Premio Combat Prize

RICCARDO POCCI
BIO
Born in Piombino, Italy on 26th April 1972, Riccardo Pocci started off as a painter and an engraver, after his studies in painting at the Fine Arts Academy in Florence and at the Universidad National de la Plata in Buenos Aires. Since 2001, his work has been on view in many solo and group exhibitions both in Italy (Rome, Milan) and abroad (Paris, Zürich, Bern, New York). He constantly attempts to create a dialogue between different visual arts (architecture, photography, drawing) and painting. His art explores the boundaries of visual perception through the use of rough and self-constructed materials as well as the re-interpretation of traditional techniques such as drawing, aereography, gouache and inks.
His works are also part of private and corporate banking collections in Italy, Switzerland, Spain, UK, France, Germany, Czech Republic, North America, South America and Qatar.
CV
Education
2001/2002
Ph.d in Aesthetic and Art Theory, Universidad Nacional de la Plata
1996/1997
M.A. in Painting, Fine Arts Academy of Florence
1991/1992
Degree in Architectural studies, Art Institut, Pisa
Scholarschips
2002/2003
Argentinian Ministry of Education Scholarship
2001/2002
Italian Foreign Ministry Scholarship
1996/1997
Universidad National de Belles Artes, University of Granada, Spain
Selected solo exhibitions
2018 - ANACRONISMI, Laboratorio Cagliani - ABC Arte Contemporanea, Milano
2017

MICROCOSMO, Galerie Alex Schlesinger, Zurich
FOYER CONCORDI,
2015
....E QUINDI USCIMMO A RIMIRAR LE STELLE, ArtDesignBox, Expo Area Milano
2014
Re:COVERS, Teatro Ex Lazzeri, Livorno
COVERS, Galleria ABC Milano, Milano
10, Galleria Il Sole, Roma
2013
WATERFRONT, PM13, Marseille
2012
CHE PALLET!, Galleria Il Sole, Roma
VOI SIETE QUI, Kunstreich Galerie, Bern
PARIS S’EVEILLE, Galerie de Buci, Paris
PICCOLE VALIGIE GRANDI VIAGGI, Arci- Bitte, Milano
2011
MYLAND, Galleria ABC Milano, Milano
REFLEXION SUR LES HALLES, Galerie Alex Schlesinger, Zürich
2010
ROMA CELESTE, I Galleria Il Sole, Roma
2009
BRUS*H*YOUR*SEL*F, Il Divano di George, Modena
VERSUS>ROMA, Galleria Il Sole, Roma
PRESENTE, Spazio Rosso Tiziano, Piacenza
HARDWAR, Galleria ABC Milano, Milano
GESTALT, galleria RDBR, Roma
2008
IN PAR IS, Espace Carte Blanche, Paris
2007
OF NEW YORK, Galleria Il Sole, Roma
2005
DE:COSTRUZIONE, Galleria Il Sole, Roma
Selected group exhibitions
2016

STR’OFF 2016, Strasbourg
IN ART WE TRUST, Laboratorio Cagliani, Milano
ArtOURo - MUST, Firenze
BÄUME, Kunstreich Galerie - Bern (CH)
GREATEST HITS, Il Sole Arte Contemporanea, Roma
2015
GREATEST HITS, Il Sole Arte Contemporanea, Roma
UNIONE BANCARIA BASILEA 3, Palazzo dei Congressi, Roma
2014
MULTIPLI & ANTIMULTIPLI, Galleria ABC Milano, Milano
KARLSRUHE ART FAIR 2014, c/o Galerie Rigassi H2 D19 (Halle 2)
2013
BIANCO NATALE? Il Sole Arte Contemporanea, Roma
J’AIME LES CREATEURS, Residence de L’Aar, Strasbourg
KUNST ZURICH 13, Galerie Alex Schlesinger, Zürich
10 JAHRE, Galerie Alex Schlesinger, Zürich
2012
United Coloriages Of Marseille, Les Docks De Marseille-Place De La Jolliette, Marseille
2011
Bahnof, Galerie Alex Schlesinger, Zürich
Kunst zurich 11, Galerie Alex Schlesinger, Zürich
MY Home, Il Sole Arte Contemporanea, Roma
2010
Kunst zurich 10, Galerie Alex Schlesinger, Zürich
Triple Fifty at Badlands, B&AB, 80 Ainslie Street, Brooklyn - NYC
Tempo Pieno, Il Sole Arte Contemporanea, Roma
linea minima, Il Sole Arte Contemporanea, Roma
2009
KUNST ’09, ABB Halle 550, Zurich- c/o galerie Rigassi (Bern)
LOG Architectes, Rue Faubourg Du Temple 79, Paris
2008
dimora collettiva, Il Sole Arte Contemporanea, Roma
BIG/small 2, Il Sole Arte Contemporanea, Roma