Manfredi Beninati

Manfredi Beninati in Chelsea, NY (2008)

Manfredi Beninati (* 1970 in Palermo ) is an Italian artist .

A contemporary figurative painter, his work also includes installations, drawings, sculptures and collages.

He studied law at the University of Palermo. In the early 1990s he worked in the Italian film industry as an assistant director.

Beninati art has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions. He represented his country at the Venice Biennale in 2005 and 2009.

Exhibitions

2014 Manfredi Beninati , Joyce Gallery, Hong Kong
2014 Manfredi Beninati. Nature is a theater , Inside-Out Miniature Museum, Beijing , People's Republic of China
2013 Manfredi Beninati. Il sei novembre del duemilatrentanove , Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome , Italy
2012 9th Shanghai Biennale , Shanghai , China
2012 2nd Mardin Bienali , Mardin , Turkey
2011 When in Rome , IIC Los Angeles and Hammer Museum , Los Angeles , USA
2011 Outrageous Fortune , traveling exhibition, Focal Point Gallery / Hayward Gallery , United Kingdom
2010 Argianas, Beninati, Bradley, Buchler, Hugonnier, Hulusi, White , Max Wigram Gallery, London, England
2011 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale , Thessaloniki , Greece
2010 Manfredi Beninati. December 2039 , Max Wigram Gallery, London , England
2009 Manfredi Beninati. Rearranging the Landscapes around , Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo , Japan
2009 Heaven , 2nd Athens Biennale 2009, Athens , Greece
2009 Collaudi , Italian Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice , Italy
2009 The Tree , James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China
2009 No more than a point of view , Prague Biennale , Prague , Czech Republic
2009 Escaping the dead ends , Istanbul Biennale , Istanbul , Turkey
2009 Obsession: Contemporary art from the Lodeveans collection , University of Leeds , Leeds , England
2009 Collections, December; Atsushi Fukui, Gert & Uwe Tobias , Manfredi Beninati, Masaya Yoshimura , TKG Editions Kyoto, Kyoto , Japan
2008 Made Up , Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool , England
2008 Sand: Memory, Meaning and Metaphor , Parrish Museum, Southampton (NY), USA
2008 15th Quadriennale di Roma , Palazzo delle Esposizioni , Rome, Italy
2008 Manfredi Beninati. La natura morta , Max Wigram Gallery, London, England
2008 Imaginary Realities ... , Max Wigram Gallery, London, England
2008 Dream Therapy , Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, USA
2008 Passed as present , York Art Gallery, York , Great Britain
2007 Summer Show , James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2007 Arte italiana 1968-2007. Pittura , Royal Palace, Milan , Italy
2007 Open Studios , American Academy in Rome , Rome, Italy
2007 The end begins , The Hospital, London, England
2007 Detour , The Art Directors Club, New York, USA
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
2006 Manfredi Beninati , Galeria Braga Menendez, Buenos Aires , Argentina
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 ( Connecticut ), USA
2005 Altmejd, Beninati, Everberg et Margolis , Ghislaine Hussenot Gallery, Paris , France
2005 Manfredi Beninati. New Paintings , James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2005 Venice Pavilion , 51st Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2005 Manfredi Beninati. Rescued works , Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome, Italy
2004 Between the lines , James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
2004 Expander , Royal Academy of Arts , London, England
2003 Manfredi Beninati , Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome, Italy
2003 Dirty Pictures , The Approach Gallery, London, England
2003 Quadriennale di Roma - Anteprima , Royal Palace, Naples , Italy
2003 Le collezioni - Recenti acquisizioni , MAXXI , Rome, Italy

literature

PP Pancotto, Manfredi Beninati , Artforum , 2013
Sam Thorne, 2nd Mardin Biennial , Frieze , 2013
Simona Cresci, Manfredi Beninati , Flash Art , 2013
Samuele Menin, Speciale pittura: Manfredi Beninati , Flash Art, 2013
Catherine Wagley, The Public Does Not Need Experts , Art Voices Magazine, 2012
Rocky Casale, Visual culture , New York Times , T-Magazine, Summer 2012
Louisa Avgita, 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale , Artforum, 2011
Lowenna Waters, Interview with Manfredi Beninati , The White Review, 2011
Mike Brennan, Identity in transformation: Italian contemporary art , Modern Edition, 2010
Work of the week: Manfredi Beninati , Rich Pepper, 2010
Lowenna Waters, Manfredi Beninati: December 2039 , House Magazine, November 2010
Jennifer Higgie, Dan Fox and Barbara Casavecchia, Written on water , Frieze, 2009
Emily Verla Bovino, 15th Quadriennale of Rome , Artforum, 2008
Christopher Brown, To Think Of Something peers into another world , Metro London, 2008
Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Biennial at Liverpool , The Times , 2008
Richard Dorment, Liverpool Biennial: Made Up , The Daily Telegraph , 2008
David Smith, It's a long way from incey-wincey , The Guardian , 2008
Alfred Hickling, Liverpool Biennial: a guide to avoid going round in circles , The Guardian, 2008
Michael Glover, Magical mystery tour: The Liverpool art biennial , The Independent , 2008
Julie Cirelli, Manfredi Beninati , in Tema Celeste, 2007
L. Barreca, Manfredi Beninati: the painter of dreamland , in NYarts, 2007
Hatje Cantz, 'Manfredi Beninati', Art 38 Basel , 2007 ( ISBN 3775719059 , ISBN 9783775719056 )
Gianluca Marziani, The eden of memories , in Numèro Beautè, 2007
Mary Hrbacek, Manfredi Beninati: Flavio and Palermo , in NYarts, 2007
Norma Mangione, Artist on a bet - Interview with Manfredi Beninati , in UOVO # 13, 2007
ES, Parallel Worlds , in Domus , 2007
Goings On About Town: Manfredi Beninati , in The New Yorker , 2007
Roberta Smith , Manfredi Beninati at James Cohan Gallery , in The New York Times , 2007
RC Baker, Best in show: Manfredi Beninati , in The Village Voice , 2007
Tobias Verlende, La Biennale , NY Arts, 2006
Francesco Stocchi, Manfredi Beninati , Artforum, 2005

German

Sabine Küper-Büsch, Look closely: The Mardin Art Biennale , Art Forum , 2012/2013
Wolfgang Träger, photo tour country contributions , art forum , 2005

personal data
SURNAME	Beninati, Manfredi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian artist
DATE OF BIRTH	1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Palermo