Stefano Cagol Short Bio

BIO www.stefanocagol.com Stefano Cagol (b. 1969 Trento, Italy) received a postdoctoral fellowship in Video Art from the Canadian Government at Ryerson University in Toronto, an MFA from the Accademia di Brera in Milan, and a BFA from the Istituto d’Arte Vittoria in Trento.

Stefano Cagol’s artistic research faces the idea of border and its different manifestations: mental, physical, cultural, political, communicative ones, or between individual and collective. For doing this, he uses different media like video, photography, sculpture, installation, action.

Portraits about his art research have been realized, among others, by: ‘Kunst Bulletin’, Zurich; ‘Contemporary’, London; ‘Eine’, Vienna; ‘Flash Art’, Milan; ‘Monopol’, Berlin.

Following media spoke about his participation at 55th Venice Biennale in Maldives national Pavilion in 2013, among many others: The New York Times, BBC, Huffington Post, Rai Italian national television.

Following editors published his monographs: Skira and Charta.

Following collections, among others, hold his artworks: Museion. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Bolzano, ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Mart – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, Nomas Foundation, UniCredit Group, Terna.

Grants and awards include RWE Foundation Visit (2014); Terna Prize 02 for Contemporary Art (2009), Rome; Targetti Light Art prize, Florence (2008); Murri Public Art prize, Bologna (2008). Shortlists include Art & Ecology International Artists Residency by RSA – Royal Society for Arts, London (2008); MapXXL mobility program by Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes, Paris (2005).

Selected solo exhibitions and projects include Westergasfabriek Cultuur park, Amsterdam (2012); Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk (2012); Museion, Bolzano, Italy (2012); ZKM, Karlsruhe (2012); 54th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, collateral event (2011); Manifesta 7, parallel event (2008); NADiff, Tokyo (2007); 4th Berlin Biennale, special project (2006); 1st Singapore Biennale, satellite event (2006); Platform, London (2005); Mart – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, Italy (2000).

Selected group exhibitions include Maldives Pavilion at 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia (2013); Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery, parallel event of 5th Moscow Biennale (2013); Kunstraum Innsbruck (2012); El Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires (2012); SUPEC – Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, Shanghai (2010); White Box, New York (2010); MARTa Herford (2009); HVCCA – Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in Peekskill, New York (2008); IKOB – Internationales Kunstzentrum Ostbelgien, Eupen, Belgium (2003); Palazzo della Triennale, Milan (1997); Video Forum at ART 27’96 Basel (1996).

Permanent public art commissions include Istituto Martino Martini in Mezzolombardo for Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy (2012); Trento sud gate for A22 Autostrada del Brennero SpA, Italy (2011); Parco Mignone for Council of Bolzano, Italy (2007); Beurschouwburg, Brussels (2007‐2012).

Artist residencies include Air Bergen, Norway (2014); Drake Arts Center, Kokkola, Finland (2013); VIR Viafarini‐in‐residence, Milan (2013); BAR International, Kirkenes, Norway (2010); International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York (2010); Leube Group’s Art Program, Gartenau, Austria (2003); Künstlerhaus, Salzburg (1996).

Stefano Cagol lives and works in Revo’, Trentino South Tyrol, Italy.