Piero Gilardi was born in Turin in 1942, where he lives and works.
In 1963 he held his first one-man show, entitled Machines for the future. In 1965 he created his first pieces in polyurethane foam and exhibited them in Paris, Brussels, Cologne, Hamburg, Amsterdam and New York. As from 1968 he stopped producing regular art works to engage in the new artistic trends of the late ’60s. Arte Povera, Land Art and Antiform Art. He took part in setting up the first two international exhibitions of the new trends at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and at the Bern Kunsthalle.
Piero Gilardi was born in Turin in 1942, where he lives and works.
In 1963 he held his first one-man show, entitled Machines for the future. In 1965 he created his first pieces in polyurethane foam and exhibited them in Paris, Brussels, Cologne, Hamburg, Amsterdam and New York. As from 1968 he stopped producing regular art works to engage in the new artistic trends of the late ’60s. Arte Povera, Land Art and Antiform Art. He took part in setting up the first two international exhibitions of the new trends at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and at the Bern Kunsthalle.
In 1969 he started a long trans-cultural experience to conceptually analyse and practise the “Art/Life” combination. As political activist and animator of youth culture, he organised several experiences of collective creativity on urban and “world” fringes, such as Nicaragua, Indian Reserves in the USA and Africa.
In 1981 he resumed his activity in the art world an exhibited installations, accompanied by creative public workshops. In 1985 he started and artistic research project with new technologies with the elaboration of the IXIANAproject (which was presented at the Parc de la Villette in Paris). This work consisted of a technological park in which the public could artistically experiment with digital technologies.
During the ’90s he developed a series of multimedia interactive installations with an intense international activity. Along with Claude Faure and Piotr Kowalski, he formed the International Association Ars Technica. He presides over the international association “Ars Technica” which has promoted two Arslab exhibitions of neo-technological art in Turin (Arslab. Metodi ed Emozioni in 1992, Arslab, I Sensi del Virtuale in 1995, Arslab. I labirinti del corpo in gioco in 1999). He has published two books of theoretical reflection about his varied forms of research: Dall’arte alla vita, dalla vita all’arte (From art to life, from life to art), La Salamandra, Milano 1981 and Not for Sale, Mazzotta, Milano 2000 and Les Presses du reel, Dijon 2003. He writes articles for a number of different art magazines such as Juliet and Flash Art.
He had promoted the project of PAV – Parco Arte Vivente (Living Art Park opened in the 2008 in Turin) which will contain a compendium of all his experiences concerning the relationship between Nature/Culture.
2020
Paris, Galerie Michel Rein, Dalla natura all'arte
2018
Livorno, Galleria Giraldi, Piero Gilardi. La tempesta perfetta
2017
Carrara, Accademia di Belle Art, Piero Gilardi. Estetiche dell’Antropocene
Roma, MAXXI – Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Nature Forever
Torino, Galleria Biasutti & Biasutti, Piero Gilardi. Tappeti natura
2016
Cannobio, Palazzo Parasi, Piero Gilardi. Natura lacustre
Torino, GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e contemporanea, Piero Gilardi – May days in Turin
2014
Torino, Galleria Guido Costa Project, Mezzo secolodi ecologia della mente
2013
Nottingham, Nottingham Contemporary Art, Effetti collaborativi
Torino, PAV – Parco Arte Vivente, Piero Gilardi. Recent work 2008-2013
Alessandria, Galleria Soave, Piero Gilardi
Caserta, Aarte – Gruppo Art&Co, Piero Gilardi. Oltre la natura
Salerno, Galleria Paola Verrengia, Piero Gilardi. Percorsi di natura dagli anni ’60 agli anni 2000
2012
Torino, Galleria Biasutti & Biasutti, Piero Gilardi. Supernatura. Paesaggi litici
Firenze, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Piero Gilardi / Omar Ronda. Supernatura
Eindhoven, Van Abbemuseum; Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea del Castello di Rivoli, Effetti Collaborativi
2010
Tours, CCC - Centre Creation Contemporaine, La leçon des choses
San Benedetto del Tronto, Galleria Genus, Piero Gilardi. Tra le pieghe della natura
Lucca, LU.C.C.A. – Lucca Center of Contemporary Art, Piero Gilardi / Steve McCurry. Time after time
Milano, Galleria Asso di quadri, Piero Gilardi. Incontri
Roma, Galleria Russo, Piero Gilardi. Incontri
Bergamo, Galleria Manzoni, Piero Gilardi. Tappeti natura
2009
Brescia, Galleria Colossi, Marine delle Canarie
Paris, Galerie Semiose
Milano, Galleria Ca’ di Fra’, Piero Gilardi. Tappeti natura
2008
Modena, Galleria Modena Arte, Il suono della natura
Torino, Galleria Biasutti & Biasutti, Opere storiche
2007
Saronno, Il Chiostro Artecontemporanea, Piero Gilardi. Il non luogo e nostalgia dell’Eden
2006
Roma, Galleria Russo, Piero Gilardi. Natura ricreata
Modena, Galleria Civica, Interdipendenze
2005
Firenze, Galleria Santo Ficara, Un percorso di antura
Torino, Galleria Biasutti & Biasutti, Bianca Natura
2004
Ravenna, Galleria Poggi, One man show
2003
Milano, Galleria Vinciana, Giardini
Torino, Galleria Biasutti & Biasutti, Il giardino di Dionisio
2001
Genova, Galleria Il Vicolo, Acqua virtuale
Pietrasanta, Galleria Astuni, Scoglio Bretone
Paris,Galerie Cristiani-Pron, Scoglio Lunare
2000
Livorno, Galleria Guastalla, Acqua Virtuale
1999
Ravenna, Loggetta Lombardesca
1998
Brescia, Galleria Massimo Minimi, General Intellect
1997
Roma, Galleria Alice Altri lavori in corso, Paesaggi sonori
Biella, Galleria Dialoghi, Paesaggi sonori
Terni, Galleria Ronchini, Natura umbra
Milano, Galleria B & D, Elements
1996
Firenze, Galleria Santo Ficara, Opere multimediali
1995
Milano, Associazione Culturale Contemporanea, Hortus conclusus
Bergamo, Galleria Fumagalli
1994
Torino, Galleria Alberto Peola, Tappeti Natura
1993
Terni, Studio Duomo, Tappeti Natura
Milano, Studio Spaggiari
1992
Casale Monferrato, Galleria Costa
1991
Paris, Galerie Di Meo, Gilardi
New York, Sperone Westwater Gallery, Inverosimile
Trento, Studio d’Arte Raffaelli
1990
Firenze, Salone Villa Romana
Firenze, Galleria Santo Ficara
Roma, Galleria
1989
Milano, Studio Toselli
Milano, Studio Marconi, Stop Pollution
Paris, Musée de Arts Décoratifs, Le project IXIANA
1988
Paris, Galerie Lara Vincy
1987
Lecco, Galleria Giuli
Roma, Galleria dei Banchi nuovi
Bruxelles, Galerie Lucien Bilinelli
Torino, Galleria Eva Menzio
1986
Milano, Galleria Seno
Roma, Galleria Pio Monti
1985
Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti
Ferrara, Palazzo Massari, Padiglione d’arte contemporanea, Falchi e colombe
1984
Milano, Galleria Toselli
1982
Torino, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Tappeti natura
1981
Torino, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Tappeti natura
1980
Torino, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Tappeti natura
1979
Como, Galleria Serre Ratti
1976
Verona, Galleria La Nuova Città
1974
Milano, Galleria Plura, Tappeti natura
1967
Paris, Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Tappeti natura
Torino, Piper Club, Tappeti natura e vestiti-natura
Bruxelles, Galleria Aujourd’hui, Tappeti natura
Milano, Galleria Sperone, Rotoli di tappeto-natura
Hamburg, Galerie Neuendorf, Tappeti natura
Köln, Galerie Zwirner, Tappeti natura
Venezia, Galleria del Leone, Tappeti natura
New York, Fischbach Gallery, Tappeti natura
Amsterdam, Galerie Michery, Tappeti natura
Bologna, Galleria La Nuova Loggia, Rotoli di Tappeto natura
1966
Torino, Galleria Sperone, Tappeti natura
1963
Torino, Circolo dell’Associazione Partigiani Autonomi del Piemonte
Torino, Galleria L’Immagine, Macchine per il futuro
1962
Pinerolo, Galleria Rege Santiano
1959
Torino, Galleria Cassiopea
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