Ivan De Menis
lives and works in Treviso, Italy
Ivan De Menis was born in Treviso in 1973 and studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. De Menis generously covers his work surfaces with paint, working in thick layers, allowing the highly pigmented acrylic paint to run down the sides. With his works, he produces small-format, rectangular or square picture objects that develop an intense colour and luminosity and give an idea of the artist's working process, as the various layers appear visible at the sides. The appeal of his work is shown in the contrast of an almost silky smooth surface and the rough sides, marked by colour streaks and drops and peeled layers of paint. His works can be found in numerous private and public collections at home and abroad.
Biography
| 1973 | born in Treviso, Italy |
| 1997 |
Studied in the Graphic Arts section of the “Bruno Munari” State College of Art
In Vittorio Veneto and attained a diploma in Painting from the Venice Accademy
of Fine Arts in 1997
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Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
| 2023 | Galerie Biesenbach, Köln (G) |
| 2021 | Galerie Biesenbach, Köln (G) Galerie Xavier Fiol, Palma De Mallorca (G) ArToxin Galerie, München (E) XF proyectos, Madrid (G) Fondazione Uomo Fondazione d'Inverno, Mailand (E) Poimena Gallery, Australia (G) |
| 2020 | And Gallery, Edinburgh (G) Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne (G) Poimena Gallery, Launceston, Australia (G) Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne (G) |
| 2019 |
Galerie Maximilian Hutz, Hard, Austria (S)
Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne (G) Galerie Boeckercontemporary, Heidelberg (G) Circolo Eleutheros, Albissola Marina, Italy (G) Colossi arte contemporanea, Brescia, Italy (G) Museum St. Wendel (G) Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg (G) Nuova Galleria Morone, Milan (G) LE6b, Saint Denis (G) Voloshyn Gallery, Kiev (G)
Freud Monk Gallery, online (G) |
| 2018 |
Sharevolution, Genoa (S)
Tempi A- Strat(T)i, 56 Figino Serenza, Italy (S) Galerie RX, Ivry sur Seine (S) Arte Fiera Bologna, Morotti Arte Contemporanea, Bologna (S) KNO Bulgakov Museum, Kiev (G) Project B, Milan (G) Galerie Boeckercontemporary, Heidelberg (G) |
| 2017 | Galleria Sharevolution Arte Contemporanea, Geneva (S) Artoxin Gallery, Munich (G) Kro Art Contemporary, Vienna (G) palazzo Botti/palazzo Colleoni Bologna (G) "MiArt” Project B, Milan (G) |
| 2016 | Morotti Arte Contemporanea, Varese, Italy (S) I.A.C. Institut d'art contemporain, Lyon (G) Künstlerhaus, Klagenfurt (S) LABS gallery, Bologna (G) Project B, Milan (G) |
| 2015 |
Project B, Milan (S)
Galerie RX, Ivry sur Seine (S) Arte Fiera Bologna, Morotti Arte Contemporanea, Bologna (S) |
| 2014 |
Galerie Hebert, Paris (S)
Studio Vanna Casati, Bergamo (S)
Casa Cima - Conegliano (S) Kro Art Contemporary, Vienna (G) Morotti Arte Contemporanea, Verona (G) Morotti Arte Contemporanea, Varese (G) |
| 2013 |
Galerie Bartoli, Marsiglia (S)
San Gregorio Art Gallery, Venice (S)
Rocca San Giorgio, Orzinuovi Brescia (G)
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| 2012 |
Galerie Hebert, Paris (S)
Monte Paschi Banque, Agence Saint-Germain, Paris (S) Banca Monte Paschi, Agence Louise, Brussels (S) Sala Manzù, Bergamo (G) |
| 2011 |
San Gregorio Art Gallery, Venice (S)
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| 2010 |
Art Way Gallery, Treviso (S)
Studio Bazzini Arte Contemporanea, Milan (G) |
| 2009 | Galleria d’arte 911, La Spezia (G) |
| 2008 |
Atelier 34_58, Treviso (S)
Galleria ZeroUno, Barletta, Bari (G) Casa du Brasil, Madrid (G) Galleria civica di Palazzo Borgatta Rocca Grimalda, Alessandria (G) Espace Miromesnil, Paris (G) |
Selected Public Collections
- IAC Institut d’art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes
- BAG Bocconi Art Gallery, Milano
- Art Center Hugo Voeten, Herentals, Belgien
- Fondazione Uomo – Fondazione d’Inverno, Milano
- Fondazione Biscuzzi Rimbaud, Lecce, Italien
- KNO Mikhaeil Bulgakov Museum, KIEV
- Museum St. Wendel
Works (click images to enlarge)
