Agostino Iacurci (1986) is an Italian-born, Berlin-based artist.
His practice embrace a wide range of media: painting, wall-painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking.
In his works of synthetic forms and bright colors, through an essential language, he is capable of driving multiple layers of interpretation. This approach places his tales on the perennial threshold between innocence and artifice, serenity and catastrophe.
His works have become landmarks for several public and private institutions such as: Yakutsk Biennale, Yakutia, 2017; BBDO headquarter, London, 2017; Distrito Tec University, Monterrey, 2016; Govind Puri Metro Station, New Dehli, 2016; Istituto Mario Penna, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Puerto Rico's Stadium, Puerto Rico, 2015; “Le Tour 13”, Paris 2014; Besançon University Campus, Besançon, 2013; “Fubon Art Foundation”, Taipei, 2012; Saba School, Western Saharawi, 2011;
His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions, festivals and projects in Europe, USA, Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Australia, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Recent group exhibitions includes: Urban Art Biennale 2017, Völkinger Hütte, European Centre for Art and Industrial Culture, Germany; Cross the streets, Macro Museum Roma, 2017; FADA, House of Madness, The Watermill Center, New York, 2016; 16° Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milano, 2016; Codici sorgenti, Palazzo Platamone, Catania, 2015; From Street to Art, Italian Cultural Institute of New York, NY, 2014; Artmosphere, Urban Art Biennale, Artplay, Moscow.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Trompe l'oeil, curated by Vittorio Parisi, Celaya Brothers Gallery, Mexico City
2016 Long story short, Die Kunstagentin, Cologne, Germany
2015 Appearance and Disappearance, Galleria Patricia Armocida, Milan
Wooden Plants, Wunderkammern at YIA Fair, Carreau du Temple, Paris
Selected works, Wunderkammern at Scope Fair, Basel
2014 Match mismatch, 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, Gold Coast, Australia
Small Wheel Big Wheel, Wunderkammern Gallery, Rome
2012 Tende a zero, Curated by Christian Omodeo, Teatro Palladium, Rome
SELECTED PUBLIC WORKS
2017 Noa Noa, artist residency, Seminyak, Bali
Topfpflanze, wall painting, CityLeaks Festival, Cologne
A Choron, wall painting, Yakutsk Biennale, Yakutsk
5 Teapots, wall painting, Almetpublicart, Almetyevsk
Ficus indica, wall painting, Munich
Mural sin nombre, Parees Festival, wall painting, Oviedo
Madame Pink, set design for Alfredo Arias, Teatro Argentina, Rome
2016 Mas fruta, curated by Arto for Public Art Program of Distrito Tec, Monterrey, Mexico
Skyline, Curated by Giulia Ambrogi for Start India and Italian Cultural Institute, New Delhi, India
Aerial roots, curated by Jesse James, Walk and talk, Terceira, Azores
Water Please, curated by Oleg Sosnov for Mural Social Club, Kiev, Ukraine
Coincidences, Ensor Instituut, The Crystal Ship, Oostende, Belgium
Painted Amphora, 214 Lafayette Project, New York
Biblioteca Particolare, Salone Internazionale del Libro, Torino
Plants do not collect vintage cars, Feature Walls, Sheffield
Immobile, Festiwall, Ragusa
2015 Walter, All City Canvas Global Series, artist workshop and collaborative wall painting, Atlanta, USA
Square Puddle, Curated by Erik Surmont for Le 4eme Mur, Niort, France
Two landscapes, wall painting, Berlin, Germany
Three wheels, Weaart, Aalborg, Denmark
Milestone project, wall painting, Girona, Spain
Mula Fest, wall painting, Madrid, Spain
2014 Los Muros Hablan, Contemporary Muralism Project, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Popup, Wall painting for Mario Penna Institute, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Memorie Urbane, artist residency and wall painting, Arce, Italy
Sanba, curated by Simone Pallotta, artist residency and wall painting, Rome
2013 Living Walls Conference, curated by Monica Campana, Atlanta, US
LGZ Project, curated by Street Kit, Moscow, RU
Very Fun Park, Fubon Art Center, Taipei
Le M.U.R, Oberkampf, Paris
2012 Septimo Asalto Festival, Saragoza, Spain
MUUseum, Zagreb, Croatia
Arte Urbana Lugano, Lugano, CH
Bien Urbain, Besançon, France
Nizzart, Turin, Italy
Memorie Urbane, Gaeta, Italy
2011 Outdoor, Urban Art Festival, Rome
Waves, urban art event, Civitavecchia, Rome
2010 Picturin Festival, International Mural Art Festival, Turin
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2018 Zona Maco,with Celaya Brothers Gallery, Mexico City
2017 UrbanArt Biennale, Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte
Cross the streets, Macro Museum, Roma
Nice to meet you, Die Kunstagentin, Cologne
2016 FADA, House of Madness, The Watermill Center, New York
2015 16° Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milano
Codici sorgenti, Palazzo Platamone, Catania
2014 From Street to Art, curated by Simone Pallotta, Italian Cultural Institute of New York, NY
Artmosphere, Urban Art Biennale, Artplay, Moscow, RU
Scope Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
OFF Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2013 Paragone, curated by Christian Omodeo, Galerie LJ, Paris
La Tour 13, Curated by Christian Omodeo and Galerie Itinerrance, Paris
Wave Festival, Aubange, Belgium
2012 Stroke art fair, Berlin
Viaggio con figure nelle fiabe italiane di Calvino, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma
2011 Un voyage illustré, Mediathèque d’Orly, France
Lumen Urban Show, Wunderkammern Gallery, Rome
Fresh Produce, Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, California
Synthesim, Centro Culturale Elsa Morante, Rome
2010 Ziguline Poster edition, Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Rome
Urban contest, Urban art event, Circo Massimo, Rome
Imaginary Fairy Wonderland, The Special Exhibition of Bologna Select in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
In fingers,extra space,International illustration group exhibition, Taipei Art festival, Taiwan
Lumen, Arte contemporanea in cotroluce. Complesso monumentale S. Sofia, Salerno
Bologna Children’s Bookfair, Bologna
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma
Museo d’Arte di Itabashi, Tokyo
Museo d’Arte Otani di Nishinomiya
Museo Municipale di Yokkaich
Museo d’Arte Ishikawa di Nanao
Museo d’Arte di Nagashima, Kagoshima
Gra, Giovani Artisti a Roma, Museo Pietro Canonica, Rome
2007-2009
Ceci n’est pas un hotel, art & design exhibition, Nhow hotel, Milano
Artconventional, International street art event, Roma
Tapirulan, Salone degli Alabardieri, Cremona
Absurdtime International exhibition, Rocca Paolina, Perugia
Premio Sergio Fedriani, Museo di S.Agostino, Genova
SELECTED TALKS AND WORKSHOPS
2018 Artist Workshop, Accademia di belle arti di Urbino
2017 Festival di Internazionale, Ferrara
2016 Pictoplasma Conference, Berlin
2015 Artist Workshop, Museo MART, Rovereto
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