About the Artist

 

Remo Rachini was born in Cortona in 1954, and currently lives and works in Milan.

He studied art at the Fine Arts Academy in Rome, and earned a diploma in painting at the Brera Fine Arts Academy in Milan.

At Brera, for two years he also took courses on sculpture.

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He is among the few Italian artists included in the book 2000 e oltre. Tendenze della contemporaneità, published by Skira in 2010, the last volume in the series L’arte del XX secolo, an extensive and complex excursus through the movements, artists, works, and cultural phenomena that characterized the past century and the first decade of this one in the international scenario. The book contains seminal essays by some of the most renowned art critics, such as Lea Vergine, Nicolas Bourriaud, Klaus Honnef, and Valerio Terraroli.

 

The artist's first solo show is held in 1972 at the Galleria il Cavalletto in Rome. 

 

His other solo exhibitions include:

 

Sondrio, Sala Mostre Palazzo della Provincia (1981)

Brescia, Galleria dell’Incisione (1982 and 1986)

Vicenza, Galleria e Libreria Ghelfi (1986)

Brescia, Galleria Luciano Colantonio (1990 and 1994)

Cetona (Siena), ex Chiesa dell’Annunziata (1991)

Milan, Museo Archeologico (1993)

Brescia, Galleria AAB (1999)

Sarzana (La Spezia), Lotto 14 (2000)

Vaprio d’Adda (Milano), Casa del Custode delle Acque (2001)

Easton, Maryland (USA), Avon View (2002)

Brescia, Palazzo Bettoni Cazzago, “Dialoghi tra Architettura e Scultura” (2009)

Brescia, Galleria Luciano Colantonio (2011)

Milan, Accapierre, “Arte e Musica” (2012)

Milan, Accapierre, “Ceramica e Gipsy Jazz”(2015)

Brescia, Galleria Luciano Colantonio (2015)

 

 

He has participated in the following group shows and competitions:

 

Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 10th Quadriennale “La nuova generazione” (1975)

Sabbioneta (Mantua), “Premio Lubiam” (1977)

Brescia, Galleria Luciano Colantonio (1990 and 1991)

Brescia, Galleria dell’Incisione (1996, 2002, 2003,2005)

Faenza (Ravenna), 49th International Ceramic Art Competition (1995)

Faenza (Ravenna), “La ceramica del ‘900” (1995)

Bagni di Lucca (Lucca), “Progetto Villaggio Globale” (1996)

La Spezia, “Un’opera d’arte per il nuovo Palazzo di Giustizia” (1997)

Fosdinovo (Massa Carrara), “Artedove” (1999 and 2002)

La Spezia, “Arte nella città: sculture in un percorso urbano” (2000)

La Spezia, “Il Gabbiano” cultural circle (2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005)

Faenza (Ravenna), “Essenza della Terra” (2003)

Faenza (Ravenna), 53rd Ceramic Art Competition (2003)

Westerwald (Germany), 11th International Ceramic Art Competition (2004)

Villach (Austria), works selected for the Westerwald Prize (2005)

Milan, Spazio Guicciardini, “Milano Provincia Poetica 2007”

Caslano (Switzerland), Museo della pesca “Pesci fuor d’acqua” (2011)

Brescia, Galleria Luciano Colantonio (2013/14)

Milan, Villa Necchi, “Arte Ceramica oggi in Italia” (2013/14)

Montefiscone (Viterbo), “Arte libera tutti” (2014)

Brescia, Galleria dell’Incisione (2015)

La Spezia, “Il Gabbiano” cultural circle (2015)

Milan, MIART (2016)

Milan, MIART (2017)

Brescia, Galleria dell’Incisione, “Hansel e Gretel” (2017)

Milan, MIART (2018)

Borgoratto Mormorolo (Pavia), “Come la Luna dal cannocchiale” (2018)

Brescia, Galleria Luciano Colantonio,“ Ceramiche” (2019)