Loris Cecchini

Loris Cecchini
Born (1969-05-07) 7 May 1969
Milan, Italy
Known forContemporary art
MovementSculpture, Installation
Websiteloriscecchini.org

Loris Cecchini (born 1969) is an Italian contemporary artist. He works in various media, among them sculpture, installation and photography.[1] In 2014 he won the annual Premio Arnaldo Pomodoro per la Scultura awarded by the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro.[2]

Cecchini was born in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy, in 1969.[2] He studied in Siena, in Florence and in Milan.[1] His work was shown at the Museo Civico di Castel Nuovo in Naples in 2000,[3] at MoMA PS1 in New York in 2006–2007,[1] and at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole in Saint-Étienne in France in 2010.[4] As winner of the 2014 Premio Arnaldo Pomodoro per la Scultura, he had a solo show at the premises of the Fondazione in Milan in March of that year.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Loris Cecchini: Cloudless. 29 October 2006 – 16 April 2007. MoMA PS1. Accessed February 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 [s.n.] (1 February 2014). Premio Arnaldo Pomodoro per la scultura (in Italian). Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro. Accessed February 2018.
  3. ↑ Marco Meneguzzo (1 December 2000). Loris Cecchini. Artforum International. (subscription required).
  4. ↑ Loris Cecchini: Dotsandloops; Du 06 février 2010 au 18 avril 2010 (in French). Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Saint-Etienne Métropole. Accessed February 2018.

Awards

  • 2020 – ACACIA Prize, Italy.[1]
  • 2014 – Arnaldo Pomodoro Sculpture Prize, Milan, Italy.
  • 2014 – ArtPrize, United States: shortlisted for a Juried Award.
  • 2011 – Moroso Prize, Monfalcone, Italy.
  • 2006 – Francesca Alinovi Prize, Bologna, Italy.
  • 2005 – Agenore Fabbri Prize and VAF Foundation Award, Italy.
  • 2005 – PARC Young Art Prize 2004–2005 (DARC, MAXXI and the Venice Biennale), Italy.

Further reading

  1. ↑ "Premio ACACIA 2020".