ALESSANDRO TINELLI

1981, Italy Lives and works in Paris

Alessandro Tinelli (born in Spoleto in 1981) is an Italian filmmaker and visual artist. His work is a cross between documentary film, photography, and contemporary visual. Alessandro Tinelli studied fine arts, photography and painting. In 2005 he was awarded an Artist-in-residence in Fabrica, research and communication center of Benetton. His career started already in 2002 producing and directing the video Sartoria for underground fashion brand Carpe Diem followed by solo and group exhibitions around the world. In 2007 he moved to Japan and started a productive collaboration with world-renowned flower artist Azuma Makoto. In 2009 he is filming “Mirror Stone” a documentary movie in Okinawa followed by the Visual Island project, a collection of short videos on islands around the world including Putuo Shan in China. Since 2012 he lives in Paris where he works on different collaborations in the fashion industry such as Ziggy Chen, Damir Doma, L’Eclaireur and more.

Education

2005 - ABA, Academy of Fine Arts “P.Vannucci”, Perugia, Italy Residence program 2002 - ASP, Akademia Sztuk Pieknych, Warsaw, Poland 2005 - Fabrica - Benetton, Catena di Villorba,Treviso, Italy

Solo exhibition

2005 - JusTakeaWalk, Galleria PassoBlu, Genova (IT) 2006 - Land For Sale in Bangsaray, Galleria PassoBlu, Torino (IT) 2011 - Pietra specchiante - Mirror Stone, Marselleria, Milano (IT)

Group exhibition

2004 - Outing, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi (IT) 2004 - MenoTrenta -30, Civic Museum Savigliano, Torino (IT) 2004 - Tredici Quinti, Center for Contemporary Art Trebisonda, Perugia (IT) 2005 - Gemine Muse, Crawford gallery, Cork (IRL) 2005 - Padiglione Italia Out of Biennale, Palazzo Lucarini, Trevi (IT) 2005 - Milano Flash Art Show, ATA Hotel Executive, Milano (IT) 2005 - On the Wall, Senko Art Gallery, Viborg (DK) 2006 - Oh Youth and Beauty - ProposteXXI, curated by atitolo and vedovamazzei, ABA Torino (IT) 2006 - Palinsesti, Palazzo Altan, San Vito al Tagliamento (IT) 2006 - Zooart, Fresia Garden, Cuneo (IT) 2007 - Fujita-Tinelli, Kyara Atelier, Shikoku (JP) 2007 - Visualize, Loveless, Aoyama, Tokyo (JP) 2008 - Veil, Lift, Tokyo (JP) 2009 - The heart of your mother for my dogs, curated by Marina Abramovich, Artists Space, New York (US) 2010 - IO, Galerie Filles du Calvaire, Paris (FR) 2016 - COP21, Earth Gallery, Paris (FR)

Languages

Italian mother tongue English fluent Japanese fluent French fluent

Contact

Alessandro Tinelli 28 Rue de Paradis 75010 Paris +33 669 219 141 [email protected]