PAOLO CAVINATO, Born in 1975, lives and works in Mantua, Italy.

EDUCATION

2001-2003 Assistent set-designer, Studio Ezio Frigerio, Paris/Rome
1999-2000 Course of cinematography, School of Cinema, Milan, Italy
1994-2000 Graduated in Set Design, Brera Art Academy, Milan, Italy
1998-1999 Workshop of photography, conducted by Guido Guidi, Gonzaga (IT)
1989-1994 Art high school (architecture and furnishing), Giulio Romano Art Institute, Mantua,

COLLECTIONS

BOGHOSSIAN Foundation, Villa Empain, Belgium
ARTPHILEIN Foundation, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
GALILAs Collection, Brussels, Belgium
FARNESINA Collection, (The Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Co-operation) Rome, Italy
DUCAL PALACE MUSEUM, Mantua, Italy
CIVIC GALLERY, Modena, Italy
SAN FEDELE Museum, Milano, Italy
SWATCH ART PEACE HOTELS Collection, Shanghai, China Marino GOLINELLI Foundation, Bologna, Italy
MAN Museum Collection, Nuoro, Italy

AWARDS and PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2021
Renovatio Mundi, Finalist, Giordano Bruno Foundation, Naples
Italian Art Collection, Consulate General of Italy, New York
2018
Farnesina Collection, The Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Co-operation, Rome
2017
Ducal Palace Museum Collection, Mantua San Fedele Museum Collection, Milan
2016
Premio Isabella d’Este, Villa Mirra, Cavriana (IT) Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels Artphilein Foundation, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
2015
Marino Golinelli Collection, Bologna
Galila Barzilai-Hollander’s Collection, Brussels
2014
The Swatch Art Peace Hotel's Collection, Shanghai
2011
Premio Aletti, Second Prize, ArtVerona, Verona
Premio Ettore Fico, Finalist, the Road Contemporary Art Fair, Rome
2009 – 2011
ARBS, Membro della Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
2010
Art in the City, Finalist, Egmont Park, Brussels
Solo@108 Exhibition, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
2009
Premio Artivisive San Fedele 2008-2009, Second Prize, Galleria San Fedele, Milan
Twister. Museums in Lombardy for Contemporary Art, First Selection Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, International Competition for Young
2008
Sculptors, second edition,
Third Prize, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan
Premio Arte Laguna, finalist in the Sculpture Section, Fondazione Benetton, Treviso
2005
Salone Internazionale del Mobile, selected for Salone Satellite 2005, Milan
2001
Visual Arts City of Caprino Veronese, First Prize, Verona
1999
Salon I° 1999, Special Award, Adolfo Pini Foundation, Museo della Permanente, Milan

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024
“Paolo Cavinato” MUDAC – Museo delle Arti di Carrara, Italy (June 16th – September 29th)
2021
Limen - Sonografie, curated by Fondazione Palazzo Te and Eterotopie, Palazzo Te, Mantua, Italy
Another Place, text by Davide Landoni, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy 2019 Vanitas, Museo Civico San Sepolcro, San Sepolcro (AR), Italy
2017
Your Place or Mine, curated by Peter Assmann, Ducal Palace Museum, Mantua, Italy
2016
Hidden Steps, text by Christian Caliandro, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy
Andetsteds / Altrove, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Copenhagen
Interni, curated by Andrea Dall’Asta, Spazio Aperto San Fedele, Milano, Italy
2015
Spazio Visivo, Rosenfeld Gallery, London, England
Resonator, chapt.I, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy
2012
Behind the Curtains, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy
Spazio Visivo – Souvenir de Voyage, Mario Mazzoli Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2011
Constellation, text by di Ian Hunt, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London, England
2010
An Intelligent Design, text by Alberto Mugnaini, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy
Spazio Visivo - Linie, text by Ilaria Bignotti, Mario Mazzoli Galerie, Berlino, Germany
Spazio Visivo, Festival eterotopie, Palazzo Te, Loggia di Davide, Mantua, Italy
Benim Sultanahmetim, curated by Umberto Branchini and Associazione Palatina
Istanbul, supported by Ministero Italiano
degli Affari Esteri, Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venezia, Italy

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
“I preferiti di Marino. Capitolo I”. Centro Arti e Scienze Golinelli, Fondazione Golinelli, Bologna, Italy
Altered Perceptions, Katja Loher, Jaime Poblete, Paolo Cavinato, Stefano Caimi, The Flat -Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy
2022
New Collection, curated by Chiara Gatti, MAN Museum, Nuoro, Italy
Sensorama. The look, the things, the deceptions. From Magritte to augmented reality, curated by Chiara Gatti and Tiziana Cipelletti, Museo MAN, Nuoro, Italy
Biennale Light Art, curated by Vittorio Erlindo, Casa del Mantegna, Mantua, Italy
2021
RISCOPERTE, San Fedele Cultural Foundation: recent and ancient
unpublished donations, curated by Andrea Dall’Asta
SJ, Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy
WELCOME! 10 years of Swatch Art Peace Hotel, MAXXI Museum, Rome, Italy The new art collections, Ducal Palace Museum, Mantua, Italy
Italian Art Collection, Consulate General of Italy, New York, USA
2020
Life on Tralfamadore, The Flat – Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy
2018
Farnesina Collection, The Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation, Rome, Italy
BIRTHMARKS / VOGLIE (Touched by an angel / Toccati da un angelo) The Flat -Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy
2017
CHRONOS, curated by Angela Madesani, Palazzo Barbò, Torre Pallavicina, Bergamo, Italy
Itinerari di arte e fede, San Fedele Museum, Milan, Italy
Segrete. Tracce di Memoria, Alleanza di Artisti in memoria della Shoah, IX, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy
2015
OUT THERE, with M. Bevilacqua – P. Cavinato – M. Penso – L. Ulian, The Flat – Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy
Nuove acquisizioni. Inediti e riscoperte dalla collezione della Galleria Civica di Modena, curated by Gabriella Roganti,
Palazzo Santa Margherita, Galleria Civica, Modena. Italy
Off the Grid, The Flat -Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy
2014
Faces & Traces, a tribute to freedom, creativity and vision, The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China, Open Studios,
The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2013
Travel, by Paolo Cavinato, Ditte Ejlerskov and Anne Skole Overgaard, supported by Kgs. Enghave Local Committee and
Copenhagen’s Arts Council, Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen, Denmark
Paolo Cavinato and Peter Ogilvie, William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2012 Sinestetica, by Primo Marella, Primae Noctis Art Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
Memory, contemporary international sculpture, PAN, Napoli, Italy
2011
Memory, contemporary international sculpture, Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery, London, England
2010
Lo Spazio del Sacro, by Marco Pierini, Palazzina dei Giardini, Palazzo Santa Margherita, Galleria Civica, Modena, Italy
Sonorizzazioni e Soudscape, Indie Summer Festival, Spazio Gerra, Reggio Emilia, Italy Art in the City, Egmont Park, Bruxelles, Belgium
2008
Premio Arte Laguna, sculptur section, III edition, curated by Igor Zanti, Fondazione Benetton, Treviso, Italy
Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, International contest for young sculptur, II edition, by Angela Vettese,
Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milano, Italy
2007
Big Screen Italia, Festival della cultura italiana in China, Kunming, China 2006 Intimate Spaces, Fondazione d’ Ars, CVB Gallery, Chelsea - New York, USA
Cromatismi, Museo Carlo Zauli, Ravenna, Italy
2005
Home, private collection exhibition (Istanbul Biennial 2005), curated by Charles Esche and Vasif Kortun, Asli Tunca
Atelier, Istanbul, Turkey
1999
Salon I I999, Museo della Permanente, Milan, Italy 1997 Generazione Media, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, Italy

RESIDENCIES, Talks, Workshops and Special Events

2021
Art Residency Program in Brussels at Villa Empain - Fondation Boghossian, Brussels, Belgium
Talk, Arte e Gioco, Curated by Collezione Farnesina and Lucca Comics, Comics and Games, La Feltrinelli, Milan
2016
Talk, Altrove/Andetsteds, Art Week, Copenhagen, Denmark
Open Studio, event curated by Palazzo Ducale for Mantova Capitale della Cultura 2016, Mantua, Italy
2014
M Art Talk, M on the Bund, Shanghai, Cina
Residency at The Swatch Art Peace Hotel Guest Artist Program, Shanghai, China (May – November)
2013
Residency in Sydhavn Station Space Exhibition, supported by Kgs. Enghave
Local Committee and Copenhagen’s Arts Council, Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen, Denmark
Talk at Aarhus Art Academy, Aarhus, Denmark
Talk at Jutland Art Academy, Aarhus, Denmark
2011
Talk at the Royal British Society of Sculptors, London, England 2005 Residency at the Asli Tunca Atelier, Istanbul, Turkey