Education
2001
Ersamus at Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (AT)
1999-2002
Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan (IT)
1996-1998
Academy of Fine Arts, Florence (IT)
Grants and residencies
2009
Art fund of the Provincial Government of South Tyrol (IT)
2008
International Studio Program, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (IT)
2006
International Artist in Residence Program, Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella (IT)
Artist grant of the Provincial Government of South Tyrol (IT)
Artist grant of the Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse (IT)
2005
Project support, Werkleitz Gesellschaft e.V. – Centre for Art and Visual Media Saxony - Anhalt, Halle/Saale (DE)
Artist grant of the Provincial Government of South Tyrol (IT)
Advanced Course in Visual Arts, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como (IT)
2003
Art fund of the Provincial Government of South Tyrol (IT)
2001
Movin'up – Worldwide Mobility For Young Italian Artists, G.A.I., Turin (IT)
Selected solo exhibitions
2009
Planschen, LED-Wand des Zeithauses - Autostadt Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (DE), curator: Thomas Köhler
2008
Auf steilen Hängen Laufen lernen, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
2006
Escalating perception, Haus am Lützowplatz (studio gallery), Berlin (DE) (cat.)
2005
Escalating perception, Kunstraum Innsbruck (project space), Innsbruck (AT)
Escalating perception, Kunsthaus Meran, Merano (IT), curator: Valerio Dehò
Selected group exhibitions and screenings
2010
videoREPORT ITALIA 08_09, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone (IT), curator: Andrea Bruciati (cat.)
Timing, Centro per l'arte contemporanea "Luigi Pecci" , Prato (IT), curator: Raffele Gavarro (cat.) (upcoming)
Art in August Biennal 2010, Varna Art Museum, Varna (BG), curator: Maria Vassileva, (cat.) (upcoming)
FotoTage 2010, Stadtmuseum Simeonstift, Bischöfliches Dom - und Diözesanmuseum, Viemarktthermen, ____
Historischer Frankenturm, Trier (DE), curator: Christoph Tannert (cat.) (Upcoming)
Stills from ceiling, PAH! project - una plateforme pour l'échange d'expérience de la culture contemporaine, Fribourg (CH), curator: Vincenzo Abate (Upcoming)
Campioni solubili, LAC - Liceo Artistico Caravaggio, Milan (IT), curated by Mario Gorni
The Mobile Archive, Staction - Center for Contemporary art, Prishtina (KV)
Videoart yearbook 2010, Università di Bologna - Dipartimento Arti Visive, Bologna (IT), curators: Renato Barilli, Alessandra Borgogelli, Paolo Granata, Silvia Grandi, Fabiola Naldi and Paola Sega
C'era una volta un futuro, Opera Rebis, Rome (IT), curators: Antonia Alampi and Anna Simoni, (cat.)
Float: Buoyant Things, a Sinking Feeling, Program - Initiative for Art + Architecture Collaborations, Berlin (DE), ____ curator: Caitlin Berrigan
2009
8th Baltic Bienniale of Contemporary Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, department of the National Museum in Szczecin, (PL) (cat) curators: Magdalena Lewoc and Marlena Chybowska-Butler
Microwave International New media and Arts Festival - Italian Selection, Hong Kong (CN)
Don't talk to the drive (please), FolkUs Festival, London (UK), curated by Anna Babini
Frames from the real: 11 video investigations of society in our troubled times, LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk (PL), Satellite event of In/out International Videoart Festival
Feigned Innocence: We All Look, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong (CN), curators: Evangelo Costadimas, Lam Hoi Sin and Iris Lo and Nana Euna-Seo
Lago Film Fest - Festival Internazionale di Cortometraggi, Documentari, Scheneggiature, Revine Lago (IT) (cat.)
SerrOne Biennale Giovani, Serrone della Villa Reale, Monza (IT) (cat)
Warum real wenn's irreal auch geht?, Temporary Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin (DE)
Retour de Fiav.08 / Festival d'Images Artistiques Vidéo, Galerie ESCA, Milhaud (FR)
Transmediale 09, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
Videoart yearbook 2008, Fondazione March per l'arte contemporanea, Padova (IT), curator: Renato Barilli
Acqua Riflessioni Memorie, Spazio Acqua - Metropolitana Milanese, Milan (IT), curator: Daniele Astrologo (cat.)
2008
Fiav.08 / Festival d'Images Artistiques Vidéo, Filmatheque Zinet, Algier (DZ)
videoREPORT ITALIA 06_07, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone (IT), curator: Andrea Bruciati (cat.)
Video Dia-Luoghi, Velan - Centro d'arte contemporanea and Museo Nazionale del Cinema - Cinema Massimo, Turin (IT), curator: Olga Gambari
Privat Flat, Several locations, Florence (IT), curator: Beniamino Foschini (cat.)
Dal corpo alla città cinque parole per il video d’autore, Sala Nervi - Biblioteca Civica, Verona (IT), curator: Mario Gorni (cat.)
Endlosschleife, Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen (DE), curator: Bernd Milla
Hamburg Short Film Festival, Filmpalais Hamburg (DE) (cat.)
16. Rostocker Filmfest, Mau - Club, Rostock (DE)
Videoart yearbook 2008, Galleria Civica d'arte contemporanea di Trento and Dipartimento Arti Visive - Università di Bologna (IT) curators: R. Barilli, A. Borgogelli, P. Granata, S. Grandi, F. Naldi and P. Sega (cat.)
Is it real? 91mq - artist project space, Berlin (DE)
Tra-Monti, AR/GE Kunst - Galerie Museum, Bolzano (IT), in the framework of Manifesta7 - European Biennale of Contemporary Art
Lezioni di paesaggio, Ex Colonia Montana, Savignone (IT), curator: Emanuele Piccardo
2007
videoREPORT ITALIA 04_05, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, (HR), curator: Andrea Bruciati
V7 - Venice Videoart Fair, Isola di San Servolo, Venice (IT)
2006
-35 / 65+ Erzählungen, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (AT), curators: Katrin Bucher Trantow and Katia Schurl (cat.)
videoREPORT ITALIA 04_05, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone (IT), curator: Andrea Bruciati (cat.)
Pause, Stazione Leopolda, Florence (IT), curated by Matteo Chini
Catodica 2 – Rassegna internazionale di video-arte, Galleria Lipanje Puntin and Teatro Miela, Trieste (IT), curators: Mario Gorni and Maria Campitelli
Unidee in progress, Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella (IT) (cat.)
Selected works - an Italian video art competition, Palazzo Bonaguro, Bassano del Grappa (IT), curators: Elena Bortolazzi and Andrea Bruciati
Tracce di un seminario, Assab One, Milan (IT), curators: Anna Daneri and Roberto Pinto (cat.)
Objektiv Südtirol – Das Medium Fotografie in den Werken Südtiroler Künstler, Viennese Parliament, Vienna (AT)
2005
Aesthetics of resistance, Antonio Ratti Foundation, Como (IT), curators: Anna Daneri and Roberto Pinto (cat.)
Sommerfest, Werkleitz Gesellschaft e.V. - Centre for Art and Visual Media Saxony-Anhalt, Halle/Saale (DE)
2004
Dolomiten Fenster, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE), curators: Alessandra Pace and Shaheen Merali
Me, without you, Biagiotti Arte Contemporanea, Florence (IT)
Try to smell, Loop – Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Berlin (DE)
2003
Panorama 03. Junge Kunst - Südtirol, Ex-Edificio delle Poste Italiane, Bolzano (IT), curators: Letizia Ragaglia and Marion Piffer Damiani (cat.)
2002
Das absurde Bekannte, Phönix Art – Harald Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg (DE), curators: Letizia Ragaglia and Sabine Gamper (cat.)
2001
Empty human spaces – Young Italian Art, Semper Depot, Vienna (AT)
Quotidiana 01, Museo Civico del Santo, Padova (IT), curator: Guido Bartorelli (cat.)
Radar. Lavori di Foto e Video in Alto Adige, Galleria Civica, Bolzano (IT), curator: Letizia Ragaglia (cat.)
Selected lectures
2008
Christian Niccoli - Recent projects, Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen (DE)
2006
Dialogues of winter, discourses of spring, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin (DE) (with Warren Neidich)
Escalating perception, Künstlerhaus Worpswede, Worpswede (DE)
2005
Escalating perception, Bogazici University - Department of western language and literature, Istanbul (TR)
Escalating perception, Istanbul Bigli University - Department for TV and Cinema, Istanbul (TR)
Escalating perception, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin (DE)
Co-productions and collaborations
Berliner Festspiele, Berlin (DE)
Institut für Neue Medien, Rostock (DE)
HFF - Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf”, Potsdam (DE)
Bogazici University - Department of western language and literature, Istanbul (TR)
Istanbul Bigli University - Department for TV and Cinema, Istanbul (TR)
Videographe, Montreal (CA)
Collections
Pinacoteca Civica di Monza (IT)
Private Collections
Videodestributors and archives
The Israeli Center for Digital Art / Mobile & Video Archive, Holon (IL)
DOCVA - Documentation Centre for Visual Arts, Milan (IT)
Visual Container - Italian Videoart destributor, Milan (IT)
Visual Container - Italian Videoart destributor, Milan (IT)
Christian Niccoli - Planschen, KoolSchrank - Fashion Magazine, June, 2008
Testlauf, heiß und bunt, Berliner Zeitung, 03. 02. 2008
Kunst im Blumengroßmarkt, Berliner Morgenpost, 02. 06. 2008
30 Stunden Kunstparty, Der Tagesspiegel, 02. 06. 2008
Filmdreh mit Schwimmreifen, Schweriner Volkszeitung, 27.08.2007
Speciale Trentino-Alto Adige, Flash Art, December-January, 2006
Bitte beachten Sie die Leserichtung, Kleine Zeitung Ennstal, 05.11.2006
29 Künstler – zahllose Geschichten, Krone Zeitung, 04.11.2006
Schnappschüsse aus dem Beichtstuhl, Tagesspiegel, 08.03.2006
Die Schädelvermessung der schönsten Venus von Milo, Mittelbayrische Zeitung, 15.11.2006
CSAV – Fondazione Ratti, Tema Celeste, Nr. 112, 2005
Schwarzer Jacuzzi für Lagerfeld, Kurier, 02.09.2005
Nur Luxuriös ist zu wenig luxuriös, Tiroler Tageszeitung, 02.09.2005
Magliette ed adesivi per Como, La Provincia, 21.07.2005
Anti-Folklore aus Südtirol, Berliner Zeitung, 02.12.2004
Me without you, Flash Art, August-September 2004
Try to smell, Berliner Morgenpost, 07.04.2004
Das Absurde Bekannte, Die Tageszeitung, 14.12.2002
Südtiroler Absurditäten, Hamburger Abendblatt, 13.11.2002
Absurde Kunst aus den Alpen, Hamburger Morgenpost, 11.12.2002
La famiglia vista da Niccoli, Alto Adige – Corriere delle Alpi, 14.02.2001
TV/Radio/Web
Freimauern, a virtual exhibition of miniature-videos on Gokart, starting July 2010
The hug, weekly broadcast on Souvenirs from earth, starting October 18th 2009
Christian Niccoli - Lost in perception, Castyourart.com, Dezember 2008
Galerienrundgang, RBB Kulturradio Berlin, by Claudia Weeler, 23.04.2006
Studio 3 – Das Kulturmagazin, Rai Sender Bozen, by Sonja Prieth, 15.09.2005
Publications
Testlauf, heiß und bunt, Berliner Zeitung, 03. 02. 2008
Kunst im Blumengroßmarkt, Berliner Morgenpost, 02. 06. 2008
30 Stunden Kunstparty, Der Tagesspiegel, 02. 06. 2008
Filmdreh mit Schwimmreifen, Schweriner Volkszeitung, 27.08.2007
Speciale Trentino-Alto Adige, Flash Art, December-January, 2006
Bitte beachten Sie die Leserichtung, Kleine Zeitung Ennstal, 05.11.2006
29 Künstler – zahllose Geschichten, Krone Zeitung, 04.11.2006
Schnappschüsse aus dem Beichtstuhl, Tagesspiegel, 08.03.2006
Die Schädelvermessung der schönsten Venus von Milo, Mittelbayrische Zeitung, 15.11.2006
CSAV – Fondazione Ratti, Tema Celeste, Nr. 112, 2005
Schwarzer Jacuzzi für Lagerfeld, Kurier, 02.09.2005
Nur Luxuriös ist zu wenig luxuriös, Tiroler Tageszeitung, 02.09.2005
Magliette ed adesivi per Como, La Provincia, 21.07.2005
Anti-Folklore aus Südtirol, Berliner Zeitung, 02.12.2004
Me without you, Flash Art, August-September 2004
Try to smell, Berliner Morgenpost, 07.04.2004
Das Absurde Bekannte, Die Tageszeitung, 14.12.2002
Südtiroler Absurditäten, Hamburger Abendblatt, 13.11.2002
Absurde Kunst aus den Alpen, Hamburger Morgenpost, 11.12.2002
La famiglia vista da Niccoli, Alto Adige – Corriere delle Alpi, 14.02.2001
TV/Radio/Web
Freimauern, a virtual exhibition of miniature-videos on Gokart, starting July 2010
The hug, weekly broadcast on Souvenirs from earth, starting October 18th 2009
Christian Niccoli - Lost in perception, Castyourart.com, Dezember 2008
Galerienrundgang, RBB Kulturradio Berlin, by Claudia Weeler, 23.04.2006
Studio 3 – Das Kulturmagazin, Rai Sender Bozen, by Sonja Prieth, 15.09.2005
Publications
Videoart Yearbook, Edition Fausto Lupetti, Bologna, texts by R. Barilli, A. Borgogelli, P. Granata, S. Grandi, F. Naldi, 2009
Videoreport Italia 06_07, texts by C.Agnello, I. Bonacossa, A. Bruciati, F. Naldi, M. R. Sossai, published by Silvana Edioriale, Milan, 2008
Kunstinvasion, published by Initiative Berliner Kunsthalle, Berlin, 2008
Work. Art in progres, edited by Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Edition n°20, 2008
Narratives -35/65+ - Two generations, texts by P. Pakesch, K. Bucher Trantow, S. Stanisic, ed. Buchhandlung Walter König, Cologne, 2007
Escalating perception, texts by H. Lux, V. Gravano, B. Lang, K. Pott, ed. Salon Verlag, Cologne, 2006
Traccie di un seminario, texts by A. Jaar, R. Pinto, A. Daneri, ed. Nero, Rome, 2006
Videoreport Italia 04_05, texts by M.Gorni, A.Bruciati, E.DeCecco, G.Molinari, M. Robecchi, M. Smarrelli, published by Silvana Edioriale, Milan, 2006
Panorama 03, texts by L. Ragaglia, M. Piffer Damiani, ed. Folio Verlag, Bolzano/Vienna, 2003
Das Absurde Bekannte, texts by L. Ragaglia, S. Gamper, M. Piffer Damiani, A. M. Meltzer, edition Folio Verlag, Bolzano/Vienna, 2002
Quotidiana 01, texts by G. Bartorelli, S. Schiavon, V. Baradel, edition Grafiche Turato, Padova, 2001
Radar - Foto- und Videoarbeiten in Suedtirol, text by L. Ragaglia, edition Fliri Editore, Merano, 2001
Videoreport Italia 06_07, texts by C.Agnello, I. Bonacossa, A. Bruciati, F. Naldi, M. R. Sossai, published by Silvana Edioriale, Milan, 2008
Kunstinvasion, published by Initiative Berliner Kunsthalle, Berlin, 2008
Work. Art in progres, edited by Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Edition n°20, 2008
Narratives -35/65+ - Two generations, texts by P. Pakesch, K. Bucher Trantow, S. Stanisic, ed. Buchhandlung Walter König, Cologne, 2007
Escalating perception, texts by H. Lux, V. Gravano, B. Lang, K. Pott, ed. Salon Verlag, Cologne, 2006
Traccie di un seminario, texts by A. Jaar, R. Pinto, A. Daneri, ed. Nero, Rome, 2006
Videoreport Italia 04_05, texts by M.Gorni, A.Bruciati, E.DeCecco, G.Molinari, M. Robecchi, M. Smarrelli, published by Silvana Edioriale, Milan, 2006
Panorama 03, texts by L. Ragaglia, M. Piffer Damiani, ed. Folio Verlag, Bolzano/Vienna, 2003
Das Absurde Bekannte, texts by L. Ragaglia, S. Gamper, M. Piffer Damiani, A. M. Meltzer, edition Folio Verlag, Bolzano/Vienna, 2002
Quotidiana 01, texts by G. Bartorelli, S. Schiavon, V. Baradel, edition Grafiche Turato, Padova, 2001
Radar - Foto- und Videoarbeiten in Suedtirol, text by L. Ragaglia, edition Fliri Editore, Merano, 2001
Untitled#1 2009 Video, 2'50" HD Hispeed, Edition of 5+2 a.p.
Rollerskating
Rollschuhlaufen
2009-10
two versions:
3-channel-videoinstallation (9 min.)
4-channel-videoinstallation (6 min.)
