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
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
2022
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
Paolo Cavinato and Peter Ogilvie, 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
2021
Renovatio Mundi, Finalist, Giordano Bruno Foundation, Naples
Italian Art Collection, Consulate General of Italy, New York
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
Premio Isabella d’Este, Villa Mirra, Cavriana (IT)
Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels
Artphilein Foundation, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
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
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)
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
2022
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 (AR)
Talk, Incontri in CasermArcheologica - 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
2007
Residency at the Spina Festival, Palazzo Bellini, Comacchio (IT)
2005
Residency, Asli Tunca Atelier, Istanbul
1998
Residency, Europa Creativi, Nevers (FR)