stefano cagol short bio

BIO

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StefanoCagol(b.1969Trento,Italy)receivedapostdoctoralfellowshipinVideoArtfromtheCanadianGovernmentatRyersonUniversityinToronto,anMFAfromtheAccademiadiBrerainMilan,andaBFAfromtheIstitutod’ArteVittoriainTrento.StefanoCagol’sartisticresearchfacestheideaofborderanditsdifferentmanifestations:mental,physical,cultural,political,communicativeones,orbetweenindividualandcollective.Fordoingthis,heusesdifferentmedialikevideo,photography,sculpture,installation,action.Portraitsabouthisartresearchhavebeenrealized,amongothers,by:‘KunstBulletin’,Zurich;‘Contemporary’,London;‘Eine’,Vienna;‘FlashArt’,Milan;‘Monopol’,Berlin.Followingmediaspokeabouthisparticipationat55thVeniceBiennaleinMaldivesnationalPavilionin2013,amongmanyothers:TheNewYorkTimes,BBC,HuffingtonPost,RaiItaliannationaltelevision.Followingeditorspublishedhismonographs:SkiraandCharta.Followingcollections,amongothers,holdhisartworks:Museion.MuseumofModernandContemporaryArtofBolzano,ZKM|CenterforArtandMediaKarlsruhe,Mart–MuseumofModernandContemporaryArtofTrentoandRovereto,NomasFoundation,UniCreditGroup,Terna.GrantsandawardsincludeRWEFoundationVisit(2014);TernaPrize02forContemporaryArt(2009),Rome;TargettiLightArtprize,Florence(2008);MurriPublicArtprize,Bologna(2008).ShortlistsincludeArt&EcologyInternationalArtistsResidencybyRSA–RoyalSocietyforArts,London(2008);MapXXLmobilityprogrambyPépinièresEuropéennespourJeunesArtistes,Paris(2005).SelectedsoloexhibitionsandprojectsincludeWestergasfabriekCultuurpark,Amsterdam(2012);LazniaCentreforContemporaryArt,Gdansk(2012);Museion,Bolzano,Italy(2012);ZKM,Karlsruhe(2012);54thInternationalArtExhibition–laBiennalediVenezia,collateralevent(2011);Manifesta7,parallelevent(2008);NADiff,Tokyo(2007);4thBerlinBiennale,specialproject(2006);1stSingaporeBiennale,satelliteevent(2006);Platform,London(2005);Mart–MuseumofModernandContemporaryArtofTrentoandRovereto,Italy(2000).SelectedgroupexhibitionsincludeMaldivesPavilionat55thInternationalArtExhibition–laBiennalediVenezia(2013);ZurabTsereteliArtGallery,paralleleventof5thMoscowBiennale(2013);KunstraumInnsbruck(2012);ElMuseodeArteModerno,BuenosAires(2012);SUPEC–ShanghaiUrbanPlanningExhibitionCenter,Shanghai(2010);WhiteBox,NewYork(2010);MARTaHerford(2009);HVCCA–HudsonValleyCenterforContemporaryArtinPeekskill,NewYork(2008);IKOB–InternationalesKunstzentrumOstbelgien,Eupen,Belgium(2003);PalazzodellaTriennale,Milan(1997);VideoForumatART27’96Basel(1996).PermanentpublicartcommissionsincludeIstitutoMartinoMartiniinMezzolombardoforAutonomousProvinceofTrento,Italy(2012);TrentosudgateforA22AutostradadelBrenneroSpA,Italy(2011);ParcoMignoneforCouncilofBolzano,Italy(2007);Beurschouwburg,Brussels(2007‐2012).ArtistresidenciesincludeAirBergen,Norway(2014);DrakeArtsCenter,Kokkola,Finland(2013);VIRViafarini‐in‐residence,Milan(2013);BARInternational,Kirkenes,Norway(2010);InternationalStudioandCuratorialProgram(ISCP),NewYork(2010);LeubeGroup’sArtProgram,Gartenau,Austria(2003);Künstlerhaus,Salzburg(1996).StefanoCagollivesandworksinRevo’,TrentinoSouthTyrol,Italy.