Aldo Giannotti

*1977 in Genova/Italy.
Founding member of the association Kforumvienna 
Member of dance & performance company Liquid Loft (visual concept).
Studies
1995-2002 Accademia di Belle Arti /Carrara, Italy Master class of painting with Professor Omar Galliani
1998 Academy of fine arts Wimbledon, England Specialisation on video
1999 Akademie der bildenden Künste, Munich Specialisation on photography
2002 Diploma: “Lebt und Arbeitet in Wien” Culture politics in Austria related to contemporary art
Lives and works in Vienna/Austria since 2000.

2021
SAFE AND SOUND, MAMbo - Museo d´Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna
WELCOME&GOODBYE, Presentation of the catalogue-book, projektraum viktor bucher, Wien THE GRANDSTAND, Kunstpavillon München, München
PERFORMING THE MUSEUM, Radvila Palace Museum of Art, Vilnius (LT)
"The line as guideline", Sinnesrausch, ok-Zentrum, Linz
Archipelago - Insel des unvorhersehbaren Denkens, Hauptbücherei, Wien
"Olympia", Sofia Arsenal-Museum of Contemporary Art, Sofia, BG
Donaufestival mit Liquid Loft, Krems
DEMOLITION, projektraum viktor bucher, Vienna / Single Show
Play! Translocal: MUSEUM AS A TOOLBOX, Kunsthaus Graz
PARÉIDOLIE – with Sevda Chkoutova and Michail Michailov. projektraum viktor bucher/Salon International Du Dessin Contemporain, Marseille
Domenica, Ital. Botschaft, Palais Metternich, Marcello Farabegoli Projects, WienGodspeed You! Architecture, STRABAG Artforum, WienRealisierung von 3 Wandarbeiten in Wien für KÖR-Kunst i. öfftl. Raum, Wien
2016
TRANSLOCAL: MUSEUM AS A TOOL BOX, Museum Sztuki, Lodz
APPLICATIONS, projektraum viktor bucher, Vienna / Single Show
STRABAG Artaward, Vienna
Albertina, Vienna. Launch of a book
THE MUSEUM AS A GYM, kunsthaus Graz, Graz / Single Show
HR13 – 2016, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna
2015
RABENMÜTTER, LENTOS Kunstmuseum, Linz / Collective
viennacontemporary ART FAIR, Vienna / Single show with projektraum viktor bucher DESTINATION WIEN, kunsthalle karlsplatz, Vienna / Collective
EXPO MILANO, Austrian Pavillion, Milano / Collective
SPATIAL DISPOSITIONS, ar/ge kunst galerie, Bolzano/Bozen / Single show
URBANAUTS, projektraum viktor bucher, Vienna / Collective
SPATIAL DISPOSITIONS – performative book presentation, projektraum viktor bucher, Vienna
2014
ÜBER GÄNGE, Exkursionen in eine vorgestellte Stadt , ESC medien Kunst Labor, Graz / Collective
GUARDA DOVE VAI, Galleria Enrico Astuni, Bologna / Collective
DANCE WITH US,projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna / Collective THERE IS NO EXHIBITION.Gallery andata.ritorno, Geneve / Collective
IS IT REALLY YOU , Kunstsammlung des Landes OÖ / Collective
INNEN.AUSENINNEN, Kunstraum Niederösterreich /Collective
2013
LAND IN SICHT,  Museum der Moderne Salzburg / Collective
DROP OUT OF SIGHT, Lust Gallery / Solo show (with Pablo Chiereghin)
2012
MULTIMART, Vienna art week / Collective
distURBANces , MUSA, Vienna / Collective
OBJECTED TABLES, Hofmobiliendepot – Möbel Museum Wien / Collective
BETWEEN FORM AND MOVEMENTS, Galleria Astuni, Bologna / Collective
POLI D´ATTRAZIONE, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Vienna, Collective
SLEEPWALKING, Freies Museum Berlin / Collective
UNTERGANGART, Various locations, Vienna / Collective
THE FAMILY, Lust Gallery, Vienna / Collective
2011
VISUAL ART PLATFORM AUSTRIAN CULTURE FORUM, London / Double show
DECLINING DEMOCRACY, CCC Strozzina, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence / Collective
ON.Luci di pubblica piazza. Bologna / Intervention
LINES AND SQUARES, Galeria Rosa Santos, Valencia / Single show
FEW STEPS TOWARDS REDEMPTION, In der Kubatur des Kabinetts. Der Kunstsalon im Fluc” Vienna / Intervention
REHEARSING COLLECTIVITY, Tanz Fabrik, Berlin / Collective
SYNAPTIC DRIVER, Wiener art Foundation, Donau festival Krems / intervention
THE SHIFT, Bytheway, Amterdam, Single show
IN BETWEEN. AUSTRIA CONTEMPORARY, St. Polten / Collective
2010
BEIJING BIENNALE, Beijing / Collective
CROSSING LIMITS, ART IN URBAN TRANSITION, Vienna Art Week / Collective
FLEX, In der Kubatur des Kabinetts. Der Kunstsalon im Fluc” Vienna / Intervention
BIENNIAL OF YOUNG ARTISTS, Bucharest / Collective ?LOOK AT ME, Galerie Stedefreund, Berlin / Collective
TRIENNALE 01, Lentos Museum , Linz / Collective
WALE UND AALE, Ve.sch, Vienna / Collective ?CONSTANT SUN, Galerie Robert Kastowsky, Vienna / Single show
THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT, Galleria Galica, Milano / Collective
COLLECTIVE BODY, Vienna / Collective
2009
A BOOK WITH 50 POTENTIAL IDEAS FOR THE EXHIBITION SPACE IS PUBLISHED, Forum Stadtpark, Graz / double show
IN BETWEEN. AUSTRIA CONTEMPORARY, (bm:ukk collection) Art gallery Split / Collective
VIDEO IN PROGRESS 3, Ljubljana / Collective
IMAGINEERING, Graz, public intervention / Collective
STADT IM FLUSS, public intervention, Esslingen / Collective
FLAVORS OF AUSTRIA, The Art Foundation, Athens / Collective
UNFESTE VERBINDUNGEN, Galerie Robert Kastowsky, Vienna / Collective
STAND BY YOUR MAN, Filmmuseum, Vienna/ Collective
2008
VIS-À-VIS, …to be continued, Vienna / Single show
AN ANGLE OF 180 DEGREES IS A STRAIGHT LINE OR HALF A CIRCLE, Galeria Rosa Santos, Valencia / Single show
KOSTRUIERTE WIRKLICHKEITEN, Fotogalerie Wien im WUK, Vienna / Collective
ITALIAN SQUARE, das weisse haus, Vienna / Single show
SLOT MACHINE, KÖR - Public Art Vienna, Vienna / Single show
VIDEOART YEARBOOK, Parallel Events to Manifesta 7, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento / Collective
un.SICHTBAR, OÖ-Landesausstellung, Villa Deutsch, Strobl / Collective
VIDEOART YEARBOOK 2008, Bologna / Collective
MEDIA FORUM 2008, Oktyabr Kino, Moscow / Filmfestival
FULLFRAME FESTIVAL, Gartenbaukino, Vienna / Filmfestival
POLITICS, Künstlerhaus, Dortmund / Collective
CARABINIERI-STAZIONE MOBILE, Artothek, Munich / Collective
2007
FEW STEPS TOWARD REDEMPTION, nt art gallery, Bologna / Single show ?SHUFFLE, Spiegel, Munich / Single show
SCHWER-MITTEL-LEICHT, Seeblick Hotel Grundlsee / Collective B.LINE, Ter Caemer-Meert Contemporary, Krtrijk / Collective
VIDEOART YEARBOOK 2007, Chiostro di Santa Cristina, Bologna / Collective
SUFFEST 2007, Krizevci / Collective
LIMINAL TRANSIT, Ego Gallery, Barcelona / Collective
DIE SCHWERKRAFT UND ICH, Galerie 5020, Salzburg / Collective
ARTmART, Künstlerhaus, Vienna / Collective
APPROPRIAZIONE INDEBITA, nt art gallery, Bologna & artMbassy, Berlin / Collective
2006
VIDEOTHEKA, Kunsthalle Wien, Ursula Blickle Lounge / Collective ? NCVIL ?8 , nt art gallery , Bologna/ Single show ?INBETWEEN, Galerie der Kunst, Munich / Collective ? TIME, Nikolay Art center, Copenhagen / Collective ? THE FAILED SHOW, forehouse, Vienna/ Collective ? VIENNA BIENNALE, Vienna/ Biannua ?VIDEO ISLAND, Rome/ Festival ?M.I.R GEHT ?S BESSER, Fruchthalle Kaiserslautern/ Single show
2005
UPDATE, Künstlerhaus, Vienna / Collective? LEERE, Berlin/ Collective ? SMILE!, Senko Studio, Viborg-Denmark/ Single show ?HOT SPOTS, Sammlung Essl, Vienna/ Collective ? SENKOFRAME, gallery Senko, Viborg-Denmark/ Single show ?REMOTE CONTROL, Beton Salon, Vienna/ Collective
2004
TECHNICAL WORKS, Galerie Hilger, Siemens artLab, Vienna/ Collective ? MOBILE MUSEEN, Museumsquartier Vienna/ Collective ? GRAND PRIX, VIDEOTHEKA, WUK Vienna/ Collective ?FOLGE 02, association To be continued, Vienna/ Collective

Publications and catalogues

Triennale linz 01 catalougue, Verlag Für moderne Kunst Nürnberg ISBN-978-3-86984-123-6
ARCO, fair catalog ISBN- 978-848215-446-6
Video in progress 3 , Fields of the contemporary / Galerija Photon ISBN 978-961-92744
A book with 50 potential ideas for the exhibition is published. Edition Forum Stadtpark ISBN 978-3-901109-26-3
Imagineering, 2009 , forum stadpark edition ISBN 978-3-901109-25-6
Foro Sur, Feria iberoamericana de arte contemporaneo, 2009 Monat der Fotografie 2008, edition fotohof ISBN 978-3-902675-11-8
unSichtbar, widerständiges im salzkammergut ISBN 978-3-7076-0264-7
Carabinieri - stazione mobile Calendar, 2006, Landeshauptstadt München Kulturreferat
Gefährliche Kreuzungen. Die Grammatik der Toleranz, 2006, Landeshauptstadt München Kulturreferat ISBN 3-88960-087-5
Aldo Giannotti, MIR geht ?s besser, 2006, Referat Kultur der Stadt Kaiserslautern ISBN 3-936039-19-5
Hotspots, 2005, Edition Sammlung Essl ISBN 3-902001-26-7
DIVA Digital & video art fair, 2006 Paris, FRéRE Publishing
DIVA Digital & video art fair, 2005 Köln, FRéRE Publishing
Open space, 2006, Centro Culturale Candiani, Venice
TIME, 2006, Kunsthallen Nicolaj Copenhagen, TRYK Viborg ISBN 87-88860-67-1
Schulschluss - ein Prozess am Standort Kastanienallee 82/ 2002-2005, 2006 Berlin, Vice Versa Verlag ISBN 3-932809-56-4

Scholarships and supports

1998
Erasmus in Wimbledon (London)
1999
Scholarship of the Reissmüller Fond, Munich
2003
Project support of the “Wiener Integrationsfonds”, Vienna
2007
Artist in residence at the Villa Arson, Nice, France
2010
Artists in residence in RONDO, Graz, Austria

Awards

2002
Award of the Bank Austria, Vienna
2007
Golden Lion at the Biennale di Venezia for Chris Haring’s & Liquid Loft’s Posing Project B – The art of seduction
Award of the Süssmann-Stiftung, Vienna 2008 Jury Special Mention of the Media Forum Moscow for A rewinding Journey
2011
Österreichtisches Staatsstipendium für bildende Kunst – Grant for visual arts of the Austrian government

Exhibitions: Spatial Dispositions
Spatial Dispositions
Applications
Demolition
ON AND ON