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