Curriculum Vitae
Paolo Cavinato
Born in Gazoldo degli Ippoliti, Mantua (Italy) in 1975
Lives and works in Mantua
E-mail: info.paolocavinato@gmail.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/paolo.cavinato.39
Education
2001 – 2003 Assistent set-designer, Studio Ezio Frigerio, Paris/Rome
1999 – 2000 Course of cinematography, School of Cinema, Milan
1994 – 2000 Graduated in Set Design, Brera Art Academy, Milan
1998 – 1999 Workshop of photography, conducted by Guido Guidi, Gonzaga (IT)
1989 – 1994 Art high school (architecture and furnishing), Giulio Romano Art Institute, Mantua
Solo Exhibitions
2024
- Direzioni, curated by Cinzia Compalati, mudaC - Carrara Art Museum, Carrara
2021
- Another Place, text by Davide Landoni, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan
- Limen - Sonografie, curated by Fondazione Palazzo Te and Eterotopie, Palazzo Te, Mantua
2019
- Vanitas, Civic Museum of Piero della Francesca, Sansepolcro
2017
- Your Place or Mine, curated by Peter Assmann, Ducal Palace Museum, Mantua
2016
- Hidden Steps, text by Christian Caliandro, The Flat-Massimo Carasi, Milan
- Altrove / Andetsteds, Italian Cultural Institute, supported by Grosserer L. F. Foghts Fondation
and Gentofte Kommunes Kulturpulje, Copenhagen
- Paolo Cavinato. Interni, curated by Andrea Dall’Asta SJ, Spazio Aperto San Fedele, Milan
2015
- Spazio Visivo – Beyond Sight, Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery, London
- Resonator, The Flat-Massimo Carasi, Milan
- Reflections, curated by Manuela Zanelli, ex Church of San Cristoforo, Mantua
2013
- Paolo Cavinato, Volta, An invitational solo project fair for contemporary art, Soho, New York
2012
- Spazio Visivo – Souvenir de Voyage, Mario Mazzoli Galerie, Berlin
- Behind the Curtains, text by Elisabetta Bolasco, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan
2011
- Constellation, text by Ian Hunt, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
2010
- An Intelligent Design, text by Alberto Mugnaini, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan
- Spazio Visivo - Linie, text by Ilaria Bignotti, Mario Mazzoli Galerie, Berlin
2009
- Albedo, Fondazione Dominato Leonense, Dellearti Design Hotel, Cremona
- Aleph, MAM, Gazoldo degli Ippoliti (IT)
2008
- Spazio Visivo, Festival della Creatività, Fortezza da Basso, Florence
- Spazio Visivo, Festival eterotopie, Palazzo Te, Mantua
- Spazio Visivo, Palazzo Libera, curated by Antonio Cossu and PromArt, Villa Lagarina (IT)
2007
- Spazio Visivo, Festival della Creatività, Fortezza da Basso, Florence
- Spazi Vuoti, Spina Festival, Palazzo Bellini, Comacchio (IT)
- Echoes, Palazzo Gonzaga, Volta Mantovana (IT)
2006
- Paolo Cavinato, curated by Umberto Branchini, Visual Display, Treviso
- Benim Sultanahmetim, curated by Umberto Branchini with Associazione Palatina Istanbul
and supported by the Ministero Italiano degli Affari Esteri, Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti,
Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice
2005
- Passaggioininterno, curated by Nadia Melotti, Galleria Testoni, Verona
- Intersezioni - Video e Installazioni, Interzona, Verona
2002
- Di-Stanze, curated by Francesco Bonazzi, Black-Cube-Project, Verona
- Eterotopie, Assessorato alla Cultura della Provincia di Mantova, Casa di Rigoletto, Mantua
2001
- Lo Spazio Vuoto – Suoni Immagini Elementi, Villa Balestra, Rodigo (IT)
- Labyrinth, curated by Enrico Comi, Centro Arte Contemporanea Spazio Umano, Milan
Group Exhibitions
2024
- Mellone Art Prize II edition, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milan
- Le affinità immaginate. La collezione del MAN, curated by Chiara Gatti and Rita Moro, MAN Museum,
Nuoro
- Mellone Art Prize II edition, Villa Brentano, Busto Garolfo (IT)
- I preferiti di Marino. Capitolo I, curated by Fondazione Golinelli, Centro Arti e Scienze Golinelli, Bologna
- Art Rotterdam, Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam
2023
- Orthogonal Landscape, Manuel Zoia Gallery, Milan
- ArtVerona, 18th edition, Veronafiere, Verona
- XXXIV Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea di Alatri / Labirinti Possibili, curated by Valeria De Siero and
Davide Silvioli, Chiostro di San Francesco, Alatri (IT)
- Altered Perceptions, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan
- Art Rotterdam, Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam
2022
- Untitled Art Fair, Miami Beach
- Appartenenze. Nuove acquisizioni, MAN Museum, Nuoro
- Nella Forma e nella Materia, New generations for Mantuan sculpture from the 20th century to today,
curated by Paola Artoni, Casa del Mantegna, Mantua
- Sensorama. The look, the things, the deceptions. From Magritte to augmented reality,
curated by Chiara Gatti and Tiziana Cipelletti, Museo MAN, Nuoro
- Biennale Light Art, curated by Vittorio Erlindo, Casa del Mantegna, Mantua
- Art Rotterdam, Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam
2021
- RISCOPERTE, San Fedele Cultural Foundation: recent and ancient unpublished donations,
curated by Andrea Dall’Asta SJ, Galleria San Fedele, Milan
- WELCOME! 10 years of Swatch Art Peace Hotel, MAXXI Museum, Rome
- ArtRotterdam, Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam
- The new art collections, Ducal Palace Museum, Mantua
- Italian Art Collection, Consulate General of Italy, New York
2020
- Volta, Metroplitan West, New York
- ArtRotterdam, Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam
2019
- Bienvenue, Cité internationale des arts, Paris
- Opus Incertum, Corte Zavattini 31, Ravenna
- Volta 15, Basel
- Drawing Now Paris, Le Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2018
- Bienvenue, Cité internationale des arts, Paris
- Farnesina Collection, The Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Co-operation, Rome
- Natura ad Artem, curated by Manuela Zanelli, Parco delle Bertone, Goito (IT)
- NoPlaceSpace #4, Ex Ceramica Vaccari, Santo Stefano di Magra (IT)
- Birthmarks (Touched by an angel), The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan
- Dialoghi sull'arte contemporanea, curated by CasermArchelogica, Sansepolcro (IT)
- Volta 14, Basel
2017
- Chronos, curated by Angela Madesani, Palazzo Barbò, Torre Pallavicina (IT)
- Itinerari di arte e fede, San Fedele Museum, Milan
- In Contemporanea. Mats Bergquist, Gregorio Botta, Paolo Cavinato,
curated by Virginia Monteverde and Stefania Giazzi, Spazio46, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
- Segrete. Tracce di Memoria, Alleanza di Artisti in memoria della Shoah, IX, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
- Yia Art Fair, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris
- Volta 13, Markthalle, Basel
- Yia Art Fair, The Square Brussels Meeting Center, Brussels
2016
- La Galleria, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua
- Yia Art Fair, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris
- Volta 12, Markthalle, Basel
- ArtRotterdam, Rotterdam
- Arte Fiera Bologna, Fiera Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea, Bologna
2015
- Out There, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan
- Nuove acquisizioni. Inediti e riscoperte dalla collezione della Galleria civica di Modena,
curated by Gabriella Roganti, Palazzo Santa Margherita, Galleria Civica, Modena
- Scope Art Show, Scope Pavilion, Miami Beach
- Slick Contemporary Art Fair, Paris
- Volta 11, Markthalle, Basel
- London Art Fair, Dialogues, Business Design Centre, London, UK
2014
- Faces & Traces, a tribute to freedom, creativity and vision, The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai
- Open Studios, The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai
- Urban Agriculture Survival Kit, Fuorisalone, The Flat – Massimo Carasi, Milan
- Scope Art Show, Scope Pavilion, Miami Beach
- Volta 10, Markthalle, Basel
- Scope Art Show, Moynihan Station, New York
- Art Wynwood - International Contemporary Art Fair, Miami
- The Metro Show – New York, New York
- LA -Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles
- ArtRotterdam, Rotterdam
2013
- Travel, Paolo Cavinato, Ditte Ejlerskov and Anne Skole Overgaard, supported by Kgs. Enghave
Local Committee and Copenhagen’s Arts Council, Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen
- Group Show, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Scope Art Show, Scope Pavilion, Miami
- Slick Contemporary Art Fair, Paris
- Art Verona, Quartiere Fieristico, Verona
- Scope, Basel
- Art Brussels, 31 Contemporary Art Fair, Brussels
- Slick Contemporary Art Fair, Brussels
- The Palm Spring Fine Art Fair, Palm Spring, USA
- Arte Fiera Bologna, Fiera Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea, Bologna
2012
- Sinestetica, curated by di Primo Marella, Primae Noctis Art Gallery, Lugano (CH)
- Memory, contemporary international sculpture, PAN, Naples
- Segni e (non) Sogni, curated by Giorgio Verzotti, Miart, Milan
- geometrie perfettibili/ perfectible geometries, The Flat – Massimo Carasi, Milan
- Arte Fiera Off, Raum, Bologna
- Scope, Scope Pavilion, Miami
- Slick Contemporary Art Fair, Le Garage, Paris
- Art Copenhagen, Forum, Copenhagen
- Scope, Pavillion Kaserne, Basel
- Miart, Fiera Milano City, Milan
- Drawing Now Paris, Le Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
- Scope, New York
- Arte Fiera Bologna, Fiera Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea, Bologna
2011
- Memory, contemporary international sculpture, Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery, London
- Start, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan
- Hear Me Out, curated by Cecilia Casorati, CIAC Museum, Genazzano (IT)
- Quarta dimensione - Visioni Plastiche del tempo e del cambiamento, curated by Mimmo Di Marzio
and Nicoletta Castellaneta, Banca Akros, Milan
- Contemporary Art Istanbul, Istanbul
- Slick Contemporary Art Fair, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
- Art Verona, Quartiere Fieristico, Verona
- Preview Berlin, Tempelhof, Berlin
- Scope Art Fair, Kaserne, Basel
- Art Athina, Faliro Pavilion, Hellenic Olympic Properties, Athens
- Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam
- the road to contemporary art, Ex Mattatoio, Rome
- Arte Fiera Bologna, Fiera Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea, Bologna
2010
- Lo Spazio del Sacro, curated by Marco Pierini, Palazzo Santa Margherita, Galleria Civica, Modena
- Sonorizzazioni e Soundscape, Indie Summer Festival, Spazio Gerra, Reggio Emilia
- Art in the City, Egmont Park, Brussels
- Slick Contemporary Art Fair, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
- Art Brussels, 28 contemporary art fair, Brussels
2009
- L’Uomo e il suo Destino, Galleria San Fedele, Milan
2008
- Premio Arte Laguna, curated by Igor Zanti, Fondazione Benetton, Treviso
- simmetria personale, curated by Andrea Gaspari, Fabbrica Borroni, Bollate (IT)
- chora = spazio, Sentieri nell’arte, curated by Nadia Melotti, Valle del Tasso, Pazon (IT)
- Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, International Competition for Young Sculptors, second edition,
curated by Angela Vettese, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan
- The word is yours, curated by Margherita Salmaso, Fabbrica Borroni, Bollate (IT)
2007
- BigScreen Italia, the Italian Culture Festival in China, Kunming (CN)
- Lo spirito dei luoghi, curated by Elisa Gusella, Fabbrica Borroni, Bollate (IT)
2006
- Quaranta per Quaranta, circa, curated by Francesco Bonazzi, PAD, Verona
- Melting House, Festival della Creatività, Fortezza da Basso, Florence
- Intimate Spaces, CVB Gallery, New York
- Camerae Pictae, MAM, Gazoldo degli Ippoliti (IT)
- Cromatismi, Museo Carlo Zauli, Ravenna
- BigScreen Italia, the Italian Culture Festival in China, Kunming (CN)
- Salone Satellite, 9° edition, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, curated by Marva Griffin Wilshire, Rho (IT)
- Lavoro ad Arte, MuVi, curated by Afro Somenzari, Viadana (IT)
2005
- Home, private collection exhibition (Istanbul Biennal 2005), curated by Umberto Branchini,
Charles Esche and Vasif Kortun, Asli Tunca Atelier, Istanbul
- Salone Satellite, 8° edition, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, curated by Marva Griffin Wilshire, Milan
2004
- IV Biennale d’Arte Postumia Giovani, MAM, Gazoldo degli Ippoliti (IT)
2003
- Linee di Confine, video, a cura di Chiara Agnello, C/O Care of, Milan
- Fabbrica delle Idee, Fabbrica Cometti, a cura di Nadia Melotti, Caprino Veronese ( IT)
2002
- San Giò Video Festival, Cortile Mercato Vecchio, Verona
2000
- Videozero 2000, curated by Francesco Ballo, PAC, Milan
1999
- 17° Torino Film Festival, Video Zero, Turin

- Gonzaga Fotografia ’99, curated by Guido Guidi and Manuela Zanelli, Gonzaga (IT)
- Civitavideo, Arena La Barcaccia, Civitanova Marche (IT)
- Artech, Associazione Cinematografica Pandora e Sambers, Smau 99, Milan
- Salon I I999, Museo della Permanente, Milan
1998
- I Giardini di Lilith, Parco Paleotto, Bologna
- Quattro giorni di disordine visuale, C.S.O.A. Forte Prenestino, Rome
1997
- Generazione Media, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan
Awards and Pubblic Collections
2023
- Collection of the Royal Family of the Netherlands
2022
- MAN Museum Collection, Nuoro
2021
- Italian Art Collection, Consulate General of Italy, New York
- Renovatio Mundi, Finalist, Giordano Bruno Foundation, Naples
2018
- Farnesina Collection, The Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Co-operation, Rome
2017
- Ducal Palace Museum Collection, Mantua
- San Fedele Museum Collection, Milan
2016
- Boghossian Foundation Collection, Villa Empain, Brussels
- Artphilein Foundation Collection, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
- Isabella d’Este Prize, Villa Mirra, Cavriana (IT)
2015
- Marino Golinelli Collection, Bologna
- Galila Barzilai-Hollander’s Collection, Brussels
2014
- The Swatch Art Peace Hotel's Collection, Shanghai
2011
- Premio Aletti, Second Prize, ArtVerona, Verona
- Premio Ettore Fico, Finalist, the Road Contemporary Art Fair, Rome
2009 - 2011
- ARBS, Membro della Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
2010
- Art in the City, Finalist, Egmont Park, Brussels
- Solo@108 Exhibition, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
2009
- Premio Artivisive San Fedele 2008-2009, Second Prize, Galleria San Fedele, Milan
- Twister. Museums in Lombardy for Contemporary Art, First Selection
2008
- Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, International Competition for Young Sculptors, second edition,
Third Prize, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan
- Premio Arte Laguna, finalist in the Sculpture Section, Fondazione Benetton, Treviso
2005
- Salone Internazionale del Mobile, selected for Salone Satellite 2005, Milan
2001
- Visual Arts City of Caprino Veronese, First Prize, Verona
1999
- Salon I° 1999, Special Award, Adolfo Pini Foundation, Museo della Permanente, Milan
Events, Residencies, Talks and Workshops
2024
- Art, Science and Technologies: education to image and creativity. Lectio Magistralis between
Paolo Cavinato and the mathematics Silvia Benvenuti, Fondazione Golinelli, Bologna. February 14th
2023
- Standchat, Talk curated by Saverio Verini, ArtVerona, Verona
2022
- Nella Forma e nella materia. Talk, Casa del Mantegna, Mantua
- Paolo Cavinato. Talk, Sacro Cuore Foundation, Milan
2021
- Paolo Cavinato. Limen, presentation of the catalogue, with Stefano Baia Curioni and Davide Landoni,
Spazio Te, Palazzo Te, Mantua
- Art Residency Program, Villa Empain, Fondazione Boghossian, Brussels
- 10 years of Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Talk,with Hou Hanru and Carlo Giordanetti, MAXXI Museum, Rome
- Arte e Gioco, Talk, curated by Collezione Farnesina and Lucca Comics, Comics and Games,
La Feltrinelli, Milan
2018
- Workshop, Luce in prospettiva, CasermArcheologica, Sansepolcro (IT)
- Talk, Dialoghi sull'arte contemporanea, CasermArchelogica, Sansepolcro (IT)
2016
- Altrove / Andetsteds, Talk, Copenhagen art-week, Italian Cultural Institute, Copenhagen
- Mise en Abyme, billboard in Sydhavn Station, supported by The Danish Arts Foundation
and the City of Copenhagen (August - September)
- Open Studio, event curated by Palazzo Ducale, Mantova Capitale della Cultura 2016, Mantua
2015
- Beyond Sight, Talk, Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery, London
- Reflections, Talk, curated by Marco Tonelli, Mantova Creativa, Mantua
2014
- M Art Talk, M on the Bund, Shanghai
- Art residency Program, Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai
2013
- Residency in the exhibition space Sydhavn Station, supported by Kgs. Enghave Local Committee
and Copenhagen’s Arts Council, Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen
- Talk at Aarhus Art Academy, Aarhus (DK)
- Talk at Jutland Art Academy, Aarhus (DK)
2011
- Talk, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
2010
- Music for Image, Workshop, Lab.Com, Mantua
- An Intelligent Design, Talk, The Flat-Massimo Carasi, Milan
2008 - 2010
- Member of the Italo-Turkish Dialogue Forum, organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UniCredit
Group, Limes and SAM (Center for Strategic Research of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Turkish)
2007
- Residency at the Spina Festival, Palazzo Bellini, Comacchio (IT)
2005
- Residency, Asli Tunca Atelier, Istanbul
1998
- Residency, Europa Creativi, Nevers (FR)