Biography

Giuseppe Gonella (b. 1984, Motta di Livenza, Italy) began his artistic journey in the workshop of his father, a painter, glass and mosaic art. He later continued his studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, graduating in 2008. In 2006, he was awarded a scholarship by the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, which provided him with his first studio. After his time in Venice, he lived and worked in New York, Leipzig, Berlin, and Lisbon, where he established two studios and alternated working periods between Portugal and Germany. Through numerous international solo and group exhibitions, he consolidated his artistic practice. In 2020, he returned permanently to Berlin, where he currently lives and works.

His painting, constantly evolving, is enriched by the contact with the different cultural contexts that have influenced him. He explores rituals, dreams and fears, leading the viewer through dystopias and mysterious landscapes with uncertain horizons, transforming memories into modern allegories. Painting becomes for him an open space where past and future intertwine, and each painting invites reflection on the constant transformation of existence. His research into the human condition evolves between introspection and the desire for freedom.

Among the most important of his solo shows include: Dittico, MAC Museo Arte contemporanea, Lissone; Chasing lights, Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milano; Walking Home, Magic Beans Gallery, Berlino; Mente Locale, L’atlante/Der Blitz, MAG Galleria Civica G. Segantini, Arco; De aeterno reditu, Egbert Baquè Contemporary Art, Berlino; Involved, Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milano; No place left to hide, Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso; Suspended oscillation, Senart 284, New York. Group shows include: Danae Revisited , Fondazione Francesco Fabbri; Praestigium/ Imago mundi, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino; An endless flow, Artemis gallery; Sommer frische Kunst, Bad Gastein; Private Mythologies, galleria Giovanni Bonelli; Map of New Art/ Imago mun-di, Luciano Benetton Collection, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia; Intersections, Egbert Baquè Contemporary Art, Berlino; XV. Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milano; (S)innehalten. Sense(s), L’espace de l’espace HB55, Berlino; In absentia, Correggio Museum - Palazzo dei Principi, Correggio; 54. Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Italia al Palazzo delle esposizioni, Torino, (IT).

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Solo exhibitions

2025
(Upcoming) galerie Sara Lily Perez, Berlin.
2023 
Solar resonances, galleria Uxval Gochez, Barcelona, ES.
2022
Echoes, galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milan, IT.
2021
Night´s light, body and turtle, Artemis gallery Lisbon, PT.
Private Mythologies, galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milan, IT.
2017
Chasing Lights, galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milan, IT.
2016
Walking Home, Magic Beans, Berlin, DE.
Dittico, MAC Museo Arte contemporanea, Lissone, IT.
2015
Mente Locale, L'atlante/ Der Blitz, MAG Arco Galleria Civica G. Segantini, IT.
De aeterno Reditu, Egbert Baquè Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE.
2013
Involved, Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milan, IT.
Evidence of Time, Chiostro Madonna dell’Orto, Venice, IT.
2012
No place left to hide, Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, IT.
2011
Suspended Oscillation, SenArt Bowery Gallery, New York, USA.
2010
La cosa più pericolosa da fare é rimanere immobili, Changing Role, Naples, IT.
Gone, ex Chiesetta di Sant’Antonio, Badoere di Morgano, IT.

2009

Personal, Changing Role, Palazzo S.Pasquale, Venice,IT

Wandering stuff, Changing Role, Rome, IT.

Il Destino del Vento, “Palazzo La Loggia” e “Centro Arti Visive La Castella”, Motta di Livenza, IT.
Group exhibitions

2025
(Upcoming) Mighbewrong, @ypog, Hamburg, DE.
(Upcoming) Figurativas '25, Museu Europeu d’Art Modern, Barcelona, ES.
Poems of now, galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin, DE.
Hungry for Art, curated by Cyn Cyn, Hamburg, DE.
Per Grazia ricevuta, Museo del tesoro di S.Gennaro, Naples, IT.
2024
Eigelb, Lycra Raum, Hamburg, DE.
Perceptions, The Space , Hamburg, DE.
Sunset Safari, galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milan, IT.
Per grazia ricevuta, Galleria Giovanni Bonelli,IT
Progress in paradise, Atelier Lamoller, Berlin.
2021
Lusus Naturae, Bcma gallery, Berlin, DE.
Danae revisited, Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, IT.
An Endless flow, Artemis gallery, Lisbon, PT.
2019
Likovna Kolonija Sićevo, Galerija Savremene Umetnosti Niš , Srbija.

2018
Reazione a catena, galleria Giovanni Bonelli, IT.
2017

Sommer frische Kunst, Bad Gastein , AT

Spazio privato 2 , Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milan, IT.

Magic + Love x Art2, Magic Beans, DE

Licht/Gestalten, Goodwin in association with Magic beans, Frankfurt, DE.

2016

I Sky you, Magic Beans, Berlin, DE
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Cortesie per gli ospiti, palazzo Collicola, Spoleto, IT

Praestigium/ Imago mundi, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, IT.

Map of New Art/ Imago mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, IT.

Intersections, Egbert Baquè Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE.

Der wüste BAAL der Auferstandene, Egbert Baquè Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE.

2014

Abracadabra, Egbert Baquè Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE.

XV. Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, IT.

Biennale d'Arte Giovani, MAM Contemporary and modern Art, Gazzoldo degli Ippoliti, IT.

Liberi tutti/ Autori in transito, Galleria Giovanni Bonelli (Summer Venue), Pietrasanta, IT.

(S)innehalten. Sense(s), L'espace de l'espace HB55, Berlin, DE.

In absentia, Il Correggio Museum - Palazzo dei Principi, Correggio, IT.

Still Frame(Cake away) Video Art from BLM's Archive, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT.

2013

Take a walk on the wilde side.To Russia with love. Egbert Baquè Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE.

Leipzig young contemporary, Clara Zetkin Park, Leipzig, DE.

Oceans: Under skin of the sea, Hb55, Berlin, DE.

River of Air, Pescheria nuova, Rovigo, IT.

Artstays, Gallery Magistrat, Ptuj, SLO.

Paralipomena della Pittura, Bonelli Lab, Canneto sull’Oglio, IT.

2012

Ausstellung, Kunsthalle Hb55, Berlino, DE.

Cup of good hope / Pilotenkueche, Spinnerei, Leipzig, DE.

Gonella / Tessarollo / Zappalorto, Elefante Arte Contemporanea,Treviso, IT.

Betriebsauslug/ Pilotenkueche, Raum linksrechts-Gaengeviertel, Hamburg, DE.

Come una bestia feroce, Bonelli LaB, Canneto sull’Oglio, IT.

We care a lot, Pilotenkueche, Spinnerei, Leipzig DE.

Blu canvas Issue 11, Exchange Event, Los Angeles, USA.

Premio Francesco Fabbri, Villa Brandolini, Solighetto, IT.

2011

54. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte della Biennale di Venezia, Italian Pavilion, Palazzo delle esposizioni, Torino, IT.

It’s time to say goodbye, Palazzo Zenobio,Venice, IT.

The Kicking Boot, Le Sorelle Multifunctional Art Space, London, UK.

Luci Sorgenti 2, Museo Civico, Cascia, IT.

2010

In Chartis Mevaniae, Museo Civico di Bevagna, IT.

Lost in Painting, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, IT.

Liquida preview, Museo S. Caterina, Treviso, IT

Berlino The Berlin Wall, The Promenade Gallery, Valona, AL.

Suspance, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT.

Premio celeste, Fabbrica Borroni, Milan, IT.

2009

Depentendency, Isola della Certosa, Venice, IT.

TrasFigurazione, Galleria S.Vidal, Venice, IT

Imprimatur 2, Incubatore di Sant’Elena, Venice, IT.

L’astrazione infinita, Spazio Tethis, Arsenale Nuovissimo, Venice, IT.

Expo Star conference, Palazzo Mezzanotte, Milan, IT.

Depentendency, Isola della Certosa,Venice, IT.

2008

Gli spazi della post-modernità, Galleria d’Arte Ravagnan, Venice, IT.

Premio di pittura Carlo dalla Zorza, Galleria Ponte Rosso,Milan, IT.

2007

Spritz time ! Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT.

Open Studios, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, SS.Cosma e Damiano, Venice, IT.

Anonyme Zeichner n°6 , Bluetenweiss, Berlin, DE.

Tabù, galleria S. Stefano, Venice, IT.

Giovani Artisti a Venezia, Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia, Venice, IT.

Made in italy, Artists International, Galleria Am Roten Hof , Vienna, AT.

2006

Atelier 8 x 12, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, SS.Cosma e Damiano, Venice, IT.

I borsisti della 89.ma Collettiva , Palazzetto Tito, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT.

Pinocchio related, Royal College of Art, The Hockney Gallery, London, UK.

2005
89.ma Collettiva giovani , Galleria Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT.
Masai art Factory, Honey money, Assab one, Milan, IT.