Gianni Piacentino
Born 1945, in Coazze (Turin)
Sculptor
Italian, 20th/21st century

 
1965 – 1966 Studies philosophy at the University of Turin where he is as a guide lecturer at the Modern Art Museum, Turin
1966First Exhibition: Galleria Sperone, Turin
1967Gianni Piacentino works as a disc jockey
1968Galleria La Bertesca, Genoa; Salone Annunciata, Milan
1969 Constructs kinds of high-powered racing vehicles and begins to decorate racing and special motor-cycles; Galleria Toselli, Milan
1970 Onnasch Galerie, Cologne; Group exhibition, Galleria Toselli: Mochetti, Piacentino, Pistoletto, Milan
1971 O.K. Harris, New York; Group exhibitions: Museum am Ostwall: Elf Italiener Heute, Dortmund; The University of Sydney, Power Institute of Fine Arts: Power Bequest Exhibitions, Sydney
1971 – 1977 Motor-cycle racer-passenger in sidecar class 750 cc. in Italy and Europe
1972Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles
1973Group exhibition, Palazzo Esposizioni: X Quadriennale d´ Arte, Rome
1974Claudio Bottello Arte, Turin; Onnasch Galerie, Cologne
1975Galleria Arte Borgogna , Art´6-75, Basel; Onnasch Gallery, New York
1977 Group exhibitions: Documenta 6, Kassel; BMW Galerie: Fahrzeuge, utopisches design, Munich
1978 Galleria Luigi Deambrogi, Milan; Group exhibition, Nationalgalerie Berlin: Aspekte der 60er Jahre (aus der Sammlung Reinhard Onnasch), Berlin
1979 Studio 46, Turin; Group exhibition, Galleria Municipale d´ Arte Moderna: Ars Combinatoria, Bologna
1980Galleria Plura, Milan; Galleria Arte Borgogna, Milan
1980 – 1981Lives and works in New York City
1981 Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst e V., Bremen; Group exhibition, Villa Manzoni: 30 Anni d´ Arte Italiana 1950-1980, Lecco
1983Reinhard Onnasch Ausstellungen, Berlin; Art 14-83, Basel
1985Christian Stein, Turin
1986Group exhibition, Haus der Kunst: Das Automobil in der Kunst, Munich
1987Galleria Arte Borgogna, Milan
1990Galleria ROCCA6, Turin
1991Galerie Di Meo, Paris
1992Group exhibition, Neues Museum Weserburg: Bestände Onnasch, Bremen
1993Lia Rumma, Naples; XLV Biennale, Venice
1994Fondazione Mudima, Milan
1999Paolo Tonin Arte Contemporanea, ARCO 99, Madrid
2002 Esso Gallery, New York; Group exhibition, Gallery @ Green Street: New Attitudes in Sculpture, Boston
2004Galleria Rino Costa: Arte Fiera, Bologna; Galleria Rino Costa: MiArt, Milan
2005Galleria De . Foscherari, Bologna; II Ponte Contemporanea, Rome
2006 Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA Shanghai: Italy made in art-Now, Arti Contemporanee e Disegno Industriale, Shanghai
2007 Group exhibitions: Palazzo della Ragione: IL SETTIMO SPLENDORE, Verona; Torino Esposizioni: Museo Museo Museo 1998-2006, Torino
2008 EL SOURDOG HEX: Gianni Piacentino, Homage to Wright Brothers (quadri e sculture, 1965-1973), Berlin
2009 Group exhibitions: Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University: Italian Works on Paper, New York; MiArt: Il ponte contemporanea, Milan
since 1981Piacentino lives and works in Turin