Born 1976 in Bolzano (IT). Lives and works in Berlin (DE)
Education
2001
Ersamus at Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna (AT)
1999-2002
Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan (IT)
1996-1998
Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence (IT)
Grants, residencies, awards
2011
Shortlisted for the The
screen of the Arts Prize
"32.
Österreichischer Grafikwettbewerb" (AT)
2009
Künstlerförderung der Südtiroler Landesregierung (IT)
2008
International Studio Program, Künstlerhaus
Bethanien, Berlin (IT)
2006
Unidee in Residence, Cittadellarte
- Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella (IT)
Künstlerförderung der Südtiroler Landesregierung (IT)
Artists grant of Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse (IT)
2005
Project support, Werkleitz
Gesellschaft - Zentrum für Medienkunst, Halle/Saale (DE)
Künstlerförderung der Südtiroler Landesregierung (IT)
Advanced Course in Visual Arts, Fondazione
Antonio Ratti, Como (IT)
2003
Künstlerförderung der Südtiroler Landesregierung (IT)
2001
Movin'up – Program for the promotion of international mobility of young
Italian artists (IT)
Selected solo exhibitions
2012
New works,
Berlinische
Galerie - Landesmuseum
für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur, Berlin (DE),
curator: Thomas Köhler (upcoming)
2008
Auf steilen Hängen Laufen lernen, Künstlerhaus
Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
2005
Escalating perception, Kunstraum
Innsbruck (project space), Innsbruck (AT)
Escalating perception, Kunsthaus
Meran, Meran (IT)
Selected group exhibitions and screenings
2012
Singolarità mobili
che abitano uno spazio nomade, Villa
Pamphili - Casa dei Teatri, Rome (IT),
curators: Collettivo GRUNTUMOLANI
2011
32. Österreichischer Grafikwettbewerb 2011,
Galerie
im Taxispalais, Innsbruck (AT)
ITaliens - Junge Kunst in der Botschaft, Ambasciata
d`Italia a Berlino, Berlin (DE), curators: Alessandra Pace and
Marina Sorbello
Facing the artwork, Werkleitz
Gesellschaft - Zentrum für Medienkunst and Zazie
Kino, Halle/Saale (DE)
Non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto, Mole
Vanvitelliana, Ancona
(IT), curator: Andrea Bruciati
Italianitá: un moleschino Italiano, Arad
Art Museum, Arad (RO),
curators: Mario Gorni and Visualcontainer
Caos Termici, Casa
Masaccio Centro d`Arte Contemporanea,
San Giovanni Valdarno (IT), curator: Mario Gorni
Fragile: Handle with care, Lu.C.C.A.
- Center for contemporary Art, Lucca (IT),
curator: Carolina Lio
2010
Italian Container,
ACCEA - Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan
(AM), curator: Carolina Lio
Let`s play - 25 videoartisti contemporanei,
Fondazione Palazzo Pretorio, Cittadella (IT), curators: Alessandra
Borgogelli, Paolo Granata, Silvia Grandi and Fabiola Naldi (cat.)
videoREPORT ITALIA 08_09, Galleria
Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone (IT), curator: Andrea
Bruciati (cat.)
Timing, Centro
per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (IT), curator: Raffele
Gavarro (cat.)
Art in August Biennial,
Varna City Art Gallery, Varna (BG), curator: Maria Vassileva
(cat.)
FotoTage 2010, Stadtmuseum
Simeonstift, Bischöfliches
Dom - und Diözesanmuseum,
Viehmarktthermen,
Trier (DE), curator: Christoph Tannert (cat.)
How old are you?, PAH!
project - una plateforme pour l'échange d'expérience de la culture
contemporaine,
Fribourg (CH)
The Mobile Archive, Staction
- Center for Contemporary art, Prishtina
(KV), curator: Albert Heta
C'era una volta un futuro, Opera
Rebis, Rome (IT), curators: Antonia Alampi and Anna Simoni, (cat.)
2009
8th
Baltic Biennale of Contemporary Art, The
Museum of Contemporary Art, department of the National Museum in Szczecin
(PL) (cat), curators: Magdalena Lewoc and Marlena Chybowska-Butler
Microwave
International New media and Arts Festival - Italian Selection,
Hong Kong (CN)
Frames from the real: 11 video investigations of society in our troubled times,
Lazna
Centre for Contemporary Art,
Gdansk (PL), Satellite event of In/out International Videoart Festival
Feigned Innocence: We All Look, Osage
Gallery, Hong Kong (CN), curators: Evangelo Costadimas, Lam Hoi Sin,
Iris Lo and Nana Euna-Seo
Warum real wenn's irreal auch geht?, Temporary
Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin (DE)
Retour de Fiav.08 / Festival d'Images Artistiques Vidéo, Galerie
ESCA pour l`art contemporaine, Milhaud (FR)
Transmediale 09, Haus
der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
Videoart yearbook 2008, Fondazione
March per l'arte contemporanea, Padova (IT), curator: Renato Barilli
2008
Fiav.08 / Festival d'Images Artistiques Vidéo, Filmatheque
Zinet, Algier (DZ)
videoREPORT
ITALIA 06_07, Galleria
Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone (IT), curator: Andrea
Bruciati (cat.)
Video
Dia-Luoghi, Velan
- Centro d'arte contemporanea and
Museo Nazionale del Cinema - Cinema
Massimo, Turin (IT), curator: Olga Gambari
Endlosschleife, Kunstverein
Göttingen, Göttingen (DE), curator: Bernd Milla
Videoart yearbook 2008, Galleria
Civica d'arte contemporanea di Trento and Dipartimento
Arti Visive -
Università di Bologna (IT,) curators:
R. Barilli, A. Borgogelli, P. Granata, S. Grandi, F. Naldi and P. Sega (cat.)
Tra-Monti, AR/GE
Kunst - Galerie Museum,
Bolzano (IT), in the framework of Manifesta7
- European Biennale of
Contemporary Art
2007
videoREPORT ITALIA 04_05, Museum
of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, (HR), curator: Andrea Bruciati
V7
- Venice Videoart Fair, Isola di San Servolo, Venice (IT)
2006
-35 / 65+ Erzählungen, Kunsthaus
Graz, Graz (AT), curators: Katrin Bucher Trantow and Katia Schurl
(cat.)
videoREPORT ITALIA 04_05, Galleria
Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone (IT), curator: Andrea
Bruciati (cat.)
Pause, Stazione
Leopolda, Florence (IT), curator: Matteo Chini
Catodica 2 – Rassegna internazionale di video-arte, Galleria
Lipanje Puntin and Teatro
Miela, Trieste (IT), curators: Mario Gorni and Maria Campitelli
Unidee in progress, Cittadellarte
- Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella (IT) (cat.)
Selected works - an Italian video art competition, Palazzo
Bonaguro, Bassano del Grappa (IT), curators: Elena Bortolazzi and
Andrea Bruciati
Tracce di un seminario, Assab
One, Milan (IT), curators: Anna Daneri and Roberto Pinto (cat.)
Objektiv Südtirol – Das Medium Fotografie in den Werken Südtiroler
Künstler, Viennese
Parliament, Vienna (AT)
2005
Aesthetics of resistance, Antonio
Ratti Foundation, Como (IT), curators: Anna Daneri and Roberto
Pinto (cat.)
Sommerfest, Werkleitz
Gesellschaft - Zentrum für Medienkunst, Halle/Saale (DE)
2004
Dolomiten Fenster, Haus der
Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE), curators: Alessandra Pace and Shaheen
Merali
Me, without you, Biagiotti
Arte Contemporanea, Florence (IT)
Try to smell, Loop
– Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Berlin (DE)
2003
Panorama
03. Junge Kunst - Südtirol, Ex-Edificio delle Poste Italiane,
Bolzano (IT), curators: Letizia Ragaglia and Marion Piffer Damiani (cat.)
2002
Das absurde Bekannte, Phönix Art – Harald Falckenberg Collection,
Hamburg (DE), curators: Letizia Ragaglia and Sabine Gamper (cat.)
2001
Empty human spaces – Young Italian Art, Semper Depot, Vienna
(AT)
Quotidiana 01, Museo Civico del Santo, Padova (IT), curator: Guido
Bartorelli (cat.)
Radar. Lavori di Foto e Video in Alto Adige, Galleria Civica, Bolzano
(IT), curator: Letizia Ragaglia (cat.)
Selected lectures
Kunstverein
Göttingen, Göttingen (DE)
Sparwasser
HQ, Berlin (DE) (with Warren Neidich)
Künstlerhaus
Worpswede, Worpswede (DE)
Bogazici
University - Department of western language and literature, Istanbul
(TR)
Istanbul
Bigli University - Department for TV and Cinema, Istanbul (TR)
Deutscher
Künstlerbund, Berlin (DE)
Co-productions and collaborations
Staatliche
Artistenschule Berlin, Berlin (DE)
Berliner
Festspiele, Berlin (DE)
Institut für Neue Medien, Rostock (DE)
HFF
- Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf”,
Potsdam (DE)
Bogazici
University - Department of western language and literature, Istanbul
(TR)
Istanbul
Bigli University - Department for TV and Cinema, Istanbul (TR)
Videographe,
Montreal (CA)
Public collections and archives
The
Israeli Center for Digital Art / Mobile & Video Archive, Holon
(IL)
Pinacoteca
Civica di Monza, Monza (IT)
Ursula
Blickle Videoarchiv, Vienna (AT)
Sammlung
der Autonomen Provinz Südtirol (IT)
DOCVA - Documentation Centre
for Visual Arts, Milan (IT)
Sammlung
des Landes Tirol (AT)
Glare
media Art Resourses, Tel Aviv (IL)
Arche
Vidéo - FIAV, Milhaud (FR)
Reviews
Caos Termici: video-defragrazioni a Casa Masaccio, Arte e
Critica, August 2011
Let´s play. 25 videoartisti contemporanei, Flash Art Italia, February
2011
Videominuto, Vogue Italia online, August 2010
Christian Niccoli - Die 90er Jahre, Franz Magazine, September 2010
Anteprima, Segno, November-December 2010
Christian Niccoli interviewed by Eleonora Chranas, Whitehot
Magazine of Contemporary Art, July 2010
Wowereits Liebe zur Toskana, Berliner Morgenpost, 20. 04. 2010
Feigned Innocence: We All Look, International Association of Art
Critics Hong Kong, June 2009
Christian Niccoli - Planschen, KoolSchrank - Fashion Magazine, June,
2008
Testlauf, heiß und bunt, Berliner Zeitung, 03. 02. 2008
Kunst im Blumengroßmarkt, Berliner Morgenpost, 02. 06. 2008
30 Stunden Kunstparty, Der Tagesspiegel, 02. 06. 2008
Filmdreh mit Schwimmreifen, Schweriner Volkszeitung, 27.08.2007
Speciale Trentino-Alto Adige, Flash Art, December-January, 2006
Bitte beachten Sie die Leserichtung, Kleine Zeitung Ennstal, 05.11.2006
29 Künstler – zahllose Geschichten, Krone Zeitung, 04.11.2006
Schnappschüsse aus dem Beichtstuhl, Tagesspiegel, 08.03.2006
Die Schädelvermessung der schönsten Venus von Milo, Mittelbayrische
Zeitung, 15.11.2006
CSAV – Fondazione Ratti, Tema Celeste, Nr. 112, 2005
Schwarzer Jacuzzi für Lagerfeld, Kurier, 02.09.2005
Nur Luxuriös ist zu wenig luxuriös, Tiroler Tageszeitung,
02.09.2005
Magliette ed adesivi per Como, La Provincia, 21.07.2005
Anti-Folklore aus Südtirol, Berliner Zeitung, 02.12.2004
Me without you, Flash Art, August-September 2004
Try to smell, Berliner Morgenpost, 07.04.2004
Das Absurde Bekannte, Die Tageszeitung, 14.12.2002
Südtiroler Absurditäten, Hamburger Abendblatt, 13.11.2002
Absurde Kunst aus den Alpen, Hamburger Morgenpost, 11.12.2002
La famiglia vista da Niccoli, Alto Adige – Corriere delle Alpi,
14.02.2001
TV/Radio/Web
Freimauern, a virtual exhibition of miniature-videos on Gokart,
starting July 2010
The hug, weekly broadcast on
Souvenirs
from earth, starting October 18th 2009
Christian Niccoli - Lost in perception, Castyourart.com,
Dezember 2008
Galerienrundgang, RBB Kulturradio Berlin, by Claudia Weeler, 23.04.2006
Studio 3 – Das Kulturmagazin, Rai Sender Bozen, by Sonja Prieth,
15.09.2005
Publications
2010
Fototage Trier 2010, Texts by Christoph Tannertm, Published as a
special edition by Dienacht – Magazin für Fotografie, Gestaltung
und Subkultur, 158 pages, Trier
Let's play. Venticinque videoartisti contemporanei, Texts by Alessandra Borgogelli,
Paolo Granata, Silvia Grandi and Fabiola Naldi, published by Fausto Lupetti
Edizioni, Bologna
August in Art 2010 - The big wave, Texts by Maria Vassileva and Roumen
Serafimov, Edited by Daniela Radeva, Varna, ISBN 9-789549-244267
C`era una volta un futuro, Editors: Antonia Alampi, Anna Simone, Texts
by F. Boragnina, G. Brivio, S. Elena, G.
Romano, F. Orsi, V. Tanni, C. Vigliotti, C. Zambianchi, Published by Boite,
Rome
Videoreport Italia 04_05, Texts by Ilaria Gianni, Antonio Grulli,
Guia Cortassa, Barbara Meneghel, Simone Menegoi, Edition Silvana Edioriale,
Milan
2009
Serrone . Biennale Giovani Monza 09. 30 artisti
per 5 critici, Texts by Daniele Astrologo, Valentina Gensini,
Ivan Quaroni, Michele Tavola, Marco Tonelli, 112 pages, ISBN 9788836614561,
published by Silvana editoriale, Milan
Transmediale 09 - Deep North, 71 pages, Published by Transmediale, Berlin
2009
8th Baltic Contemporary Art Biennial - Windows upon ocean, Editors:
M. Chybowska-Butler, M. Lewoc, Published by The National Museum in Szczecin,
113 pages, 232 pages, Szczecin, ISBN 978-83-86136-85-8
Fresh Trips: Contemporary Art Aspects, Editors:
Stefan Bidner / Roland Maurmair, 160 pages, Published byFolio Verlag, Vienna-Bolzano,
ISBN 978-3-85256-507-1
German Short Films 2009, Editorial Staff: S. Gottlebe, J. Wille,
G. Krause, A. Reinsch, F. Richter, Published by
German Short Film Association, 154 pages, Dresden
Acqua Riflessioni Memoria, Texts by R. Bertollini, C. Portatadino,
L. Senn, G. Cozza, A. Ulivi, D. astrologo, F. Ceccarelli, S. Revello, Published
by Edizioni della Meridiana, 54 pages, Florence, 2009, ISBN 978-88-6007-142-2
Lago Film Fest, Veröffentlicht von Grafiche Bernardi, Treviso
L'annuario della videoarte italiana 2006-2007-2008, Texts by R.
Barilli, A. Borgogelli, P. Granata, S. Grandi, F. Naldi, published by Fausto
Lupetti Edizioni, Bologna, 160 pages, ISBN: 978-8895962-12-2
2008
Videoreport Italia 06_07, Texte von C.Agnello, I. Bonacossa, A.
Bruciati, F. Naldi, M. R. Sossai, Published by Silvana Edioriale, Milano
Kunstinvasion, Texts by L. Baumann, H. Wall, Published by Iniziative
Berliner Kunsthalle, 43 pages, Berlin
24. Internationales Kurz Film Festival Hamburg, Editors: A. Kleemann,
N. Pötz, U. Seiter, Published by KurzfilmAgentur Hamburg e.V., 152 pages,
Hamburg
2007
Erzählungen -35/65+ Zwei Generationen,
Texts by S. Stanisic, W. Schmied, 175 pages, Published by Buchhandlung Walther
König, Cologne, ISBN 978-3-86560-184-1
Works - Art in Progress, Published by Galleria
Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, 172 pages, Trento
2006
Videoreport Italia 04-05,Texts by A. Bruciati, E. De Cecco, M. Gorni,
G. Molinari, M. Robecchi, M. Smarrelli,
a Published by Silvana Editoriale, Milan
Christian Niccoli - Escalating perception, Texte
von H. Lux, V. Gravano, B. Lang, K. Pott, Veröffentlicht von Salon Verlag,
Köln
Estetica della resistenza, Texts by A. Daneri, R. Pinto, A. Jaar,
32 pages, Published by Edizioni Nero, Rome
2003
Panorama 03 - Junge Kunst Südtirol, Texts by L. Ragaglia, M.
Piffer Damiani, Published by Folio Verlag, Vienna/Bolzano, ISBN 3-85256-246-5
2002
Das Absurde Bekannte, Texts by L. Ragaglia, S. Gamper, M. Piffer
Damiani, A. M. Meltzer, Published by Folio Verlag, Bolzano/Vienna
2001
Quotidiana 01, Texts by V. Baradel, G. Bartorelli, S. Schiavon, Published
by Comune di Padova, 156 pages,
Padova, 2001
Radar - Foto und Videoarbeiten in Südtirol, Texts by E. Moroder,
L. Ragaglia, R. Repetto, 54 pages, Published by Stadt Bozen, Bolzano, 2001
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