Curriculum Vitae

Seit 2019: Co-Direktorin des künstlerisch geführten Raums Spazio Lampo, Chiasso
2013 - 2015: MA (Bildhauerei), Royal College of Art, London
2010: Master in Sekundarschulbildung (Bildende Kunst), IUFE, Universität Genf
2007: HEAD, Genfer Hochschule für Kunst und Design (Abschluss mit Auszeichnung)
2004 - 2005: Akademie der bildenden Künste, Wien (Sokrates-Austausch)

Solo Exhibitions:
2024: Water into Wine – with Bob Gramsma and Solèn Gün – Lullin and Ferrari, Zürich
2023: Nebulous Surface – with Mirjam Blanka Inauen – Kabinett Visarte, Zürich
2023: Secret shared, secret kept, Kōbō Art Space, Zürich
2023: Ungraspable, mit Sabine Schlatter and Xanti Schawinski, Museo Casa Rusca, Locarno (kuratiert von Raphael Gygax)
2022: No No–Breastplate, mit Beatrice Lozza — Nano Gast of Visarte, Zürich
2022: Il più bell’errore del mondo, mit Francesco De Bernardi, Sonnenstube, Lugano
2021: Rimembrana, mit Alan Bogana, Nano, Zürich
2020: Curiosity killed the cat, Kunsthalle Arbon, Arbon (curated by Deborah Keller)
2019: With two naked eyes watching slime on the ocean floor, ZQM, Berlin
2019: Snake Oil, Dienstgebäude, Zürich
2018: Soluble, Garage, Zürich
2017: Untitled duet, mit Nastasia Meyrat, MOREL, Lugano
2017: Tonic Immobility, DeptfordX Gallery, London (kuratiert von Rice + Toye)
2017: Twin Twist, mit Aloïs Godinat, Le Labo, Genf
2013: Untitled — Milkshake Agency, Genf
2012: Die Quadratur des Kreises, L’ atelier kunst(spiel)Raum, Berlin
2012: Bounding volume — with Bianca Brunner — Schwarzwaldallee, Basel
2010: Section, Le Futur Antérieur, Genf

Group Exhibitions (Selection):
2025: ArteSOAZZA, Mesolcina
2024 Swiss Arts Awards, Basel
2024: Wait & See, Wartsaal, Zürich
2023: Raggiro, Griedercontemporary project, Como
2023: Schrille Harmonie, Hartdurm, Zürich
2023: Ring Ring Ring — Pal Project, Paris (kuratiert von Andy Rankin)
2023: City of Zürich Art Grant, Helmhaus, Zürich 
2023: Giving birth to the sky, Cima Norma Art Festival, Valle di Blenio (kuratiert von Elio Schenini)
2023: Ombres lumières Couleurs, Atelier Gravure, Moutier
2023: The Lobster needs to get rid of its shell, a&o Kunsthalle, Leipzig
2023: From Objects to Ornament, VFO edition, Zürich
2023: Gött*innen, Friends, Zürich
2022: NATURE, Kunsthalle Schlieren, Zürich/Schlieren
2022: Figures of speech, PTTH, Luzern 
2022: S-Motion, Kunstverein Wagenhalle, Stuttgart
2022: It's a spring show, Ruettimann Contemporary, Zürich
2022: Common grounds, Bodega Comfama, Medellin, Colombia (curated by Matza)
2021: La Regionale, Villa Ciani, Lugano
2021: Media Arts Biennial, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile
2021: Altantis im Sinn, temporäre Kunstintervention by 6 1/2, Zürich
2021: Große Regionale, Kunst(zeug)haus, Rapperswil
2021: Reality is not, Uniun fit, Zürich
2021: Put-to-bed, Last Tango, Zürich
2021: Swiss Art Awards, Basel
2021: Zitronen und Zement, Vom Material zur Skulptur, Atelier Hermann Haller, Zürich
2021: Neck of the woods, in the forest, Zürich
2021: Loneliness II, Videocity, Basel
2021: Loop "transformation", Videofenster Tanzhaus, Zürich
2021: Society of Nature, OnCurating, Zürich (kuratiert von Arianna Guidi)
2020: Imaging the past reflecting the future, Dienstgebäude, Zürich
2020: Willi Woo, EEEEH, Nyon (kuratiert von Alexia Turlin)
2020: Bonus Track 05, We run this, Kunsthaus Aussersihl, Zürich
2020: True grid, Unanimous consent, Zürich
2020: An unsubstantial territory, Galerie Duflon Racz, Bern
2020: City of Zürich Art Grant, Helmhaus, Zürich
2020: Paperwork, Zitrone, Zürich
2019: Große Regionale, Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil
2019: Catch of the year, Dienstgebäude, Zürich
2019:Time takes time, A–DASH, Athens
2019: Miky Maoys, Biennale dell’immagine, Spazio Lampo/Bar Mascetti, Chiasso
2018: Werkschau Kanton Zürich: hosted by Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich
2018: Matza Aletsch, Aletsch Gletscher, Schweizer Alpen
2018: From cities to us, Spazio Lampo, Chiasso

Selected Awards and Honors:
2024: Altitudine 875/904 m, Kunst am Bau, Sentiero Storico Naturalistico, Sonvico
2023: Shortlisted Kunst am Bau, Swiss Embassy, Addis Ababa (BAK)
2022: Workshop by Damian Ortéga, Fundación Bótin, Santander, Spain
2022: Arbeitsstipendium Covid 19, Stadt Zürich
2021: Swiss Arts Awards (Nominee)
2021: Arbeitsstipendium Covid 19, Stadt Zürich
2018: Award Werkbeitrag Kanton Zürich
2016: Atelierstipendium Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Zug, Switzerland (6 Monate)
2009: Kiefer Hablitzel Preis, Swiss Art Awards, Basel

Artist Residencies:
2022: Residency Common grounds, Bodega Comfama, Medellin, Colombia (kuratiert von Matza)
2021: Residency Atelier Berlin, Kanton Zürich
2021: Pro Helvetia Residency, CAP Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia
2019: Points de confluence, Urgent Paradise, Lausanne (Kurzaufenthalt)
2018: Pro Helvetia Residency, Johannesburg, Südafrika (3 Monate)
2018: Matza Aletsch, Aletsch glacier, Swiss Alpes (residency curated by Séverin Guelpa)
2016: Residency PicNic with Micha Seidenberg (composer), Bruxelles

Publications and Press:
2023: Ungraspable — Valentina Pini, Museo Casa Rusca, Locarno, Armando Dadò Editore
2022: Jetzt und hier, Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung der Zürcher Kantonalbank, Scheidegger & Spiess
2020: Zauberhafte Kunst in Arbon: In der Kunsthalle verschwinden Besucher und Wasser wird zu Wein, St.Galler Tagblatt (text written by Christina Genova)
2020: Valentina Pini — Objects of great banality that little by little become loaded with meaning and acquire a magical value, Pro Helvetia
2019: Valentina Pini, Profondo blu, Kunst Bulletin 11/19 (text written by Laura Giudici)
2018: Mensa sonora, in collaboration with RADIO PICNIC, Editions Ripopée
2017: Carnage — The subversive potential of Grotesque, Francesca Brusa, in collaboration with Museum Rietberg
2017: Twin Twist, Sinuose distorsioni, Kunst Bulletin 1-2/17 (text written by Laura Giudici)
2017: Fingers Stretching — Valentina Pini, Editions Ripopée, Nyon
2016: Dimensione Disegno, Linee in libertà — Kunst Bulletin 7-8/16 (text written by Laura Giudici)
2016: Dimensione Disegno. Posizioni contemporanee, directed by Carole Haensler Huguet, exhibition catalogue, Museo Civico Villa dei Cedri, ed. Sottoscala, Bellinzona
2015: A Artistry, Equilibrium risk, 1000 Things, The Hague
2015: Contagions, Arc #19, Critical Writing in Art and Design, London
2014: This only happens when she eats green raisins, Valentina Pini, Dissertation RCA, London
2014: The Chase — Antropologia del recupero, Kunst Bulletin 9/14 (text written by Boris Magrini)