backland #2, 2023, exhibition view, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires
equal minds, 2023, exhibition view, SpazioA, Pistoia
être rares, 2023 exhibition view, CAP Centre d’art de Saint-Fons, Lione, FR
être rares, 2023 exhibition view, CAP Centre d’art de Saint-Fons, Lione, FR
figurehead, 2023, metal, mineral resin, quartz paint, vineyard wood
Unruly Bodies, 2023, exhibition view, at Goldsmiths CCA, London
dry salvages, 2023, exhibition view, PAKT, Amsterdam
dry salvages, 2023, exhibition view, PAKT, Amsterdam
Installation view, Strange.Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection, 2022, at Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, ES
dead dance, 2021-2022, Installation view at the 59th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia
dead dance, 2021-2022, Installation view at the 59th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia
dead dance, 2021-2022, Installation view at the 59th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia
dead dance, 2021-2022, Installation view at the 59th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia
backland, 2021, exhibition view, Galerie Fons Welters
Panorama, 2021, exhibition view, Procida, NA
Tallone di ferro, 2021 exhibition view, Museo Novecento, Firenze
Tallone di ferro, 2021 exhibition view, Museo Novecento, Firenze
Tallone di ferro, 2021 exhibition view, Museo Novecento, Firenze
lento-violento (vertical prison), 2020, MAXXI BVLGARI PRIZE 2020, Maxxi Roma
lento-violento (defeated), 2020, MAXXI BVLGARI PRIZE 2020, Maxxi Roma
lento-violento (ininterrottamente) part A, 2020, MAXXI BVLGARI PRIZE 2020, Maxxi Roma
lento-violento (ring), 2020, MAXXI BVLGARI PRIZE 2020, Maxxi Roma
fango, 2020, exhibition view, SpazioA, Pistoia
Giulia Cenci, 2020, exhibition view, Mudam Luxembourg
Shapeshifters, 2020, exhibition view at Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö
Metallo Urlante, 2019, exhibition view at Campoli Presti, Paris
mud, 2019, exhibition view Jeune Création Internationale, Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, 15e Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, FR
mud, 2019, exhibition view Jeune Création Internationale, Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, 15e Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, FR
Territory, 2019, installation view, winner of Baloise Art Prize, Art Basel 2019
Da lontano era un'isola, 2019, exhibition view, Kunst Meran, Merano
Da lontano era un'isola, 2019, exhibition view, Kunst Meran, Merano
Archipelago, 2018, installation view at incurva, open studio, Punta San Nicola, Favignana
Hybrids, 2018, installation view, Lustwarande, Tilburg
Cellar #3, 2018, fragments of car components (aluminium, plastic) tree branches, silicone rubber, urethan foam, clay, synthetic clay, steel cable, cm 183 x 100 x 13 (variable dimensions)
ground-ground, 2017, exhibition view, SpazioA, Pistoia
ground-ground, 2017, exhibition view, SpazioA, Pistoia
Offspring 2017 - DEEP STATE, 2017, exhibition view, De Ateliers, Amsterdam
Untitled, 2016, ash bones, plaster, graphite powder, silicon rubber, natural asphalt, bones, char, fresh fruits, car fragments, polyester resin, installation view at Billytown, Den Haag
Untiled, 2016, chair fragments, black bones, graphite powder, installation view at Frigoriferi Milanesi, Milano
Untiled, 2016, ash bones, plaster, graphite powder, cristobalite, sodalite, silicone rubber, fresh fruits, polyester resin, variable dimensions
Mai, 2014, exhibition view at Tile Project Space, Milano
La terra bassa, 2014, exhibition view, SpazioA, Pistoia
Almost Invisibles, 2014 , exhibition view at AKV St.Joost, Den Bosch-Breda
Wet gray-ground(2 pieces), 2013, plastic foils installation view, -w-o-l-k-e, Brussels
If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles, 2013, exhibition view at Artissima, 2013 Present Future
Halfground, 2013, exhibition view SpazioA project space, Pistoia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
•être rares, CAP Centre d’art de Saint-Fons, Lyon, FR
• backland #2, curated by Eugenio Viola, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Junin, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, AR
• equal minds, SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
• dry salvages, P/////AKT, Amsterdam, NL

2022
• Hija del aire, Museo Blanes, Montevideo, UY

2021
• Giulia Cenci – backland, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, NL
• TALLONE DI FERRO, Museo Novecento, Firenze, IT

2020
• MAXXI BVLGARI PRIZE 2020, MAXXI, Roma, IT
• fango, SpazioA, Pistoia,IT
• Giulia Cenci, curated by Marie-Noëlle Farcy, MUDAM, Luxembourg

2019
• Art Basel | Basel, Statements section, CH
• Da lontano era un’isola, curated by Christiane Rekade, Kunst Merano Arte, Merano, IT

2017
• ground ground, SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
• a través, Carreras Mugica (Hall), Bilbao, ES
• Offspring 2017 – DEEP STATE, curated by Lara Almarcegui and Martijn Hendriks, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL

2016
• LDD 05 (duo project with Marco Mazzoni) BEZ NAZVANIYA, Laboratorio del dubbio, Torino, IT

2014
• Mai, Tile Project Space, Milano, IT
• La terra bassa, SpazioA, Pistoia, IT

2013
• Present future, Artissima, Torino, IT
• Default, curated by Antonio Grulli, Gaff, Milano, IT
• Halfground, SpazioA project space, Pistoia, IT

2011
• Tutto quello che non riesco a dirti, project curated by Lelio Aiello, Y’art Project, Bologna, IT

RESIDENCIES
2018
BoCSArt, Cosenza, IT
Curva Blu, InCurva recidency, Favignana, IT

2015 – 2017
de Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL

2012
September 18 – October 22 at HIAP, Helsinki, FI
Are We Really Free?, tutor Liliana Moro (IT), FondazioneAntonio Ratti, Como IT

GRANTS AND PRIZE
MAXXI BVULGARI PRIZE 2020 (shortlisted artist, selected by Marianna Vecellio
Werkbijdrage Jong Talent by Mondriaan Fonds (grant)
BATTAGLIA FOUNDRY SCULPTURE PRIZE (shortlisted, selected by Simone Menegoi)
Present Future, Artissima, Torino (shortlisted, selected by Qinyi Lim)

COLLECTIONS
– Museo Nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, MAXXI — Roma, IT
– The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg, MUDAM — Luxembourg, LU
– Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo — Torino, IT
– Le Fonds régional d’art contemporain, FRAC — Bretagne, FR
– Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci — Prato, IT
– Museo Ettore Fico, MEF — Torino, IT

BIBLIOGRAPHY
– V. de Bellis, A. Rabottini (a cura di), Strata: Italian Art since 2000. The Words of the Artists, Lenz Press, Milano, 2023
– A. Miranda, “Giulia Cenci”, Critics’ picks, Artforum, February 1, 2023
– R. Simonini, “The interview: Giulia Cenci”, ArtReview, October Issue, pp. 28-35, 2022
– R. Venturi, “Sbuffo animale penetrante m’assale: Giulia Cenci”, Flash Art 357 estate 2022, pp. 34-47, 2022
– T. Hawlin, “Giulia Cenci’s Post-Apocalyptic World”, Frieze Issue 266, pp. 96-97, 2022
– metamorphosis numero1, exhibition catalogue, edited by Fondazione Bortolaso-Totaro_Sponga, 2021
-MAXXI Bulgari Prize 2020, exhibition catalogue, 2020
-D. de Beauvais, HOT! Giulia Cenci “Calm block fallen down here from an unseen disaster”, CURA nr 32, pp. 213-218, 2019
-Da lontano era un’isola, Kunst Merano, Merano, exhibition catalogue, 2019
-FutuRuins, Palazzo Fortuny, Venezia, exhibition catalogue, 2019
-That’s IT!, MAMBO, Bologna, exhibition catalogue, 2018
-C. Molteni, Giulia Cenci, Brand new, Flash Art Italia, nr. 336, Dicembre 2017
-Offspring 2017 – DEEP STATE, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, exhibition catalogue, 2017
-The Lasting, l’intervallo e la durata, AAVV, Catalogo of the exhibition, Galleria Nazionale d’arte Moderna, Roma.
-Ripensare il medium: Il fantasma del disegno, Texs by Saretto Cincinelli, Cristiana Collu, Jean-Luc Nancy, Catalog of the exhibition, San Giovanni Valdarno, 2016.
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-G. Bria, Giulia Cenci: una promessa a Milano, Artribune online, gennaio 2015
-C. Gestri, L’orizzonte a pochi centimetri da terra, Artribune online, ottobre 2015
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-Farronato, M., Ultime da Via Farini, Artribune, vol. 1, no. 9, 2012, pp. 89

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
• Diario Notturno. Di sogni, incubi e bestiari immaginari, curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi with Chiara Bertini and Fanny Borel, MAXXI L’Aquila, L’Aquila, IT
• Che sarà sarà, curated by Stefano Collicelli Cagol with Michele Bertolino, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarene (CN), IT
Ettore Fico – Dialoghi contemporanei. Un artista, un museo, una collezione, curated by Andrea Busto, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT
• Unruly Bodies, curated by Natasha Hoare, Goldsmiths CCA, London, UK
• Premio Termoli 63, curated by Cristiana Perrella, MACTE, Termoli, IT
• Eccentrica. Le collezioni del Centro Pecci, curated by Stefano Collicelli Cagol, Centro Pecci, Prato, IT
• esta luz, tóxica (II movimiento), curated by Alex Alonso Diaz, Belmonte, Madrid, ES
• Inauguration, Lo Brutto Stahl, Paris, FR
• The Chimera Complex, curated bu Antonio Grulli, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, CH
Reaching for the Stars. Da Maurizio Cattelan a Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, curated by Arturo Galansino, in collaboration with Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, IT

2022
• Il Latte dei Sogni/The Milk of Dreams, the 59th Venice Biennale, 2022, La Biennale Venezia, curated by Cecilia Alemani, Venice, IT
• Face to Face, curated by Marie-Noelle Farcy, MUDAM Luxembourg, Luxembourg, L
• Strange – Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Siviglia, SP
• Retrofuturo, MACRO, Rome, IT
Do Animals Go To Heaven?, organized by Collezione Agovino, Matera, IT

2021
• Metabolic Rift, Kraftwerk Berlin, presented by Berlin Atonal, Berlin, DE
• Nulla è perduto. Arte e materia in trasformazione, curated by Anna Daneri and Lorenzo Giusti, GAMeC, Bergamo
• L’INCONTRO, a selection of works from Silvia Fiorucci Roman’s private collection, curated by Cristiano Raimondi, La Quai, Monaco
• Prima che il gallo canti. Works from Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection curated by Tom Eccles, Liam Gillick and Mark Rappolt, Palazzo Re Rabaudengo, Guarene, Italia
• METAMORPHOSIS; a cura di Giovanni Berera, Paolo Bolpagni, Sonia D’Alto, Villa Olmo, Como in collaborazione con Fondazione Bortolaso Totaro Sponga, Como, IT
• FEASTS OF HUNGER, in collaboration with Marco Ghigi’s private collection, SpazioORR, Brescia

2020
• Flow, Francesco Carone’s studio, Pistoia, a project by Francesco Carone and SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
• Shapeshifters, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, SE
• Prospects & Concepts, organized by Mondriaan Fonds, curated by Johan Gustavsson, Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam, NL
• Metallo Urlante, Campoli Presti, Paris, FR

2019
• Jeune création internationale / 15th Lyon Biennale, curated by Palais de Tokyo, Institute of Contemporary Art, Villeurbanne/Rhone-Alpes, FR
• Comrades of Time, Hardspace, Basel, CH
• Art Club #27: #villamedicimylove, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto Villa Medici – Accademia di Francia, Roma, IT

2018
• Il disegno del disegno, Museo Novecento, Firenze, IT
• FutuRuins, curated by Daniela Ferretti, Dimitri Ozerkov, with Dario Dalla Lana. Promoted by Hermitage
• Museum, St. Petersburg, Palazzo Fortuny, Venezia, IT
• Figure di spago: pratiche di narrazione, curated by Caterina Molteni, Fondazione Baruchello, Roma, IT
• 10 Years of Love, SpazioA, Pistoia, IT
• That’s IT!, curated by Lorenzo Balbi, MAMBO, Bologna, IT
• Hybrids, curated by Chris Driessen & David Jablonowski, Lustwarande, Platform for Contemporary Sculpture, park
• De Oude Warande, Tilburg, NL

2017
• Concretizing the Uninhabitable, Club GAMeC Prize 2017, curated by Domenico de Chirico, MAGUS, Bergamo, IT
• Public Hybrids, curated by David Jablonowski, Art Cologne 2017, DE
• Deposito d’arte italiana presente, curated by Ilaria Bonacossa and Vittoria Martini, Artissima, Torino, IT
• A Bearable Lightness of Being, Grimm gallery, Amsterdam, NL

2016
• Sessile, curated by Josh Minkus, Clifford Gallery, Colgate Univesity, Hamilton New York, USA
• Disappointment Island, organised by Galeria Stereo, Griffin Art Space, Warsaw, PL
• La fine del nuovo / The End of the New – cap.VII | Chiavi in mano / Keys in Hand, Avoncampolin noprofit, Pordenone, IT
• The Lasting. L’Intervallo e la Durata, curated by Saretto Cincinelli, Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, GNAM, Roma, IT
• Back in Five Minutes, Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam, NL
• Time Out of Mind, a project by Whatspace curated by Jeroen Doorenweerd, Billytown, Den Haag, NL
• Inside David’s thigh, organized by Nicola Martini, Room service, New York, USA

2015
• Ri-pensare il medium: il fantasma del disegno, curated by Cristiana Collu and Saretto Cincinelli, Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno, IT
• Biennale Giovani, Monza, Palazzo dell’Arengario, Monza, IT
• Neighbours vol. III, Neighbours, Gent, BE
• Premio Moroso, Villa Manin, Passariano, Codroipo (Udine) IT
• Lumination, curated by Alex Bacon, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, CH

2014
• Almost Invisble Series, Open Studio at AKV St.Joost, Den Bosch-Breda, NL
• T, curated by Giovanni Oberti, Via Carlo Porta, Monza, IT
• Premio Santa Croce, curated by Ilaria Mariotti, Villa Pacchiani, Santa Croce Sull’Arno, IT

2013
• Xohouille, w-o-l-k-e, Brussels, BE
• Desktop/cartabiancaxpalermo, ZAC Palermo, IT
• Still Light, HIAP, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, FI
• Fessure, curated by Ermanno Cristini, Luca Scarabelli, Samuele Menin. MIDEC, Cerro di Laveno, Varese, IT
• Picasso D’Oro, Studio VP93, Milano, IT
• Caduta di Stile, INTERNO 4, Bologna, IT

2012
• Ni Dieu Ni Maitre, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Galleria Massimo de Luca, Mestre, Venice, IT
• Differenti Attitudini, curated by Roberto Daolio, Vero Stoppioni Museum, Santa Sofia, Forlì, IT
• Corso Aperto, collective exhibition of the participant artists of XVIII Advanced Course in Visual Arts, Visiting Professor Liliana Moro, curated by Andrea Lissoni, Antonio Ratti Foundation, Como, IT
• Casabianca, curated by Anteo Radovan, Bologna, IT
• Echoes, project by Katia Baraldi, EX- BRUN Farnè Space, Bologna, IT
• cartabianca_bologna, collective exhibition curated by Silvia Cini, in cooperation with Francesca Serrati, and Roberto Daolio, Anna Santomauro, Massimo Marchetti, Museum of Contemporary Art Villa Croce, Genova, IT