ANDREA ABBATANGELO

Statement | CV | PORTFOLIO 

My practice involves both studio work and social engagement activities in public spaces. The latter is based on experimental research and oriented to the collective interest.

In 2007 I was invited to exhibit my work at theLove is ContemporaryFestival in Terni and had the opportunity to engage over several days with some artists (including Nezaket Ekici, Dorte Strehlow, Lotte Linder & Till Steinbrenner) from the Independent Performance Group, directed by Marina Abramovic. Since this experience, Performance has become part of my practice.

I have been involved in residencies since 2007 and between 2010 - 2013 I was commissioned of a series of artist residencies in Northern African Countries, for Marseille / Provence 2013 - European Cultural Capital and my abilities to adapt my methodology of engagement in different contexts have been evolved since then. In the last ten years I’ve worked on different projects focused on themes of participation, co-authoring with groups in diverse public context.

Furthermore, since my contribution in 2018 to Li-E Chen’s project “A Silent Opera on the Life and Art of Tehching Hsieh”, I have deepen my understanding of pioneer artists and performers focused in the public space. Especially artists such as Gordon Matta-Clark, Trisha Brown, Suzanne Lacy and Jaider Esbell. They have turned their personal experiences of immigration, segregation and economic difficulties into a focus for research and engagement. What I most appreciate is the regeneration, through activism and the language of performance, of places to make art for and with the public.

I was recipient of the UAL Scholarship 2021 for the MA Fine Art: Digital (2021 / 2023 ) at Central St Martins. In this context I researched the presence of pesticides in the public space, particularly the impact ofneonicotinoidsonthecognitive systemofwild pollinators. “New Observations on the History of Bees” isthe series of worksfocused on how pesticides disrupt learning and memory in bees and other pollinators. This serieswas previewed during St Martin’s MA Interim Show 2022 titled “This Is Not A Party” at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London. The works have been also presented at Phoenix Art Space in Brighton and Visionary at 13 Soho Square, promoted by The Earth Vision in London. In 2023 I have exhibited 13 works from this series in my first solo show in Germany “A.A.LLES” at Atelierhaus LEW1, in Darmstadt during the festival »12. Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie«. There I had the support of prominent researchers to develop my investigation, which lead me to a series of investigations produced during my artist residency. I was also hosted at the laboratory of the Technische Universität, where I explored aspects of bio-toxicology related to gut bacteria and the decline of pollinators in the forests.

Myworks have beenexhibited in festivals and museums such as La Biennale di Venezia (2011), Documenta 13 (2012), Marseille Provence 2013 / European Cultural Capital, Manifesta 11 & 12 (2016 and 2018), MASP in Sao Paulo, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, De Buren in Brussels, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato, CCCB in Barcelona and the Today Art Museum, Beijing.

COLLABORATION

2018

A Silent Opera on the Life and Art of Tehching Hsieh (2017/18), Tehching Hsieh and Li-E Chen, Live Art Development Agency; Tête-à-Tête: The Opera Festival, London. (UK)

2015

Undressed, choreographed by Alexandra Bachzetsis, David Roberts Art Foundation, London. (UK)

Remember Nature - A Day of Action with Gustav Metzger and the students of St Martins, Serpentine Gally and St Martins,

London (UK).

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023

Visionary, The Earth Vision - 13 Soho Square, London (UK)

2022

MERCH 2022, Koppel X, London (UK)

Press & Play, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton (UK)

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Woolwich Work, London (UK)

Project RadioLondon 2015 - 2019, Airlock, Chicago (US)

This is Not a Party, MA Interim Show 2022, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London (UK) curated by Central St Martins 

2021

PSX a decade of performance art in the UK, VSSL Studio, London (UK)

PSX a decade of performance art in the UK, ]Performance Space[, London (UK)

2020

Will the Sun raise again after Covid?, The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare (ZW)

2020

Prospettive - Public Art Project in Calderara di Reno, curated by Adiacenze, Calderara di Reno (IT)

2020

Emergency Fundarising, MOCAD - Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit (US)

2020

Radical Time, CRAC Gallery, Terni (IT)

2019

I 10 Indipendenti, ArtVerona 2019, Verona (IT)

Mois de la Photo - Off, Neri Gallery, Paris (FR)

Cabinet de curiosite' | Wunderkammer, Le 6B, St Denis (FR)

2018

CTG-R: Zimbabwe 2018, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, Harare. (ZW)

The Warmest Cord of Care, performance, in collaboration with Spazio Y, Border Crossing, Collateral Events, Manifesta 12, Palermo

2017

Screening: CF / The Digital Aesthetic in Utopia of Access, Reasearch Pavillon, Viva Arte Viva - 57 Biennale di Venezia, Sala del Camino, Venice.

Une pensée pour la culture, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.

2016

Forms & Object, Palazzo Lucarini, Trevi. (IT)

Zunftmeister Cabaret der Künstler - Zunfthaus Voltaire, Manifesta 11, Zurich. Curated by Christian Jankowski (CH)

2053: A Living Museum, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool. (UK)

FUCK /  LIVE / ART , MORI + STEIN, London. (UK)

2015

Deep East Winter, Mayors Parlour Gallery, London. (UK)

2014

Intenditore di eco, C.A.O.S. Centro per le Arti Opificio Siri, Terni. Solo. (IT)

2013

Tell mum everything is ok, Palazzo Penna – Centro per la cultura contemporanea, Perugia. (IT)

Archivio Queer Italia, The Independence - Art Verona, Verona, curated by Cuntemporary. (IT)

Miniatures / Marseille Provence 2013 – European Cultural Capital, La Friche, Marseille. (FR)

2012

Untouchable – support for a southwark LGBT network, Mori + Stein Gallery, London, curated by Franko B. (UK)

Current Mood #3 – Ecco come sarà il futuro, performance / solo show for Winning Hearts & Minds, Railway Lecture Hall, Documenta 13, Kassel, 2 07

2012, curated by Critical Art Ensamble. (DE)

2011

Dansem Festival, Klap, Marseille. (FR)

54 Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Italia, Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, Spoleto. (IT)
Miniature, TownHouse Art Gallery, Cairo. (EGY)

2008 – 2009

Today Art Museum, Beijing. (CH) World Minute Exibition: MASP, Sao Paulo (BR); Fundacao Gulbenkian, Lisboa, (PO); Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, (IT)

2007

BAC! 07 - Babylon, CCCB, Barcelona. (SP)
W.A.Y. - What About You, during Terni Festival, C.A.O.S. / Ex-Siri, Terni. Solo. (IT)
Love is ConTemporary, C.A.O.S. / Ex-Siri, Terni. (IT)
Three Imaginary Worlds, Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary. Solo. (IT) catalogue

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2024

Andrea Abbatangelo, An Imagined Walk, published by LUARTS - University of Loughborough, (UK) - artist book
99 Future Blue-Chip Artists, pages 32-33, curated by Artsted, published by Artifact ltd, UK

2023

12. Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, pages 62-63, catalogue
99 Future Blue-Chip Artists, pages 32-33, curated by Artsted, published by Artifact ltd, UK

2022

Prospettive 2020 / 2021, catalogue

2020

Boom Cantiere Creativo, N 01, catalogue

2019

ArtVerona 2019, catalogue, pag 246

Romeo G., #HastagArt - Dallo Stile alla neutralizzazione, Skira

2018

Forum dell’arte contemporanea italiana 2018, conference at MAMBO Museum, Bologna

2017

Contemporary Performance Almanac, catalogue, pages 24, 25

2016

Objects & Forms / Death and Romance in the XXI Century, pages 94 - 95 - catalogue
Cabaret der Künstler Zunfthaus Voltaire - Joint Venture Performances, Manifesta 11, Manifesta Foundation - artists book
Andrea Abbatangelo, in Enclave Land Art, catalogue, pages 11, 12

2013

Contemporary Performance Almanac, catalogue, pages 190, 191
+50 Sculture in Citta, catalogue, Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive - Museo Carandente, pages 94-95 - catalogue
Andrea Abbatangelo, in Miniatures - Officinae, 2013, published by Indisciplinarte

2012

Andrea Abbatangelo, in Arte Mondadori

2011

Lo Stato dell’Arte - Umbria / Palazzo Collicola - Museo Carandente, pages 22 - 23, catalogue
Andrea Abbatangelo, in Loving Effect, Quodlibet, pages 86 - 91 - artists book

2007

Bac! 07 Festival, catalogue of the exhibition at the CCCB, Barcelona (ES) - catalogue
What About Abbatangelo, Inside Art, n 36
Andrea Abbatangelo, in Three Imaginary Worlds, pages 8 - 15 - catalogue