Agostino Iacurci (b.1986) studied Visual Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.

He employs various media in his practice, including painting, murals, sculpture, drawing, and installation. Often driven by a site-specific attitude, Iacurci collects heterogeneous materials, reworking and manipulating them. He does this to generate images and visions in which he freely narrates and associates cultural history, personal memories, literary references, and vernacular tales.

Iacurci has shown his work in solo and group exhibitions including The Traveling Landscape, PDC Gallery, Los Angeles (2023); Alien Horti Picti, Robert Grunenberg, Berlin (2023); Of my abstract gardening, Ex Elettrofonica, Rome (2022); Hortus, IIC, Prague (2022); Tracing Vitruvio, Musei Civici, Pesaro (2019); Talent Prize 2019, Mattatoio, Rome (2019); Gypsoteca, M77 Gallery, Milan (2018); Trompe-l'oeil, Celaya Brothers Gallery, Mexico City (2017); Urban Art Biennale, Völkinger Hütte, European Centre for Art and Industrial Culture (2017); Cross the streets, MACRO Museum, Rome (2017); 16° Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan (2015).

Since 2009, he has created monumental wall paintings and installations for public and private institutions. Recent commissions include Cote-des-Neiges Mural project, Montreal (2022); Ludwigs-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen (2021); Life is Beautiful, Las Vegas (2021); Principal Place, London (2020); Yakutsk Biennale, Yakutsk (2017); Distrito Tec University, Monterrey (2016); Govind Puri Metro Station, New Delhi (2016); Istituto Mario Penna, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2014); Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei (2012).

He participated in residency programs such as Artivist, Seoul (2023), ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program), New York (2020-2022), and Plop x Cob Residency, London (2021).

Iacurci received The New York Prize, promoted by Mibac, MAE and Italian Academy-Columbia University (2020), and Cantica21, Italian Contemporary Art Everywhere Prize (2021).

He collaborated with international brands and publishers, including Apple, Adidas, Hermès, Herman Miller, La Repubblica, Penguin Books, Starbucks, and The New Yorker.

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AWARDS

2024: Premio Ermanno Casoli, winner

2021: Cantica21 with the project Hortus for Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, winner

2021: Premio Termoli LXII, Architecture and Design Section, honorable mention

2021: ADI design index, Exhibition design, shortlisted

2020: New York Prize, promoted by Italian Academy-Columbia University, Mibact, and MAE, winner

2019: Talent Prize, shortlisted

2019: Premio Argos Hippium, winner

2018: World’s Best-Designed Newspaper, Society for News Design, New York, Award of Excellence

2015: Premio Cairo, shortlisted

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Ruinenlust, Garage Bentivoglio, Bologna, IT

2023 Making Room, Artivist, Seoul, ROK

2023 The Traveling Landscape, PDC Gallery, Los Angeles, US

2023 Alien Horti Picti, Robert Grunenberg, Berlin, DE

2023 Dry Day Tropical Nights, Milan Design Week, Milan, IT

2022 Of my abstract gardening, Ex Elettrofonica, Rome, IT

2022 Hortus, Italian Cultural Institute, Prague, CZ

2019 Tracing Vitruvio, curated by Marcello Smarrelli, Musei Civici, Pesaro, IT

2019 Colazione sull’erba, curated by Domitilla Dardi, Cantiere Galli, Rome, IT

2019 Stillleben, BC Gallery, Berlin, DE

2018 Gypsoteca, curated by Michele Bonuomo, M77 Gallery, Milan, IT

2017 Trompe l'oeil, curated by Vittorio Parisi, Celaya Brothers Gallery, Mexico City, MX

2016 Long story short, Die Kunstagentin, Cologne, DE

2015 Appearance and Disappearance, Galleria Patricia Armocida, Milan, IT

2014 Small Wheel Big Wheel, Wunderkammern Gallery, Rome, IT

SELECTED PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2023 The garden of Alabu, wall painting, Aalborg, DK

2022 Cote-des-Neiges Mural project, wall painting, Montreal, CA

A Doorway, wall painting, Vallà, IT

Caleido Project, wall painting, Madrid, SP

Landscape #3, wall painting, Pinacoteca 900, Foggia, IT

2021 Landscape #2, temporary installation, Pastificio Cerere, Rome, IT

Landscape #1, wall painting, commissioned by Life is Beautiful, Las Vegas, US

MURALU, Public Art Commission, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE

Cardi (1571-2021), wall painting, Borgo Universo, Aielli, IT

L’antiporta, Bibiloteca Ugo Tognazzi, Pomezia, IT

Disegno d’esame, Scuola Pascucci, Santarcangelo di Romagna, IT

2020 Eight rooms, Principal Place, London, UK

Waves, Golfo Aranci, IT

2019 Dancing Frieze, wall painting, Aalborg, DK

Wall Painting, wall painting, Genova, IT

2018 La Table, Porte de Vanves, Paris, FR

Ddddddddom, wall painting, Secondary school #4, Satka, RU

L’escalier, wall painting, Lieusaint, Ile de France, FR

Patio, wall painting, Vangen, DK

Seed to seed, wall painting, Milan, IT

2017 Topfpflanze, wall painting, CityLeaks Festival, Cologne, DE

A Choron, wall painting, Yakutsk Biennale, Yakutsk, RU

5 Teapots, wall painting, Almetpublicart, Almetyevsk, RU

Ficus indica, wall painting, Munich, DE

Mural sin hombre, Parees Festival, wall painting, Oviedo, SP

2016 Immobile, Festiwall, Ragusa, IT

Mas fruta, curated by Arto for Public Art Program of Distrito Tec, Monterrey, MX

Skyline, Curated by Giulia Ambrogi for Italian Cultural Institute, New Delhi, IN

Aerial roots, curated by Jesse James, Walk and talk, Terceira, Azores, PT

Water Please, curated by Oleg Sosnov for Mural Social Club, Kiev, UA

Coincidences, Ensor Instituut, The Crystal Ship, Oostende, BE

Painted Amphora, 214 Lafayette Project, New York, USA

Biblioteca Particolare, Salone Internazionale del Libro, Torino, IT

Plants do not collect vintage cars, Feature Walls, Sheffield, UK

2015 Walter, ACC Global Series, Atlanta, USA

Square Puddle, Le 4eme Mur, Niort, FR

Two landscapes, wall painting, Berlin, DE

Three wheels, Weaart, Aalborg, DK

Milestone project, wall painting, Girona, SP

Mula Fest, wall painting, Madrid, SP

2014 Sanba, wall painting, Rome, IT

Los Muros Hablan, Contemporary Muralism Project, Bayamon, PR

Popup, Wall painting, Mario Penna Institute, Belo Horizonte, BR

2013 Living Walls Conference, Atlanta, US

LGZ Project, wall painting, Moscow, RU

Very Fun Park, Fubon Art Center, Taipei, TW

Le M.U.R, wall painting, Oberkampf, Paris, FR

2012 Septimo Asalto Festival, Saragoza, SP

MUUseum, Zagreb, HR

Arte Urbana Lugano, Lugano, CH

Bien Urbain, Besançon, FR

2011 Outdoor Festival, Rome, IT

Waves, urban art event, Civitavecchia, Rome, IT

2010 Picturin Festival, Turin, IT

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/FAIRS

2023 Next, Gowen Contemporary, Geneva, CH

2022 Artissima, with Ex Elettronica, Turin, IT

Spring Open Studios, ISCP, New York, US

2021 West Bund Art & Design, Crossing Art Gallery, Shanghai, CN

Premio Termoli, Architecture and design section, MACTE, Termoli, IT

2019 Talent Prize 2019, Mattatoio, Rome, IT

Caduta Libera, curated by Velasco Vitali, CIRCOLO, Bellano, IT

Theriomorphism, Kreisler Gallery, Madrid, SP

Texas Contemporary, Celaya Brothers Gallery, Mexico City, MX

2018 Graffiare il presente, Casa Testori, Novate Milanese, IT

Zona Maco, Celaya Brothers Gallery, Mexico City, MX

2017 Cross the streets, Macro Museum, Rome, IT

UrbanArt Biennale, Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte, Völklingen, DE

Nice to meet you, Die Kunstagentin, Cologne, DE

2016 FADA, The Watermill Center, New York, US

2015 16° Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milano, IT

Codici sorgenti, Palazzo Platamone, Catania, IT

2014 Artmosphere, Urban Art Biennale, Moscow, RU

From Street to Art, curated by Simone Pallotta, Italian Cultural Institute of New York, New York, US

2013 Paragone, Galerie LJ, Paris, FR

La Tour 13, Paris, FR

Wave Festival, Aubange, BE

2012-2007

Fresh Produce, Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, US

Viaggio con figure nelle fiabe italiane di Calvino, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, IT

Un voyage illustré, Mediathèque d’Orly, FR

Imaginary Fairy Wonderland, The Special Exhibition of Bologna Select in Kaohsiung, TW

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