Dario Neira
(1963, Turin, where he lives and works)
Through photography, video and installation, Dario Neira’s works are often articulated around the use of language, the development of words and phrases that investigate the human being and his moods in a sort of textual celebration in which art, science and the sacred converge. The use of biotechnology is for Neira a functional means of expressing ideas, since only in part in his works does the medium coincide with the subject of the investigation.
The artist has practical knowledge of the biomedical and psychoanalytic world from which he draws to formulate propositions: words, in English, that make short statements, terse declarations that seem like replies to a communicated urgency of all that is suffocating and unexpressed within the human body. Recovering the often hidden and unrevealed feelings in human nature, Neira recreates suggestions, narratives, and situations of an everyday life that is at the same time extraordinary.
Solo exhibitions
2023:
NAKED WORDS, metroquadro, Torino
2021:
TOUCH ME, I’M SICK; curated by MIELE; gallery MIELE, Torino
2018:
PERCORSI; curated by Fondazione Matrice. Pieve di Bergolo, Chiesa della Visitazione di Levice (CN)
2011
Body-Nature, Living Art Park – Turin
2007
JOHN 1,14 PROJECT: from Genesis to Revelation, CRAC (Contemporary Art Research Center) – Cremona
2005
SEMEIOTICAL SKINS, FabioParisArtGallery – Brescia
2004
SKIN LANGUAGE, FabioParisArtGallery – Brescia
Group exhibitions
2016:
IMPOSSIBILE; curated by Saverio Todaro, Nicus Lucà, Silvano Costanzo. Spaziobianco
BIENNALE CINA-ITALIA; Metamorfosi; curated by Ji Xiao Feng. Beijing
2015:
BIENNALE ITALIA-CINA: Elisir di lunga vita; a cura di Mian Bu, Su Lei, Sandro Orlandi Stagl, Mastio della Cittadella, Torino
2013
ART JUNGLE; curated by F. Canfora e D.Ratti. Giardini della Reggia di Venaria
BOTTEGHE D’ARTISTA; MOI, Torino
SALONE DEL LIBRO OFF; Intersezioni tra arte e scrittura; galleria Oblom, Torino
…TO BE CONTINUED…; galleria De Chirico, Torino
BIG LIST; a cura di E. Rota, Palazzo Cuttica, Alessandria
ART JUNGLE; curated by F.Canfora e D.Ratti, Reggia di Venaria Reale
SKINCODES; curated by F.Canfora e D.Ratti, Paratissima, Torino
2012
TIME WILL COME-2012 BERLIN PROJECT; curated by Mark JONES, Factory-ARTgallery, Berlin;
(virtual tour: http://www.factory-art.com/2012projectberlin/timewillcome/virtualtour/virtualtour.php )
COME AND GET COFFEE WITH US; edited by C. Fossati and L.Littizzetto, Turin
2011
54th VENICE BIENNALE. ITALIAN PAVILION, curated by V.Sgarbi, Corderie dell’Arsenale, Venice
OVER BLACK, BLACK curated by F. Paludetto, Center of Contemporary Art, Castello di RIVARA
BIOTECHE 2; edited by F. Torriani; Museum of Contemporary Art of Villa Croce, Genoa
2010
BIOTECHE, by F. Torriani, REGIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES of Turin
APPARITIONS, edited by C. Fossati, CAVALLERIZZA REALE, Turin
TORINO MEforWE, curated by Susanna Sara Mandice, ARSENALE Torino
2009
GREENHOUSE (Winter), curated by C. Cravero, PAV – Parco Arte Vivente, Turin
2008
SUPERMASOCHIST, curated by Sheere Rose, APEXART, New York
TURIN SEVEN Number Thousand, edited by G.Curto, Officine Grandi Riparazioni
MUSIC IN TOUCH, Church of S. Maria del Monte, Cagliari
2007
J1,14P: A feasible project -University of Urbino, Faculty of Communication Sciences
Cinemania Festival [c], MMC – curated by W.Darko; Luka, Pula CROATIA
WAR or WORDS? edited by L.Vona, Cagliari; 13 x 17; www.padiglioneitalia; edited by P. Daverio, Murano, Venice
PARALLEL VISIONS, curated by O. Gambari, MAR & Partners gallery – Turin
SILERE (be silent) curated by C. Cravero, Industrial location, Turin
2006
PLAY WITH FEELING, curated by Cantiere 48, AB +, Turin;
VIDEO DIA LOGHI 06, Center Culturel Francais, Turin;
BAM 2 – Biennial of Modern and Contemporary Art of Piedmont, Verbania
CAMPANAS AND SONUS Video: sound and time, by F. Torriani, Cagliari
VIDEO, MMC Gallery, Pula, Croatia;
INTANGIBLE MATERIAL, edited by Officine LAG, L. Fassi, D.Quaranta, University of Turin
2005
LOGOS VIDEO by Willy Darko, Facultad de Belle Art de Sant Carles, Valencia
BIOARTE, D’ARS Foundation, Milan (winner of the Oscar Signorini XXII ° edition
VIDEO OF LOGOS, Center Culturel Francais, Turin; PLAY by G.Serusi, MACHE ‘, Turin
2004
FOURTH FLOOR DOOR TO THE RIGHT (collective in the Littizzetto house
A HAND FOR AIL, Christie’s, Milan
Fairs / Fairs
2022
ThePhair 2022, Turin
2006
ARTISSIMA 13, Turin
V-06, 1st VENICE VIDEO FAIR, Venice
2005
ARTISSIMA 12, Turin
MiART X, Milan
2004
ARTISSIMA 11, Turin
MiART IX, Milan
MILANOFLASHART Fair 1, Milan
2003
ARTISSIMA 10, Turin