(b. 1934, Borgofranco d'Ivrea, Italy. Lives and works in Turin and Stromboli.)
Giovanni Anselmo's first one-man show was at the Galleria Sperone in Milan in 1968. He has had solo exhibitions around the world, including Kunstmuseum Winterthur (2013), Stedelijk Museum, Gent (2005), Museum Kurhaus Kleve (2004) the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (2002) and the Renaissance Society, Chicago (1997). He participated in the Venice Biennales of 1978, 1980 and 1990 and Documenta V (1972) and VII (1982).
RECENT SOLO SHOWS
2013
Giovanni Anselmo, Kunstmuseum Winterthur
2012
Tucci Russo Contemporary Art Studio, Turin
2011
Arte Povera, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
2010
Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris
2006
Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris
2004
Giovanni Anselmo, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany
2002
Giovanni Anselmo, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
2001
Giovanni Anselmo, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
RECENT GROUP SHOWS
2013
Morandi and Casorati in the De Fornaris Collection, From Workshop to Work, Italian Cultural Institute, New York
Kabinettstucke|Cabinet Pieces, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Bremen, Germany
Fragile?, Le Stanze del Vetro, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
Re-making When Attitudes Become Form, Fondazione Prada, Venice, Italy
2012
Det mentale landskab, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Gudhjem
Oltre il muro, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin
Sammlungsdialog: Zeit, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Cartografías contemporáneas. Dibujando el pensamiento, CaixaForum Madrid, Madrid
2011
Ileana Sonnabend, An Italian Portrait,” Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964–1977, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Arte Povera 1967-2011, La Triennale di Milano, Design Museum, Milan
Cambio de paradigma - Colección Serralves años 60-70, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon
2010
On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Die Natur der Kunst: Begegnungen mit der Natur vom 19. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Colección Christian Stein: Una historia del arte italiano, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia
2009
Spazio Libro d'Artista, Palazzo Manganelli, Catania, Italy
COSTANTI del classico nell'arte del XX e XXI secolo, Fondazione Puglisi Cosentino, Palazzo Valle, Catania, Italy
2007
52nd International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2004
Intra-Muros, Musee d'Art Moderne et D'Art Contemporain, Nice, France