During the 1980s Domenico Bianchi together with Bruno Ceccobelli, Gianni Dessi and Guiseppe Gallo formed the so-called “New Roman School”. He became best known for his luminous, monochrome installations that often contained a cross, a scrawled circle or a seemingly gyrating abstract symbol placed in the middle of his compositions. The Italian critic and writer Eduardo Cicelyn describes Bianchi's work thus: If we think of the repetition of the image as a slow rhythm of that which is immutable in the material of painting we finally realise that an; art takes shape, which in many ways is both logical and Western. And although we are aware of the impossibility of representation, the only real space being the canvas and its empty spaces, the figurative will in the end be devoid of the emotion that is the inexplicability of modernity. Bianchi attempts to rewrite the rules of earlier art with a calligraphy that temporarily suspends the emotion of the image but does not make the language incomprehensible. The pleasing and clear script ensures that the poetic and the aesthetic impression in his compositions is infinitely prolonged and the freshness and the splendour of the first impression is preserved.
EDUCATION
Scenography degree at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Rome, Italy
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy
Pelaires Centre Cultural Contemporanei, Palma de Malllorca, Spain
2005
Villa Lante, Rome, Itlay
Gianni Giacobbi, Arte Contemporaneo, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2004
Galleria dell'Artistico, Treviso, Italy
Rizziero Arte, Pescara, Itlay
Castello Svevo, Bari, Italy
2003
MACRO: Museo d Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome, Italy
2002
L.A Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Centro Arti Visive, Pescheria, Pesaro, Italy
2001
Gianni Giacobbi, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Galleri Christian Stein, Milan, Italy
Reti, Rome, Italy
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
2000
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Galleria Scognamiglio & Teano, Naples, Italy
Galleria Ugo Ferranti, FIAC 2000, Paris, France
1999
Galleria Gianni Giancobbi, Palma de Mallorca
Gallerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Saltzburg, Austria
1998
Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy
Galleria Scognamilio & Teano, Naples , Italy
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Rome, Italy
1997
Galleria Alberto Valerio, Brescia, Italy
Pier Giovanni Castagnoli tiene una lezione su un quadro di Domenico Bianchi,
OTTO Arte Conteporanca, Bologna, Italy
1996
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg Piéce Unique, Paris
L.A Louver Gallery, Venice, Los Angeles
Pièce Unique, Paris, France
1995
Gianni Giacobbi, Arte Contemporaneo, Palma de Mallorca
Galleria Christian Stein, Turin, Italy
Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy
1994
Couplet 2 - Domenico Bianchi, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1993
Domenico Bianchi, Galleria d ´Arte Moderna, Villa delle Rose, Bologna
Galleria Klemens Gasser, Cologne
Bolzano Pice Unique, Paris
1992
Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
Galleria Gianni Giacobbi, Naples
Lucio Amelio, Naples
1991
Sperone Westwater, New York
Spark Gallery, Tokyo
Christian Stein, Turin, Italy
1990
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
Christian Stein, Milan Italy
L.A Louver Gallery, Venice, California
1989
Galleria Christian Stein, Turin, Italy
Sperone Westwater, New York
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Italy
1988
Christian Stein, Milan Italy
L.A Louver Gallery, Venice, USA
1987
Sperone Westwater, New York
Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Roma Italy
1986
Sperone Westwater, New York
1985
Ugo Ferranti, Roma Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, Italy
1984
Salvatore Ala, New York Salvatore Ala, Milan Italy
Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Bologna, Italy
Galleria Salvatore Ala, Milano, Italy
1983
Salvatore Ala, Milan, Italy
1982
Galerie Swart, Amsterdam Terra di mezzo, Ugo Ferranti, Roma
Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Terra di Mezzo, Bologna, Italy
1981
Una giornata folle, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
1980
Galleria il Segno, Rome Ugo Ferranti, Roma, Italy
Galerie Swart, Amsterdam
Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Bologna, Italy
1979
Arte Fiera, Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Bologna, Italy
1978
Francoise Lambert, Milan, Italy
Ugo Ferranti, Rome, Italy
1977
Ugo Ferranti, Fine Arts Building, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Fiera Bologna, Italy
ARCO Madrid, Spain
Art Cologne, Germany
2006
ARCO 06, Madrid, Spain
Galleria Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2005
Centre Cultural Contemporani Pelaires, Mallorca, Spain
Art Cologne, Germany
2004
Castello Svevo (with Mario Merz), Bari, Itlay
Ori d'Artista, Museo del Corso, Rome, Italy
Monocromos, Museo National Centro de Arte, Madrid, Spain
Ricordando Lucio, Napoli, Itay
Roma Colleziona, Arte Contemporanea Italiana da Collezioni Pubbliche e Private, . Italy
Accademia Americana, Rome, . Italy
2003
Metropolitana de Napoli, Stazione Materdei, Napoli. Italy
Aktuellle Positionen Italienischer Kunst, VAF Stiftung, Darmstadt, Germany
Inchiostro Indelebile, Rome, Italy
2002
L.A. Louver, Gallery, Los Angeles (with Peter Shelton), USA
2001
Bianchi, Kounellis, Paladino, Galleria NO CODE, Bologna, Italy
Segni di Pace, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina, Rome
A.B.O le arti della critica, Palazzo Piacentini, Palazzina Azzurra, S. Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
Cross-Roads-Incroci: Arte contemporanea dalla collezione, Tonelli, Castello Colanna di Genazzano, Italy
Giganti, Arte Contemporanea nei Fiori Imperiali, Rome
2000
Intorno a borromini, Domenico Bianchi e Franz West, Accademia D´Ungheria, Rome
Arte Contemporanea lavori in corso, Galleria Comunale d´arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome
Tirannicidi: la stampa, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome
Across the quarterdeck, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Arte e palazzo, Museo Oraziano-Palazzo Orsini, Licenza, Rome
Terrae Motus, La collezione Amelio alla Reggia di Caserta, Caserta, Italy
1999
Pictures for pleasure: Twelve artists - Twelve rooms, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg
D.Bianchi, G.Förg, J.Kounellis, M.Palandina, D.Salle, Galleria Scognamiglio & Teano, Naples
Viaggiatori sulla flaminia, Domenico Bianchi,
Jannis Kounellis, Chiesa di S. Carlo, Spoleto ARS. AEVI, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sarajevo
Kounellis, Palandina, Bianchi, Galleria Christian Stein, Milan
Minimalia: una linca italiana nel XX sccolo, P.S 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Thin-Ice, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1998
Domenico Bianchi, Mimmo Palandin Galleria Gianluca Collica, Catania
Bandiere di maggio, Piazza Piebiscito, Naples
Mitovelocita, Galleria d´Arte Moderne e Contemporanea R. San Marino
Tor Bella Magica, Spazio per l´Arte Contemporanea Tor Bella Monaca, Rome
Adieu Chiesa San Giovanni degli Almandiani, Viterbo
Painting Language, LA Louver
1997
The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
The Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
1996
Munch and after Munch, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Museo d'Arte Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
1994
Minstero e Mito, Fukuyama Museum of Art, Fukuyama, Japan
L'Orizzonte, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
1992
Sala Nacionales de Exposicion, Buenos Aires, Argenine
3rd Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul , Turkey
1991
John Good Gallery, New York
1990
Galleria Mucsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
L.A Louver Gallery, New York
1989
Sperone-Westwater Gallery, New York
Galleria Christian Stein, Milano, Italy
Galleria Christian Stein, Turino, Italy
1988
The Image of Abstraction, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, USA
1987
L.A Louver Gallery, Venice, USA
1986
42nd. Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1985
Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York
Galerie Exit, Helsinki, Finland
1984
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, USA
41st. Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1983
Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York
1982
Kunst nu, Groningen Museum, Groningen, Germany
1981
Bianchi, Ceccobelli, Dessì, Gallo, Groningen Museum, Groningen, Germany
1980
Galerie Swart, Amsterdam, Holland
11th. Paris Biennale, Paris, France
1979
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
1978
In/Visible, Arta Studio, Milan, Italy
EDUCATION
Scenography degree at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Rome, Italy
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy
Pelaires Centre Cultural Contemporanei, Palma de Malllorca, Spain
2005
Villa Lante, Rome, Itlay
Gianni Giacobbi, Arte Contemporaneo, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2004
Galleria dell'Artistico, Treviso, Italy
Rizziero Arte, Pescara, Itlay
Castello Svevo, Bari, Italy
2003
MACRO: Museo d Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome, Italy
2002
L.A Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Centro Arti Visive, Pescheria, Pesaro, Italy
2001
Gianni Giacobbi, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Galleri Christian Stein, Milan, Italy
Reti, Rome, Italy
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
2000
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Galleria Scognamiglio & Teano, Naples, Italy
Galleria Ugo Ferranti, FIAC 2000, Paris, France
1999
Galleria Gianni Giancobbi, Palma de Mallorca
Gallerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Saltzburg, Austria
1998
Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy
Galleria Scognamilio & Teano, Naples , Italy
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Rome, Italy
1997
Galleria Alberto Valerio, Brescia, Italy
Pier Giovanni Castagnoli tiene una lezione su un quadro di Domenico Bianchi,
OTTO Arte Conteporanca, Bologna, Italy
1996
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg Piéce Unique, Paris
L.A Louver Gallery, Venice, Los Angeles
Pièce Unique, Paris, France
1995
Gianni Giacobbi, Arte Contemporaneo, Palma de Mallorca
Galleria Christian Stein, Turin, Italy
Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy
1994
Couplet 2 - Domenico Bianchi, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1993
Domenico Bianchi, Galleria d ´Arte Moderna, Villa delle Rose, Bologna
Galleria Klemens Gasser, Cologne
Bolzano Pice Unique, Paris
1992
Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
Galleria Gianni Giacobbi, Naples
Lucio Amelio, Naples
1991
Sperone Westwater, New York
Spark Gallery, Tokyo
Christian Stein, Turin, Italy
1990
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
Christian Stein, Milan Italy
L.A Louver Gallery, Venice, California
1989
Galleria Christian Stein, Turin, Italy
Sperone Westwater, New York
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Italy
1988
Christian Stein, Milan Italy
L.A Louver Gallery, Venice, USA
1987
Sperone Westwater, New York
Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Roma Italy
1986
Sperone Westwater, New York
1985
Ugo Ferranti, Roma Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, Italy
1984
Salvatore Ala, New York Salvatore Ala, Milan Italy
Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Bologna, Italy
Galleria Salvatore Ala, Milano, Italy
1983
Salvatore Ala, Milan, Italy
1982
Galerie Swart, Amsterdam Terra di mezzo, Ugo Ferranti, Roma
Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Terra di Mezzo, Bologna, Italy
1981
Una giornata folle, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
1980
Galleria il Segno, Rome Ugo Ferranti, Roma, Italy
Galerie Swart, Amsterdam
Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Bologna, Italy
1979
Arte Fiera, Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Bologna, Italy
1978
Francoise Lambert, Milan, Italy
Ugo Ferranti, Rome, Italy
1977
Ugo Ferranti, Fine Arts Building, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Fiera Bologna, Italy
ARCO Madrid, Spain
Art Cologne, Germany
2006
ARCO 06, Madrid, Spain
Galleria Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2005
Centre Cultural Contemporani Pelaires, Mallorca, Spain
Art Cologne, Germany
2004
Castello Svevo (with Mario Merz), Bari, Itlay
Ori d'Artista, Museo del Corso, Rome, Italy
Monocromos, Museo National Centro de Arte, Madrid, Spain
Ricordando Lucio, Napoli, Itay
Roma Colleziona, Arte Contemporanea Italiana da Collezioni Pubbliche e Private, . Italy
Accademia Americana, Rome, . Italy
2003
Metropolitana de Napoli, Stazione Materdei, Napoli. Italy
Aktuellle Positionen Italienischer Kunst, VAF Stiftung, Darmstadt, Germany
Inchiostro Indelebile, Rome, Italy
2002
L.A. Louver, Gallery, Los Angeles (with Peter Shelton), USA
2001
Bianchi, Kounellis, Paladino, Galleria NO CODE, Bologna, Italy
Segni di Pace, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina, Rome
A.B.O le arti della critica, Palazzo Piacentini, Palazzina Azzurra, S. Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
Cross-Roads-Incroci: Arte contemporanea dalla collezione, Tonelli, Castello Colanna di Genazzano, Italy
Giganti, Arte Contemporanea nei Fiori Imperiali, Rome
2000
Intorno a borromini, Domenico Bianchi e Franz West, Accademia D´Ungheria, Rome
Arte Contemporanea lavori in corso, Galleria Comunale d´arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome
Tirannicidi: la stampa, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome
Across the quarterdeck, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Arte e palazzo, Museo Oraziano-Palazzo Orsini, Licenza, Rome
Terrae Motus, La collezione Amelio alla Reggia di Caserta, Caserta, Italy
1999
Pictures for pleasure: Twelve artists - Twelve rooms, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg
D.Bianchi, G.Förg, J.Kounellis, M.Palandina, D.Salle, Galleria Scognamiglio & Teano, Naples
Viaggiatori sulla flaminia, Domenico Bianchi,
Jannis Kounellis, Chiesa di S. Carlo, Spoleto ARS. AEVI, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sarajevo
Kounellis, Palandina, Bianchi, Galleria Christian Stein, Milan
Minimalia: una linca italiana nel XX sccolo, P.S 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Thin-Ice, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1998
Domenico Bianchi, Mimmo Palandin Galleria Gianluca Collica, Catania
Bandiere di maggio, Piazza Piebiscito, Naples
Mitovelocita, Galleria d´Arte Moderne e Contemporanea R. San Marino
Tor Bella Magica, Spazio per l´Arte Contemporanea Tor Bella Monaca, Rome
Adieu Chiesa San Giovanni degli Almandiani, Viterbo
Painting Language, LA Louver
1997
The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
The Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
1996
Munch and after Munch, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Museo d'Arte Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
1994
Minstero e Mito, Fukuyama Museum of Art, Fukuyama, Japan
L'Orizzonte, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
1992
Sala Nacionales de Exposicion, Buenos Aires, Argenine
3rd Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul , Turkey
1991
John Good Gallery, New York
1990
Galleria Mucsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
L.A Louver Gallery, New York
1989
Sperone-Westwater Gallery, New York
Galleria Christian Stein, Milano, Italy
Galleria Christian Stein, Turino, Italy
1988
The Image of Abstraction, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, USA
1987
L.A Louver Gallery, Venice, USA
1986
42nd. Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1985
Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York
Galerie Exit, Helsinki, Finland
1984
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, USA
41st. Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1983
Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York
1982
Kunst nu, Groningen Museum, Groningen, Germany
1981
Bianchi, Ceccobelli, Dessì, Gallo, Groningen Museum, Groningen, Germany
1980
Galerie Swart, Amsterdam, Holland
11th. Paris Biennale, Paris, France
1979
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
1978
In/Visible, Arta Studio, Milan, Italy