Agostino Arrivabene was born at Rivolta d’Adda, near Cremona, Italy on June 11, 1967. After graduating in 1991 at the Brera Art Academy in 1991, he focused on painting, drawing and etching. His first solo exhibition – titled “Exploration“, was held at the Church of Santa Maria at Source, in his native Rivolta d’Adda, immediately after graduating in 1992. From the Nineties onward he began an intense period of activity, with included many group exhibitions as well as being represented at contemporary art fairs in Italy. “Exploration” was also the first of a consistent line of solo exhibitions, held almost every year until the most recent “L’ospite parassita”, at MAC – Contemporary Art Museum, Lissone (MB) Italy. As a winner of the International Amateur d’Estampes Leonardo Sciascia, Agostino Arrivabene became widely known for his drawings and his etchings. This lead to numerous exhibitions, such as that held in 1995 at the
Biblioteca Comunale Sormani Palace in Milan. Through contact with famous Italian Art reviewer Vittorio
Sgarbi, Agostino participated in many important exhibitions patronized by Sgarbi himself as, for example, the Italian Pavilion of 54° Biennale of Venice (2011). On 29 June 2013, the Panorama Museum in Bad
Frankenhausen, Germany, exhibited his first retrospective exhibition.
His Works are exhibited in permanence in Public or Private Collections, such as: VAF Foundation, Frankfurt
am Mein (DE); Chateau du Gruyère Collection, Gruyère (CH); Achille Bertarelli Collection, Sforza Castle,
Milan (I); Michetti Foundation, Franca Villa al Mare (I); Cappuccine Museum, Bagnacavallo (I); Maramotti
Collection, Reggio Emilia (I).

Solo exhibitions

2017

L’ospite parassita, curated by Chatia Cicero and Alberto Zanchetta, MAC – Contemporary Art Museum, Lissone (MB) Italy
Naht Blitz, curated by Giuseppe Stagnitta , Convitto Delle Arti Noto Museum, Noto. (SR) Italy
L’ermeneutica del segno. curated by Daniele Lucchesi , Diocesan museum , Massa (MS)

2016

Ierogamy, Cara Gallery, New York (USA)
Anastasis, curated by Gianfranco Ferlisi and Alberto Mattia Martini, Mantegna’s House, Mantua

2015

Anabasis, curated by Diego Galizzi, Bagnacavallo Museum, Ravenna, Italy

2014

Vesperbild, curated by Pietro C. Marani, Giovanni Bonelli Gallery, Milan. Italy

2013

Tó Páthei Máthos, curated by Gerd Lindner, Rosaria Fabrizio and Peter Weirmair, Panorama Museum, Bad Frankenhausen (DE)

2012

Theoin, curated by Carolina Lio, First Gallery, Rome. Italy

2011

Isterie Plutoniche, Antonia Jannone Gallery, Milan. Italy

2010

Urania, Manzoni Studies Centre, Manzoni’s House, Milano
Deliri, 53° Festival of Two Worlds, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Spoleto. Italy

2009

Metamorfosi, Forni Gallery, Bologna. Italy

2007

Il sole morente nella stanza azzurra, “Le Muse” Centre, Andria (BA). Italy

2005

Mirabilia naturae, curated by Philippe Daverio. Antonia Jannone Gallery, Milan. Italy

2004

Paesaggi. Le invenzioni di un visionario, curated by Giorgio Soavi, Antonia Jannone Gallery, Milan. Italy

2002

Mirabilia, curated by Alberto Agazzani, “Le Muse” Centre, Andria (BA)
Agostino Arrivabene. Dipinti 1992-2002, curated by Alberto Agazzani and Antonio Braga, Braga Gallery, Piacenza. Italy

2001

Agostino Arrivabene. Dipinti 1988-2001, curated by Alberto Agazzani, Civic Museum, Crema. Italy
Agostino Arrivabene. Incisioni 1988-2000, curated by Alberto Agazzani, Torre della Pusterla, Casalpusterlengo (LO). Italy

1999

Agostino Arrivabene, CFM Gallery, New York (USA)

1996

Disegni e incisioni 1990-1995, Salone delle Capriate, Madignano (CR). Italy

1995

Disegni e incisioni 1990-1995, curated by Gian Franco Grechi, Municipal library of Sormani Palace, Milan. Italy

1994

Memoria e desiderio, Civic Museum, Crema (CR). Italy

1992

Esplorazioni, Church of Santa Maria alla Fonte, Rivolta d’Adda (CR). Italy

Group exhibitions

2017

Et in Arcadia Ego, curated by David Molesky, William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art and Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California (USA)
Museo della Follia da Goya a Bacon, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, MUSA – Museum of Salò (BS)
Urpflanze, la natura dell’idea, curated by Alberto Mattia Martini, Doge’s Palace, Massa
L’arte e la croce. Oltre l’immagine, curated by Daniele Lucchesi, Doge’s Palace, Massa
In Contemporanea. Agostino Arrivabene, Bertozzi & Casoni, Angelo Filomeno. curated by Stefania Giazzi e Virginia Monteverde. spazio 46 di Palazzo Ducale .Genova
museo della follia, da Goya a Maradona, curated by V. Sgarbi, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore alla Pietrasanta Napoli
Zona. 41 artisti e una poesia, Agenzia Net.uno .Spazio Bigli , Milano (Mi)

2016

Et in Arcadia Ego, curated by David Molesky, NUMU – New Museum di Los Gatos, California (USA)
Cortesie per gli ospiti, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Collicola’s Palace, Spoleto
Frontiera dell’esistenza e dell’altrove, curated by Stefano Crespi, “Le Muse” Centre, Andria (BA)
Zoote, curated by Luca Beatrice, Benappi Gallery, Turin

2015

Eccellenza, curated by Flavio Arensi, Giovanni Bonelli Gallery, Milan
Eterogenesi della Forma, curated by Alberto Mattia Martini, Palazzo della Cultura, Catania
Cabinet Da-End, Galerie Da-End, Paris (FR)
Italia Docet Laboratorium, Barbarigo Minotto’s Palace, Venice
Imago Mundi, curated by Luca Beatrice, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation, Turin
Il Tesoro d’Italia, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Italy Pavilion, Expo, Milan
Arte e Follia, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Palazzo della Ragione, Mantua

2014

Juxtapoz Italiano, curated by Matteo Sapio, Institute of Italian Culture, Los Angeles (USA)
Artisti in Transito, Giovanni Bonelli Gallery, Pietrasanta (LU)
The Drawingroom, curated by Peter Weiermair, Taxispalais, Innsbruck (AT)
Il volto, cinque secoli di storia per raccontare l’arte, MEB Art Studio, Borgomanero (NO)
Water Views, curated by M. Fazzini, Box Art, Verona

2013

Bein-Art Collective, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, California (USA)
Mad Hatters, curated by Ixie Darkonn, Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, California (USA)
Trompe l’œil. Inganno per gli occhi, curated by Rob Smeets, Le gallerie dei Gerosolomitani, Perugia
Cibo per gli occhi, Barbara Frigerio Gallery, Milan
I:Mage, curated by Robert Ansell, 32 Store Street Bloomsbury, London (UK)
The Drawing Room, curated by Peter Weiermair, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal/Bruchsal (DE)
Lassù sulle montagne, curated by Beatrice Buscaroli, Forni Gallery, Bologna
The 13th hour, Last Rite Gallery, New York (USA)
L’acqua la luce la pietra, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Officina della memoria e dell’immagine, Fiuggi
64° Premio Michetti, Michetti Museum, Francavilla al Mare (CH) ( first prize )

2012

4 Way Street, curated by Luca Beatrice, Te’s Palace, Mantua
Open space 2, curated by Fabio De Chirico and Carmelo Cipriani, National Gallery of Cosenza, Arnone’s Palace, Cosenza
Anomalies, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, California (USA)
Nel segno dell’immagine, curated by Elena Pontiggia and Alfredo Paglione, De Mayo’s Palace, Chieti
Example. Parte II, Contract, Crema (CR)

2011

54° Biennale d’Arte Contemporanea di Venezia, Padiglione Italia, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Venetian Arsenal, Venice
Elementi 50x50x4, curated by Beatrice Buscaroli, L.I.B.R.AGallery, Catania
L’ombra del divino nell’arte contemporanea, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Grimani’s Palace, Venice
Magnifiche ossessioni, curated by Arnaldo Audoli, Benappi Gallery, Turin

2010

Il respiro degli altri – Biennial Aldo Roncaglia, Este Castle, San Felice sul Panaro (MO)
L’urlo del Silenzio, Le gallerie dei Gerosolomitani, Perugia
Premio Leonardo Sciascia Amateur des estampes, Sforza Castle, Milan
Papier, Forni Gallery, Bologna
Ritratti italiani, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, DuriniFoundation, Milano
Fossili contemporanei, curated by Vladek Cwalinski,Wannabee Gallery, Milano

2009

L’anima dell’acqua, Franchetti Gallery at Cà d’Oro, Venice

2008

Fiori, curated by Barbara Frigerio, Forni Gallery, Milan Rumors, ex-dockyard Borgo Dora, Turin
Rumors-Grande è la confusione sotto il cielo. La situazione è eccellente (Mao Zedong) , Italian Factory, ex-arsenal Borgo Dora, Turin

2007

Pittura Italiana 1968-2007, ideated by Vittorio Sgarbi, in collaboration with Maurizio Sciaccaluga, Palazzo Reale, Milan
Antologia della figurazione contemporanea.Italia, le ultime generazioni I I, curated by Gilberto Algranti and Alberto Agazzani, Spazio Figurae Teknè Intenational, Milano
13×17 Padiglione Italia, curated by Philippe Daverio, Studio Berengo, Murano (Venezia)
58°Michetti prize “Nuovi pittori della realtà”, curated by Maurizio Sciaccaluga, PAC_ Contemporary Art Pavillion , Milano

2006

L’inquietudine del volto da Lorenzo Lotto a Lucien Freud , curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, BPL, Lodi

2004

Animalia, Galleria Forni, Bologna
Cairo Prize , Palazzo della Permanente , Milano

2003

7° Incontro Internazionale d’arte contemporanea “Le Crenaux de l’art” curated by Muriel Nony, Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire, France

2002

Surrealismo padano. Da De Chirico a Foppiani , curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Palazzo Gotico, Piacenza
La stanza delle meraviglie , curated by Giuseppe Guerzoni, Castello di Masino, Caravino (Torino)