GABRIELE GRONES, Born in 1983 in Arabba, Italy, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2006-2008 Second Level degree in Fine Arts (MFA), Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2002-2006 First Level degree in Fine Arts (BFA), Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2001-2002 Art school, Liceo Artistico Statale, Venice, Italy
1997-2001 Art school, Liceo Artistico “Leonardo da Vinci”, Belluno, Italy
MAIN SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Past Conversations, The Invisible Collection, New York, NY, curated by Lorenzo Beatrix
2024
Sacred Connections, SARAHCROWN Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Compositions, virtual exhibition promoted by Walter’s Cube and Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Primo movimento, Andraz Castle Museum, Livinallongo, Italy
Conversazioni, Boccanera Gallery, Milan, Italy, curated by Giovanna Nicoletti
Conversazioni, Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italy, curated by Giovanna Nicoletti
2021
Conversazioni, Ca’ Pesaro – Museum of Modern Art, Venice, Italy, curated by Elisabetta Barisoni and Giovanna Nicoletti
2020
Gabriele Grones, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany, curated by Martin Ziegelmayr
2019
ECHOES. Assonances between past and present, Palazzo Fulcis, Belluno, Italy, curated by Gabriele Lorenzoni and Denis Ton
2018
Pluralitas 40×30, Camino al Tagliamento, Udine, Italy, curated by Riccardo Vaglini
2017
Percursc | Pathways, Tublà da Nives, Selva in Val Gardena, Bolzano, Italy
2016
Frammenti, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany, curated by Martin Ziegelmayr
2015
Gabriele Grones, new paintings, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, United States
2014
Gabriele Grones, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany, curated by Martin Ziegelmayr
2013
Identità #2, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany, curated by Martin Ziegelmayr
2012
Ichnos, Istitut Ladin Micurà de Ru, San Martino in Badia, Bolzano, Italy, curated by Katharina Moling
Identità, Galerie MZ, Augsburg, Germany, curated by Martin Ziegelmayr and Carmen Roll
Self-portrait, St. Peter am Perlach, Augsburg, Germany, curated by Martin Ziegelmayr and Carmen Roll
2007
Ritratti, Casinò di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Figurazioni, Palazzo Scotti, Treviso, Italy, curated by Chiara Casarin
2006
Figurazioni, Galleria Santo Stefano, Venice, Italy, curated by Chiara Casarin
MAIN GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Brooklyn Now!, Art Gotham, New York, NY, United States, curated by Hayley Ferber
Thank you, Boccanera Gallery, Milan, Italy, curated by Giorgia Lucchi Boccanera
2024
Echoes of Eden, Brant Mansion, New York, NY, United States, curated by Gaïa Jacquet-Matisse and Peter Brant Jr.
Hortus, Palazzo Assessorile, Cles, Trento, Italy, curated by Roberta Menapace
2023
La storia non si ripete ma fa rima, Studio La Città Gallery, Verona, Italy, curated by Hélène de Franchis and Giorgia Lucchi Boccanera
Masks, duo show with Peter Depelchin, KODA/RU House, Governors Island, New York, NY, United States
Urban Ecology, Sapar Contemporary, New York, NY, United States, curated by Hayley Ferber
Domus Contemporanea, Extra Muros, Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italy
Art Stays, FO.VI Gallery, Ptuj, Slovenia, curated by Marika Vicari
2022
Un lustro di vincitori del Premio Mestre di Pittura, Palazzetto Tito, Venice, Italy
Vedute. Villa Aventino a Venezia, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy
Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer, SARAHCROWN Gallery, New York, NY, United States, curated by Sarah Corona
Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer, The Yard Columbus Circle, New York, NY, United States, curated by Sarah Corona
2021
Dante, l’immaginazione delle immagini, Italian Cultural Institute, Athens, Greece, curated by Konstantinos Moussas
Ultraromanticismo, Palazzo Ducale, Pavullo, Italy, curated by Alessandro Mescoli
2020
Sunny Art Prize, Sunny Art Centre, London, UK
The Indifferent, on-line exhibition, Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italy
Premio Mestre, Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre – Venice, Italy
Be the Difference with Art, Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
Pittori fantastici nella Valle del Po, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Ferrara, Italy, curated by Camillo Langone
2019
Cave Canem, Galleria Boccanera, Trento, Italy
Cittadella dell’Arte, Cittadella degli Archivi, Milano, Italy, curated by Rossella Farinotti
20×20, MEAM European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain, curated by José Enrique Gonzalez
No Pixel, Pinacoteca Gianni Bellini, Sarnico, Italy, curated by Massimo Rossi
20×20, Sala Bantierra, Zaragoza, Spain, curated by José Enrique Gonzalez
2018
Oasi, Mac,n Museum of Contemporary Art, Monsummano Terme, Italy, curated by Paola Cassinelli and Marco Giori
Passage, two person show, Magazzeno Gallery, Ravenna, Italy
Extraordinary, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Knokke, Belgium
Rispecchiamenti e ibridazioni, Galleria Sagittaria, Pordenone, Italy, curated by Guido Cecere and Angelo Bertani
Personali matematiche, two person show, Spazio Kn, Trento, Italy, curated by Gabriele Salvaterra
2017
Arteam Cup Art Prize, Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Canneto sull’Oglio, Italy
Extraordinary, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp, Belgium
Figurativas, MEAM European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain, curated by José Manuel Infiesta
In the Spotlight, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Knokke, Belgium
Contrast, Istitut Ladin Micurá de Rü, San Martino In Badia, Bolzano, Italy, curated by Verena Malfertheiner and Katharina Moling
Field of Vision – Art Stays, FO.VI Gallery, Strnišče, Ptuj, Slovenia, curated by Marika Vicari
Carte blanche, Galerie L’Oeil du Prince, Paris, France
Size doesn’t Matter, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Susan Meisel
Group show, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Knokke, Belgium
2016
The portrait show, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, United States
Arteam Cup Art Prize, Palazzo del Monferrato, Alessandria, Italy
High Five | 5. Trienala Ladina, Museum Ladin Ciastel de Tor, San Martino in Badia, Bolzano, Italy, curated by Karin Pernegger
Mod Portrait, MEAM European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain
Join the Underground, Undercurrent Projects Gallery, New York, NY, United States
Mod Portrait, Sala Bantierra, Zaragoza, Spain
Open House, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ, United States
Neo Dogi, Oratorio di San Ludovico, Venice, Italy, curated by Alberto Balletti
2015
Arteam Cup Art Prize, Officina delle Zattere, Venice, Italy
Il ritratto, San Fedele Art Prize, Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy
Diversamente Artisti, Loft gallery, Corigliano Calabro, Italy
Afterselfie, St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta, curated by Carolina Bortolotti
True Colors, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, United States
2014
Art of giving, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp and Knokke, Belgium
Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, United States
Three, Villa Ca’ Tiepolo, Albarella, Italy, curated by Stefano Suozzi
Mantegna Cercasi Art Prize, Casa del Mantegna, Mantova, Italy
Made painting in Italy, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp, Belgium, curated by Willy Verginer
First Look group exhibition, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, United States
Calamita/à, Padova Fotografia Festival, Padova, Italy
The Detachment, Palazzo Principi, Correggio, Reggio Emilia, Italy, curated by Francesca Baboni and Stefano Taddei
The Portrait Gala, Mystery Portrait Postcards, National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Chiamata a raccolta, MART – Galleria CIVICA, Trento, Italy, curated by Roberto Festi and Gabriele Lorenzoni
2013
Winter Updates, Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp, Belgium
In risonanza, MART Museum of modern and contemporary art, Rovereto, Trento, Italy, curated by Francesca Bacci
Luci Sorgenti 6 | il corpo_impermanente paesaggio, Sant’Antonio Museum, Palazzo Santi, Cascia, Perugia, Italy, curated by Miriam Montani
Sharing Islands, Gran Guardia Palace, Rovigo, Italy, curated by Sara Breviglieri
Figurativas, MEAM European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain, curated by José Manuel Infiesta
Oceans: Under the Skin of the Sea, Kunstfabrik HB55, Berlin, Germany
Sedimentazioni, Villa Angeli, Adria, Rovigo, Italy
Rivers of A.I.R., Pescheria Nuova, Rovigo, Italy, curated by Tobia Donà and Beatrice Buscaroli
La cura dello sguardo | Dolomiti Contemporanee, Museum of Paleontology, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Belluno, Italy, curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis
Orientalmente, Mantegna Cercasi Art Prize, Mossini Gallery, Mantova, Italy
Hyper, Restarte Gallery, Bologna, Italy, curated by Alberto Agazzani
2012
Frammenti, Galleria RezArte Contemporanea, Reggio Emilia, Italy, curated by Francesca Baboni and Stefano Taddei
Francesco Fabbri Art Prize, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, Treviso, Italy
Iconica, Galleria RezArte Contemporanea, Reggio Emilia, Italy, curated by Francesca Baboni and Stefano Taddei
Bilico, Nuovo Spazio di Casso, Casso, Pordenone, Italy, curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis
Play by the rules | Dolomiti Contemporanee next, Ethnographic Museum, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Belluno, Italy, curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis
2011
Small is Beautiful, Galerie Maier, Innsbruck, Austria
Lost in Painting II, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, Treviso, Italy, curated by Carlo Sala
Dolomiti Contemporanee, Sass Muss, Belluno, Italy, curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis
Art Stays, Ptuj, Slovenia, curated by Jernej Forbici, Vlado Forbici and Marika Vicari
I Fought the X and the X Won, National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta, curated by Raphael Vella
Vertigo, Pescheria Nuova, Rovigo, Italy, curated by Chiara Serri
Ladinia, Volkskunstmuseum, Innsbruck, Austria, curated by Herlinde Menardi
54. Biennale di Venezia, Art Academies Pavilion, Tese di San Cristoforo, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London, United Kingdom
I Fought the X and the X Won, Muzeul de Arta, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, curated by Raphael Vella
Laguna Art Prize, Nappe dell’Arsenale, Venice, Italy
2010
Contemporaneamente, Costantino Piazza Arte Contemporanea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Premio Celeste, Brodbeck Foundation, Catania, Italy, curated by Julia Draganovic and Gabi Scardi
Il posto delle fragole, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo, Udine, Italy, curated by Cora Chiavedale and Paolo Zamolo
Fare Corpi, Magazzino del sale n.3, Venice, Italy
46|09, curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Galleria Biagiotti Progetto Arte, Florence, Italy
2009
Mystery Portrait Postcards, National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Gabls, Palazzo Crepadona, Belluno, Italy, curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis
BP Portrait Award, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
2008
Devozioni Domestiche, Galleria Contemporaneo, Mestre, Venice, Italy, curated by Riccardo Caldura
BP Portrait Award, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
De Portesio, Cominelli Foundation, San Felice del Benaco, Brescia, Italy, curated by Alberto Balletti
BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2007
Dall’Accademia alla Fornace, Fornace di Asolo, Treviso, Italy, curated by Maurizio Martelli and Luca Bendini
Venezia ieri e oggi, Galleria Santo Stefano, Venice, Italy
2006
ForteArte, Forte di Fortezza, Fortezza, Bolzano, Italy, curated by Egon Dejori
2005
Atelier Aperti | 51. Biennale di Venezia, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy