Davide Savorani (1977) lives and works in Milan.
EDUCATION
2011
- The Mountain School of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2002
- BA, Ravenna Academy of Fine Arts, Italy
1996
- MFA, Art Institute for Ceramic, Faenza, Italy
GRANTS
2014
- Danish International Visiting Artist (DIVA)
RESIDENCIES
2014
- Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013
- Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, US
2012
- CPH AIR, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011
- FDV Residency Program, Careof/DOCVA, Milan, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2022
- Argh!, CLER, Milan, Italy
2019
- Vanishing Acts (Orlando), commissioned performance, Gavin Brown Enterprise/Sant’Andrea de Scaphis, Rome, Italy
- Something else I buried deep, CLER, Milan, Italy
2016
- Noi non siamo fiume, Kunsthalle Eurocenter, Lana, Italy
- Stressed Environment, Marsèlleria, Milan, Italy
2014
- Banana Days Are Over, White Cubicle Toilet Gallery, London, Great Britain
2011
- Spettro, Marsèlleria Permanent Exhibition, Milan, Italy
- Green Room, CareOf, Milan, Italy
2008
- Gallisterna, Brown Project Space, Milan, Italy
- Parade, Artopia, Milan, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2022
- Una Sauna, Il Colorificio, Milan, Italy
2020
- Isolationskunst. Zeinab Shahidi Marnani, Sara Sjölin, Davide Savorani. Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark
- Ho steso un lenzuolo bianco a terra, by F/Q, Futuredome, Milan, Italy
2018
- Every time You Close Your Eyes, Tile Project Space, Italy
2017
- 40° Sopra La Performance, Palazzo Magnani, Bologna, Italy
- The News on Betty, Betty Nansen Teatret, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016
- People in a building without the building, Ex-Guarmet, Milan, Italy
- Trigger Parties, Marselleria, Milan
2015
- Island Time, CAMH, Houston, US
- Altrimenti che essere, Galleria Più, Bologna, Italy
2014
- Revisit: Musikerne maler, malerne musicerer og ingen holder kæft, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Codalunga, Foro Italico, Rome, Italy
2013
- Urban Bodies, Villa Croce Contemporary Art Museum, Genoa, Italy
- GAR Residents Exhibition, Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, US
- Do It: Houston, Alabama Song, Houston, US
2012
- Giornata del Contemporaneo, Raum, Bologna, Italy
- A Prune in the Sky, Toves Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Nuovo, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Faenza, Italy
- Not just an image, but a whole world, Kunstraum, Wien, Austria
2011
- The Inadequate, Spanish Pavilion, 54th Venice Biennale, Italy
- Luna Palace, Elfo/Puccini Theatre, Milan, Italy
- The Guest Room, Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag, the Netherlands
2010
- Against Gravity, ICA, London, Great Britain
- HaVE A LoOk! HAve a Look!, Form Content, London, Great Britain
- Zero Budget Biennial, various locations, Milan, Italy
- Mal d’Archive, La Frice La Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
2009
- And yet it moves, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
- Studio Visit, GC.AC. Monfalcone, Italy 39th Santarcangelo Festival, Italy
2008
- Astratto, Teatro Comandini, Cesena, Italy
2007
- Fire makes the house grow, Dena Foundation, Paris, France
- Work_Show, CareOf, Galleria Civica, Trento, Italy
2006
- Neverending Cinema, Galleria Civica, Trento, Italy
BIBLIOGRAPHY / INTERVIEWS / CATALOGUES (SELECTED)
2022
- Argh!, edited by F.Carazzato e C.Riva, published by bruno, Venice, Italy.
2021
- CLER- Quaderno #02, ed.CLER, Milan, Italy.
2020
- Art as a crisis – communication: The cat crawls under the duvet and to her lap, by Mathias Kryger, Politiken, March 30th, 2020
- The Colouring Book, a project by Milano Art Guide, curated by Rossella Farinotti and Gianmaria Biancuzzi
2019
- I (never) explain, by Davide Savorani, ATP Diary, http://atpdiary.com/i-never-explain-50-davide-savorani/
2018
- Gina Pane: Io Mescolo Tutto, by Davide Savorani, Roots & Routes, Anno VIII, n.28, Maggio-Dicembre 2018
2016
- Panorama, curated by Zoe De Luca, Diorama Editions
- Interview by Lucia Tozzi, Zero http://zero.eu/magazine/intervista-a-davide-savorani-artista/
2015
- Island Time/Galveston Artist Residency – The First Four Years, ed. Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (catalog)
- General Booty of Work: TOVES reporting from the Venice Biennale (interview)
2014
- A script for Dick, by Diego Marcon, Cura.books (commissioned writing)
- Daphne, a record of a year through affection, ed. by Catherine Borra, La Grande Fuite
2013
- Banana Days Are Over, D.Savorani, H.Heilmann, self-published
- Artisti in viaggio: Davide Savorani in Texas, by Riccardo Conti, artribune.com (interview)
2012
- Prune in the Sky, ed. Toves Galleri (catalog)
- Nicht Nur Ein Bild, Sonder Eine Ganze Welt, ed.Kunstrau Niederoesterreich (catalog)
- Stato dell’Arte, by Francesco Tenaglia, Blow Up #173 (interview)
- 20 talents, by Eva Fabbris, Kult n°6/7
- Voci Narranti – la performance in Italia oggi, by Marinella Paderni, Flash Art Italia n.301
2011
- Green Room, by Emanuela De Cecco, Flash Art Italia n.297 (review)
2010
- videoREPORT Italia 2008_09, ed GC.AC. Monfalcone (catalog)
- Luogotenente: Davide Savorani, by Romeo Castellucci, Flash Art Italia n.281
- Davide Savorani, by Julia Klaring, Cura.artmagazine n.03, (interview+commissioned artwork)
2009
- Danger to fall in the sea, ed. Fond. Sandretto Re Rebaudengo/Fond. Garrone (catalog)
- Nuovi! Nuovi! Nuovi!, by Milovan Farronato, Exibart n.75
2008
- La minima deviazione di una goccia di pioggia, by Claudia Castellucci, Art’o b.25 (review)
- Revival, ffwd_mag #05 (commissioned artwork)
- Annie, are you OK?, Cross n.08 (commissioned artwork)
2007
- I didn’t hear you calling, Kaiserin Magazine (commissioned artwork)
TEACHING / LECTURES / TALKS / WORKSHOPS
2023
- What If I Die With A Song Inside? IUAV, Master’s Degree in Performing Arts and Gender Studies, Venice, Italy (teaching)
- Around the Wall, NABA, Rome, Italy (workshop)
- Argh!, Leporello, Rome, Italy (book launch)
2022
- Argh!, bruno, Venezia, Italy (book launch)
- Argh!, Lungomare, Bozen, Italy (book launch)
- Argh!, CLER, Milan, Italy (book launch)
- All You Need Is A Limit, IED Factory 2022, IED, Rome, Italy (workshop)
2021
- Bored Together, IUAV, Master’s Degree in Theatre and Performing Arts, Venice, Italy (workshop)
2019
- Drawing Club, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Schools of Visual Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark (workshop)
2013
- You need to begin 20’ ahead, w Hannah Heilmann, Green is Gold, Copenhagen, Denmark (lecture)
2012
- Funen Art Academy, Odense, Denmark (lecture)
2011
- Spanish Pavilion, a conversation w D.García and B.Casavecchia, 54th Venice Biennale, Italy (talk)
- Bozen Free University, talk series curated by E.De Cecco, Bozen, Italy (talk)
- NABA, Visual Arts Department, Milan, Italy (talk)
OTHER
2018
- curator, Performace Series: keyon gaskin & Hannah Heilmann, Marsèlleria Permanent Exhibition, Milan, Italy
2015
- performer, Settlement House, by Will Rawls, Abrons Arts Center, NY
2010
- co-director w. C. Guidi/Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, Bestione, Teatro Comandini, Cesena, Italy
2008
2009
- performer, Purgatorio, by Romeo Castellucci/Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, Avignon, France
2007
- performer, Uh!, by Kinkaleri, Netmage, Bologna Italy
2006
- performer, Nerone, by Kinkaleri, 36th Santarcangelo Festival, Italy
- performer, Nero, by Kinkaleri, CanGo, Florence, Italy
- actor, Panorama Bologna, by ZimmerFrei, Bologna, Italy
- actor, Panorama Venezia, by ZimmerFrei, Venice, Italy
2005
- actor, Panorama Roma, by ZimmerFrei, Rome, Italy
- curator, Neanche, various locations, Faenza, Italy
2002
2005
- co-founder, Open, an autonomous working area, Bologna/Prato, Italy
1999
2001
- performer + company manager , Fanny&Alexander, Ravenna, Italy