FILIPPO MINELLI
1983 born in Brescia, Italy

EDUCATION
2002/2006 BFA in New Media for the Arts, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano Italy, prof. Jacqueline Ceresoli

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Classics, Castello di Bornato, Bornato / Italy (upcoming)
2012
SILENCE, Ruttkowski 68 Gallery, Cologne / Germany
DISCUSSION: contrasti fra messaggi, segni e materia, curated by Silvia Scaravaggi. Palazzo d’Accursio, Bologna / Italy
2011
ITLIA DI MRD, learn to hate and then to write, curated by Rossella Farinotti. ROJO Artspace, Milano / Italy
“Paintings, esplorazione astratta del linguaggio, del silenzio e del colore”, curated by Piera Cristiani. Hotel Vittoria, Brescia / Italy
2010
VIPASSANA, curated by Stefano Verri. WhiteProject Gallery, Pescara / Italy
RANDOM WORDS, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi and Stefano Verri. Galleria Civica Palazzo Todeschini, Desenzano del Garda / Italy
2009
YOU KNOW ME, Noordkaap Foundation, Dordrecht / Netherlands
2007
STUDIO DEL COLORE, Centro Culturale Espositivo Spazio6, Brescia / Italy

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Avangarde Urbano, Munoz Sola Museum, Tudela de Navarra / Spain (upcoming)
Residency + project, Fundacja Vlepvnet, Warsaw / Poland (upcoming)
Residency + project, NoordKaap Foundation, Dordrecht / The Netherlands (upcoming)
Fotocopia Europea, V!, Reggio Emilia / Italy (upcoming)
2012
Singapore International Photography Festival, ArtScience Museum, Singapore
NOORDKAAP, LX Factory, Lisboa / Portugal
UTOPRAXIA, The Art Foundation, Athens / Greece
Arte Contemporanea, Marche Centro d’Arte, San Benedetto del Tronto / Italy
FAHR.1, Centre d’Art Terres de L’Ebre, Amposta / Spain
BYOB, Museo Pecci, Milano / Italy
2011
54° BIENNALE DI VENEZIA Padiglione Italia, Palazzo Lombardia, Milano / Italy
ACT/OUT, Onomatopee Foundation, Eindhoven / Netherlands
TRANSPRIVACY, 200 public advertisings – City of Düsseldorf / Germany
PARATY EM FOCO, 7° Festival internacional de Fotografia, Paraty / Brazil
PIETRA&CO, Public sculputures, Sirmione del Garda / Italy
SPARTA, Circolo Aternino, Pescara / Italy
ADIOS OLANDA, WhiteBox, Munich / Germany
NOVA, Fundação Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro / Brazil
2010
INTEMPORANEA, Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia / Italy
CARTACEA, Galleria delle Battaglie, Brescia / Italy
FOTOGRAFIA, Festival Internazionale di Fotografia, MACRO, Roma / Italy
NOVA, contemporary culture, Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo / Brazil
2009
OBSERVATORI, Museu de les Drassanes, Valencia / Spain
OCHO, Rojo Artspaces, Barcelona Spain / Milano Italy
2008
POE.MI, Archivio Riverca Visiva, Milan Italy
URBAN ART, Espacio Centro Cultural Recoleta,Buenos Aires / Argentina
INDUSTRIAL LIES, Galleria Dispari&Dispari, Reggio Emilia / Italy
XIII BIENNALE DEL MEDITERRANEO, Bari Italy
BRIGHTDISORDER, Santa Maria della Scala – Piazza il Campo, Siena / Italy
ITALIAN STREET ART MEETS BRAZIL, Museu de Arte Contemporanea da Universidade Sao Paulo / Brasil
MURALIA, Palazzo Paolo V, Benevento / Italy
2007
TRENO DELL’ARTE, From Tiziano to Street-Art: 500 years of Italian Fine Art, 22 cities across Italy
DECONTAMINATION, Nhow Hotel, Milan / Italy
2006
A3, NotGallery, Naples / Italy
CITTA’MORFOSI, Centro Culturale Cascina Grande, Milan / Italy
LIVEPAINTING, Spazio30, Milan / Italy
CITTA’ INVISIBILE, Galleria Monaci sotto le stelle, Brescia / Italy
2005
FOODSHOW, Magma Library, London U.K./ Registratur Gallery, Munich / Germany

LECTURES
2012 AARHUS UNIVERSITY, Keynote speaker at Designing and Transforming Capitalism International Conference, Aarhus – Denmark / PHD Prof. Louise Fabian
2010 LIBERA UNIVERSITA’ DI BOLZANO, Bozen – Italy / Prof. Emanuela de Cecco
2010 ACCADEMIA DEL RESTAURO DI SANTA GIULIA, Brescia – Italy / Prof. Alessandra Pellizzari
2007 ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI DI BRERA, Milano – Italy / Prof. Jacqueline Ceresoli

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRESS
2013
*FILIPPO MINELLI: Playing Activism Somehow, monographic book published by Onomatopee Foundation, The Netherlands
Hohe Luft, Germany (upcoming)
ZOOM Magazine, issue INT-110/ITA-238 p.14/19 Italy (upcoming)
Untitled, Germany (upcoming)
*World Atlas of Urban Art, by Rafael Sachter. UK (Aurum), Australia (University of New South Wales Press), USA (Yale University Press) (upcoming)
*Tourism Social Media, by Ana Maria Munar, Denmark
Santiago Zabala, The New York Times, The Opinion Pages, USA
Elephant Magazine, issue 13 – Cover+p.65/70, UK
INVENTARIO, issue 6 p.34 Italy
DEEP Magazine, issue 115 p.30, Mexico
2012
*Chuan Art, issue 2 p.40/45, Taiwan
*High Touch, p.216/217 Gestalten, Germany
De:Bug Magazine, issue 162 p.28/29, Germany
LOTTO Magazine, Vol.2/6 p.336-339, Germany
Afterzine, issue 3 p.35, USA
Harper’s Magazine, Vol.324 n°1945 p.19, USA
David Larousserie, LE MONDE, issue 20852 p.4/5 Sience&Techno, France
Jules Girard, MCD, Musiques et cultures digitales, issue 65 p.52, France
2011
*LO STATO DELL’ARTE IN ITALIA – 54° BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, Vittorio Sgarbi, Skira, Italy
*NOVA, CULTURA CONTEMPORANEA, ROJO©projects, Brazil
*100 DAYS OF ACTIVE RESISTANCE, Vivienne Westwood, United Kingdom
ITALIC MAGAZINE, n°5 Sept 2011 p.20-p.21, Italy
*FRESH, Public. Edited by Slanted, printed by Daab, Germany
*ART&AGENDA by R. Klanten, M.Hübner, G. Jansen, Pedro Alonzo, Alain Bleber, Silke Krohn. Gestalten, Germany
2010
DE:BUG, issue 148/December p.2-3, Germany
Jenny Henkelman & Cynara Geissler, GEEZ, issue 20, Canada
*ARTIVISME: Art, action politique et resistance culturelle, Stéphanie Lemoine & Samira Ouardi. Alternatives, France
Susanna Legrenzi, NOVA-SOLE24ORE / September 30th p.8, Italy
*TRESPASS, a history of unauthorized Urban Art, by Carlo McCormick. TASCHEN, USA
*CONCRETE MESSAGES, by Zia Khron & Joice Lagerweij. Dokument Press, Belgium
Stefano Salis, IL SOLE 24 ORE July 20th p.23, Italy
*RANDOM WORDS, Filippo Minelli. Italy
NOVA, ROJO©projects, Brazil
*URBAN INTERVENTIONS, by R. Klanten & M. Huebner. Gestalten, Germany
2009
*GEMINE MUSE, Italy
*OBSERVATORI 2009, Spain
Alessandro Delfanti, D / REPUBBLICA issue n°639 p.30, Italy
*OCHO, ROJO©projects, Spain
2008
*BRIGHTDISORDER/SIENA, Italy
SKYEUROPE MAGAZINE, issue Oct/Nov , UK
ARTEIN issue n° 114, Italy
STILEARTE issue n°116, Italy
*STREET ART. ITALY-BRAZIL, Torcular, Italy
2007
ARTEIN, issue n° 113 p.32, Italy
*TRENO DELL’ARTE, 500 years of Italian Art, Italy
PANORAMA ECONOMY, Italy
*MURALIA, from Graffiti to Fine Arts, Torcular, Italy
*FROM GRAFFITI TO FINE ARTS, Torcular, Italy
*NAMI, ROJO©projects, Spain
Beba Marsano, CAPITAL, issue n°328 p.95-98, Italy
ARTEIN, issue n° 108, Italy
2006
*LUND, ROJO©projects, Spain
FLUID issue n° 68, Poland
*DOLF, ROJO©projects, Spain
AB, issue n° 87, Italy
2005
STILEARTE, issue n° 98, Italy
2004
*THE ART OF REBELLION 2, Gestalten, Germany
2003
*THE ART OF REBELLION, Gestalten, Germany

* books and catalogues