Paolo Cirio engages with the legal, economic, and cultural systems of the information society.
His works investigates the social fields impacted by the Internet, such as privacy, copyright, democracy, and finance.
© Paolo Cirio
Website : paolocirio.net
He shows his research and intervention-based works through photos, installations, videos, and public art.
Cirio has exhibited in international museums and has won numerous prestigious awards. His artworks have been covered by hundreds of media outlets and he regularly gives public lectures and workshops at leading art festivals and universities worldwide.
Art CV with crucial Awards, Solo and Group Exhibitions
Cirio’s artworks have been presented and exhibited in major art institutions, including Gwangju Biennale, 2018; Benaki Museum, Athens, 2018; MIT Museum, Boston, 2017; Tate Modern, London, 2017; C/O Berlin museum, 2017; Museum für Fotografie, Berlin, 2017; Münchner StadtMuseum, 2017; Musée National d’Histoire et d’Art of Luxembourg, 2017; Haifa Museum of Art, 2017; International Kunstverein Luxemburg, 2016; ICP Museum, NYC, 2016; Gaîté lyrique, Paris, 2016; China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, 2015; Somerset House, London, 2015; Artium Museum, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2015; Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, 2015; Utah MoCA, 2015; Vancouver Art Gallery, 2015; Cenart, Mexico, 2015; Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, 2015; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014; The Photographers’ Gallery, London, 2014; Open Society Foundation, NYC, 2014; TENT, Rotterdam, 2014; DOX Prague, 2014; MoCA Sydney, 2013; ZKM, Karlsruhe, 2013; CCCB, Barcelona, 2013; CCC Strozzina, Florence, 2013; MoCA Denver, 2013; MAK, Vienna, 2013; Architectural Association, London, 2013; Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, 2012; National Fine Arts Museum, Taichung, 2012; Wywyższeni National Museum, Warsaw, 2012; AEC Museum, Linz, 2011; SMAK, Ghent, 2010; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, 2009; Courtauld Institute, London, 2009; PAN, Naples, 2008; MoCA Taipei, 2007; Sydney Biennal, 2007; and NTT ICC, Tokyo, 2006.
Paolo Cirio has had solo shows at International Kunstverein Luxemburg, 2016; NOME gallery, Berlin, 2016 and 2015; Bellegarde Centre Culturel, Toulouse, 2015; Kasa Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013; Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2013 and 2011.
He has won a number of awards, including Golden Nica first prize at Ars Electronica in Linz, Transmediale second prize in Berlin, the Eyebeam Fellowship and NEA Grant with ISCP in NYC, among others.
Paolo Cirio artworks have been featured in ArtForum, Frieze, The Art Newspaper, ARTnews, Mousse Magazine; and his projects are often covered by global media outlets, such as CNN, Fox News, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Global Village, O Globo, ABC, Daily Mail, Toronto Standard, Der Spiegel, ZEIT, Tagesspiegel, El Pais, Libération, Russia Today, Global Times, Apple Daily HK, among many others.
Paolo Cirio lectured leading universities and institutions including UC Berkeley, 2017; Tate Modern, London, 2017; NYU Law School, NYC, 2016; Hunter College, NYC, 2014; MoCA Sydney, 2013; Courtauld Institute, London, 2009. Cirio has also curated at Fridman Gallery, NYC, 2017; Eyebeam, NYC, 2013; and at the Kitchen, NYC, 2012.
Paolo Cirio at the Biennale d’art contemporain de Strasbourg
- 3 works presented
- Venue : Hôtel des Postes (inside et outside) and Place Gutenberg