Gianluca Cosci
1970 Born in Sant'Elpidio a Mare, central Italy.
1984-1989 National Diploma in Applied Arts, Istituto Statale d'Arte, Fermo
1989-1999 Lives and works in Bologna
1993 Erasmus Bursary, Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1989-1994 BA (Hons), Painting, Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna
1998-2000 Guest tutor to Higher Institute for Fine Arts - Flanders, Antwerp, Belgium
1999 Curator of the exhibition Folle, eight artists from Flanders, Studio Ercolani, Bologna
1999-2011 Lives and works in London
2002-2003 MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
2005-2006 Trajectory, Art development scheme funded by Arts Council of England, organized by SPACE and Artquest, London
2007 Residency at Kemijarvi Sculpture and Culture Foundation, Kemijarvi, Finland
2007-2011 Art and Design and Contextual Studies Lecturer, Kensington & Chelsea College, London
2007-2008 Post Graduate Certificate in Education, Institute of Education, University of London
2008-2010 MA Art and Design in Education, Institute of Education, University of London
2009-2011 History of Art Lecturer, Richmond Adult Community College, London
Since 2011 lives and works in Brussels
2012 - present. Part-time History of Art lecturer at the European Economic and Social Committee
2020 Residency at the Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels
2019-2023 Ph.D. in the Arts, LUCA School of Arts/KU Leuven University - “The Denied Image: Art Interventions Between Iconoclasm and Institutional Critique” (Supervisor Dr. Peter De Graeve; Co-supervisor: Dr. Bart Geerts)
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 - Iconostasis (with Sébastien Forthomme) - Queens Gallery, Brussels
2022 - Denied Images - Sint-Lukasgalerie, Brussels
2017 - New Iconoclasms - Res Ars, Brussels
2007 - Stones and Glass Houses - The Parlour Project Space, London
- Restricted View - Kemijarvi Sculpture and Culture Foundation, Kemijarvi, Finland
2005 - Altri Paesaggi/Other Landscapes - Villa Baruchello, Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy
2003 - Amici Miei/Friends of Mine (with Stefano Pasquini & Mauro Vignando) - Saletta Comunale d'Esposizione, Castel S. Pietro Terme, Italy (curator Italo Zuffi)
2000 - Gianluca Cosci - Villa Serena, Bologna (curator Fabiola Naldi)
- Gianluca Cosci - Curating space, Goldsmiths College, London (curator Silvia Costantini)
1999 - Immersioni - Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome (curator L. Pratesi)
- Gianluca Cosci - Galleria Marconi, Cupramarittima, Italy (curator Mario Savini)
- L'abbandono/The Abandon - Salara, Bologna (curator Jonathan Turner)
1998 - Alle erdenkliche Liebe - Kulturzentrum Wiehiebahnhof, Freiburg i.B., Germany (curator L. Amman)
- Occupato - Galleria Neon, Bologna
1997 - Gianluca Cosci - Galerie in der Zehntscheuer, Moglingen-Stuttgart, Germany (with Gerd Holzwarth)
- Casa d'artista - Galleria Graffio, Bologna
1996 - Gianluca Cosci - Galerie La Serre, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Saint-Etienne, France
- Gianluca Cosci - Alliance Française, Bologna
1995 - Gianluca Cosci - Italian Cultural Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 - Doubting Images - De Carré, Ghent (curator Sofie Crabbé)
2017 - Showroom Robin Pourbaix - Hôte Gallery, Brussels
2015 - Marche Centro D'Arte - Palariviera, San Benedetto del Tronto and other venues. Italy (curators Dario Ciferri and Franco Marconi)
2012 - ARTEKNE Contemporary Art Fair, Potenza, Italy (Franco Marconi Gallery)
2011 - Marche Centro D'Arte - Palariviera, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy (curators Dario Ciferri and Franco Marconi)
- Signature - Hortensia Gallery, London
- Mes Amis, Les Peintres Philosophes - Archivio Ricerca Visiva, Milan
2010 - Very Late at Night - Galleria Neon, Bologna
- Casabianca - Zola Predosa (Bologna)
- 1 h art On Fire! - Galleria Neon, Bologna
2009 - Exemplar - Hortensia Gallery, London
- Libri D'Artista Dell'Archivio - Archivio Ricerca Visiva, Milan
- Going Postal - ICA, London
2007 - iCity-periferiche - Palazzo Re Enzo, Bologna
- 200 Opere per AMREF/200 Arworks for AMREF, Il Babuino Auction House, Rome
2006 - On Air - Town Hall, Sant'Angelo in Lizzola, Pesaro-Urbino (curator Roberta Ridolfi)
2005 - Photocells - Italian Cultural Institutes of London and Edinburgh (curator Riccardo Boero)
- Fuoribiennale - Interventions in urban spaces, Venice (curator Cristiano Seganfreddo)
- Campo Giovani - Malatesta's Castle and other venues, Fano, (curator Stefano Verri)
2004 - Signs of Light - La Fabbrica, Losone, Switzerland (curators S. Verri and P. Capata)
- A nudo - Palazzo Piacentini, San Benedetto del Tronto (curator Gloria Gradassi)
2003 - MA Final Show - Chelsea College of Art&Design, London
- Xhibit 03 - The London Institute Gallery Mayfair, London
- Celebrate - Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome
2002 - Il Ponte Contemporanea, Miart Art Fair, Milan
- Selected - Villa Serena, Bologna (curator A. D'Orazio)
2000 - Nuove opere/New Works - Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome
- FoodArt - Flaggrutten terminals between Bergen and Stavanger, Norway (curator Sissel Lillebostat)
- Italian historyX - Palazzo Parissi, Monte Prandone, (Curators Antonio D'Orazio & Fabiola Naldi)
1999 - Contatti - Galleria Graffio, Bologna
- Zone di visibilita' - Sala Comunale ex Fienile, Castel S. Pietro Terme, Italy
- Arte Italiana in apnea multimediale, Salara, Bologna (curator Dario Trento)
- Il Ponte Contemporanea, Artissima Art fair, Turin
1998 - Cosci, Maffezzoni, Mezzaqui - Spazio Percorso Vita, Bologna (curator Roberto Daolio)
- BodyGuard - Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney (curator Jonathan Turner)
- Crossover - Kulturzentrum Wiehiebahnhof, Freiburg i.B., Germany
- BodyGuard - Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome (curator Jonathan Turner)
- Uomo Ambiente Territorio - Museo d'Arte, San Buono, Italy (curator Francesca Pietracci)
- Laboratorio - Salara, Bologna (curator Gino Gianuizzi)
- Riparte 98 Art Fair - Sheraton Hotel, Rome
- Premio Marche - Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, Italy (invited by Mario Savini)
1997 - Lab. 12. 2 (There is no alternative) - Spazio Viafarini, Milan (curator Roberto Daolio)
- Medium Medea - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bozen (curator Letizia Ragaglia)
- Per il ritorno degli Dei - Studio Ercolani, Bologna (curator Dario Trento)
- The Show - Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome (curator Jonathan Turner)
- Riparte 97 - Sheraton Hotel, Rome
- Officina Italia - Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna and other places (curators Renato Barilli and others)
- Missing - Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome (curator Jonathan Turner)
- Microonde - Galleria Inga-Pin, Milan (curators F. A. Miglietti and L. Inga-Pin)
1996 - Art Fair - Galleria Neon, Stokholm
- Prospect 96 - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main (curator Peter Weiermair)
- Narrative Art 1970 1990 - Palazzo Rasponi Murat, Ravenna (invited by Roberto Daolio)
1995 - The - Galleria Neon, Bologna (curator Gino Gianuizzi)
- Aperto Italia'95: Out of order - Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Bologna (curators Roberto Daolio and Dede Auregli)
- La pressione di due generazioni - Studio Ercolani, Bologna (curator Dario Trento)
1994 - 14 Kunstler aus Bologna - Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany (curator Gerd Holzwarth)
- Hortus Conclusus - Palazzo Ruini, Reggio Emilia (curator Concetto Pozzati)
- Critica in opera 4 - Saletta Comunale d'Esposizione, Castel S. Pietro Terme, Italy (curator Dario Trento)
1993 - Cosci, Dragoni, Russo - Spazio Il Navile, Bologna (curator Claudio Marra)
- Il grimaldello dello stile - Teatri di vita, Bologna (curator Dario Trento)
1992 - No comment - La Palazzina, Imola
- Media Finali - Alliance Française, Bologna (curator Claudio Marra)
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
1998 - Rimozione forzata (Forced Removal), Spazio Percorso Vita, Bologna
1997 - S.P.A. (unevento) - Ex-magazzini dello zolfo, Ravenna (curator G. Gianuizzi)
- Come spiegare a mia madre che cio' che faccio serve a qualcosa (How To Explain To Your Mother That What You Are Doing Is Of Some Use) - Series of artists-led conferences, Link cultural centre, Bologna
1996 - Strettamente personale - Galleria Graffio, Bologna (curator Norberth Wiesneth)
- 30 x 240 - Galleria Il Campo delle Fragole, Bologna (curator Antonio D'Orazio)
1995 - Casa d'Artista - Galleria Graffio, Bologna
- Geografie del Dolore - (with Balletti & Mercandelli) Turing exhibition in the sites of criminal events in Bologna. Good Friday. (curator Dario Trento)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gianluca Cosci - The Denied Image: Art Interventions Between Iconoclasm And Institutional Critique. PhD dissertation. LUCA School of Arts / KU Leuven University, 2023
Ernest van Buynder and Lisa Deckers - Iconostasis. Catalogue of the same exhibition, Queens Gallery, Brussels, 2023
Gianluca Cosci - in No Neon No Cry Curated by Gino Gianuizzi. MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna Bologna, 2022
Roberto Daolio - "Gianluca Cosci", in Roberto Daolio. Aggregati per Differenze (1978-2010) Edited by Davide Da Pieve, Lara De Lena, Roberto Pinto, Caterina Sinigaglia. Milano, Postmedia Boot, 2017
Giorgio Bonomi - Il Corpo Solitario. L’Autoscatto Nella Fotografia Contemporanea, Rubettino Editore, Milan, 2012
Stefano Verri – “Marche Centro D’Arte”, in Segno, no. 236, Summer 2011
Dario Ciferri - Marche Centro D’Arte, catalogue of the same exhibition, July 2011
Gianluca Cosci - "Gianluca Cosci Vs Maurizio Battaglia", in Maurizio Battaglia: mai in 1000 anni - catalogue of the same exhibition, October 2009
Bridget Crone - (editor) 8 Artists Try Not To Talk About Art, SPACE Books, London, 2006
Roberta Ridolfi - On Air, catalogue of the same exhibition, August 2006
Stefano Verri - Campo Giovani, catalogue of the same exhibitions, December 2005
Luciano Marucci - "Gianluca Cosci", Juliet no. 124, October - November 2005
Cristiano Seganfreddo - Fuoribiennale, catalogue of the same exhibition, June 2005
Riccardo Boero - Photocells, catalogue of the same exhibitions, January 2005
Gloria Gradassi - A nudo, catalogue of the same exhibition, July 2004
Italo Zuffi - Amici miei, catalogue of the same exhibition, October 2003
Stefano Verri - Signs of lights, catalogue of the same exhibition, July 2003
Antonio D'Orazio - Italian History X, catalogue of the same exhibition, July 2000
Augusto Pieroni - Fototensioni, Castelvecchi Books, Rome, 2000
Dario Trento - Arte Iteliana in apnea multimediale, catalogue of the same exhibition, La Salara, Bologna, December 1999 - January 2000
Gianluca Marziani - "Gianluca Cosci', Flash Art no. 217, Summer 1999
John Naisbitt - High tech/high touch, with N. Naisbitt & D. Philips, Broadway Books, New York, 1999
Jonathan Turner - L'abbandono, Salara no. 3, Summer 1999
Mario Savini - "Gianluca Cosci", Segno no. 168, June 1999
Claudio Marra - Fotografia e pittura nel Novecento, Bruno Mondadori Editore, Milan, 1999
Ludovico Pratesi - Gianluca Cosci. Immersioni, catalogue of the same exhibition, April 1999
Mario Savini - In questa ricevitoria sono stati vinti 89.982.550.200, catalogue of the same exhibition, April 1999
Arianna di Genova - "Autoritratto con borchie", Alias, Il Manifesto, 20 June 1998
Dario Trento - "Foto, video e frammenti Cosci indaga la sessualità", La Repubblica, 18 June 1998
Luca Beatrice & Cristiana Perrella - Nuova Arte Italiana, Castelvecchi Editore, 1998
Gianluca Cosci - "Il soggetto indegno", in Come Spiegare a mia madre che ciò che faccio serve a qualcosa, Edizioni Zerinthia - Charta, Rome, 1998
Paul Klock - "Alle erdenkliche Liebe", Zeitung Zum Sonntag, no. 21, 24 May 1998
Norbert Wiesneth - "Strettamente personale", press release, March 1998
Jonathan Turner - "Gianluca Cosci", in Art News, February 1998
Roberto Daolio - "Cosci, Maffezzoni, Mezzaqui", press release, January 1998
Dario Trento - "Gianluca Cosci", unpublished text (January 1998)
Ludovico Pratesi - "L'Italia di Officina Italia", Quadri e Sculture, n. 28, November - December 1997
Anna Valeria Borsari - "Artisti d?Italia a Convegno", Percorso Vita, n. 1, 1997
Jonathan Turner - "BodyGuard", press release, November 1997
Renato Barilli - Officina Italia, catalogue of the same exhibition, October 1997
Guido Molinari - Officina Italia, catalogue of the same exhibition, October 1997
Jonathan Turner - "Missing", press release, October 1997
Ludovico Pratesi - "Dove va l'arte giovane? In Emilia", Artel, n. 70, October 1997
Jonathan Turner - "The show", press release, September 1997
Gerd Holzwarth - La rappresentazione gay nell'arte, B.A. dissertation, Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna, July 1997
Carmen Lorenzetti - "Operat '96: Narrative Art 1970 - 90", La Stanza Rossa, n. 24, June 1997
Letizia Ragaglia - Medium Medea, catalogue of the same exhibition, May 1997
Dario Trento - Per il ritorno degli Dei, catalogue of the same exibithion, May 1997
Luca Cerizza - "Lab. 12. 2 a Milano", Artel, n.63, May 1997
Stefanie Alber - "Gianluca Cosci - Gerd Holzwarth", Lift Stuttgart, February 1997
Dario Trento - Arte Italiana ultimi quarant'anni - catalogue of the same exhibition, February 1997
Anja Rumig - "Gianluca Cosci - Gerd Holzwarth", press release, February 1997
Andrea Sperni - Solo chi si muove, unpublished text (Januar 1997)
Roberto Daolio - Narrative Art 1970 1990, catalogue of the same exhibition, November 1996
Rainer Metzger - "Prospect 96", Kunstforum, no.134, May - September 1996
Dario Trento - "Cosci, autoritratto in cinque pannelli", La Repubblica, 20 June 1996
Antonella Russo - "Interview with Peter Weiermair" - Flash Art International, no. 189, Summer 1996; Fash Art Italia, no. 198, June - July 1996
Alice Rubbini - "Prospect 96", Segno, May 1996
Gianluca Cosci - Prospect 96, catalogue of the same exhibition, March 1996
Guido Molinari - "Aperto '95", La Stanza Rossa, no. 18, September - October 1995
Dario Trento - La pressione di due generazioni, catalogue of the same exhibition, October 1995
Gianluca Cosci - "Lettera circolare ai Neometropolitani", La Stanza Rossa, no. 20, 1995
Dario Trento - "Lettera circolare ai Neometropolitani", La Stanza Rossa, no. 20, 1995
Daniele Perra - "La passione di due generazioni", La Stanza Rossa, no. 20, 1995
Daniela Liccardo - "Aperto '95", Terzo occhio, no. 76, September 1995
Roberto Daolio - in Aperto '95. Out of order, catalogue of the same exhibition, June 1995
Paola Naldi - "La Biennale fuori servizio", La Repubblica, 10 June 1995
Roberto Daolio - Gianluca Cosci, catalogue of the same exhibition, May 1995
Dario Trento - "Geografie del Dolore", press release, 14 April 1995
Dario Trento - "Open letter to ARCI GAY", unpublished letter, January 1995
Dario Trento - "Gianluca Cosci", Con/tatto, no. 13, December 1994
Gerd Holzwarth - "14 Kunstler der Accademia di Belle Arti aus Bologna", press release, December 1994
Francesca Maria Sensi - "Tre personali per denunciare la cultura delle immagini", Sabato sera, 12 Novembre 1994
Dario Trento - Critica in opera 4, catalogue of the same exhibition, October 1994
Paola Naldi - "L'arte ha trent'anni", La Repubblica, January 1994
Dario Trento - Il grimaldello dello stile, catalogue of the same exhibition, December 1993
Dario Trento - "Tre nomi per una stagione", Anteprima, July 1993
Claudio Marra - Cosci, Dragoni, Russo, catalogue of the same exhibition, May 1993
Fabrizio Rivola - "No Comment", Nuovo Diario, May 1992