Ilario Caliendo
ilariocaliendo.com
email ilariocaliendo@gmail.com
Artist statement
Ilario Caliendo cerca di analizzare le stranezze e le fobie della vita sociale contemporanea, con un occhio di riguardo all’abuso della rete e alla dipendenza dai social media.
I suoi lavori indagano in vari settori quali il copyright, nuove forme artistiche, il trash, peculiarità e allucinazioni visive. Il suo approccio richiama l’atteggiamento poetico e attivista dell’hacker tradizionale e usa l’ironia come mezzo di riflessione.
Ilario Caliendo tries to analyze the quirks and phobias of contemporary social life, with an ‘eye to the abuse of the network and the addiction on social media.
His works investigate various areas such as copyright, new art forms, trash, strange things and visual hallucinations.
His approach recalls the poetic and activist hacker traditional attitude using irony as a means of reflection.
COMPLETE CV
Education
- 2016 M.A. – Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara. Net Art (Laurea Magistrale), Italy.
- 2013 B.A. – Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara. Fine Art (Laurea Triennale), Italy.
Solo Show
2020
- Manuale per l’uomo rispettoso, Solo Show, Galleria Moitre, Turin, Italy
2019
- Comfort Zone, Solo Show, Teké Gallery, Carrara, Italy
2018
- La Stesa, Solo Show, Caffè Internazionale, Palermo, Italy
(Selected)Exhibitions and Festivals
2020
- Basic Necessities, Open call by Spazio Y, Rome, Italy
- #DomaniInArte, Open call by The National Gallery of Modern Art (also GNAM), Rome, Italy
- Square Project, Open call by Balloon project
- Art Mutation, Online art campaign by anna.laclaque
2018
- Final Exhibition, Premio Combat Prize 2018, Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Livorno, Italy
- Quaderni di Viaggio 2018, Camera Work 2018 – Circuito Off, Ravenna, Italy
- Self-Discharge, Lucca, Italy
2017
- SetUp, Contemporary Art Fair, gallery spaghettiparty.it, curated by Stefano Monti, Bologna, Italy
- Quartiere rizomatico, Group Show, Cantieri Aperti, curated by Daria Filardo, Massa, Italy
2016
- MozEx, Mozilla Festival, curated by TATE and V&A, London, England
- Kodra Fresh 2016, curated by Georgia Kourkounaki and Gianna Kali, Kalamaria, Greece
- Final Exhibition, Art Laguna Prize, curated by Igor Zanti, Nappe Arsenale, Venice
2015
- (Online Exhibition) THE WRONG, New Digital Art Biennale, Homeostasis Pavilion, curated by Julia Borges Araña and Guilherme Brandão
- Diminished Reality, curated by Domenico Scudero, I Salotti, Carrara
(Selected)Prize
2018
- Premio Ora, curated by Rossella Farinotti
- Premio Combat Prize, Walter Guadagnini, Stefano Taddei, Lorenzo Balbi, Francesca Baboni, Federica Chiocchetti, Andrea Bruciati.
2016
- Art Laguna Prize, curated by Igor Zanti, Nappe Arsenale, Venice
2015
- Contest Net Art Microgrants, curated by Rihzome
Publications
2020
2018
2016
Interviews
2019
- Radio Onda Italiana (Radio of Amsterdam – NL)
2015
Press articles
2020
2019
- Il Tirreno 25/06/2019
- Il Tirreno 30/03/2019
- Artribune (Online) 06/02/2019
- La Gazzetta di Massa Carrara 10/02/2019
2016
2015
