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Federico Solmi

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Federico Solmi

The Ballroom, 2016

Biography


Federico Solmi (Italy, 1973) currently lives and works in New York. His exhibitions, which often combine articulate installations composed of different media such as video, drawings, and paintings, use bright colors and a satirical aesthetic to portray a dystopian vision of our present-day society. Solmi exploits emerging technologies to reveal the hypocrisies in contemporary society, making art with political and social commentary as a means to disrupt the power structure of our technological age. Scanning his paintings into a game engine, Solmi confronts the audience with his own absurd rewriting of past and present-day events. Solmi stages a virtual world where our leaders become puppets, animated by computer scripts rather than strings.


In the year 2009, Federico Solmi was awarded by the Guggenheim Foundation of New York with the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in the category of Video & Audio. Federico Solmi is currently visiting Professor at Yale University School of Drama, New Haven, CT. His work has been included in several international Biennials, including Open Spaces 2018: A Kansas City Arts Experience(2018), the Beijing Media Art Biennale (2016), Frankfurt B3 Biennial of the Moving Image (2017-2015), the First Shenzhen Animation Biennial in China (2013), the 54th Venice Biennial (2011), and the SITE Santa Fe Biennial in New Mexico (2010). Solmi has been featured in solo museum exhibitions including Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY (2018), Museo de Arte Contemporaneo del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela (2017), the Haifa Museum of Art, Israel (2016), the Centro Cultural Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile (2015), and the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid, Spain (2013).



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Sep 2024 – Jan 2025 Group Show Focus Group

Mar 06 – Mar 09, 2019 Federico Solmi Counterfeit Heroes

Jun 11 – Aug 23, 2018 Group Show Reprise: Summer Show 2018

May 23 – Aug 17, 2017 Group Show Art on the Front Lines

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Federico Solmi The Great Farce Carousel 6Second 5Mb

Federico Solmi

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The Great Farce (excerpt)

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001 The Grand Masquerade Side

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The Grand Masquerade, 2018

002 The Kindhearted Charlatans Side

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The Kindhearted Charlatans, 2018

010 The Great Expedition 01

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The Great Expedition, 2018

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The Great Expedition, 2018

003 The Esteemed Scoundrel

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The Esteemed Scoundrel, 2017

004 The Divine Emperor

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The Divine Emperor, 2017

005 The Gracious Conquistadors

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The Gracious Conquistadors, 2017

006 The Ballroom The Decadent

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The Decadent, 2016

007 The Magnificent Exploiter

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The Magnificent Exploiter, 2016

008 The Great Patriot

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The Great Patriot, 2016

009 The Brotherhood Panel 2

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The Brotherhood Triptych, Panel 2, 2015

2012 Chinese Democracy And The Last Day On Earth Edition Box 01

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Chinese Democracy and the Last Day on Earth video edition box, 2012

2010 Douche Bag City Still 01

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Untitled still from Douche Bag City, 2010

2007 The Evil Empire Still 02

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Untitled still from The Evil Empire, 2007

2006 King Kong And The Endof The World Still 01

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Untitled Still from King Kong and the End of the World, 2006

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Untitled still from King Kong and the End of the World, 2006

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002 Installation The Good Samaritans Rochester

The Good Samaritans, 2018

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002 Installation The Good Samaritans Rochester

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The Good Samaritans, 2018

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001 Installation The Great Farce Frankfurt B3 Ext

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The Great Farce, 2017

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003 Installation The Brotherhood Maczul Venezuela Int

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The Brotherhood, 2017

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004 Installation The Ballroom Luisdejesus La Int

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The Ballroom, 2016

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005 The Brotherhood Installation

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The Brotherhood, 2015

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2015 Chinese Democracy Installation 01

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Chinese Democracy and the Last Day on Earth, 2015

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Chinese Democracy and the Last Day on Earth, 2015

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006 Installation Chinese Democracy Trilogy 2013

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Chinese Democracy and the Last Day on Earth, 2013

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007 Installation Dbc 2010 Int

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Douche Bag City, 2010

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2008 The Evil Empire Installation 01

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The Evil Empire, 2008

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2006 King Kong And The End Of The World Installation 01

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King Kong and the End of the World, 2006

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2004 Ideal City Installation 01

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Ideal City, 2004

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002 Installation The Good Samaritans Rochester
001 Installation The Great Farce Frankfurt B3 Ext
003 Installation The Brotherhood Maczul Venezuela Int
004 Installation The Ballroom Luisdejesus La Int
005 The Brotherhood Installation
2015 Chinese Democracy Installation 01
2015 Chinese Democracy Installation 02
006 Installation Chinese Democracy Trilogy 2013
007 Installation Dbc 2010 Int
2008 The Evil Empire Installation 01
2006 King Kong And The End Of The World Installation 01
2004 Ideal City Installation 01
002 Installation The Good Samaritans Rochester

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The Good Samaritans, 2018

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001 Installation The Great Farce Frankfurt B3 Ext

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The Great Farce, 2017

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003 Installation The Brotherhood Maczul Venezuela Int

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The Brotherhood, 2017

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004 Installation The Ballroom Luisdejesus La Int

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The Ballroom, 2016

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005 The Brotherhood Installation

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The Brotherhood, 2015

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2015 Chinese Democracy Installation 01

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Chinese Democracy and the Last Day on Earth, 2015

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2015 Chinese Democracy Installation 02

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Chinese Democracy and the Last Day on Earth, 2015

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006 Installation Chinese Democracy Trilogy 2013

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Chinese Democracy and the Last Day on Earth, 2013

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007 Installation Dbc 2010 Int

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Douche Bag City, 2010

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2008 The Evil Empire Installation 01

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The Evil Empire, 2008

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2006 King Kong And The End Of The World Installation 01

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King Kong and the End of the World, 2006

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2004 Ideal City Installation 01

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Ideal City, 2004

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