MICOL ASSAËL BIOGRAPHY Born 1979 in Rome Lives and works in Rome and Moscow SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 Fomuška, Museion, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy (upcoming) 2009 Fomuška, Secession, Wien, Austria Inner Disorder, Johann König, Berlin, Germany Inner Disorder, ZERO…, Milan, Italy Gakona, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France Fomuška, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany Altrove / Elsewhere, Fundacja Galerii Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (in collaboration with Mika Vaino) 2008 Altrove – Elsewhere, Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna, Rome, Italy (in collaboration with Mika Vainio) Micol Assael, Porta di concentrazione gravitazionale, Edicola Notte, Rome, Italy 2007 Johann König, Berlin, Germany Chizhevsky lessons, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland 2005 Free Fall in the Vortex of Time, ZERO…, Milan, Italy 2004 D-segni, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy (curated by Ilaria Bonacossa) Sleepnessless, Galleria Bonomo, Bari, Italy 2002 La Folie de la Villa Medicis, Villa Medicis, Academie de France, Rome, Italy (curated by Chiara Parisi) 2001 Galleria Studio 34, Salerno, Italy GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2010 Star City, Nottingham Contemporary, UK 2009 Barock, MADRE Museum, Naples, Italy Chasing Napoleon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France NYEHaus, New York, USA Italian Open!, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Espellos / Mirrors, MARCO, Vigo, Spain Life forms, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden Short Circuits, Peter Blum Chelsea, New York, USA Second Hand, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Wien, Austria 2008 In living contact, 28th Bienal de São Paulo, Bienal Pavilion, São Paulo, Brazil (curated by Ivo Mesquita) /italics/. Arte italiana fra tradizione e rivoluzione 1968-2008, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy (curated by Franceso Bonami) When a clock is seen from the side it no longer tells the time, Johann König, Berlin, Germany Revolution – forms that turn, 16th Biennale of Sydney, Cockatoo Island, Sydney, Australia (curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev) ... 5 minutes later, Kunst-Werke - Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany (curated by Susanne Pfeffer) After Nature, New Museum, New York, USA (curated by Massimiliano Gioni) 2007 La parola nell'arte. Ricerche d'avanguardia nel '900. Dal Futurismo ad oggi attraverso le Collezioni del Mart, Mart, Rovereto, Italy Oú? Scenes du Sud: Espagne, Italie, Protugal, Carré d’Art, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Nîmes, Nîmes, France (curated by Françoise Cohen) Luce di pietra, Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy (curated by Henry-Claude Cousseau and Marcello Smarrelli) Schmerz, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany Silence. Listen to the Show, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy (curated by Francesco Bonami) Luce di pietra, Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy 2006 My Private escaped from Italy, Centre International d’art et du paysage, Ile de Vassivière, France Inaugural Exhibition, Johann König, Berlin, Germany Of mice and men, 4th Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany (curated by Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni and Ali Subotnick) 2005 T-1 La sindrome di Pantagruel, Turin, Italy (curated by Carolyn Christoph-Bagargiev and Francesco Bonami) Sempre un pò più lontano, 51. Biennale di Venezia - Esposizione Internazionale di Venezia, Venise, Italy (curated by Rosa Martinez) Bidibidobidiboo, Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy (curated by Francesco Bonami) Work Time/Life Time/Material Time, Reykjavik Art Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland (curated by Jessica Morgan) Radio Days, CTP, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Non Toccare la Donna Bianca, Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, Italy (curated by Francesco Bonami) Dialectics of hope-1°, Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Former Lenin Museum, Moscow, Russia (curated by Joseph Backstein, Daniel Birnbaum, Nicolas Bourriaud, Iara Boubnova, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Rosa Martinez) 2004 Rendez-Vous, La Jeune Creation Contemporaine, Musée d’art Contemporain, Lyon, France (curated by Hauviette Bethemont, Isabelle Bortolotti, Yves Robert and Dirk Snauwaert) Non Toccare la Donna Bianca, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy (curated by Francesco Bonami) Whit all due Intent..., Manifesta 5, Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain (curated by Massimiliano Gioni and Marta Kuzma) 2003 Great Expectations!, Fuori Uso, Pescara, Italy (curated by Charlotte Laubard, Chiara Parisi, Alessandro Rabottini, Marcello Smarrelli) Micol Assaël, Nico dockx, Rikrit Tiravanja, Museum in Progress, San Giminiano, Italy (curated by Chris Dercon and Hans Ulrich Obrist) Sogni e Conflitti: La Dittatura dello Spettatore, 50° Biennale di Venezia - Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, Sezione: La Zona, curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Venise, Italy (curated by Francesco Bonami) Sub-Real-Reality Survival Strategies, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi) Fatamorgana, ZERO..., Piacenza, Italy 2001 Exit, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy (curated by Francesco Bonami) Fullcontact, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Siracusa, Italy (curated by Sergio Risaliti, Salvatore Lacagnina and Caroline Corbetta) Prototipi 0.1, Fondazione A.Olivetti, Rome, Italy (curated by Stefano Chiodi and Bartolomeo Pietromarchi) 2000 Affinites Electives 2, Galerie du Jour - Agnes B., Paris, France Offered Spaces-Spazi Offerti, San Casciano de Bagni, Italy (curated by Simonetta Lux e Chiara Parisi) 1999 Palazzo Rialto, Rome, Italy