Marco Lodola

Biography

Picture Marco Lodola

Born in Dorno (PV) on the 4th of April, 1955.
1975 Student of the Accademia delle Belle Arti of Florence and Milan.1980 In the 80's Lodola and other artists form the New Futurism movement of which Renato Barilli is the main theorist.1985 He as exhibited in the major cities of Europe and as also participated in exhibitions and projects for important industries such as: Swatch, Coca Cola, Illy, Numero Uno.In 1994 he was invited by the Chinese Government to exhibited in the archives of the Imperial city of Peking. In 1996 he started working in the States for exhibitions in New York, Miami, and at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. 2000 Numerous are his cultural projects and collaborations, all illustrated inside LODOLAND. From writers such as Aldo Busi and Marco Lodoli to Italian Musicians 883 and Timoria. And the project done for the Season 2000 at the Teatro Massimo of Palermo.In 2001 Marco Lodola was comissioned to work on the immagine of the Carnevale di Venezia. For the occasion the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa organized the show "Futurismi a Venezia", with work by Lodola and Fortunato Depero. These are some of the people that have written on Marco Lodola: Vergine, Bossaglia, Mascherpa, Seveso, Somaini, Quintavalle, Accame, Pontiggia, Carli, Sala, Calabrese, Dentice, Restany, Coen, Bonito Oliva, Strano, Fiz, Crispolti, Cherubini, Vescovo, Mammì, Hunter, Dorfles, Sgarbi, Daverio. In June 2002 he created the light sculpture "A Tutta Birra", dedicated to the industrial figure of Venceslao Menazzi Moretti. The sculpture was collocated in the of Udine, where once was the first factory of the famous beer. 2004 In December he installed a Sculpture in Piazza Strozzi in Florence, Italy. Marco Lodola currently lives in Pavia, Italy. 2005 The most important projects of this year were: Capogiro, the logo for Giro d'Italia; the artwork for Renzo Arbore's tv program: Il Principe della Notte; the collaboration with Coveri for which the stage and the images for "Women Collection" has been created; Lighthouse, a show and a collection of design objects for Mirabili.




Solo exhibitions:

2000
La Nuova Pesa Roma
Arte Fiera with Galleria Cardelli Fontana Bologna
Studio Ronchini Terni Italia
Sala Pompeiana, Teatro Massimo Palermo
Miart with Galleria Tega Milan
Palazzo la Marmora Biella
Studio Molinas Porto Cervo
Galleria Ugolini New York
Galleria Improvisazione I Rovereto (TN)
Galleria Il Milione Milan

2001
Galleria Arte in Cornice Turin
Galleria Cardelli-Fontana Pietrasanta (Lu)
Palazzo Durini - Fondazione Maimeri Milan
Spirale arte Contemporanea Milan
Galleria Spirale arte Verona
Spirale Arte Pietrasanta (Lu)
Galleria Occhio Quadrato Ferrara
Galleria Art in Progress Courmayeur (Ao)
Galleria des Arts Cortona
Centre culturelle du Panthon Paris
Art in Progress Courmayer (AO)

2002
Galleria Rota Ross Novara
Piaggeria Comune di Sassuolo (Mo)
Galleria Costarino Casale Monferrato (Al)
Galleria Proposte d'Arte Legnano (Mi)
Galleria Nuova Artesegno Ud
Galleria Guidi & Shoen Genova
Galleria Spazio corre 4 Cividale del Friuli (Ud)
Galleria 3G Udine
Spazio Montenero Milan Italia

2003
Museo Materiali minimi Paestum
Valentino Atelier Milan
The exhibition will be presented at the ports of Genoa, Naples, Messina, Tunis, Palma de Majorca, Barcelona and Marseilles.
Palazzo del Turismo di Riccione Riccione(RN)
Dépote - Arte contemporanea - Merate Merate

Galleria Tega Milan

2004
Museo Archeologico di Lipari Lipari
Museo Polyforum, Mexico City;
Museo Des Belles Artes a Rio de Janeiro,
Museo Brasilero de Escultura
Galleria Pace Milan

2005
Forno Fusorio (Tavernole, Valtrompia) Tavernole sul Mella
Galleria Mirabili Firenze Italia
Galleria del Palazzo Firenze

Group exhibitions:

2001
Palazzo Giovine Alba (Cn)
Salone dei Marmi Angri (Sa)
Palazzo Pretura Castell Arquato (Pc)
Biennale Aldo Roncaglia, Rocca Estense, S.Felice Panaro
Galleria Mares Pavia Italia
Castello Camino Casale Monferrato (Al)
Museo della Matterella,Galleria Epicentro Barcellona Spain
Studio d'Ars Milan Italia Italia
Galleria Naviglio Modern Art Milan
Les Rois les Bateaux et l'Art, Salle des expositions Monaco
Trevi Flash Art-Museum Trevi (Pg)
Fiera di Milano Milan
Galleria Orlando Forte dei Marmi
Galleria Pio Monti Rome
Spazio Montenero Milan
Accademia Tadini 2000 Circolo Culturale TNT,
Comune di Terlizzi Lucera
Galleria Cristofori Bologna
Palazzo dei capitani della Montagna,
Vergato Sala Mostre Via Pietrafitta Grizzana Morandi
Rocchetta Mattei Riola (Bologna)
Museo Ca' La Ghironda Ponte Ronca di Zola (Bologna)
Palazzo Martinengo Brescia
Istituto Italiano Di Cultura Colonia Germany
Fiera di Milano
Fortezza del Priamar (SV)
Spazio di Gennaro Milan
Piazzale Giustinniani Rome

2002
Civica d'Arte Moderna Spoleto
Novara Italia Humor Rosa
Villa Didua Conzano (Al)
Museo Navale, Arsenale Venice
Villa Vizcaya, Art Deco Museum Miami
Musei Civici Macerata Italia
Palazzo Tiranni Castracane in Cagli
La Posteria Milan Italia Plastica
Cascina Pirocco Broni (PV)
Fusion Gallery Milan
Galleria Epicentro Gala di Barcellona (Me)
Trinita D'Agultu, Church in Sardegna (Ss)
Galleria Pio Monti Rome
Galleria Artemisia Perugia
Arsenali Amalfi, Salerno
Galleria N.Esposito Bari
Galleria Valente Finale Ligure (SV)
Galleria De Luca Prearo Verona
Galleria il Milione Milan
Palazzo della Permanente Milan
Galleria Marconi Milan
Palais De Tokyo Paris France
with Galleria Planetario Toronto Canada

2005
Fondazione del Monte Bologna
Expo 2005 Aichi Pechino China S.O.S.
Foyer De L'Opéra, Casinò MonteCarlo

For the latest exhibitions of the artist, please see the Appointments' Archive