Domenico Bianchi 1955–

Domenico Bianchi was born in Rome in 1955, where he lives and works today. He attended the city’s Accademia di Belle Arti, and at age 22 made his debut with a solo exhibition at the Fine Arts Building in New York. In the years that followed, his work was shown at the Galerie Swart in Amsterdam, Yvon Lambert in Paris, Salvatore Ala in Milan and New York, Gian Enzo Sperone in Rome and New York, Lars Bohman Gallery in Stockholm, L.A. Louver Gallery in Los Angeles, Galleria Christian Stein in Turin and Milan, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Salzburg, and Galería Gianni Giacobbi and Pelaires in Palma de Mallorca.

While Bianchi’s work demands to be considered abstract, it demonstrates a different attitude toward the art of the past compared to various radicalizations of the artistic process by other avant-garde artists. Bianchi maintains, namely, a “profound appreciation for the conceptual value of the symbolic form.”

Bianchi’s first museum exhibition was at the Museo di Rivoli in 1989. He exhibited in the Italian Pavilion at the 45th Venice Biennale (1993), in Arte e Alchimia in the 42nd Venice Biennale (1986), and in Aperto 84 at the 41st Venice Biennale (1984). Additional museum exhibitions include those at Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Villa delle Rose, Bologna (1993); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1994); Centro Arti Visive, Pesaro (2002); and Museo d’Arte Contemporanea (MACRO), Rome (2003). Bianchi has completed several permanent public works of art: at Naples Metro Station/Stazione Materdei (2003); Castello Svevo, Bari (2004); and the Limonaia Grande del Giardino di Boboli, Florence (2014). Over the past three decades he has also participated in numerous international group exhibitions.