Michele Tocca
Subiaco, Rome, 1983.
He lives and works in Rome.
He studied in Italy, Belgium and London where he received an MA, Painting, from the Royal College of Art (2011). Executed from life, his pictures ruminate on the experience of painting and the physical world, returning to interrogatives on their reciprocal “actuality”, realism and its paradoxes, perception and artifice, the effects of time and history. Solo and group exhibitions include: Le realtà ordinarie, curated by D. Ferri, Palazzo de’ Toschi, Bologna (2020); Reality, curated by S. Kennington, Hickster Projects, San Giovanni d’Asso, Siena (2019); Chain Reaction, curated by G. Pisapia, 1/9 unosunove arte contemporanea, Roma (2018); P1: Filling Station, curated by I. Toogood, SHE WILL, Oslo (2018); Stupido come un pittore, curated by R. Farinotti and S. Squadrito, Villa Vertua Masolo, Nova Milanese (2018); Painting declinations, Francesco Pantaleone, Palermo (2015); Allegoria, curated by A. Mugnaini, FuoriCampo Gallery, Bruxelles/Siena (2014); Benjamin Senior_Michele Tocca: The Fate of Forms, James Fuentes Gallery @ FLAG ART Foundation, New York (2014); Studiolo Project, curated by M. C. Valacchi, Spazio Cabinet, Milano (2011;2014); Painting notes, curated by E. Cucchi, A. Rosica, MARCA, Catanzaro (2011). His work has been featured in larger surveys such as: Impresa Pittura, curated by R. Gavarro, C.L. Pisano, Centro Internazionale per l’Arte Contemporanea, Genazzano (Rome, 2010); Moscow Biennale, Era Foundation, Moscow (2010); Prague Biennale 4, Prague(2009).
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