Sebastiano Mauri
Sebastiano Mauri was born in Milan in 1972. Coming from an Italian-Argentinian family, he lived and worked for years in Milan, New York and Buenos Aires. He graduated at the film school of the New York University and thanks to his short films he won the Warner Brothers Award and the Martin Scorsese Post-Production Award. He studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London and at the Art Students League of New York. As a visual artist, his works have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. His first novel, Goditi il problema (“Enjoy the issue”), was published by Rizzoli in 2012.
His work has been exhibited at the MART (Museum of Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto), MNAC (National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest), CACT (Center for Contemporary Art in Ticino, Bellinzona, Switzerland), CCEBA (Centro Cultural de Espana de Buenos Aires), VIA FARINI (Milan), KSA: K (Centre for Contemporary Art, Chisnau), FAC (Fundacion de Arte Contemporanea, Montevideo), CCR (Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires) Papesse Palace (Siena), Centro Cultural Borges (Buenos Aires), X Bienal de la Habana, Spazio Oberdan (Milan), Santral Museum (Istanbul), Centre Pompidou (Paris).
Recent solo exhibitions:
Michela Rizzo Gallery, Venice. - OttoZoo, Milan - MACRO - Art in the Lobby, Rome - OZ, Hotel Locarno, Rome - Rooms - Tender to Young Art, Milan - Have a window, Turin, Italy - Capri Palace Hotel, Anacapri- Braga Menendez Arte Contemporaneo, Buenos Aires - Plotting, Buenos Aires - Faena Hotel in Buenos Aires - MACRO Museum, Rosario, Argentina - Lotus Art, Rome
