Manfredi Beninati
Palermo (Italy)
11 January 1970
SOLO SHOWS
2015 – “Manfredi Beninati”, Hic sunt Leones, Athens, Greece
2014 – “Manfredi Beninati”, Joyce, Hong Kong
2014 - "Manfredi Beninati. Nature is a Theater", Miniature Museum, Beijing, China
2013 - "Manfredi Beninati. Il sei novembre del duemilatrentanove", Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome, Italy
2011 - "Manfredi Beninati", Cura Project Space, Rome, Italy
2011 - "Manfredi Beninati. Le voci di dentro" FPAC, Palermo, Italy
2010 - "Manfredi Beninati. Dicembre 2039", Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
2009 - "Manfredi Beninati. Rearranging the Landscapes around", Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008 - "Manfredi Beninati. La natura morta", Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
2007 - "Manfredi Beninati. La lettera "f"", American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
2007 - "Manfredi Beninati. Flavio and Palermo (in the summer) ", James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2007 - "A Flavio", Museo Laboratorio, Città Sant'Angelo (PE), Italy
2006 - "Manfredi Beninati", Galeria Braga Menendez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005- "Manfredi Beninati. Rescued works", Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome, Italy
2005 - "Manfredi Beninati. Drawing cabinet", FPAC, Palermo, Italy
2005 - "Manfredi Beninati. New Paintings", James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2003 - "Manfredi Beninati", Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome, Italy
GROUP SHOWS
2013 - "Artisti nello spazio - Da Lucio Fontana a oggi: gli ambienti nell'arte italiana", Fondazione Rocco
Guglielmo, Catanzaro, Italy
2013 - "Outrageous Fortune", Touring Exhibition, Hayward Gallery, UK
2013 - "Party with us. Ten years after", FPAC, Palermo, Italy
2012 - "9th Shanghai Biennale", Shanghai, China
2012 - "Double Take", 2nd Mardin Bienali, Mardin, Turkey
2011 - "3rd Thessaloniki Biennale", Thessaloniki, Greece
2011 - "When in Rome", ICI Los Angeles and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
2011 - "Outrageous Fortune", Touring Exhibition, Focal Point Gallery, UK
2011 - "Vanitas!", UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
2011 - "Archive Fever", Open Care, Milano, Italy
2011 - "Premio Maretti", Museo Pecci, Prato, Italy
2011 - "Accademia. Stanze. Persone.", American Academy in Rome, Italy
2010 - "PPS", Riso - Museo Arte Contemporanea di Sicilia, Palermo, Italy
2010 - "Argianas, Beninati, Bradley, Buchler, Hugonnier, Hulusi, White", Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
2010 - "Memento", La Giarina Arte Contemporanea, Verona, Italy
2010 - "I can't feel my face", Royal T art space, Los Angeles, USA
2009- "Heaven", 2nd Athens Biennale 2009, Athens, Greece
2009 - "Collaudi", Italian Pavilion, 53 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2009 - "The Tree", James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China
2009 - "No more than a point of view", Prague Biennial, Prague, Czech Republic
2009 - "Escaping the dead ends", Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 - "Obsession: Contemporary art from the Lodeveans collection", University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
2009 - "Atsushi Fukui, Gert&Uwe Tobias, Manfredi Beninati, Masaya Yoshimura", TKG Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2008 - "Made Up", Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
2008- "Sand", Parrish Museum, Southampton (NY), USA
2008 - "15th Rome Quadriennale", Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
2008 - "Imaginary Realities ...", Max Wigram Gallery, London,UK
2008 - "Dream Therapy", Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, USA
2008 - "Passed as present", York Art Gallery, York, UK
2007 - "Summer Show", James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2007 - "Arte italiana 1968-2007. Pittura", Palazzo Reale, Milano, Italy
2007 - "The end begins", The Hospital, London, UK
2007 - "Detour", The Art Directors Club, New York, USA
2007 - "Open Studios", American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
2006 - "Negotiating reality", Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, USA
2006 - "C'era una volta un re...", Arcos Museo, Benevento, Italy
2006 - "Figuring the landscape", Contemporary Art Galleries, Storrs (Ct), USA
2005 - "Altmejd, Beninati, Everberg et Margolis", Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
2005 - "12 painters", Galleria In Arco, AB+, Turin, Italy
2005 - Padiglione Venezia at Giardini, 51 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2004 - "Between the lines", James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2004 - "Expander", Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2004 - "Summer show", Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome, Italy
2004 - "Wall Paper", GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy
2003 - "Dirty pictures", The Approach Gallery, London, UK
2003 - "Quadriennale di Roma-Anteprima", Palazzo Reale, Naples, Italy
2003 - "Roma 2003", Galleria Pack, Milan, Italy
2003 - "Le collezioni - Recenti acquisizioni", MAXXI - Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy
AWARDS
2013 - Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing
2010 - Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship
2006 - Rome Prize , American Academy in Rome
2005 - Audience award - Italian pavilion, 51 Venice biennale
2004 - Darc Prize for young Italian art
Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 2001
Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 2001
Pencil and acrylic gesso on paper on wood, 81x125cm, 2001
Pencil, charcoal and acrylic gesso on paper on canvas, approx. 150x180cm, 2001
Pencil and gesso on paper on wood, 2001
Pencil, gesso and coffee on paper on board, 2001
Oil on board, 2001
Oil on board, approx. 15x18cm, 2001
Pencil, gesso and ink on paper on board, 2001/2002
Pencil and gesso on paper on canvas, 2001/2004
Pencil and watercolor on Fabriano paper on board, 2001
Pencil, gesso and ink on Fabriano paper on board, 45x58cm, 2001
Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 2002
Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 60x70cm, 2002
Pencil and ink on Fabriano paper on board, 45x58cm, 2002
Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 2002
Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 2002
Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 2002
Oil on board, 2001
Oil on board, 2001
Oil on board, 2002
Oil on board, 2002/2005
Oil on board, approx. 50x50cm, 2002 (I version)
Oil on canvas, 103.5x103.5cm, 2002 (II version)
Oil on board, approx. 50x50cm, 2002 (I version)
Oil on canvas, approx. 100x100cm, 2002 (II version)
Oil on board, 2003
Oil on canvas, 2003
Oil on canvas, 2003
Oil on canvas, 2003
Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 2002/2003
Oil on canvas, 2003
Oil on canvas, 2003
Oil on canvas, 2002/2003
Oil on canvas, 2003
Oil on canvas, 190x190 cm, 2002/2003 (III version)
Oil on canvas, 2002/2003
Oil on canvas,98x98cm, 2003
Oil on canvas, 2002/2003
Oil on canvas, 2003
Oil on canvas, 2003
Oil on board, 2003
Oil on canvas, 2003
Oil on board, 2003
Oil on paper on canvas, 2003
Oil on board, 2003
Oil on board, 2004
Oil on canvas, approx. 130x150cm, 2004
Oil on canvas, 105x105cm, 2003
Oil on board, 2004
Oil on board, 2004
Oil on board, approx. 40x40cm, 2004 (I version)
Oil on canvas, approx. 70x70cm, 2004 (II vers.)
Oil on canvas, 200x200cm, 2004
Oil on canvas, 200x200cm, 2004
Oil on canvas, 200x150cm, 2004
Oil on canvas, 200x200cm, 2004
Oil on canvas, 150x120cm, 2004
Oil on canvas, 200x150cm, 2004
Oil on canvas, 170x125cm, 2004
Oil on canvas, 200x153cm, 2004
Oil on canvas, 100x100cm, 2004
Pencil and coffee on paper on board, 60x80cm, 2004
Tarot cards from a deck of 90 pieces
Pencil and ink on Fabriano paper, 2001/2004
Pencil and ink on Fabriano paper, 2001/2004 (From a deck of 90 card
Pva vinavil glue on papier-mâché on wood, 114x114x88cm, 2005
Ink on paper, 44.5x34.5cm, 2005
Ink on paper, 44.5x34.5cm, 2005
Ink on paper, 44.5x34.5cm, 2005
Ink on paper, 44.5x34.5cm, 2005
Ink on paper, 44.5x34.5cm, 2005
Ink on paper, 44.5x34.5cm, 2005
Ink on paper, 44.5x34.5cm, 2005
"Taking notes for a dream that begins in the afternoon and continues through the night (and is not
canceled out on awakening) or "Waking up on a beach in the scorching sun"
"Prendere appunti per un sogno da iniziare di pomeriggio e continuare la notte (e che non si
cancella al risveglio)" ovvero "Sveglliarsi su una spiaggia sotto il sole cocente"
Installation at 51 Venice Biennale, 2005
Mixed media: wood, glass, fabric, …
Collage on board,70x50cm, 2005/2006
Collage on board,70x50cm, 2005/2006
Collage on board, 122x100cm, 2005
Collage on board,122x100cm, 2005
Collage on board,122x100cm, 2005
Collage on board, 2005
Oil on canvas, 2004/2005
Oil on board, approx. 50x50cm, 2005
Oil on canvas, 100x100cm, 2004/2005
Oil on board 27x40cm, , 2005
Oil on canvas,175x170cm, 2005
Oil on canvas, 170x180cm, 2005
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2005
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2005
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2005
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2005
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2005
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2006
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2006
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2006
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2006
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2006
Oil on canvas, 2006
Oil on canvas, 195x210cm, 2006/2007
Oil on canvas,150x130cm, 2006/2007
Bronze, 12x17x22cm, 2006
“12 mins of self-inflicted exile” – Installation at Arcos Museum, 2006
Mixed media
Pencil, gesso and coffee on paper on board, 52x64,5cm, 2006
Framed drawing (Pencil on Fabriano paper 40x52cm) behind an opaqued glass, 50x64cm, 2006/2007
Mixed media, glass-box and wooden table, 74x74x167cm, 2007
Collage on canvas, 160x200cm, 2006
Collage on canvas, 160x200cm, 2006
Collage on canvas, approx 180x220cm, 2006
Oil on board, approx. 80x60cm, 2006
Collage on canvas, 200x150cm, 2006
Oil on board, 60x60cm, 2006
Oil on canvas, approx. 180x210cm, 2006
Oil on canvas, 160x200cm, 2006
Oil on board, approx. 45x45cm, 2006
Collage on paper, approx. 40x30cm, 2006/2007
Collage on paper, approx. 30x40cm, 2006/2007
Collage on paper, approx. 30x40cm, 2006/2007
Collage on paper, approx. 30x40cm, 2006/2007
Raw clay on plywood, 2007
Photograph, 2007
“Fruits from an ocean nearby” - Installation at James Cohan Gallery, N.Y., 2007
Mixed media: wood, plasterboard, carpet, curtains, furniture, books, glass, sand, etc
Moleskine Detour
Mixed media, 2007 (Moleskine notebook)
Fabric, ink, acrylic gesso, tic-tacs, plastic, cotton thread, 2007
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
Pencil on paper, 70x100cm, 2007
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
Pencil on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
Pencil collage and graphite on paper, 100x70cm, 2007
“Something to build on” - Installation at Ravello Festival, 2008
Mixed media: Replica of the study in Antonello da Messina’s Saint Jerome made in wood, MDF, glass,
books, stuffed birds, spotlights, etc
Pencil and ink on paper on wood, approx. 35x50cm, 2008
"Svolgimento: ipotesi 1: tracciare la traiettoria dell’orbita del sole attorno alla terra attraverso il
riallineamento di tutti i punti della ellisse della terra attorno al sole"
Installation at Quadriennale di Roma, 2008
Mixed media: furniture, upholstery, plants, glass, rubbles, scaffoldings, cyclorama film studio lights
Oil on canvas, 90x120cm, 2008
Oil on board, 60x60cm, 2008
Oil on canvas, 120x90cm, 2008
Oil on canvas, 120x90cm, 2008
Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 60x70cm, 2008
Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 60x70cm, 2008
Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 70x70cm, 2008
Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 60x70cm, 2008
Pencil on Fabriano paper on board, 70x70cm, 2008
“To think of something” – Mixed media - Installation at Liverpool Biennial, 2008
Ceramite gesso and wood, approx. 80x80x80cm, 2008
Collage on paper, 83x60cm, 2008
Collage on paper, 83x60cm, 2008
“Rearranging the landscapes around” – Mixed media - Installation at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2009
Fresco # 1
Tempera on mortar on a wooden structure, 180x195cm, 2009
Fresco # 2
Tempera on mortar on a wooden structure, 180x195cm, 2009
Collage on paper, approx. 40x30cm, 2009
Collage on paper, approx. 30x40cm, 2009
Photograph of paper origamis and china porcelain, 2009
“Triangles in squares made out of circles” - Installation at Athens Biennale, 2009
Mixed media: bricks, concrete, wood, furniture, plants, etc
Pencil on Fabriano paper on panels, 250x300cm, 2003/2004
Pencil on Fabriano paper on panels, 260x300cm, 2009/2010
Pencil on Fabriano paper on panels, 260x300cm, 2007/2010
Pencil on Fabriano paper on panels, 260x300cm, 2009/2010
Pencil on Fabriano paper on panels, 260x300cm, 2009/2010
Gesso and wood, approx. 50x70x30cm, 2010
Gesso and wood, 2010
Gesso and wood, 2010
Spray paint on acrilic, life-size, 2011
Mixed media: plywood, plastic, glass, human dummies, etc, - Installation at Thessaloniki Biennale, 2011
Mixed media: podium, furniture, curtains, paper, mirrors, plywood landscape silhouette, painted
sunset/dawn - Installation, 2011
Mixed media: podium, furniture, curtains, paper, mirrors, plywood landscape silhouette, painted
sunset/dawn - Installation, 2011
Light-box, variable size, 2011 (edition of 10)
Plaster, 31x34x138cm, 2011
Resin, 25x20.5x30cm, 2011
Oil on canvas, approx. 100x80cm, 2009/2011
Oil on canvas, 160x200cm, 2011 (II version)
Oil on canvas, approx. 200x200cm, 2011
Oil on canvas, approx. 70x70cm, 2011 (II version)
Mixed media: furniture, metal dishes, photocopies – Installation at Mardin Biennale – Turkey 2012
Framed photograph installed at Archivio Flavio Beninati, 2013
Mixed media: furniture, paper plates, painting – Installation at Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, 2013
Oil on canvas, approx. 25x30cm, 2012/2013
Oil on canvas, approx. 80x80cm, 2009/2013
Oil on canvas, 50x40cm, 2012/2013
Oil on canvas, 80x100cm, 2012
Oil on canvas, 160x200cm, 2012/2013
Oil on canvas, 160x200cm, 2012/2013
Oil on wood, 30x21cm, 2013 (II version)
Oil on wood, approx. 20x38cm, 2013
Oil on wood, approx. 28x34cm, 2013 (II version)
Oil on canvas, 50x40cm, 2013
Oil on wood, 21x30cm, 2013
Oil on wood, 21x30cm, 2013 (III version)
Oil on wood, 21x30cm, 2013
Oil on wood, 21x 30cm, 2013
Oil on wood, 30x21cm, 2013 (II version)
Oil on canvas, 120x150cm, 2013 (I version)
Oil on canvas, 200x160cm, 2013
Oil on canvas, 200x160cm, 2013 (III version)
Oil on canvas, 150x120cm, 2013 (painted with two kids)
Oil on canvas, 200x160cm, 2013 (IV version)
Oil on canvas, 200x160cm, 2013
Oil on canvas, 80x100cm, 2012/2014
Oil on canvas, 200x160cm, 2014 (III version)
Oil on canvas, 100x80cm, 2014 (II version)
Oil on canvas, 100x80cm, 2014 (III version)
Oil on canvas, 100x80cm, 2014 (II version)
Terracotta, 2008/2014
Terracotta, 2014
Pencil on paper, 2013/2014 (Series of 24)
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