Ettore Favini
ETTORE FAVINI
1974 born in Cremona, Italy
EDUCATION
1993/1997 BFA in painting at the Academy of fine Arts of Brera, Milan, prof. Alberto Garutti
AWARDS / RESIDENCY
2012
- Residency Civitella Ranieri Foundation, New York/Umbertide (PG)
2010
- Special Mention MOROSO Award for the contemporary Art, GC.AC, Monfalcone
2009
- 2° place ex aequo, Castello di Rivoli Prize, Turin
2007
- Award “New York Prize”, Italian Academy at the Columbia University, Nyc
2006
- Award “Torino e Milano incontrano l’Arte”, Turin
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
- Paesaggio da bere, PPS//Meetings#2, Riso Museum, Palermo
- Vertumnus, MARS, Milan
2010
- Walden Method, MAR Museum of the Town of Ravenna, Ravenna*
- La Verde Utopia, PAV, Torino*
2009
- The Liebig’s Testament, CRAC, Cremona
2007
- Private View, The Italian academy, New York*
- Ettore Favini, Galleria Alessandro de March, Milan
2006
- Il mio papà, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome, curated by Marcello Smarrelli
2005
- Rough End, Galleria Alessandro de March, Milan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
- Time to be Green, MART, Rovereto, curated by Denis Isaia, Federica Bianconi
- Il Teatro delle Esposizioni, Villa Medici, Academie de France, Rome, curated by Marcello Smarrelli*
- Panorama, Ex Magazzini Latini, Fabriano, curated by Marcello Smarrelli,
- UN'ITA, Industria Gallery, New York, curated by Arianna Rosica*
- Festa Mobile, various venues, Bologna, curated by Davide Ferri and Antonio Grulli
2010
- Moroso Award, GC AC, Monfalcone*
- Evading Custom Milan, Le Dictateur, Milan, curated by Barbara Meneghel and Guia Cortassa*
- What’s the matter?, Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona
- Transeuropa Festival, Arcola Theatre, London, curated by Emanuele Guidi
- Metodo Walden, capitolo #1 Primavera, Villa Contarini, Piazzola sul Brenta (PD) *
- Words/Billboard, public project, Padova/Prague, curated by March Foundation
- Effetto Stalker, Galleria dell'Arco, Palermo, curated by Helga Marsala
2009
- Italian Artist in New York, ISCP, New York *
- Il Cielo in una stanza, A eccentric vision of the landscape, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone*
- A Transversal Collection, ALT Contemporay Art, Alzano Romano, curated by Fabio Cavallucci
- Premio LUM, Bari, Margherita Theatre, Bari, curated by Luca Cerizza*
-New Italian Epic, Brown, Milan, curated by Andrea Bruciati
-Green Platform, CCCS Strozzina, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze, curated by Lorenzo Giusti and Valentina Gensini*
-The Buffer Zone, American Academy, Rome, curated by Cecilia Canziani and Lexi Eberspacher
-Usine de Rêves, 26cc, Rome*
2008
- Greenwashing on tour, Palazzo Ducale, Laurino, curated by Ilaria Bonacossa and Latitudes*
- Not dark yet... , Boz Art Space, Milan, curated by Elena Bordignon
- Soft Cell: Space Dynamics in Italy, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone*
- Flora, ar/ge kunst Galerie Museum, Bozen
- Greenwashing, Environment: Perils, Promises and Perplexities, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, curated by Ilaria Bonacossa and Latitudes*
2007
- This is the time (and this is the record of the time), Blank, Turin, curated by Simone Menegoi
- Collettiva, Four Partners, Milano
2006
- Circle Line#1, Rotonda a mare, Senigallia (AN), a cura di Marcello Smarrelli
1998
- La ville, la memiore, le jardin, Academie de France,Villa Medici,Rome, a cura di Bartolomeo Pietromarchi
1997
- Fuori Uso, Mercato Globale, Ex Colonia Stellamare, Montesilvano (PS), a cura di Laura Cherubini
- Jingle Bell, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, a cura di Uwe Schwarzer
*Indicates an exhibition catalogue
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2009/2010
- Green University, LUISS University, Rome, Project Nouveaux Commanditaires, Fondazione Olivetti
2008
-E-STRAORDINARIO, from the project to the object, curated by Marcello Smarrelli, Ermanno Casoli Foundation and Elica Spa, Fabriano (AN)
-Passaggi#1, Ermanno Casoli Foundation,Sanctuary of St. Maria, Monsano (AN)
- FOSTERING THE GARDEN, Summer Symposium DENA Foundation at Sol le Witt Foundation in Praiano (SA)
2006
- Green Island, Binario 21, Garibaldi railway station, Milan curated by Claudia Zanfi
SEMINARIES / NEWSGROUPS
2011
Microclima, Greenhouse of Venice Biennale, Venice
Art/Architecture, Ex Church of Maddalena, Bergamo curated by Paola Tognon with: Gianni Pettena, Ettore Favini, Paolo Belloni, Paola Tognon, Ilaria Mazzoleni, Cesare Rota Nodari.
2009
Public Art, Night of Thinking, Val di Susa, Turin curated by Unicredit Art
Art and Nature in the Park, Naples
Cecilia Canziani, curator; Ettore Favini, artist; Pippo Ciorra, Francesco Sirano, Gruppo A12.
2008
Gardens Invention and Art
Janus: presentation of the art magazine new issue in Artissima Turin.
Francesca di Nardo, curator and editor; Ettore Favini, artist; Nicola Setari, director Janus; Melania Bugiani, architect; Giovanni Iovane, curator and editor
A LANDSCAPE DAY
Garden And Design . Verbania
with: Ruth Amman, psicologist; Atelier Le Balto landscape architect; Coloco, Landscape architect; Ettore Favini, artist; Massimo Venturi Ferriolo, philosopher; Michael Jakob, Prof. In landscape Architecture
2007
Isola Talks and Walks curated by AmazeLab, Cantieri Isola, Xing
“Temporary Gardens and public spaces”
With: Atelier Le Balto, Stefano Baia Curioni, Ettore Favini, Critical Garden
Art in Town – Art and Town
With the Director of amici di Brera, Ennio Brion, the Director of Milania Alessandro Aleotti and the winners of the Award “Premio Artegiovane”, Ettore Favini e Massimo Grimaldi.
Coordinates by Pierluigi Panza “Corriere della Sera”
FieraMilanoCity, MIART,
Out of Place – “Public Art”
Contexts and Relationships between citizens and customers,
With Arch. Piervincenzo Rinaldi, Arch. Tullio Leggeri Coordinates by Anna Detheridge.
Associazione Culturale Connecting Cultures . Milan
2006
Public Art between experimentation and utopy
With Marcello Smarrelli, Cecilia Canziani, Chiara Parisi and Francesco Arena
Università La Sapienza, Rome
Selected Bibliography/PRESS *Books and exhibition catalogue
2011
Maria Pia Bruno, Panorama, n°22, pag. 166
Anna Santomauro, Arte e Critica, n°66 march/may 2011, pag.115
Massimo Gaggi, Corriere della Sera, n°67 of 20 march 2011, pag. 45
Barbara Meneghel, Flash Art, n°290 feb. 2011 pag. 100
Sergio Troisi, La Repubblica, 18 jan 2011, pag. 11 (sez. Palermo)
2010
Adriana Polveroni, “Art , Landscape and public space”, Enciclopedia XXI Secolo, Istituto Treccani, 2010
*Moroso Award for contemporary Art, GC.AC Editions, Monfalcone 2010
*PAV PARCO PARK PARC. Territori di resilienza urbana, Eventi e Progetti Editore, Biella 2010
*Metodo Walden, MAR Edizioni, Ravenna 2010
Special Project, MOUSSE, issue n°26, 2010
Lorenzo Giusti, Cura Magazine, issue n° 5, Jun/sept, 2010
Paesaggi, AAVV, Blauer Hase Ed., Venezia, 2010
*Art&Co. Opere tra Arte e Impresa, AAVV, Marsilio, 2010
Michele Trimarchi, CURA Magazine, issue n° 4, Apr/Jun
Penser la diversitè, Journal Particules, n°28, Apr/Jun, pag. 10/11
*Luca Cerizza, LUM, Kaleidoscope Editions, Milan 2010
*Il Cielo in una stanza, GC.AC Editions, Monfalcone 2010
Barbara Meneghel, Flash Art, n° 281 march, p.56/58
Elena Sommariva, Domus, n° 933 feb, p.6
Claudia Zanfi, Arte e Critica, n° 62 march
2009
Valentina Rossi, Arte e Critica, n° 60 sept/nov, pag 124
*Instant Book - Italian artist in New York, Charta, 2009
*Green Platform, exhibition catalogue edited by Valentina Gensini, CCCS Strozzina, Firenze, 24 april – 19 July 2009, Firenze, Moleskine Ed.
Paola Nicolin, Abitare n°488, dec-jan, pag.129/130
FlashArt n°274, jan-feb, pag.92
2008
*Young Blood 2007, September 2008 Roma, Iron Production
Piano n°2, oct, special project
Janus n°24, oct, pag. 38/39,special project
Elena Bordignon, Mousse, n°15, sept/oct, p.95/98
Alessandra Poggianti, Flash Art, n°41, august/september, p. 201
Stefano Pirovano, Panorama, n°32 august 7, p. 122/125
*Andrea Bruciati, Lorenzo Bruni, Barbara Casavecchia, Chiara Leoni, Paola Nicolin, Marco Tagliafierro, Soft Cell: dinamiche nello spazio in Italia, catalogo della mostra a cura di / exhibition catalogue edited by Andrea Bruciati, GC.AC, Monfalcone, 04 luglio / July – 31 agosto / August 2008, Bologna, Damiani.
Dizionario della giovane arte italiana (1),«Flash Art», n. 268, febbraio-marzo / February-March, p.90.
*A.V., Green Island. uno sguardo sulla città, Bologna, Damiani Editore, p.42-48, 74-77
*Ilaria Bonacossa and Latitudes,Greenwashing, Torino, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, 28/02-18/05 The Bookmakers Ed., p. 82-85
Flash Art, n° 268 febbraio /marzo p.90
Luca Beatrice, La Stampa n° 58, 28 febbraio, p. 76/77
Luca Mercalli, La Repubblica n° 50, 28 febbraio, p. XVII
2007
Marcello Smarrelli, Flash Art, n° 267, dec/jan, p. 80/82
Simone Menegoi, ArtWork, n°20, p.124-125
Simone Menegoi, Spike, n°13, p.22
Nora Bertolotti Flash Art, n° 263 april/maj p. 137
Cinzia Toto Gardenia, n°276, april, p. 14
L.A. D la Repubblica delle donne, Popup n° 568, march p. 168
Barbara Casavecchia, La Repubblica n°75, 29 marzo, p. XII
Francesca Bonazzoli, Il Corriere della Sera n°75, 29 marzo, p. 15
Barbara Casavecchia LaRepubblica n°53, march 3, p. XIII
2006
Marcello Smarrelli Circle Line, RAMinarte Ed., p.5-7/17
Clara Mantica INTERNI, n° 558, jan-feb p. 92
Mirta Orenga, URBAN, n° 47, aprile, p. 21
Marina Mojana, Il Sole 24 Ore ::Domenica::, n°214, 6 Agosto, p. 40
2005
*Roberto Borghi Contemporanea#3, Silvana Editoriale p. 18/19
Santa Nastro Exibart On Paper, n° 24, 2005 p. 31
Flash Art, n° 253, august /september 2005, p. 120
Roberto Borghi, Segno, july/august 2005, p. 93