Biography
The artist duo bn+BRINANOVARA is like an ecosystem and embraces a cross-disciplinary practice. Their research deepens among and ironically challenges cultural archetypes, in favour of the multiform image of the Real. The image happens as a kind of falling in love and, thereby, it becomes a fertile inquiry land for the public too. Every day Giorgio and Simone try to overcome their personal imposition for a condition of freedom. Neither mine nor yours: a kind of intimate activism for forgotten causes.
BIO
GIORGIO BRINA
born in Milan, IT, 1993, lives and work in Milan
Brera Academy of Fine Art, Milan, 2012 – 2016, BFA Sculpture
SIMONE NOVARA
born in Milan, IT, 1994, lives and work in Milan
Politecnico of Milan, Milan 2015 – 2018, BSc Architecture
Wimbledon College of Art, UAL, London, 2013 – 2015, BFA Painting
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ArtWorks – Unpredictable Ecosystem and others
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- La paura di Narciso 2, 2019, foam, textile (Etro), Carrara marble, 52 x 50 x 3-cm
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- La paura di Narciso 1, 2019, foam, textile (Etro), Carrara marble, 52 x 50 x 3-cm
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Shows
2022
Perchè lavoriamo in due – Il Crepaccio, curated by Caroline Corbetta
Twenties – Teatro Oscar, Milan, IT – curated by Iacopo Prinetti
2021
– Sottotratto – Crag Gallery, Turin, IT – 28.10.21/27.11.21 – curated by Stefano Castelli
2020
– TUTTO PALETTI – XPinky Berlin, Berlin, DE – 14.12.20/10.01.21 – curated by Simone Novara
– Hadal Zone – Spazio In Situ, Rome, IT – 12.09.20/12.10.20 – curated by Valentina Muzi
– Dreamt Uncanny Valley – Adiacenze, Bologna, IT – 24.01.20/7.03.20 – curated by Daniela Tozzi and Amerigo Mariotti
2019
– Thuder Boogie – Crag Gallery, Turin, IT – 13.06.19/13.07.19 – curated by Paolo Bonacina
– Animal Farm – Galleria Monopoli, Milan, IT – 16.03.19/30.03.19 – curated by Valentina Muzi
2018
– Gusti assortiti in proporzione variabile – Supergiovane, Milan, IT – 05.12.18
Selected Group Shows
2022
Break-in. Temporal displacement – The Address Gallery, Brescia, IT – curated by Arnold Braho
2021
– The Others Art Fair – Torino, IT – 04.11.21/07.11.21
– ArtVerona 16 – Verona, IT – 15.10.21/17.10.21
– Curatéla, spin-off Parenti – Bagni Misteriosi, Parenti District, Milan, IT – 16.09.21/19.09.21 – curated by Davide Dall’Ombra
– From Adlershof with love – XPinky Berlin, Berlin, DE – 02.07.21/30.07.21
– Curatéla – Casa Testori, Novate Milanese, IT – 26.06.21/31.10.21 – curated by Davide Dall’Ombra (with Filippo de Pisis, Giorgio Morandi and Ennio Morlotti)
– Starry Speculative Night – Spazio Volta, Bergamo, IT – 12.06.21/30.08.21 – curated by Edoardo De Cobelli
– Rendez-vous de chasse – XPinky Berlin, Berlin, DE – 26.05.21/20.06.21 – curated by Astrid Silvia Shönagen and Isabella Sedeka
– Lunar Stories – Dimora Artica, Milan, IT – 04.02.21/28.02.21
– Flourish: Nature is a Given Fact – XPinky Berlin, Berlin, DE – 15.01.21/12.02.21
2020
– Secret Cabinet – Dimora Artica, Milan, IT – 05.12.20/24.01.21
– Position Art Fair – Berlin, DE – 10.09.20/13.09.20
– Summer Collection – Crag Gallery, Turin, IT – 26.06.20/25.07.20
– Holomovement – Dimora Artica, Milan, IT – 13.01.20/17.02.20 – curated by Andrea Lacarpia
2019
– Secret Cabinet – Dimora Artica, Milan, IT – 16.12.19/31.12.19
– Amnesia, Premio Lissone 2019 – MAC – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Lissone, IT – 08.12.19/15.03.20 – curated by Alberto Zanchetta
– Issimi – Crag Gallery, Turin, IT – 2.11.19/26.11.19
– The Others Art Fair – Turin, IT – 31.10.19/03.11.19
– Now Now (with Casa Testori) – Rimini, IT – 18.08.19/24.08.19 – curated by Davide Dall’Ombra, Luca Fiore, Giuseppe Frangi, Francesca Radaelli
– Tuttifrutti – Supergiovane, Milan, IT – 22.06.19 – curated by Giuseppe Frangi
2018
– Contexto, IV edition – with Casa Testori, Edolo, IT – 14.07.18/09.09.18 – curated by Davide Dall’Ombra
– No Name. Collezione Marco Genzini – Morsasco castle, IT – 06.07.18/28.10.18
– Notti Trasfigurate – Villa Simonetta, Milan, IT – 18.06.18/11.07.18
Special projects and commissions
2021
– Arbiter Magazine (cover) – Arbiter n.222/LXXVIII, September 2021, year 21
– Permanent installation – L’Enigma della Giostra – Covivio S.A. collection – Wellio Milan Dante, Milan, IT
Talks and lectures
2021
– Salon Tier: artist talk on the exhibition Rendez-vous de chasse – Mariann Steegmann Institute. Kunst & Gender – Bremen, DE (online)
– I Lunedì di Casa Testori. Puntata 27 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omveb6vfyRI
Catalogues and publications
2020
– Hadal Zone – catalogue – curated by Iacopo Prinetti – with texts by Francesco Beneggi, bn+BRINANOVARA, Simone Cametti, Federica Fiumelli, Giovanni Frangi, Valentina Muzi, Iacopo Prinetti, Kristian Sturi, Saverio Verini.
2019
– Premio Lissone – catalogue
– Thunder Boogie – catalogue
2018
– Gusti assortiti in proporzione variabile – catalogue
– Dancing the Time: Just an Oyster Without the Pearl
2016
– Kammerverfahren: Genesi, giorno 6: visioni di parallasse
Selected articles and interviews
2021
– Giuseppe Frangi – Ritratto d’Artista – Arbiter n.222/LXXVIII, September 2021, year 21 – pp. 34-36
– Nasce a Bergamo Alta Spazio Volta. Mostre di arte contemporanea in una cisterna romana – Artribune – https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/arte-contemporanea/2021/07/nuovi-spazi-volta-bergamo/
– Davide Landoni – Wellio accoglie L’Enigma della Giostra: l’opera d’arte del nuovo spazio pro-working di Milano – ArtsLife – https://artslife.com/2021/03/12/wellio-enigma-giostra-pro-working-milano/
2020
– Martina Aiazzi Mancini – Hadal Zone: dalla mostra al catalogo. Un’antologia per liberare l’immagine – Forme Uniche – http://formeuniche.org/hadal-zone-catalogo/
– Maria Cristina Bastante – Abissi e pittura. La prima personale del duo bn+BRINANOVARA a Roma – Artribune – https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/arte-contemporanea/2020/10/mostra-duo-bn-brinanovara-in-situ-roma/
– Davide Silvioli – Hadal Zone: bn+BRINANOVARA at Spazio In Situ – Juliet – https://www.juliet-artmagazine.com/hadal-zone-bnbrinanovara-da-spazio-in-situ/
– Amalia di Lanno – Scandagliare l’invisibile negli abissi di bn+BRINANOVARA – Segno Online – https://segnonline.it/scandagliare-linvisibile-negli-abissi-di-bn-brinanovara/
– Gaia Bobò – Apparizioni manieriste nella Hadal Zone: bn+BRINANOVARA allo Spazio In Situ – Exibart – https://www.exibart.com/mostre/apparizioni-manieriste-nella-hadal-zone-bnbrinanovara-allo-spazio-in-situ/
– bn+ BRINANOVARA – Intervista a bn+BRINANOVARA. Dreamt Uncanny Valley – by Federica Fiumelli – Wall Street International Magazine – https://wsimag.com/it/arte/61943-intervista-a-bn-plus-brinanovara
– Vincenzo D’Argenio – bn+BRINANOVARA, Dreamt Uncanny Valley | Adiacenze – Exibart – https://www.exibart.com/mostre/bn-brinanovara-dreamt-uncanny-valley-adiacenze/
2019
– Luca Maffeo – Thunder Boogie, la danza della tigre secondo bn+BRINANOVARA – 05.07.19 – Forme Uniche – http://formeuniche.org/thunder-boogie-bnbrinanovara/