Michele Di Menna

Michele Di Menna (born 1980) is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist who works with text, performance, sculpture and collage.[1]

Biography

Michele Di Menna was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She attended the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver and later attended Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste Städelschule (2005-2010), in Frankfurt Germany.[2]

Reception

Frieze.com has described Di Menna's artistic practice as "a persistently process-based approach (that) is self-referential."[1]

Select group exhibitions

  • 2019: Marabu: Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany[3]
  • 2018: Schmalz: Guimarães, Vienna, Austria[4]
  • 2018: Landfall and Departure: Epilogue (Listening to the Sea): Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, British Columbia
  • 2017: in awe: cur. by Melanie Ohnemus, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria[5][failed verification]
  • 2016: Ein Schelm: wer Böses dabei denkt : cur. by Stephanie Siedel and Fanny Gonella, Kuenstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, Germany[6]
  • 2016: Rage Farmer Rage Profiteer: Beautiful Gallery, Chicago, United States[7][failed verification]
  • 2015: Dérive Dérivée:Fondation CAB (CAB Art Center), Brussels, Belgium[8][failed verification]
  • 2015: Spielraum: Städsschen Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany[9][failed verification]
  • 2014: Jahre Halle fuer Kunst Lueneburg, Lueneburg, Germany
  • 2014: A Soft Tragedy: Kinderhook and Caracas, Berlin, Germany[10][failed verification]
  • 2013: The only performances that make it all the way/ Kunstlerhaus: Halle fur Kunst and Medien, Graz[11]
  • 2012: the Avantgarde: Deep Cuts:  Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, London, England[12]
  • 2011: Beautiful Weather: Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw
  • 2011: based in Berlin, Berlin[13]
  • 2010: Maladresses ou la Figure de l'Idiot: Institute of Social Hypocrisy, Paris, France[14]
  • 2009: The Perpetual Dialogue:  Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, United States [15][16]
  • 2009: Ginger Goodwin Way: Or Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[17]
  • 2008: The Great Transformation, Art and Tactical Magic: MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporánea, Monterrey, Mexico[18]
  • 2008: The Great Transformation, Art and Tactical Magic: Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany[18]

Solo exhibitions

  • 2019: The bells put out their tongues: The Beach Office, Berlin, Germany[19]
  • 2016: This piece of cod passeth understanding: Ashley, Berlin, Germany[20]
  • 2010: Art Statement with Galerie Kamm at Art 41 Basel[2]

Residencies

Michele was a resident at Western Front from Oct 2- Nov 11, 2013[21] and later completed a residency at Fogo Island Arts in 2015.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b Stange, Raimar. "Michele Di Menna". Frieze. No. 6. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  2. ^ a b "art-agenda". www.art-agenda.com. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  3. ^ "MARABU at Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe - Artmap.com". artmap.com. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  4. ^ "GUIMARÃES.INFO". www.guimaraes.info. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  5. ^ "Ausstellungsansichten | exhibition views", Undiszipliniert Undisciplined, Springer Vienna, pp. 74–80, 2009, doi:10.1007/978-3-211-09412-9_9, ISBN 978-3-211-09411-2
  6. ^ "Ein Schelm, wer Böses dabei denkt". www.kuenstlerhausbremen.de (in German). 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  7. ^ "Honni soit qui mal y pense — ein Schelm, wer Böses dabei denkt". HNO Nachrichten. 45 (5): 3. June 5, 2015. doi:10.1007/s00060-015-0390-5. ISSN 0177-1000.
  8. ^ DeBevoise, Jane (2005-09-22). "Exhibitions of Asian contemporary art in the West". Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t097910.
  9. ^ "Erweiterung Städtische Galerie im Städel Museum und Städelschule, 1987–1991", Das Museumsufer Frankfurt (in German), De Gruyter, 2019-12-16, pp. 106–109, doi:10.1515/9783035618969-017, ISBN 978-3-0356-1896-9
  10. ^ Esther Choy (2019-05-31). "Soft Skills: Data storytelling". Analytics. doi:10.1287/lytx.2017.04.05.
  11. ^ "Exhibitions - The only performances that make it all the way … :: KM– Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien". www.km-k.at. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  12. ^ ""Deep Cuts" at Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture (Contemporary Art Daily)". contemporaryartdaily.com. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  13. ^ "based in berlin". www.basedinberlin.info. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  14. ^ "The Institute of Social Hypocrisy". www.mottodistribution.com. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  15. ^ "The Perpetual Dialogue - Exhibition - Andrea Rosen Gallery". www.andrearosengallery.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  16. ^ "Archived Gallery Site 1990-2017 - Andrea Rosen Gallery". www.andrearosengallery.com. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  17. ^ Ginger Goodwin Way.
  18. ^ a b "The Great Transformation. Art and Tactical Magic". Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  19. ^ "Beach Office Berlin". www.beachoffice.club. Retrieved 2020-03-11. [dead link‍]
  20. ^ "EXHIBITION SERIESINTERCALATING THE DRIFT: : Ashley Berlin". ashleyberlin.de. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  21. ^ "Michele Di Menna - Western Front". Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  22. ^ "Artists-in-Residence". Fogo Island Arts. Retrieved 2020-03-14.