biography - Alessandro Tinelli

ALESSANDRO TINELLI
1981, Italy
Lives and works in Paris
Alessandro Tinelli (born in Spoleto in 1981) is an Italian filmmaker and visual artist.
His work is a cross between documentary film, photography, and contemporary visual.
Alessandro Tinelli studied fine arts, photography and painting. In 2005 he was awarded an Artist-in-residence
in Fabrica, research and communication center of Benetton. His career started already in 2002 producing and
directing the video Sartoria for underground fashion brand Carpe Diem followed by solo and group
exhibitions around the world. In 2007 he moved to Japan and started a productive collaboration with
world-renowned flower artist Azuma Makoto. In 2009 he is filming “Mirror Stone” a documentary movie in
Okinawa followed by the Visual Island project, a collection of short videos on islands around the world
including Putuo Shan in China. Since 2012 he lives in Paris where he works on different collaborations in the
fashion industry such as Ziggy Chen, Damir Doma, L’Eclaireur and more.
Education
2005 - ABA, Academy of Fine Arts “P.Vannucci”, Perugia, Italy
Residence program
2002 - ASP, Akademia Sztuk Pieknych, Warsaw, Poland
2005 - Fabrica - Benetton, Catena di Villorba,Treviso, Italy
Solo exhibition
2005 - JusTakeaWalk, Galleria PassoBlu, Genova (IT)
2006 - Land For Sale in Bangsaray, Galleria PassoBlu, Torino (IT)
2011 - Pietra specchiante - Mirror Stone, Marselleria, Milano (IT)
Group exhibition
2004 - Outing, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi (IT)
2004 - MenoTrenta -30, Civic Museum Savigliano, Torino (IT)
2004 - Tredici Quinti, Center for Contemporary Art Trebisonda, Perugia (IT)
2005 - Gemine Muse, Crawford gallery, Cork (IRL)
2005 - Padiglione Italia Out of Biennale, Palazzo Lucarini, Trevi (IT)
2005 - Milano Flash Art Show, ATA Hotel Executive, Milano (IT)
2005 - On the Wall, Senko Art Gallery, Viborg (DK)
2006 - Oh Youth and Beauty - ProposteXXI, curated by atitolo and vedovamazzei, ABA Torino (IT)
2006 - Palinsesti, Palazzo Altan, San Vito al Tagliamento (IT)
2006 - Zooart, Fresia Garden, Cuneo (IT)
2007 - Fujita-Tinelli, Kyara Atelier, Shikoku (JP)
2007 - Visualize, Loveless, Aoyama, Tokyo (JP)
2008 - Veil, Lift, Tokyo (JP)
2009 - The heart of your mother for my dogs, curated by Marina Abramovich, Artists Space, New York (US)
2010 - IO, Galerie Filles du Calvaire, Paris (FR)
2016 - COP21, Earth Gallery, Paris (FR)
Languages
Italian mother tongue
English fluent
Japanese fluent
French fluent
Contact
Alessandro Tinelli
28 Rue de Paradis 75010 Paris
+33 669 219 141
[email protected]