FARID RAHIMI
Born in Lausanne (CH), on 1974
Lives and works in Milan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023
- “Screen Rooms” - curated by Saverio Verini - Kappa Noün, Bologna (April 6 - May 15)
2018
- “Empty Walls” - curated by Davide Ferri - Galleria Marcolini, Forlì (May 25 - September 23)
- “Empty Walls Drawings (Simon)” - CLER, Milan (March 7 - 23)
2011
- “Three Boxes with Cotton” - MARS, Milan (April 6 - 21)
2009
- Galleria Fabio Tiboni, Bologna, (October 3 - December 5)
2007
- Galleria Zero..., Ex Fabbrica Presbiterio, Milan (September 21 - October 5)
2006
- Studio Guenzani, Milan (May 24 – June 6)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023
- “Glitch” - curated by Chiara Bertola and Davide Ferri - Building Gallery, Milano (November 7 - Genuary 27)
- “Quadri come luoghi” - curated by Davide Ferri and Barbara Meneghel - Palazzo Adorni, Capriolo (Brescia) (September 23 - October 29)
2021
- “3,5 Milioni di Anni” - CLER, Milan (June 18 - September 23)
- “Un Giorno in Casa” - curated by Davide Ferri and Saverio Verini - Fondazione SmART, Rome (June 8 - October 8)
2018
- CRËP - A project by Mariano Pichler - Introduction Letizia Ragaglia - Galleria Doris Ghetta, Ortisei (August 2 - September 20)
2016
- Molla Interna - with Elena Nemkova, Giovanni Kronenberg, Stefano Pasquini - Elena Nemkova Studio, Milan (October 15)
2014
- Artist Run Space International Show - curated by Chung Sae Yong - Space BAR, Gallery TOMA, Art Space Bangchun, Project 9-21, Taegu, South Corea (August 7 - 14)
2012
- FUORICLASSE. 20 ANNI DI ARTE ITALIANA NEI CORSI DI ALBERTO GARUTTI - curated by Luca Cerizza - GAM, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan (October 6 - December 9)
2011
- pps//meetings #2 - Ettore Favini - with Riccardo Benassi, Domenico Mangano, Margherita Morgantin, Alessandro Piangiamore, Farid Rahimi - Museo Riso, Palermo
2010
- “Breath/Respiro” - curated by Adelina von Furstenberg, Fondazione Zoé, Palazzo Bissari, Vicenza (October 10 - November 21)
- “VideoReport Italia 2008_09” - curata da Andrea Bruciati - Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone (October 9 - November 1)
2009
- “Amare le persone destinate alle tue cose” - curated by Christian Frosi and Diego Perrone - Caserma Cavalli, Ex-Arsenale Borgo Dora, Torino (November 7 - 15)
- “Emerging Talents - New Italian Art” - curated by Franziska Nori, Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze (january 22 - march 29)
2008
- Video Report Italia, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Galleria d’Arte Comunale, Monfalcone
- “Not Dark Yet”, curated by Elena Bordignon, Boz2art, Milan (September 19 - 21)
- “When you carry a hammer a lot of things look like nails”, curated by Marco Bruzzone, Berlin (july 5 - 8)
- “L’evento immobile. Incantamenti”, curated by Saretto Cincinelli and Cristiana Collu, Gavoi (July 4 - 30) - Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno (September 6 - October 12)
- “Sporgersi prego” - Galerie Lange & Pult, Zürich (January 26 - March 22)
2007
- Albedo: a new perspective in italian moving images - curated by Andrea Bruciati, GC.AC, Monfalcone; XII International Media Art Biennale WRO 07, Wroclaw, Poland; Teatro Junghans, Venezia
- The Importance of Not Being Seen - curated by Luca Cerizza for Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Café Moskau, Berlin (April 27 - 30)
2006
- Video Report Italia 2004_05 - curated by Andrea Bruciati, Galleria d’Arte Comunale, Monfalcone
- The Three Cities – curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Gyonata Bonvicini, Paolo Zani, The Warehouse, London (October 10)
- “How are you Frances Bean?”, with Alex Cecchetti and Massimo Grimaldi, Galleria Zero, Milan (February 7 – March 11)
1998
- Blue - spazio libero per l’arte, curated by Ludovico Pratesi and Paolo Magni, Cineplex, Porto antico, Genova.
- Bu! - curated by Sergio Risaliti, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena
- Opera Nuova - Fuori Uso - curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio and Laura Cherubini, Ex Mercato Ortofrutticolo, Pescara
- Tracce di un seminario, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio and Angela Vettese, Viafarini, Milano.
1997
- Mercato Globale - Fuori Uso - curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio and Laura Cherubini, Montesilvano (PE)
- Collective environment, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio and Angela Vettese, Fondazione Ratti, San Francesco, Como.
- Salon 1, Brera, Milan (June-July).
ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS:
2023
- “Farid Rahimi - Screen Rooms” - in occasion of the exhibition at Kappa Noün, Bologna, text by Saverio Verini, english/italian edition
2019
- “Quaderno n.1 - Via Padova” - CLER, Milano
2018
- “Empty Walls Drawings (Simon)” - in occasion of exhibition, CLER, Milan (March 7 - 23)
- “Un sogno collettivo” - Giulio Lacchini, Studio Permanente Editore
2010
- “Farid Rahimi” - KALEIDOSCOPE press, Milan - text by Rita Selvaggio, Luca Cerizza and Farid Rahimi, english/italian edition
2009
- “Amare le persone destinate alle tue cose” - exhibition catalogue - curated by Christian Frosi and Diego Perrone - Caserma Cavalli, Ex-Arsenale Borgo Dora, Torino
- “Emerging Talents - New Italian Art” exhibition catalogue - curated by Franziska Nori, Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze
2008
- Video Report Italia, exhibition catalogue - curated by Andrea Bruciati, Galleria d’Arte Comunale, Monfalcone
- “Milano crocevia dell’arte italiana”, by Ilaria Bonacossa, Domus #919, November 2008, pp. 77-82
- “L’evento immobile. Incantamenti”, exhibition catalogue, curated by Saretto Cincinelli and Cristiana Collu
2007
- “Emotional Landscapes”, interview by Elena Bordignon, Work Art in Progress, Issue 20, autumn 2007
- Albedo: a new perspective in italian moving images, exhibition catalogue - curated by Andrea Bruciati
- “Exhibition in Print: Tank Magazine”, Tank, Volume 4 Issue 8, pp 122-131
2006
- Overture (by Marcello Smarrelli), Flash Art, n. 259, August – September 2006
- “Farid Rahimi” - a+mbookstore in occasion personal exhibition at Studio Guenzani, Milan, May 2006
- Video Report Italia 2004_05, exhibition catalogue - curated by Andrea Bruciati, Galleria d’Arte Comunale, Monfalcone
2005
- “Bruce Nauman. Inventa e muori. Interviste (1967-2001)” – curated by Farid Rahimi, published by a+mbookstore and Gian Enzo Sperone, Milan, May 2005. An Italian version of all Bruce Nauman’s interviews