Curriculum Vitae
Born in 1987 in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Lives and works in Bergen as an artist, curator, and art teacher.
Social: https://www.instagram.com/manuelportioli/
cell: +4745197480
Member of LNM, NBK, and VISP.
Education:
PPU i Kunst og Design (Post Graduate Diploma in Art Education) at UIB, University of Bergen in 2021.
Master of Fine Arts at KHIB, Kunst-og Designhøgskolen i Bergen in 2014.
Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna in 2010.
Solo exhibitions:
-'21 Kill Your Darlings, KunstKræsj, Vinslottet, Oslo, Norway
-'21 Seaweed and crowns, Kunstpunkt Lista, Borhaug, Norway
-'21 Flyt, Galleri Ö, Tjøtta, Norway
-'21 Vandring: lab, Culture House Italo Calvino, Calderara di Reno, Italy-'20 The Promised Land, Kunstgarasjen, Bergen
-'19 In itinere, Spazio Espositivo, Agrigento, Italy
-'19 Vandring Zenone Contempornanea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'19 Vandring, Vedholmen gallery, Lepsøy, Norway
-’18 Steinkast, Solund Kusntbilag, Norway
-'18 Lovers’ nest USF Visnigrommet, Bergen, Norway
-'18 Remix 02, Opere Scelte gallery, Turin, Italy
-'17 Cold Venus, Vedholmen gallery, Lepsøy, Norway
-'17 Remix, Regimenten, Steinkjer, Norway
-'16 404 days of rain, Høyanger kunstlag, Høyanger, Norway
-'16 God of the high places, Galleri Vinjum, Aurland, Norway
-'15 Act of Faith, Oseana, Os, Norway, text by Riccardo Freddi
-'15 Act of Faith, Paggeriarte, Sassuolo, Italy, curated by Carlo Alberto Zini, text by Riccardo Freddi
-'12 Sorbolo zoo, Sala Benassi, Parma, Italy
-'10 Strictly Groove, Strictly Groove, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-’08 Il Ratto, Chiesa dei Bigi, Grosseto, Italy
-’08 Manuel Portioli, AGAF, Grosseto, Italy
Group exhibitions:
-'21 Vaso, A Pick gallery, Turin, Italy
-’21 Oscillazioni, Villa La Cartiera, Pontremoli, Italy
-’20 Bak terrorgjerdet, Bergen Ateliergruppe, Bergen, Norway
-’18 Selvatico: Fantasia/fantasma, Cotignola, Italy
-'17 Sommerutstilling, Vedholmen gallery, Lepsøy, Norway
-'17 KUNSTMARKED, Blokk, Bergen, Norway
-'16 PAESAGGIO FUTURO, curated by Emanuela Romano and Valentina Bonomonte, Finanza e Futuro, Milan, Italy
-'16 Tutto quadra, Palazzo dei Musei, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'16 In camp electric III, Odeon gallery, Bucharest, Romania
-'16 Sommerutstilling,Vedholmen gallery, Lepsøy, Norway
-'15 Pictorial Imagery, curated by Emanuela Romano and Valentina Bonomonte, text by Michele Bertolino, Opere Scelte gallery, Torino, Italy
-'15 Sommerutstilling Kunstmuseet i Nord-Trøndelag, Namsos, Norway
-'14 Orientati a guardare le stelle, Arionte Arte contemporanea, Catania, Italy, curated by Antonio d'Amico
-'14 Tricolore prize, gallery Rosemarie Bassi, Remangen, Germany
-'14 Mantegna cercasi, Casa del Mantegna, Mantova, curated by Francesca Baboni, Alberto Mattia Martini, Stefano Taddei
-'14 Breaking Seals, Campione Univela, Campione del Garda, Italy, curated by Francesca Baboni, Stefano Taddei
-'14 MEAGHEA SKKLL rKGM MAH TNCA , Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
-'14 Premio Tricolore, Rezarte gallery, Reggio Emilia , Italy- winner
-'13 Hardbakka ruins, svartediket, Bergen, Norway
-'13 Premio Combat, Palazzo Fattori, Livorno, Italy
-'13 Migration, Officina delle arti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'13 Nelle stanze dell'Ariosto, Mauriziano, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'13 Bontelabo, Bontelabo, Bergen, Norway
-'12 Archivitionism, Premiss, curated by Dan Mihaltianu, Bergen, Norway
-'12 Tigri di carta economie artificiali, Chiesa di S.Carlo, curated by Beppe Villa, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'12 Tre giovani, Vetrina Battistero, curated by Antonio Malagoli, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'12 Antwork 03, Spazio Gerra, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'12 Tra fumetto e street art" Mauriziano, curated by Giuseppe Berti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'11 Snowflakes, CSArt, curated by Chiara Serri, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'11 Quadri d'estate, Spazio Gerra, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'10 Les petites, CSArt, curated by Chiara Serri, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'10 Biennale di Roncaglia sul Panaro", Modena, Italy
-'10 Ant Work, Spazio Gerra, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'09 Premio Casorati, Sala Noble de l’Edifici del Rellotge-Barcellona, Spain
-'09 Arte e scienza, Palazzo Re Enzo, Bologna, Italy
-'09 Giovane Pittura, Officina delle Arti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'08 Premio Casorati, Pavarolo-Torino, Italy
Curatorial projects:
-'21 Incontri, Chiesa di S.Carlo, Reggio Emilia, Italy – solo show
Artist/s: Eleonore Griveau, Margrethe Kolstad Brekke & Gabriel Johann Kvendseth.
Venue: Chiesa di San Carlo, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Link: http://www.flagnoflags.org/home
-’19 House of Change – solo show
Artist/s: Tatiana Stadnichenko
Venue: Chiesa di San Carlo, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Link: https://cargocollective.com/windincherry/House-of-change
-’18 Diaspora – group show
Artist/s: Beatrice Favaretto, Evi Pärn, Clémence B. T. D. Barret, Vardit Goldner, Shahar Marcus, Hidemi Nishida, Felice Hapetzeder, Wenlin Tan, LIUBA.
Venue: Chiesa di San Carlo, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Link: http://www.flagnoflags.org/eventi/diaspora-35
-'18 Cold Current 02 – co-curated with Helene Førde – group show
Artist/s: Kay Arne Kirkebø, Lasse Årikstad, Gabriel Johann Kvendseth, Cato Løland, Margrethe Kolstad Brekke, Jonas Gazell, Dillan Marsh & Eleanor Clare.
Venues: Adiacenze gallery, Bologna and Opere Scelte gallery, Turin, Italy
Links: https://operescelte.com/archivio/cold-current-torino/
http://www.adiacenze.it/portfolio-item/cold-current/
-'18 .transiti – co.curated with Helene Førde – group show
Artist/s: Markus Moestue, Yafei Qi, Anne Marthe Dyvi, Alexandru Raevschi, Mari Sanden, Ørjan Amundsen, Kristine Halmrast.
Venue: Chiesa di San Carlo, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Link: http://www.flagnoflags.org/fotografia-europea/transiti-8
-'16 Heav·en - group show
Artist/s: Vilje Celin Kern, Sofia Magdalena Eliasson, Magnus Dahl, Stefano Ronci, Teppei Koseki, Tian Xiaolei, Ding Ning, Icaro Zorbar, Zhang Xiaodi.
Venue: Chiesa di San Carlo, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Link: http://heaven2016.blogspot.com/
-'14 Cold Current – co-curated with Helene Førde – group show
Artist/s: Anne Marthe Dyvi, Bjørn Mortensen, Cecilia Jonsson, Hans Kristian Borchgrevink Hansen, Hilde Kjønniksen, Hilde Skevik, Håkon Holm-Olsen, Jonas Ib Jensen, Lewis & Taggart, Linda Soh Trengereid, Mathijs van Geest, Signe Lidén.
Venues: Chiesa di San Carlo, Spazio Gerra, Officina delle Arti, and Mauriziano in Reggio Emilia, Italy
Link: http://cold-current.blogspot.no/
-'13 Corpo Condiviso - co-curated with Helene Førde, - group show
Participating artists: Terese Stenhjem, Gøril Wallin, Hilde Skevik ,Ellen Suhrke, Kaia Hugin
Venue: Chiesa di San Carlo, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'13 Migration – group show
Artists: Helene Førde, Hidemi Nishida, Manuel Portioli, Alexander Raevski, Anna Ippolito, Marzio Zorio, Fabio Romano Venue: Officina delle arti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'12 Vita non COMUNE – Bee-live production – group show
Artists: Koumiotis Paris, Silvia Costi, Ivan Peroni, Collettivo 38.1
Venue: Officina delle Arti , Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'12 Pa-Pier - solo show – Bee-live production
Artist/s: Pierangelo Giovanetti
Venue: Officina delle Arti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'12 The Facebook horror picture show – solo show – Bee-live production
Artist/s: Fabio Valentini
Venue: Officina delle Arti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'12 Frame: presentati, mostrati, incorniciati! - group show – Bee-live and Bookmaker production
Venue: Officina delle Arti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
-'11 Quadri d'estate – group show
Artist/s: Elisa Bigi, Marius Burnhan, Lorenzo Di Lucido, Riccardo Freddi, Andrej Georgescu, Asako Hishiki, Nasim Honayar, Collettivo KK’S, Alessandro Martinelli, Enrico Minguzzi Valentina Perazzini, Manuel Portioli, Eldi Veizaj.
Venue: Spazio Gerra, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Link: https://archivio.spaziogerra.it/2011/05/01/quadri-destate/
Artist residencies:
-'21 Agder Kunstsenter, Kristiansand, Norway
-'16 In Electric field III, Craiova, Romania
Publications:
- KUNST forum: nr 2 «Landskap» 2018
- KUNZT: episode 156 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcQcrvnfdsA
Collections:
- Grieg Foundation, Os, Norway
- Municipal collection of Bergen, Steinkjer & Aurland, Norway
- Otetelisanu Foundation, Bucharest, Romania
- Municipal collection of Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy
Grants:
-'20 OCA Prosjektstotte
-'20 Bergen Kommune Prosjektstotte
-'17 NBK Prosjektstotte
-'17 Kulturrådet Diversestipend
-'16 Jakob Weidemann Minnestipend
-'16 Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
-'15 Johannes Vinjum stipend 2015
-'15 Kulturrådet Diversestipend for nyutdannede kunstnere
-'15 Bergen Kommunes Etableringsstipend
-'13 Kulturrådet International project support – Cold Current
-'13 Bergen Kommune International project support – Cold Current
-'13 KHIB project support – Migration
Upcoming shows:
-'22 Art Living Lab, Voltorre cloister, Varese Italy – group show
-'22 SWAP, Adiacenze & Cone7, Bergen & Bologna – curatorial project
-'22 Tinn Kunstforening, Rjukan Norway – solo show