Pietro Bologna

Born in Milan in 1972, he is self-taught. In the early 1990s, he moved to Germany and later to Argentina, working as a model maker, photographer's assistant, photojournalist and darkroom teacher.

Today, he combines his artistic research with his work as a designer.

His first solo exhibition took place in 1998 at the J.L. Borges Cultural Center in Buenos Aires.

Over the following years, he exhibited in numerous galleries in Italy and abroad, in both public and private spaces. His works are included in prestigious collections such as the De Pietri Collection in Lugano, the Antonio Brescacin Collection in Venice and the Luisella d’Alessandro Collection in Turin. Between 2001 and 2020, he published 7 books with A14 edizioni, Phos edizioni and edizione PulcinoElefante.

He lives and works in Milan.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

"Elegìa", Lab 1930. Fotografia contemporanea, Milano 2026.

"Corrispondenze. Barlumi, Angeli e altre storie", Pietro Bologna and Pino Deodato, Galleria Susanna Orlando, Pietrasanta 2024.

“da Ettaro”, with a critical essay by Angela Madesani and Lorand Hegyi, Lab 1930. Fotografia contemporanea, Milano 2023.

"A Constantin", Galleria Lorenzo Vatalaro, Milan 2021.

"Mio Malgrado", in collaboration with Angelo Lumelli, Galleria Lorenzo Vatalaro, Milan 2018.

"L'altro sguardo", in collaboration with Giancarlo Majorino, Galleria Lorenzo Vatalaro, Milan 2017.

"Animalerie. Immaginifiche costellazioni", curated by Enzo Obiso, Centro Phos, Chieri 2014.

"Di bianco silenzio", curated by Thierry Tannières, Galerie La Poissonnerie, Marseille 2005.

"Di bianco silenzio", with a critical essay by Elio Franzini, Galleria Azibul, Milan 2005.

"Bozzetti", with a critical essay by Giovanni Pelloso, Galleria San Fedele, Milan 2005.

"Prima di tutto", in collaboration with Alberto Casiraghi, Galleria Valeria Belvedere, Milan 2001

"Pagina bianca", curated by Claudio Borghi, Galleria Bruna Soletti, Milan 2000.

"La formica e altri racconti", curated by Claudio Borghi, Tufanostudio25, Milan 2000.

"Pagina bianca", Centro Cultural J.L. Borges, Buenos Aires 1998.

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

"Artenumero", curated by Angela Madesani, MAR Museo Archeologico Regionale, Aosta, 2024.

"Adfinis", Galleria Lorenzo Vatalaro, Milan 2021.

"Visual Making - la digital fabrication a supporto delle arti grafiche", BASE, Milan 2015.

"0,01 megapixels", curated by Vicenç Bonet, Galeria Tagomago, Barcelona 2014.

"Bestiari", curated by Enzo Obiso, Centro Phos, Chieri 2013.

"Bajo la lluvia ajena", curated by Viviana Nardoni, Museo de la Memoria, Rosario Santa Fe, 2007.

"Ricordarsi di togliere le terre", International Video Art Exhibition, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires 2002.

"Rimedi", curated by Paolo Campiglio, Angela Madesani, Francesco Tedeschi, Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan 2002.

"Pagina bianca", curated by Antonio Brescacin, Luisella d'Alessandro, Salone della fotografia storica, moderna e contemporanea, Venice 1999.