biography
Giovanni Giaretta was born in 1983 in Padova (IT). He currently lives and works in Amsterdam (NL).
After graduating in Design and Production of Visual Arts at the University IUAV of Venice, he took part in a number of residency programs including: Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art in Paris in 2010; and most recently De Ateliers in Amsterdam, and at Deltaworkers in New Orleans (USA).
His practice involves video, installation, and photography.
Giovanni Giaretta narrates the ordinary in an unexpected way, telling of a world made of minor gestures and situations that offer the revelation of an unexpected reality, another dimension. The artist demonstrates his interest in an anthropology of everyday life, at times pursuing hypothetical scientific principles to make a more filmic perception of the real become clearly visible.
Giovanni Giaretta's exhibition at Galleria Tiziana Di Caro
In 2017 Giovanni Giaretta was part of the exhibition An entertainment in conversation and verse which was curated by Maria Adele Del Vecchio and it was his first exhibition at Galleria Tiziana Di Caro. His first solo show took place in 2018 and it was entitled Variations on a Nightshift
Solo and duo exhibitions:
Never Odd or Even, Tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, NL, 2019;
Variations on a nightshift, Galleria Tiziana Di Caro, Napoli, IT, 2017;
The Nightshift, De Kijkdoos, Amsterdam, NL, 2016;
Hazy Stories (with Belit Sağ), Corridor PS, Amsterdam, NL, 2016;
Was it a bar or a bat I saw?, VZL/Contemporary art, Amsterdam, NL, 2016; W
as it a cat I saw (with Simon van Til), De Kleine Kapel, Buitenplaats Koningsweg, Arnhem, NL, 2015; V
aalbara, (with Renato Leotta), Galleria FuoriCampo, Siena, IT 2014; E
xtra dry, curated by Peep-hole, Milan, IT, 2014; S
tudioshow, curated by Maria Alicata, final residence exhibition, Macro Macro Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma, IT, 2012.
Group exhibitions (selected):
That's it! Sull'ultima generazione di artisti in Italia e a un metro e ottanta dal confine, curated by Lorenzo Balbi, MAMbo, Bologna, IT, 2018;
Intuition, curated by Daniela Ferretti and Axel Vervoordt. Co-curated by Dario Dalla Lana, Davide Daninos and Anne-Sophie Dusselier, Venice, IT, 2017;
An entertainment in conversation and verse, curated by Maria Adele Del Vecchio, Galleria Tiziana di Caro, Napoli, 2017;
Act AZ. Part 2, curated by Bärbel Hartje and Simone Rudolph, Salzburg, AT, 2016;
If I were you, I'd call me Us, curated by Elisa Strinna and Elena Forin, Galleria Massimo De Luca, Mestre, IT, 2016;
Je ne sais what?, Carnelutti Law Firm, Milan, IT, 2016;
L'ESPAIS REEL, curated by Ariane Michel and Sophie Kaplan, La Criée centre for contemporary art, Rennes, FR, 2015;
ON DEMAND 3, curated by Carolyn H. Drake and Suzanne Wallinga, Tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, NL, 2015;
Referring to..., curated by Bärbel Hartje, Periscope, Salzburg, AT; Function Creep, curated by Xander Karskens, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL, 2015;
Echo Back, curated by Stefano Coletto and Giulia Bini, Jarach Gallery, Venice, IT, 2014;
5x5Castelló. Premi Internacional d'art contemprani Diputació de Castelló, curated by Alvaro de los Angeles, Castelló, SP, 2014;
T-A-X-I", curated by Almanac and Cripta747, Almanac Project, London, ENG, 2013;
La plupart du temps, curated by Martial Deflacieux, La Tôlerie, Clermont-Ferrand, FR, 2013;
Out of Focus, curated by Nicola Genovese and Caterina Benvegnù, 365 architetti, Padua, IT, 2012;
Livret IV, curated by Irmavep Club, Musée départemental d'art contemporain de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, FR, 2012;
Lunar Park. Artists from the Atelier, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, IT, 2011;
Run°3, Room Galleria, Milano, IT, 2011;
Livret III, curated by Irmavep Club, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam, NL; Corso Aperto, curated by Cesare Pietroiusti, Villa Sucota, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, IT, 2011;
To see an object, to see the light, curated by Ginny Kollak, Padraic E. Moore and Pavel S. Pys Palazzo Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Guarene d'Alba, Cuneo, IT, 2011;
100 drawings against the Vietnam War, curated by Damien Airault, Komplot, Bruxelles, BE , 2011;
Luna Park Party, curated by Cherimus Association, Perdaxius , IT, 2011;
L'arpa Magica, Lucie Fontaine, Milan, IT, 2010; Titolo Grosso, Cripta 747, Turin, IT, 2010;
I sette arcobaleni, curated by Matteo Rubbi, Careof, Milan, IT, 2008;
"91st Young Talents Collective, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, IT, 2007
Recent screenings:
Notes from the Anthropocene, screening program U-jazdowski Cinema at Ujazdowski Castle, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, 2020;
The Sailor Video screening Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw Centre, 2020;
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), 2020;
In Your Head Amsterdam Art Weekend curated by Zippora Elders IDFA, Amsterdam, 2018.