RENATO D'AGOSTIN

Renato D’Agostin was born in 1983 in Venice, where he began in 2001 to embrace photography to portray thecity that surrounds him. The atmosphere of the city nourished his curiosity and pushed him to discover the capitals of Western Europe, before reaching New York. In the effervescence of the city, he has the chance to meet the photographer Ralph Gibson and becomes his assistant with whom he will work for six years.

Considered as a real print master, Renato quickly developed a personal language. Dislocating the subjects from their realities, he depicts in his series such as “Harmony of chaos” a unique perception of space and plays with the relationship between man and architecture, opening a new portal in the spectator’s imagination. His works have been shown in several exhibitions in Europe, United States and Asia, and most of his series were published in monographs. His work is now part several prestigious public collections such as The Library of Congress and The Phillips Collection in Washington DC, the International Center of Photography in New York, as well as LACMA in Los Angeles, the Center for Creative Photography in Arizona and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris. After 13 years living and working in New York, D’Agostin in 2018 has returned to his motherland, Italy, setting up a studio near Venice.

EXHIBITIONS AT THE GALLERY

EXHIBITIONS

2023
”A Black and White Journey”, Bigaignon, Paris
”The Dialectic of the Shadow”, Bigaignon, Paris
”Chair de temps”, Bigaignon, Paris

2022
”Veni Etiam”, Bigaignon, Paris

2020
”United”, Bigaignon, Paris

2019
”Harmony of Chaos”, Bigaignon, Paris

2018
Leica Gallery, Bangkok
Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam
Leica Gallery, Bologna

2017
Carnegie Hall, New York City
”7439”, Galerie Bigaignon, Paris
Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, San Dona’ di Piave, Venice
Leica Gallery, Milan
Villa Firenze, Washington DC

2016
Leica Gallery, Washington DC
Conde Nast Gallery, Freedom Tower, New York City

2015
Leica Gallery, Tokyo

2014
Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, San Dona’ di Piave, Venice
Leica Gallery, San Francisco
Embassy of Italy, Washington DC
Mondo Galeria, Madrid
mc2 Gallery, Milan

2013
Hôtel de Nupces, Toulouse
Italian Cultural Institute, Madrid
”Next Stop : Italy”, Group Exhibition, Phillips Collection, Washington DC

2012
”The Beautiful Cliché”, Palazzo Ducale and Palazzo Franchetti, Venice
Phos Center, Chieri, Turin
”The Beautiful Cliché”, mc2gallery, Milan
”The Beautiful Cliché”, Galeria Rita Castellote, Madrid

2011
”The Beautiful Cliché”, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York City
”The Beautiful Cliché”, Galerie Photo 4, Paris
”Mélancolie”, Group exhibition, Jardin Raymond VI du Musées des Abattoirs, Toulouse
”Tokyo Untitled”, Vision Quest Gallery, Genoa

2010
”One”, Group Exhibition, Randall Scott Gallery, New York City
”.IT – Italian Art Today”, Group Exhibition, Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco
”Tokyo Untitled”, Randall Scott Gallery, New York City
”Tokyo Untitled Video” presented by MC2 Gallery, Montecarlo
”Tokyo Untitled, FORMA” presented by MC2 Gallery, Milan
”Un giorno con Lucia”, Italian Cultural Institute, Washington DC

2009
”Tokyo Untitled”, Leica Gallery, New York City
”Tokyo Untitled”, Leica Ginza Salon, Tokyo
”Tokyo Untitled”, Galerie Photo 4, Paris
”Metropolis”, Public library, Rostov-on-Don
”Metropolis”, Vision Quest Gallery, Genova
”Giovani Maestri” Group Exhibition, mc2gallery, Milan
”Un giorno con Lucia”, Palais des Institutions Italiennes, Tangier
”Un giorno con Lucia”, Palazzo Roberti, Bassano del Grappa
Fondation Lorin, Tangier
”Interessi Personali”, Group Exhibition, Romberg Artecontemporanea Gallery, Rome
”Italidea”, Group Exhibition, Mandato Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico
Oeuvres Choisies, Group Exhibition, Galerie Photo4, Paris

2008
”Italidea”, Group Exhibition, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara
Color photography, Group Exhibition, Photo4, Paris
”Un giorno con Lucia”, Pinacoteca di Ancona, Ancona
”Metropolis”, PhotoFestival, Yaroslavl
”Metropolis”, Leica Gallery, Istanbul
”SiFest”, Group Exhibition, Savignano Sul Rubicone
”Metropolis”, Italian Cultural Institute, Washington DC
Photo Biennial 2008, Alessandria
”Metropolis’, Leica Gallery, Solms
”Echoes From the Street”, Group Exhibition, Domeischel Gallery, New York City
Oeuvres choisies, Group Exhibition, Photo 4, Paris

2007
”Un giorno con Lucia”, Italian Cultural Institute, New York City
Oeuvres Récentes, Group exhibition, Photo 4, Paris
”The (sub)Urban Landscape”, Group exhibition, Ross Art Museum, Ohio
”Postcards from Paris”, Group exhibition, Leica Gallery, New York City
”Green Interpretation”, Group Exhibition, The Wild Project, New York City
”Metropolis”, Leica Gallery, New York City
”Mythos.Miti ed archetipi nel mare della consocenza”, Group exhibition, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana
Evagoras & Kathleen Lanitis Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
”Blanche et noir est la rue”, Group exhibition, Galerie Photo 4, Paris

2006
”Mythos.Miti ed archetipi nel mare della consocenza”, Group exhibition, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens

COLLECTIONS

LACMA, Los Angeles
ICP International Center of Photography, New York
Library of Congress, Washington DC
The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
HIGH Museum of Art, Atlanta

PUBLICATIONS

2022 Renato D’Agostin, Saint Laurent Rive Droite
2022 Veni Etiam, Nomadic Editions
2019 Harmony of Chaos, The(M) Editions
2018 Dirt, Hyakutake Editions
2018 Orbit, IIKKI Books
2017 Valsanzibio, Nomadic Editions
2016 Proxemics, The(M) Editions
2016 7439, Nomadic Editions
2015 Archaeologies: Los Angeles, Furlined
2015 Kapadokya, Nomadic Editions
2014 Frecce, Automatic Books
2014 Acrobats, Nomadic Editions
2013 Etna, Nomadic Editions
2012 The Beautiful Cliché – Venezia, Silvana Editoriale
2009 Tokyo Untitled, MC2 Gallery Edizioni
2008 0.00 Night Moleskine, Zeropuntozerozero + Moleskine
2007 Un giorno con Lucia, Zeropuntozerozero
2007 Metropolis, Zeropuntozerozero

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