Christian Niccoli
Born in Bolzano (Italy) in 1976, lives and works in Berlin (Germany).

He studied at Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence (1998) and Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (2002) in Milan. He has shown nationally and internationally in institutions like Berlinische Galerie - Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur (IBB-Videolounge, Berlin, Germany), Museion - Museum für Moderne und Zeitgenössiche Kunst (Media Façade, Bolzano, Italy), Autostadt Wolfsburg (LED Wand im Zeithaus, Wolfsburg, Germany) and Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin, Germany). His works have been recently on screening at Every Step You Take. Kunst und Gesellschaft im Datenzeitalter, Dortmunder U (Zentrum für Kunst und Kreativität and Schauspiel Dortmund), Espacio Enter (TEA - Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, Spain), Ideas City - New York City Festival for the future (New York, U.S.A), 11th Athens Digital Arts Festival (Athens, Greece), 16th WRO Media Art Biennale (Wroclaw, Poland), FIVA Festival Internacional de Videoarte Es Baluard (Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma, Spain and Museo de Arte Contemporàneo de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina), ARType: Archétypes de l’art vidéo italien contemporain (Cinematheque quebecoise, Montreal, Canada and Musma - Museo della Scultura Contemporanea, Matera, Italy), 4th Bienal del Fin del Mundo (Valparaiso, Chile) 28. Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media (Stuttgart, Germany) FIVA - Festival Internacional de Videoarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Madatac 06 - Contemporary Festival of New Media Arts & Advanced Audio Visual Technologies (Madrid, Spain), Facade Videofestival Plovdiv (Plovdiv, Bulgaria), Digital Marrakesh (Marrakesh, Marocco), ARType. Archetypes of contemporary video art (Musée de la civilisation and Cinema Le Clap, Quebec City, Canada) and Frontale 2014 - International Film Festival (Wiener Neustadt, Vienna, Austria) among others.

On Screening: Ohne Titel
1-channel video, HD, 4'10'' - 2013

The film metaphorically narrates the radical moment of been-thrown-into-the-world, of entering the nakedness of being. ‘Ohne Titel’ has been realized with the support of Autonome Provinz Südtirol - Amt für Deutsche Kultur (Italy) and Premio Terna per l`Arte Contemporanea (Italy) and sponsored by Rotor Film Babelsberg (Potsdam, Germany). The film has been awarded as Best Video Art Work at Madatac 06 - Contemporary Festival of New Media Arts & Advanced Audio Visual Technologies (Madrid, Spain) and received the Facade Video Award at Facade Videofestival Plovdiv (Plovdiv, Bulgaria).


RESIDENCIES
International Studio Program, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, financed by Autonome Provinz Südtirol - Amt für Deutsche Kultur, Italy (2008-2009), Unidee in Residence, Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy (2006).

RECENT GRANT AND AWARDS
Best Video Art Work, Madatac 06 - Contemporary Festival of New Media Arts & Advanced Audio Visual Technologies, Madrid, Spain, Facade Video Award, Facade Videofestival Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (2014); Exhibition funding, IFA - Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart, Germany, Production grant, Autonome Provinz Südtirol - Amt für Deutsche Kultur, Italy (2013); Publication grant, Autonome Provinz Südtirol - Amt für Deutsche Kultur, Italy, Premio Terna per l`Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy (Second prize) (2012); Premio lo Schermo dell`Arte (shortlist), Florence, Italy "32. Österreichischer Grafikwettbewerb", Innsbruck, Austria (2011).

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
Christian Niccoli, Berlinische Galerie - Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur (IBB-Videolounge, Berlin, Germany), Christian Niccoli, Untited #1 - Museion - Museum für Moderne und Zeitgenössiche Kunst (Media Façade, Bolzano, Italy) (2012); Christian Niccoli, Planschen - Autostadt Wolfsburg (LED Wand im Zeithaus, Wolfsburg, Germany) (2009); Christian Niccoli - Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin, Germany) (2008).

RECENT GROUP SHOWS
Every Step You Take. Kunst und Gesellschaft im Datenzeitalter, Dortmunder U (Zentrum für Kunst und Kreativität and Schauspiel Dortmund), Espacio Enter (TEA - Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, Spain), Ideas City - New York City Festival for the future (New York, U.S.A), 11th Athens Digital Arts Festival (Athens, Greece), 16th WRO Media Art Biennale (Wroclaw, Poland), FIVA Festival Internacional de Videoarte Es Baluard (Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma, Spain and Museo de Arte Contemporàneo de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina), ARType: Archétypes de l’art vidéo italien contemporain (Cinematheque quebecoise, Montreal, Canada and Musma - Museo della Scultura Contemporanea, Matera, Italy), 4th Bienal del Fin del Mundo (Valparaiso, Chile) 28. Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media (Stuttgart, Germany) FIVA - Festival Internacional de Videoarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Madatac 06 - Contemporary Festival of New Media Arts & Advanced Audio Visual Technologies (Madrid, Spain), Facade Videofestival Plovdiv (Plovdiv, Bulgaria), Digital Marrakesh (Marrakesh, Marocco), ARType. Archetypes of contemporary video art (Musée de la civilisation and Cinema Le Clap, Quebec City, Canada) and Frontale 2014 - International Film Festival (Wiener Neustadt, Vienna, Austria)

WEB
www.christianniccoli.eu