MARCO TIRELLI
Marco Tirelli was born in Rome in 1956. He studied scenography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome under Toti Scialoja. He currently lives and works in Umbria. His first solo exhibition took place in 1978 at Galleria De Ambrogi in Milan. Early group shows include Italiana. Nuova immagine in Ravenna (1980) and the Venice Biennale in 1981. His solo exhibitions include those at Galleria Bernier in Athens (1979) and Galleria De Crescenzo in Rome (1980). In 1984, he had his first solo show at Galleria L'Attico in Rome, where he returned for additional exhibitions in 1985, 1987, 1988, and again in 1989. In the mid-1980s, he moved his studio to the former Cerere pasta factory in Rome's San Lorenzo neighborhood, a lively cultural hub at the time. In 1984, the Ateliers exhibition was held, where Tirelli, along with Bianchi, Ceccobelli, Dessì, Gallo, Nunzio, and Pizzi Cannella, opened their studios to the public. During the second half of the 1980s, his work evolved toward greater simplicity, with a more minimal and focused approach to form and color. Tirelli participated in the Anniottanta group exhibition at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Bologna in 1985, and in the same year, he held his first solo exhibition at Annina Nosei Gallery in New York, returning to the gallery for solo shows in 1986 and 1989. In 1990, Tirelli had a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale and another solo show at the Galleria Civica in Modena. That year, he also exhibited with Sol Lewitt at the American Academy in Rome and took part in the Sydney Biennale. Other major solo exhibitions include those at Galleria Triebold in Basel (1991), Galleria Gian Ferrari in Milan (1992 and 1997 with Galleria Baldacci), Galleria Hilger in Vienna and Frankfurt (1992), Galleria dell'Oca in Rome (1993), and Galleria Di Meo in Paris (1995).
In 1997, Tirelli won the Michetti Prize, and in the following years, he had solo exhibitions in Venice, Bologna, Naples, Paris, Tokyo, and Düsseldorf. In 2013, he was invited to exhibit at the Italian Pavilion during the 55th Venice Biennale.
SENZA TITOLO (TRITTICO), 1991
lithography 9 colours
cm 78x55,5 ciascuna
