Artist: Mario Rizzi
Place and year of birth: Barletta, Italy, 1962
Currently based in: Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49 172 8814001
Fax: +39 02 700 303 52
Email: mariorizzi@gmail.com
Artist Residencies
2009 Villa Romana, Florence, Italy
2008 Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2007 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2007 Nosadella due, Bologna, Italy
2006 Al Ma'mal Artist-in-Residence, Jerusalem, Palestine
2005 Istanbul Artist Residency Program, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2003 Pilotproject Gropiusstadt, Berlin, Germany
2002 Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2002 Internationales Atelierprogramm Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2001 Helsinki International Artist-in-Residence Programme, Helsinki, Finland
2001 Mishkan Omanim, Herzeliya, Israel
1999 Päätalo-Instituutti, Taivalkoski, Finland
1998 Het Vijfde Seizoen, Den Dolder, the Netherlands
2008
Selected artist for the Artist Pension Trust by the Dubai Trust Curatorial Committee (November Paynter, Mai Abu ElDahab, Vasif Kortun, Natasa Patresin-Bachelez, Tirdad Zolghadr)
"Art Reclaims Foreign Affaires", essay contribution to the international conference of the Ministries of Foreign Affaires of the European Union, 25 April, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2007
Invited tutor for the “Eindhoven Caucus on Curating & Diversity” by the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Final Thesis Advisor of Ms. Sandra Issa, arts degree candidate in the École Supérieure d'Art de Tourcoing, France
“Mario Rizzi_ Three-days workshop for 36 Artists in Officina Giovani”, 23-25 September, organized by the Regione Toscana and the Cities of Florence and Prato, Italy
Invited tutor for the postgraduate students of the École Supérieure d'Art de Tourcoing, France (March)
2006
“Impermanent - Video Workshop for Palestinian Young Artists”, Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, 19-21 July, Jerusalem, Palestine
2005
Invited speaker and tutor of the research group “Bridging Culture and Identities” by the European NGO “UNITED for Intercultural Action” in the International UNITED Conference (Cyprus, 11-15 November)
"Arte Relazionale: Mario Rizzi", Ms. Elena Keidan's final thesis for the Art Degree, Brera Academy of Fine Art, Milan, Italy
Best Artist Prize, 7th Sharjah International Biennial, United Arab Emirates (Jury: Okwui Enwezor, Rina Carvajal, Walid Sadek)
"Zingari, spose ed altri imprevisti", Ms. Fabrizia Palomba's final thesis on Rizzi’s work for the Master in Management per curatore nei musei d'arte e architettura contemporanea, Faculty of Architecture, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
2004
Best Artist Prize, The Mulliqi Prize, The Kosova Art Gallery, Prishtina, UNMIK
"PLUG IN", curatorial project (invited artists: Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Pavel Braila, Mircea Cantor, Phil Collins, Jimmie Durham, Lisa Glauer, Anna Jermolaewa, Renzo Martens, Susan Norrie, Khalil Rabah, Jalal Toufic), Futura, Prague, Czech Republic
“Three posters for Utrecht on Cultural Diversity”, Art-in-Public-Space project curated by Vincent de Boer (March)
2003
"The Honeymoon Project", Pilotproject Gropiusstadt, Berlin, Germany
2001
Shortlisted Artist, "Premio Torino Incontra l'Arte", Turin, Italy
"Hafla Jerusalem", The Jerusalem Center for the Visual Arts (curator: Yona Fisher)
"Hafla Tel Aviv", Ami Steinitz Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Selected Solo Exhibitions (* = with catalogue)
2009
The Chicken Soup - Curator: Kerry Oliver-Smith - Harn Museum of Art – University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
2008
impermanent nigeria* - Catalogue curated by Pelin Uran - GAS Art Gallery - Torino, Italy
Murat ve Ismail - Curator: Pirkko Siitari - Kerava Art Museum - Kerava, Finland
2007
Modern Mondays: Murat ve Ismail - Curator: Laurence Kardish - Museum of Modern Art - New York, USA
2004
The Sofa of Jung* - Curator: Giorgio Verzotti - MART Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto - Rovereto, Italy
2003
Art makes it happen* - Curators: Christoph Tannert & Boris Kremer - Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien - Berlin, Germany
smART place* - Curators: Nicoletta Blacher et al. - S-Bahn Station Nordbahnhof (site specific project) - Berlin, Germany
Private - Galerie Heimer und Partner - Berlin, Germany
2002
Crowded loneliness* - The Flat - Milan, Italy
Double Vision - Curators: Liane van der Linden & Annet Zondervan - Imagine IC - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Drafting Moods - Galerie Diana Stigter - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2001
Seven Finnish Identities* - Curators: Maija Tanninen & Erja Pusa - Helsinki City Art Museum - Helsinki, Finland
Scratches on the walls of my home - Galleri Leena Kuumola - Helsinki, Finland
Ci sono le stelle nel tuo Paese?* - Curator: Cristiana Perrella - Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna - Rome, Italy
Kinderachtigeid - Galerie Nouvelles Images - The Hague, the Netherlands
2000
Woman and Man - Curator: Pirkko Siitari - Finnish Museum of Photography - Helsinki, Finland
Selected
Group Exhibitions and Film Festivals (* = with catalogue)
2009
Heiss oder Kalt - Curator: Petra Reichensperger - Haus der Kulturen der Welt - Berlin, Germany
Rotte Metropolitane* - Curators: Giacomo Bazzani & Angelika Stepken - Villa Romana - Firenze, Italy
2008
Doclisboa - VI International Documentary Film Festival* - Culturgest - Lisboa, Portugal
6th Taipei Biennial* - Curators: Manray Hsu & Vasif Kortun - Taipei Fine Arts Museum - Taipei, Taiwan
13th Biennale Internazionale di Scultura: “Nothing But Sculpture”* - Curator: Francesco Poli - Centro Arti Plastiche Internazionali e Contemporanee - Carrara, Italy
Be(com)ing Dutch* - Curators: Charles Esche & Annie Fletcher - Van Abbemuseum - Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Working Men* - Curators: Paul Ardenne & Barbara Polla - Analix Forever Gallery - Geneva, Switzerland
Manual Creative Commons - Curators: Marina Sorbello & Antje Weitzel - uqbar projectspace - Berlin, Germany
Fair Play Film Award 2008* - Cinema Lux - Lugano, Switzerland
Official Program of the Berlin Film Festival* - Berlinale Palast - Berlin, Germany
Something from Nothing* - Curator: Dan Cameron - Contemporary Art Center - New Orleans, USA
2007
Vidéothèque mobile - Curator: Anne-Laure Riboulet - Le Plateau/FRAC Ile de France - Paris, France
Résidents* - Curator: Nathalie Viot - Espace Electra - Paris, France
Redefine Identities* - Curator: Giacomo Bazzani - Officina Giovani - Prato, Italy
Mondo e Terra* - Curator: Elisa Del Prete - Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea - Castel San Pietro, Italy
PAN Screening. Opere e documenti 2005|2007 - Curators: Julia Draganovic & Laura Barreca - Palazzo delle Arti - Naples, Italy
4th Göteborg International Biennial: “Rethinking Dissent”* - Curators: Joa Ljungberg & Edi Muka - Röda Sten - Göteborg, Sweden
The London Palestine Film Festival 2007* - Barbican Centre - London, United Kingdom
This Day* - Curator: Samar Martha - Tate Modern - London, United Kingdom
World Factory*- Curator: Hou Hanru - Walter & McBean Galleries - San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA
2006
Intimations of the Past* - Curators: Eszter Lázár & János Sturcz - Hungarian University of Fine Arts - Budapest, Hungary
47th October Salon: "Art, Life & Confusion"* - Curators: René Block & Barbara Heinrich - The Museum of Yugoslav History - Belgrade, Serbia
videoREPORT ITALIA 2004_05* - Curator: Andrea Bruciati - Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, Italy
5 Tage bis zum Ende der Kunst - Curator: René Block - Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
EV+A 6th Biennial Exhibition of Visual Art: "Give (a)way"* - Curator: Katerina Gregos - Limerick City Gallery of Art - Limerick, Ireland
2005
3rd Tirana Biennale: "Sweet taboos"* - Curator: Joa Ljungberg - Kompleksi Goldi - Tirana, Albania
9th Istanbul Biennial: "Istanbul"* - Curators: Charles Esche & Vasif Kortun - Antrepo Warehouse no. 5 - Istanbul, Turkey
Padiglione Italia Out of Biennale* - Curators: Chiara Leoni et al. - Trevi Flash Art Museum - Trevi, Italy
Identità & Nomadismo* - Curator: Lorenzo Fusi - Centro Arte Contemporanea Palazzo delle Papesse - Siena, Italy
7th Sharjah Biennial: "Belonging"* - Curators: Lum, Persekian & Zolghadr - Expo Centre - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2004
The Mulliqi Prize* - Curator: Gëzim Qëndro - The Kosova Art Gallery - Prishtina, UNMIK
We are what we are* - Curators: Margarethe Makovec & Anton Lederer - Minoriten Galerien - Graz, Austria (traveling exhibition in 2005-06 to: Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana, Slovenija; Galeria Jana Koniarka, Trnava, Slovakia; City Museum, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic; Galeria Noua, Bucharest, Romania; 2B Galéria, Budapest, Hungary and other art institutions)
Empowerment* - Curator: Marco Scotini - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce - Genoa, Italy
14th Sydney Biennale: "On reason and emotion"* - Curator: Isabel Carlos - Museum of Contemporary Art - Sydney, Australia
On Air* - Curators: Andrea Bruciati & Antonella Crippa - Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea – Monfalcone, Italy (traveling exhibition in various Italian art institutions)
Almost Real* - Curators: Vincent de Boer & Marijke Hoogenboom - Centraal Museum - Utrecht, the Netherlands
2003
Fuoriuso 2003: "Anomalie"* - Curator: Teresa Macrì - Ferrotel - Pescara, Italy
2nd Tirana Biennale: "U-Topos"* - Curator: Michele Robecchi - Galeria Kombetare e Arteve - Tirana, Albania
1st Prague Biennale: "Peripheries become the center"* - Curators: Kontova, Politi & Beatrice - Veletržní Palác - Prague, Czech Republic
In faccia al mondo - Curators: Matteo Fochessati & Sandra Solimano - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce – Genoa, Italy
2002
Mystic Mountains* - Curator: Ilaria Bonacossa - Tour Fromage - Aosta, Italy
Exit* - Curator: Francesco Bonami - Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo - Turin, Italy
Transportale* - Curators: Nicoletta Blacher et al. - Haus am Kleistpark - Berlin, Germany
A-Factor Arte* - Curators: Luca Beatrice & Marco Rainò - Galleria Borromini Arte Contemporanea - Ozzano Monferrato & Galleria Studio Legale - Caserta, Italy
C'est pas du cinéma* - Curator: Michel Nuridsany - Le Fresnoy - Tourcoing, France
2001
Printemps de Septembre: "Théâtres du Fantastique"* - Curator: Val Williams - École des Beaux-Arts - Toulouse, France
Mario Rizzi - Keith Duncan - David Newman – Curator: Jay Grimm - Jay Grimm Gallery - New York, USA
The Gift. Il Dono* - Curators: Maraniello, Risaliti & Somaini - Centro Arte Contemporanea Palazzo delle Papesse - Siena, Italy (traveling exhibition in 2002/ 03 to: The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, The Bronx Museum of the Arts and other US art institutions)
1997
Heaven - Curators: Alanna Heiss et al. - P.S.1 Museum - New York, USA
Selected
Bibliography
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* Guvanthi Balaram, The many stories of Istanbul, The Hindu, 23 October 2005, India
* Sabine Vogel, International Istanbul Biennial, Artforum Web, Critics' Picks, October 2005
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* Julide Karahan, Bir ayakkabi atölyesinden Istanbul seyri, Zaman, 12 September 2005, Istanbul, Turkey, p 15
* Jamie Robinson, Sharjah International Biennial 7, Contemporary, #76, London, UK, pp 56-57
* Chiara Leoni, Spazio, mobilità, immaginario, Flash Art Italia, August - September 2005, Vol. XXXVIII, # 253, Milan, Italy, pp 64-65
* Luca Beatrice, Leaving home, Flash Art Italia, June - July 2005, Vol. XXXVIII, # 252, Milan, Italy, pp 108-111
* Arianna Di Genova, Siena, opere senza frontiere, Il Manifesto, 4 June 2005, Rome, Italy, p 17
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* Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, Sharjah Biennial - Art, Anxiety and Autocracy in the Gulf, Flash Art International, May - June 2005, Vol. XXXVIII, # 242, Milan, Italy, pp 71 & 90
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* Maja Megla, Rozo so skrili v odmaknjen hodnik, Sobotna Priloga, 23 April 2005, Ljubljana, Slovenia, pp 24-25
* Imran Mojib, Sultan honours best artists, The Gulf Today, 8 April 2005, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, p 2
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* Luigi Meneghelli, Mario Rizzi - MART, Flash Art Italia, February - March 2005, Vol. XXXVIII, # 250, Milan, Italy, p 132
* Francesca Pasini, Una multisala "bestiale", Linus, January 2005, #478, Milan, Italy, pp 102-105
* Isabel Carlos, Beyond Self-Expression, in: Mario Rizzi 96_04, 2004, Skira, Milan, Italy, p 25-32
* Eva Neklyaeva, From Toys to Furniture Pieces, in: Mario Rizzi 96_04, 2004, Skira, Milan, Italy, p 37-40
* Luca Beatrice, What am I doing here?, in: Mario Rizzi 96_04, 2004, Skira, Milan, Italy, p 47-51
* Lilly Wei, South by Southeast, Art in America, December 2004, # 11, pp 58-65
* Christian Rattemeyer, Biennale of Sydney, Artforum, November 2004, Vol. 43, # 3, pp 238-239
* Darren Tofts, Metaphysics and Mash at Harry's Café de Wheels: New media at the Sydney Biennale, in: Criticism+Engagement+Thought, 2004, Artspace Visual Arts Centre Ltd, Sydney, Australia, pp 23-28
* Lenny Ann Low, Passionate tales from the analyst's couch, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 June 2004, Sydney, Australia, p 20
* Helen Grace, Prepare to be challenged, The Bulletin, 2004, Vol.122, # 25, Sydney, Australia
* Michele Robecchi, A whiter shade of pale, in: On reason and emotion, 2004, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, p 186
* Chiara Leoni, Prague gets plugged in to the European Union, Flash Art International, May - June 2004, Vol. XXXVII, # 236, Milan, Italy, p 68
* Karen Duking, Posters tegen de 'ego-maatschappij', Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 2 March 2004, Utrecht, The Netherlands, p 16
* Annick Rivoire, L'art ouvre la porte à Tirana, Libération, 14 October 2003, Paris, France
* Luca Beatrice, Ouverture: Mario Rizzi, Flash Art International, July - September 2003, Vol. XXXVI, # 231, Milan, Italy, p 112
* Paula Böttcher, Until death takes you apart?, in: It will happen, 2003, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
* Chiara Leoni, Wedding memories, in: It will happen, 2003, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
* Teresa Macrì, Practices of situational relations, in: It will happen, 2003, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
* Eva Neklyaeva, Private, in: It will happen, 2003, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
* Lisa Glauer, Of one who stepped out (of her clothes), in: Transportale - Positionen zur Kunst im Stadtraum, 2003, Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Berlin, Germany
* Elena Zanichelli, CIA TXL 04.02. 8:45 10:50 AB8271 EUR 59,00 - 40 kg (comprensivi di frustino) e molte chiacchiere, per sola andata, Juliet Art Magazine, April - May 2003, Vol. XXIII, # 112, Trieste, Italy, pp 38-39
* Gyonata Bonvicini, Mario Rizzi, Flash Art Italia, February - March 2003, Vol. XXXVI, # 238, Milan, Italy, p 152
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* Clément Mathieu, Mois de la Photo à Paris, Paris Photo Magazine, November - December 2002, # 23, Paris, France, pp 76-81
* Luca Beatrice, Exit, Flash Art Italia, October - November 2002, Vol. XXXV, # 236, Milan, Italy, p 106
* Arianna Di Genova, Quella casa con un appeal da museo, Il Manifesto, 22 September 2002, Rome, Italy, p 12
* Adriana Polveroni, "Exit", l'arte alla ricerca di un'identità italiana, La Repubblica Web, September 2002, Rome, Italy
* Marina Paglieri, Impronte, igloo, filo spinato è la geografia della creatività, La Repubblica - Edizione Torino, 19 September 2002, Rome -Turin, Italy
* Arjan Reinders, Het kiekjes walhalla van Mario Rizzi, Het Parool, 7 June 2002, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp 1-3
* Eva Neklyaeva, Seven Finnish Identities, Flash Art International, March - April 2002, Vol. XXXIV, # 223, Milan, Italy, p 110 & Flash Art Italia, April - May 2002, Vol. XXXV, # 233, Milan, Italy, p 110
* Cristiana Perrella, Mario Rizzi, in Una porta per Torino, Associazione Arte Giovane, 2001, Turin, Italy, pp 22-25
* Marja-Terttu Kivirinta, Monikulttuurinen suomalaiskoti, Helsingin Sanomat, 9 November 2001, Helsinki, Finland, p B9 (Kulttuuri)
* Magali Jauffret, Toulouse, théâtres des angoisses, Humanité, 9 October 2001, Paris, France
* Marja-Terttu Kivirinta, Scratches on the walls of my home, Helsingin Sanomat, 6 October 2001, Helsinki, Finland
* Michel Nuridsany, Le Printemps de Septembre, pavillon haut!, Le Figaro, 1 October 2001, Paris, France, p 30
* Sarah Kent, Crucial concerns, in: Seven Finnish Identities. The multimedia «home in the museum», 2001, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland, pp 3-10
* Val Williams, Mario Rizzi, in: Théâtres du Fantastique, 2001, Actes Sud, Toulouse, France, p 52
* Gabi Scardi, Il dono come pratica fuori luogo, Il Sole 24 Ore, 8 July 2001, Milan, Italy, p XI (Arte)
* Guido Curto, C'è anche il cavallo di Troia fra le immagini del dono, La Stampa, 23 June 2001, Turin, Italy, p 9 (ttL)
* Jonni Roos, Mario Rizzi tekee taidetta ihmisten kanssa, TAIDE Art Magazine, # 3 / June 2001, Helsinki, Finland, p 32
* Iaia Vantaggiato, Con le armi del dono, Il Manifesto, 10 April 2001, Rome, Italy, p 13
* Suzanne Oxenaar, The Fifth Season, in: Public work, SKOR (Foundation for Art and Public Space), 2001, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp 12-15
* Anneke Teunissen, Meisjes worden schaars in de Nepalese dorpen, De Volkskrant, 7 April 2001, Amsterdam, Olanda/The Netherlands, p 4
* Smadar Sheffi, Peace has no color. Is a project based on an exchange of gifts by Palestinians and Israelis art or politics?, Haaretz, 19 February 2001, Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
* Auni Vääräniemi, Mario Rizzi vei taivalkoskelaiset hämähäkkivideolla maailmalle, Koillis Sanomat, 23 June 2000, Taivalkoski, Finland, p 4
* Kari Kemppainen, Neuvostokuvia ja valokuvataiteen museon antia, Kaleva, 18 June 2000, Helsinki, Finland, p 18
* Michaja Langelaan, Een foto van een muur, Psy, # 3 / 30 January 1999, Doetinchem, The Netherlands, pp 16-17
* Luca Beatrice, Sconfinamenti, Arte, # 300 / August 1998, Milan, Italy, pp 46-54
* Antonio Di Giacomo, Un viaggio nella Sarajevo che non ha smesso di vivere, Bari Sera, 12 February 1997, Bari, Italy, p 15
* Reinhold Misselbeck, El Mirall, in: Primavera Fotogràfica, 1996, Generalitat de Catalunya - Departament de Cultura, Barcelona, Spain, pp 92-93
2007
“The Italian Short Film Production”, Italian Ministry of Culture, Rome, Italy
2005
"PINK!", project book, Tirana Bienale 3, Tirana, Albania
2004
"Mario Rizzi 96_04", monograph, Skira, Milan, Italy (curated by Giorgio Verzotti)
"PLUG IN", curatorial project book, Fine Arts Unternehmen Books, Zug, Switzerland (with essays by Nicolas Bourriaud and Jens Hoffmann)
2001
"Seven Finnish Identities. The multimedia «home in the museum»", project book, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
"the gift", artist book, The Jerusalem Center for the Visual Arts, Jerusalem, Israel /Palestine
1998
"They tell me I am sick but I function good", project book, Praktijkburo van de Mondriaan Stichting & H.C. Rümke Groep, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Selected Film Presentations
2007
“Murat ve Ismail”, Tate Modern, 11 August, London, UK (curated by November Paynter)
2006
"Murat ve Ismail", Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, 18 October, Paris, France (curated by Jean-Marc Poinsot and Irène Bessière)
"Murat ve Ismail", Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, 16 June, Jerusalem, Palestine
2005
"Murat ve Ismail", Beyoglu Cinema, 16 September, Istanbul, Turkey (special event of the 9th Istanbul Biennial)
2008
“Ways of cooking a chicken soup”, 7 March, Taiwan National University of Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2007
“Neighbours”, 26 November, Cultural Embassy - Lloyd Hotel, amsterdam, The Netherlands
“Impermanent”, 21 September, Cantieri Goldonetta Theatre, Florence, Italy
École Supérieure d'Art, 27 March, Tourcoing, France
Be(com)ing Dutch – Gatherings, 26-28 January, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2006
“Acting/Re-enacting Uprootedness”, AICA Conference “Exposed Memories: Family Pictures in Private and Public Memory”, Organized by the Hungarian Section of the International Association of Art Critics in collaboration with IAWIS (International Association of Word and Image Studies), 10-11 November, Goethe Institut, Budapest, Hungary
“Neighbours”, 20 July, Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem, Palestine
Sabanci University Visual Arts and Communication Design Programme, Lecture Series, 11 April, Istanbul, Turkey
School of Art and Design of the Limerick Institute of Technology, 9 March, Limerick, Ireland
2005
Ata Institute of Contemporary Art, 18 November, Sofia, Bulgaria
"Bridging Cultures and Identities", United NGO Network for Intercultural Action - Cyprus International Conference, 11-15 November, Larnaca/Nicosia, Cyprus
"In Between Cultures", 10th Art Forum Berlin Talks, 1 October, Berlin, Germany
"So about Sharjah", 7th Sharjah Biennial Symposium, 2 April, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
"The Wrong Place: Rethinking Context in Contemporary Art", Situations Conference - University of West England, 5 February, Bristol, England
2004
Institut für Kunst im Kontext, Universität der Künste, 12 July, Berlin, Germany
"Arte degli ultimi 10 anni", Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, 31 March, Milan, Italy
2003
Sandberg Institute, 17 May, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Post-graduate Doctoral Program "Praxis und Theorie des künstlerischen Schaffensprozesses", Universität der Künste, 9 February, Berlin, Germany
2000
"CommunicationS", Cooperation project GAM-DAMS, University of Turin, 2 May, Turin, Italy