MAX TOMASINELLI

Born in Turin in 1971.
Primary and secondary education in Turin.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
•    ”MoltepliciUnici” - Machè cocktail gallery, Turin, may-june 2009
•    “Sense out- sens aut” –PHOTO35 gallery, Turin, april-may 2007
•    “Photodistorzjia 2005”, exhibition in Maximilianus Gallery, Porec, Croatia, september 2005
•    “2”, MOOD books and art: new diptics titled “bianco” (white), Turin, Feb - mars 2005.
•    “Sublim-azioni”, one man show at “Duert” couples of images in dialog, Turin, Jan. 2005
•    “Myanmar: no freedom’s land”, SANDRETTO RE REBAUDENGO FOUNDATION, July 2003
•    100 artisan portraits „Disegnare l’artigianato”, TURIN NATIONAL LIBRARY, with arch. carlo ratti, dec 1997

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
•    2° TURIN PHOTO FESTIVAL – Manifatture Tabacchi – Studio Lapis, Turin
“Estetica della metropoli”, october 15 – november 10, 2009
•    “By-hand”, Galleria Allegretti Contemporanea, Turin, october 2-10, 2009
•    “Open to all”, Carignano Square, Turin, october 2-30, 2009
•    “Artifacts”,  Mirafiori Galerie – Motor Village, Turin, november 4-30, 2008
•    1° TURIN PHOTO FESTIVAL - Poltrona Frau showroom, Torino
“Un altro sguardo”, 14 maggio –15 giugno, 2008
•    Photo’ 35 Gallery, Torino
“Nu-photo”, 9 maggio – 12 giugno, 2008
Gesmundo, Jean, Martelli, Pezzoli, Ranzani, Retrò, Tomasinelli, Zaccarelli, Zweska.
•    “Regards sur l’architecture”, Mougins Photography Museum mars 13 –april 20, 2008
Gabriele Basilico, Frédéric Hubert, Caroline Bach, Max Tomasinelli
•    “L’arte, il Natale e due palle”, Cristiani Gallery, Torino dec-jan 2008
•    ”Terzo Millennio” Gallery, Venice, dec 2007
•    Brolo Centre for contemporary art (Venice), nov – dec 2007
•    Finalist at the First International Photographic Art Prize “Arte Laguna”, nov.2007
•    “PARATISSIMA 2007”, Le Nuove Prison, Turin, nov. 2007
•    “EVENTO MUSAE” – urban sperimental museum of emerging Art” –
•    Winner of the photographic section of the Musae Award in Sicily, oct 2007
•    Catalogue curated by Simona Bovini, Milano.
•    “ARTOUR-O’ in Shanghai – group exhibition at Mooma Art and Design, Shanghai, sept 2007.
•    “Pyramide Europe”, international group exhibition at Sonimagfoto’05, Barcelona 2005
•    “Foto&Design”, group exhibition, Design University, Perugia, aug 2005
•    “IDEA you are De-corator”, group show around IKEA - 45a Tudor Road, London, mai 2005
•    “OPERE AL MURO”, Murazzi di Torino, second edition, june 2003
•    “OPERE AL MURO”, Murazzi di Torino, first edition (author and catalogue curator)

EXHIBITIONS CATALOGUES
•    “Artifacts”,  Mirafiori Galerie – Motor Village, Torino, november 4-30, 2008
•    Arte Laguna, Venice, Igor Zanti, jan 2008
•    Paratissima, Turin, nov 2007
•    ARTOUR-O’ in Shanghai, Shanghai, Oct 2007
•    Photodistorzija, 2.biennale photo exhib., curator Darko Glavan, Porec, nov 2005
•    IDEA 2005, after Ikea, “You are the-corator”, cur. E.Ferrero, London, July 2005
•    OPERE AL MURO, second edition, 2003
•    OPERE AL MURO, first edition, 2002
•    Disegnare l’artigianato, Turin National Library, dec 1997

PRINT APPARENCES
•    “BYHAND: Torino tra arte e moda” – Marie Claire, oct. 8, 2009
•    “Le frasi graffite di Tomasinelli, foto di storia e cultura del luogo”, A. Mistrangelo, La Stampa, apr.2007
•    “Opere imprigionate nelle ex carceri Nuove”, Luca Indemini, La Stampa, nov 10, 2007
•    “Reinterpretazioni in chiave natalizia”, Angiola Maria Gili, La Stampa, dec. 14, 2007
•    “L’altra metà delle immagini”, Claudio Gallone, LE VIE, feb 2006
•    “Giardini privati, segreti nascosti”, Torino Magazine n.58, feb 2003
•    “Il Myanmar in mostra”, Torino Magazine n.60, sept 2003
•    “Il bianco e il nero”, Elisa Speretta, Narcomafie n.9, sept 2003

WORK IN PROGRESS
•    “Portraits of artists” — a photographic essay of art world trough his protagonists.
Diptics portrait and free collage.

SELECTED EDITORIALS
•    “EXTREME ARCHITECTURE - DWP” - Laurence King Publishing Ltd., sept. 2009
•    NEOPLASMATIC DESIGN – Issue of Architectural Design, aug. 2008
•    ELLE DECOR USA, “Massimo Vitali”, July-Aug 2007 pag. 58
•    GQ n. 91 “Gabriele Roberto: big in Japan”, pag.90 apr 2007
•    GRAZIA n.26 “Gabriele Roberto: i’m a star in Tokyo” July 2007
•    MODERN PAINTERS, “Valerio Berruti”, May 2006, pag. 54
•    SPACE (China) “An empty home waiting host”, Apr 2005 pag.78
•    COLLEZIONI TRENDS, “Yarns & Knits 2003/4” man+woman, summer 2002
•    COLLEZIONI TRENDS, “Fabric trend winter 2003/4” man+woman, autumn 2002

BOOKS
•    “The hidden gardens of Turin”, Max Tomasinelli e Filippo Valfré di Bonzo, with text by Anna Regge, published december 2003, Valentina Editions
•    “Primary”, photo by max tomasinelli, works by Valerio Berruti, ed. Charta, 2006

web sites:
www.maxtomasinelli.com
www.portraitsofartists.com
www.photographerspro.eu/maxtomasinelli