Guglielmo Castelli, sharp intentions, 2023. Oil on canvas, 59 × 47 1/4. Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York
About Guglielmo Castelli
Guglielmo Castelli (b. 1987) lives and works in Turin. Recent solo shows include Demonios Familiares, Mendes Wood DM New York, USA and The Cabin LA Presents: A Curated Flashback, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX, USA (both 2023); A knife with no blade, missing its handle / ΕΝΑ ΜΑΧΑΙΡΙ ΧΩΡΙΣ ΛΕΠΙΔΑ, ΠΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΛΕΙΠΕΙ Η ΛΑΒΗ, RODEO London-Piraeus (2022); Calm act in closed room, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels (2021); Ornate Impotence, The Cabin, Los Angeles (2020), Sia inteso come tutto ciò che non pesa, Fondazione Coppola, Vicenza (2019), Goodmorning Bambino, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2018). Selected group exhibitions include Andrew Kreps, New York (2021); Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Rome (2020), Atina (2020), Berlin, 2019. His work was featured in several institutional exhibitions and biennials including Pittura Italiana Oggi, Triennale Milano, Milan (2023); mutanti, sotto un cielo che implode, OGR Torino, Turin (2023); Diario Notturno, Maxxi L’Aquila, L’Aquila (2023); Expressioni at the Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli (2022); the 17a Quadriennale di Roma (2020); Stasi Frenetica, GAM, Turin (2020); the Biennale Internazionale d’Art Contemporain de Melle (2018); Challenging Beauty, Parkview Museum, Singapore (2018); Recto/ Verso 2, Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2018); Intriguing Uncertainties, Museum of Contemporary Art of Saint-Étienne (2016); and Lo sguardo delle gallerie sulla grande arte italiana, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna (2016). His forthcoming exhibitions include a presentation at the Villa Medici (forthcoming 2024) and Improving songs for anxious children, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (forthcoming 2024). In 2017, he was mentioned in the “30 Under 30, Europe” list by Forbes Magazine.
