, Venice, Italy
Vedute. Villa Aventino a Venezia, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy
Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer, SARAHCROWN Gallery, New York, NY, United States, curated by Sarah Corona
Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer, The Yard Columbus Circle, New York, NY, United States, curated by Sarah Corona
2021
Dante, l’immaginazione delle immagini, Italian Cultural Institute, Athens, Greece
Ultraromanticismo, Palazzo Ducale, Pavullo, Italy
2020
Sunny Art Prize, Sunny Art Centre, London, UK
The Indifferent, on-line exhibition, Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italy
Premio Mestre, Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre – Venice, Italy
Be the Difference with Art, Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
Pittori fantastici nella Valle del Po, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Ferrara, Italy, curated by Camillo Langone
2019
Cave Canem, Galleria Boccanera, Trento, Italy
Cittadella dell’Arte, Cittadella degli Archivi, Milano, Italy, curated by Rossella Farinotti
20×20, MEAM European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain, curated by José Enrique Gonzalez
No Pixel, Pinacoteca Gianni Bellini, Sarnico, Italy, curated by Massimo Rossi
20×20, Sala Bantierra, Zaragoza, Spain, curated by José Enrique Gonzalez
2018
Oasi, Mac,n Museum of Contemporary Art, Monsummano Terme, Italy, curated by Paola Cassinelli and Marco Giori
Passage, duo exhibition, Magazzeno Gallery, Ravenna, Italy
Extraordinary, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Knokke, Belgium
Rispecchiamenti e ibridazioni, curated by Guido Cecere and Angelo Bertani, Galleria Sagittaria, Pordenone, Italy
Personali matematiche, duo exhibition, curated by Gabriele Salvaterra, Spazio Kn, Trento, Italy
2017
Arteam Cup Art Prize, Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Canneto sull’Oglio, Italy
Extraordinary, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp, Belgium
Figurativas, curated by José Manuel Infiesta, MEAM European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain
In the Spotlight, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Knokke, Belgium
Contrast, curated by Verena Malfertheiner and Katharina Moling, Istitut Ladin Micurá de Rü, San Martino In Badia, Bolzano, Italy
Field of Vision – Art Stays, curated by Marika Vicari, FO.VI Gallery, Strnišče, Ptuj, Slovenia
Carte blanche, curated by Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Galerie L’Oeil du Prince, Paris, France
Size doesn’t Matter, curated by Susan Meisel, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, United States
Group show, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Knokke, Belgium
2016
The portrait show, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, United States
Arteam Cup Art Prize, Palazzo del Monferrato, Alessandria, Italy
High Five | 5. Trienala Ladina, curated by Karin Pernegger, Museum Ladin Ciastel de Tor, San Martino in Badia, Bolzano, Italy
Mod Portrait, MEAM European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain
Join the Underground, Undercurrent Projects Gallery, New York, NY, United States
Mod Portrait, Sala Bantierra, Zaragoza, Spain
Open House, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ, United States
Neo Dogi, curated by Alberto Balletti, Oratorio di San Ludovico, Venice, Italy
2015
Arteam Cup Art Prize, Officina delle Zattere, Venice, Italy
Il ritratto, San Fedele Art Prize, Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy
Diversamente Artisti, Loft gallery, Corigliano Calabro, Italy
Afterselfie, curated by Carolina Bortolotti, St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta
True Colors, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, United States
Realisme, Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014
Art of giving, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp and Knokke, Belgium
Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, United States
Three, curated by Stefano Suozzi, Villa Ca’ Tiepolo, Albarella, Italy
Mantegna Cercasi Art Prize, Casa del Mantegna, Mantova, Italy
Made painting in Italy, curated by Willy Verginer, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp, Belgium
First Look group exhibition, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, United States
Calamita/à, Padova Fotografia Festival, Padova, Italy
The Detachment, curated by Francesca Baboni and Stefano Taddei, Palazzo Principi, Correggio, Reggio Emilia, Italy
The Portrait Gala, Mystery Portrait Postcards, National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Chiamata a raccolta, curated by Roberto Festi and Gabriele Lorenzoni, MART – Galleria CIVICA, Trento, Italy
2013
Winter Updates, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp, Belgium
In risonanza, curated by Francesca Bacci, MART Museum of modern and contemporary art, Rovereto, Trento, Italy
Luci Sorgenti 6 | il corpo_impermanente paesaggio, curated by Miriam Montani, Sant’Antonio Museum, Palazzo Santi, Cascia, Perugia, Italy
Sharing Islands, curated by Sara Breviglieri, Gran Guardia Palace, Rovigo, Italy
Figurativas, curated by José Manuel Infiesta, MEAM European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain
Oceans: Under the Skin of the Sea, Kunstfabrik HB55, Berlin, Germany
Sedimentazioni, Villa Angeli, Adria, Rovigo, Italy
Rivers of A.I.R., curated by Tobia Donà and Beatrice Buscaroli, Pescheria Nuova, Rovigo, Italy
La cura dello sguardo | Dolomiti Contemporanee, curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Museum of Paleontology, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Belluno, Italy
Orientalmente, Mantegna Cercasi Art Prize, Mossini Gallery, Mantova, Italy
Hyper, curated by Alberto Agazzani, Restarte Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2012
Frammenti, curated by Francesca Baboni and Stefano Taddei, Galleria RezArte Contemporanea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Francesco Fabbri Art Prize, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, Treviso, Italy
Iconica, curated by Francesca Baboni and Stefano Taddei, Galleria RezArte Contemporanea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Bilico, curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Nuovo Spazio di Casso, Casso, Pordenone, Italy
Play by the rules | Dolomiti Contemporanee next, curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Ethnographic Museum, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Belluno, Italy
2011
Small is Beautiful, Galerie Maier, Innsbruck, Austria
Lost in Painting II, curated by Carlo Sala, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, Treviso, Italy
Dolomiti Contemporanee, curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Sass Muss, Belluno, Italy
Art Stays, curated by Jernej Forbici, Vlado Forbici and Marika Vicari, Ptuj, Slovenia
I Fought the X and the X Won, curated by Raphael Vella, National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta
Vertigo, curated by Chiara Serri, Pescheria Nuova, Rovigo, Italy
Ladinia, curated by Herlinde Menardi, Volkskunstmuseum, Innsbruck, Austria
54. Biennale di Venezia, Art Academies Pavilion, Tese di San Cristoforo, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Seven, Galleria Spazio Arte, Naples, Italy
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London, United Kingdom
I Fought the X and the X Won, curated by Raphael Vella, Muzeul de Arta, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Laguna Art Prize, Nappe dell’Arsenale, Venice, Italy
2010
Contemporaneamente, Costantino Piazza Arte Contemporanea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Premio Celeste, curated by Julia Draganovic and Gabi Scardi, Brodbeck Foundation, Catania, Italy
Il posto delle fragole, curated by Cora Chiavedale and Paolo Zamolo, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo, Udine, Italy
Fare Corpi, Magazzino del sale n.3, Venice, Italy
46|09, curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Galleria Biagiotti Progetto Arte, Florence, Italy
2009
Mystery Portrait Postcards, National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Gabls, curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Palazzo Crepadona, Belluno, Italy
BP Portrait Award, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
2008
Devozioni Domestiche, curated by Riccardo Caldura, Galleria Contemporaneo, Mestre, Venice, Italy
BP Portrait Award, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
De Portesio, curated by Alberto Balletti, Cominelli Foundation, San Felice del Benaco, Brescia, Italy
BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2007
Dall’Accademia alla Fornace, curated by Maurizio Martelli and Luca Bendini, Fornace di Asolo, Treviso, Italy
Venezia ieri e oggi, Galleria Santo Stefano, Venice, Italy
2006
ForteArte, curated by Egon Dejori, Forte di Fortezza, Fortezza, Bolzano, Italy
Pittura B, curated by Maurizio Martelli and Luca Bendini, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2005
Atelier Aperti | 51. Biennale di Venezia, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Pittura e/o maestria, curated by Giordano Montorsi, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy