Vita
Born in Naples, Italy
Lives and works in Naples, Italy
Works in Public Collections
Kunst Museum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Noveau Musée, Lyon, France
Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain
Fondazione Amelio – Terre Motus, Reggia di Caserta, Italy
Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Naples, Italy
Szépmurészeti Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
Malmo Kunsthall, Malmo Fnac Rhone Alpes, Lyon, France
Collezione della Fondazione del Banco di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Comune di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Metropolitana di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Museo MADRE, Naples, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
Galerie Dittmar, Berlin, Germany
Musen, Raab Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Tatafiore a Napoli, Galeriea 1Opera, Naples, Italy
Ernesto Tatafiore – Ritorno a Itac, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Maestri italiani, Die Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Vita del Poeta, Galleria Fernando Latorre, Madrid, Spain
Zeichnungen 1969 bis 2009, Galerie Dittmar, Berlin, Germany
Filosofico-Utopico, Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, Italy
Utopian-Philosophical, Contemporary Art Museum, Niteròi, Brazil
Galeria Fernando Latorre, Madrid, Spain
Landesmuseen Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig – Sammlung Großhaus, Germany
LEVY Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Napoli 1799 Aqaurium, Largo Barracche, Naples, Italy
Museo Pignatelli Cortes, Naples, Italy
Castel Sant’elmo, Naples, Italy
Certosa di Padula, Naples, Italy
Tatakunsthaus, Naples, Italy
Galerie Dittmar, Berlin, Germany
Pictor Pictura, LEVY Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Incontro, Bottega D’Arte di Maurizio Siniscalo, Naples, Italy
x Libris, Galassia Gutenberg, Mostra d’Oltremare, Naples, Italy
Paintings: Schnabel, Sicilia, Fetting, Tatafiore, Boukamel Contemporaray Art, London, UK
Gente di Mare, Galleri Dobloug, Oslo, Norway
Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary
Dovin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Galerie Tobias Hirschmann, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Galerie Dittmar, Berlin, Germany
Art’30, Galerie Pudelko,Basel, Hungary
Castel Nuovo, Naples, Italy
Il gioco della rivoluzione, Galerie Reneé Laporte, Antibes, France
The complete prints 1968-1998 and 10 new Bronzes, LEVY Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Raab Boukamel Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Podelko, Bonn, Germany
Galerie Tobias Hirschmann, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Navi di Terra, Galleri Dobloug, Oslo, Norway
Galerie Frebel und Schmidt, Westerland/Sylt, Germany
Psarotaberna, Galleria Scognamiglio e Teano, Naples, Italy
Compagni di Viaggio, Bottega D’Arte Siniscalco e Gori, Naples, Italy
Galerie Christian Dam, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galleria Levy, Madrid, Spanien
Tatafiore per Robespierre, Instituto Italiano per gli Filosofici, Naples, Italy
LEVY Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Stampa, Basel, Switzerland
Galerie Dambier Masset, Paris, France
Materiale di scena, Instituto Francese, Naples, Italy
Indiani, Instituto Francese, Naples, Italy
Galerie Piece Unique, Paris, France
Galerie Hilger, Vienna, Austria
La Commedia dell’Arte, Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy
A canzone e Robespierre, Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy
La macchina della rivoluzione, Galleria Anders Tornberg, Lund, Sweden
Ventoso, Galleria Philippe Daverio, Milan, Italy
Canteremo tutta la vita, Galleria Rizzardi, Milan, Italy
Bilder und Zeichnungen, Art Forum Thomas, Munich, Germany
Lentamente Fram Nord, Galleri Dobloug, Oslo, Norway
lfista Volante, Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy
Ernesto Tatafiore, Galerie Stampa, Basel, Schweiz; Galleri Fahl, Stockholm, Sweden; Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Schweden; FRAC Rhone Alpes, Lyon, France; Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark; Galerie Isy Brachot, Paris, France; Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Beligum; Galerie Raab, Berlin, Germany; Abbaye Saint-Andre, Meymac, France; Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (mumok), Vienna, Austria
Vendicante, Galleria Il Ponte, Rome, Italy
Mezzanine, Metropolitan Museum of Art (MoMA), New York, NY, USA
Chicago Art Expo, Galleria Il Ponte, Chicago, IL, USA
Spende il fumo, Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy
Galerie Art in Progress, Monaco, Monaco
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Gimpel, Zurich, Switzerland
Galleriet, Lund, Schweden
Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy
Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Madrid, Spain
Galerie Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
Kunstmuseum, Luzern, Switzerland
Nouveau Musée de Ville Urbanne, Lyon, France
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Lucio Amelio, Naples,Italy
Galerie Josseval, Zurich, Switzerland
Stampa, Basel, Switzerland
Galeriet Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Incontri 1980, Festival dei 2 mondi, Spoleto, Italy
Sieben aus Italien, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland; Folkwangmuseum, Essen, Germany; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
APERTO 80, Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
9 Thermidor, Studio Memini, Naples, Italy
Art 10 ’79 Perspective, Basel, Switzerland
Stampa, Basel, Switzerland
Galleria Fabibasaglia, Bologna, Italy
Ideologie und Praxis von Maximilien Robespierre, Stampa, Basel, Switzerland
Indice di Robespierre, Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy
Der Schiffskapitän M. Robespierre, Paul Maenz, Cologne
Ideologie und Praxis, Lucio Amelio, Naples
Podio del Mondo per l’Arte, Middelburg, The Netherlands
Ideologie und Praxis, Galleria La Salita, Rome, Italy
Vita dei poeta, Lucio Amelio, Neaples, Italy
Robespierre, Expo Arte Fiera, Lucio Amelio, Bari, Italy
Collana Storica, Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy
Contemporanea, Incontri Internazionali d’ Arte, Rome, Italy
La fine di quel salutare terrore, Studio Carla Ortelli, Milan, Italy
Galleria La Salita, Rome, Italy
Rosso, Stampa, Basel, Switzerland
Autobiografia, Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy
Laboratori Arte Grafica, 35. Biennale Venezia, Venice, Italy
Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy
Group Exhibitions
Stampa, Basel, Switzerland
OneHundred Works, Tony Whuethrich Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
Fokus Papier: Thinking About Space, Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
The Hilger Collection. Part 1: Works on Paper and Wood, Hilger BROTKunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
Meret Oppenheim. Gedankenspiegel | Mirrors of the Mind,LEVY Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
45 Jahre LEVY, LEVY Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Ruhe-Störung – Streifzüge durch die Welten der Collage, Kunstmuseum Ahlen; Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
Ernesto Tatafiore, Miriam Cahn, Rosemarie Trockel, Marcel Odenbach, Stampa, Basel, Switzerland
Weltanschauung – Visione Del Mondo, Art Forum Würth Capena, Capena, Switzerland
Pas nécessaire et pourtant indispensable. 1979-2009: 30 ans d’art contemporain à Meymac, Abbaye St André, Centre d’art contemporain Meymac, Meymac, France
cycle rolywholyover, septième et dernier épisode, Mamco musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
l’usage de la parole phase ii, Artiscope, Brussels, Belgium
Poetics Country, Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
Weltanschauung – Visione del mondo, Palazzo Riso, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy
Napoli presente. Posizioni e prospettive dell’arte contemporanea, PAN Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, Naples, Italy
perdere la testa, Lattuada Studio, Milan, Italy
Die Künstlereditionen des Kunstmuseums Luzern, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
Christmas Art Gifts, Artiscope, Brussels, Belgium
Accelerato Torino-Napoli, Artiscope, Brussels, Belgium
Ernesto Tatafiore – Wainer Vaccari, Museum Moderner Kunst – Wörlen Passau, Germany
Galerie Dittmar, Berlin, Germany
Transavanguardia, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany
Der Berg, Edition Staeck, Heidelberg, Germany
Espacio Concepto, Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
Objets trouvés – Fundstücke, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna, Austria
Omaggio a Paola, Artiscope, Brussles, Belgium
Mitovelocita, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporai Repubblica di S. Marino, Italy
Bandiere di maggion, Piazza Plebiscito, Naples, Italy
Biennale della Ceramica – Di Rufoli, Museo Citta Creativa, Rufoli, Italy
Guido Tatafiore con un souvenir di Ernesto Tatafiore, Casina Pompeiana, Naples, Italy
Colección Dobermann, Sala de Arte Contemporáneo, La Granja, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Arte italiana – Pittura Iconican, Galleria d´Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Corona roya sobra el vulcan, Centro de Arte Atlantica, Gran Canaria, Spain
Omaggio a Torquato Tasso – Macchine da Festa, Chiostro di S. Francesco, Sorrent, Italy
Vomini di mondo, Galleria Confini, Cuneo, Italy
TRISMEGISTO, Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy
Konfrontationen Neuerwerbungen 1990-1993, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig (mumok), Vienna, Austria
Via Crucis, Ceska Galerie Musaion, Prague, Czech Republic
Works on paper, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf, Germany
SPACCANAPLI, Antico Refettorio di Santa Chiara, Naples, Italy
Terrae Motus alla Reggia di Caserta, Palazzo Reale di Caserta, Italy
Bilder für den Himmel, Kunst-Drachen, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Nous citoyens de la communauté européenne, Centre d’Art le LAIT, Albi, France
Venice Biennale, Italy
2000 Jahre, Die Gegenwart der Vergangenheit, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Venti anni a Basilea, Lucio Amelio, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Nous, Citoyens de la Communaute Europeenne, Paris, France
Capolavori della Collezione dei Banco di Napoli, Villa Pignatelli, Naples, Italy
Sulla inutilita della scoperta della bussola da parte di Flavio Gioia, nella deriva dell’arte, Amalfi – Arsenali, Italy
Wiener – Diwan: Sigmund Freud Heute, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, Austriay
Farbe bekennen, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Basler Privatbesitz, Museum für Gegenwartkunst, Basel, Switzerland
Kunst-Drachen, Goethe-lnstitut, Osaka, Japan
Autoritratto non ritratto, Arte Fiera 88, Bologna, Italy
A. B. 0., Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
Invente -R, Le grand Halle La Villette, Paris. France
Biennale dei Sud, Accademia Belle Arti, Naples, Italy
Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
Terrae Motus, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Beuys zu Ehren, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Italiana 1950-1986, Curator Achille Bonito Oliva, Alicante, Italy
Arte Santa, Loggetta Lombardesca, Ravenna, Italy
Vom Zeichnen 1960-1985, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Galerie Montanay-Delsol, Paris, Frankreich
Vom Zeichnen 1960-1985, Kasseler Kunstverein; Kassel; Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Rondo, Amalfi Arte, Amalfi, Italy
Sapere – sapore. Arte in Italia 1958-1985, Gastello di Baia, Naples, Italy
The Future of Metropolis – The example Berlin, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany
TERRAE MOTUS, Fondazione Amelio, Villa Gampolieto, Ercolano, Italy, Germany
Meisterwerke aus der Graphischen Sammlung, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Latitudine Napoli-New York, Galleria Amelio, Naples, Italy
Marianne Deson, Chicago, FL, USA
Galerie De Roode Boom, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Linee della Ricerca Artistica in Italia 1960-80, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
Art 12’81, Basel, Switzerland
Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy
Through the summer, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Nuova Greativita nel Mezzogiorno, Naples, Italy
Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, Italy
Kunstforum der Städtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Italiana: Nuova Immagine, Ravenna, Italy
Galerie Schellmann & Klüser, Munich, Germany
Gentre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
An international exhibition of fourteen artists, Lisson Gallery, Nicholas Logsdail, London, UK
II Ritratto, Galleria La Salita, Rome, Italy
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Arte Gifra, Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany
Art 9 ’78, Basel, Switzerland
Der Kulturelle Unterschied, Stuttgart, Germany
03-23-03, Montreal, Canada
Art 8 ’77, Basel, Switzerland
Art 7 ’76, Basel, Switzerland
Villa Volpicelli, Naples, Italy
Art 6 ’75, Basel, Switzerland
La Biennale de Paris, Paris, Frankreich; Mostra Segnalati Bolaffi 1973, Turin, Italy
7. Kölner Kunstmarkt, Cologne, Germany
IV. Internationale Frühjahrsmesse, Berlin, Germany
Opere grafiche della 35. Biennale di Venezia, Milan, Italy
Art 2 ’71, Basel, Switzerland
Italy Two – Art around ‘7, Museum of Philadelphia, USA
35. Biennale di Venezia, Venedig, Italien; Nuove presenze nell’arte italiana, Imola, Italy
25. Premio F. P. Michetti, Francavilla a Mare, Italy
5. Rassegna d’Arte dei Mezzogiorno, Naples, Italy
Prima Rassegna Biennale delle gallerie di tendenza italiane, Modena, Italy
Arte grafica oggi, Palazzo Reale, Naples, Italy
IX Quadriennale d’Arte, Rome, Italy
Premio Ministero Pubblica Istruzione, Rome, Italy
XVIII Premio F. P. Michetti, Francavilla a Mare, Italy