Agostino Iacurci

Agostino Iacurci (b. 1986) studied Visual Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. His artistic practice spans multiple media, including painting, murals, sculpture, drawing, and installation. Often driven by a site-specific approach, Iacurci collects and reworks heterogeneous materials to generate images and visions that freely narrate and interweave cultural history, personal memories, literary references, and vernacular tales.

Iacurci has exhibited his work in both solo and group shows, including Pensare come una montagna, Gamec, Bergamo (2024); Ruinenlust at Garage Bentivoglio, Bologna (2024); 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, Völklinger Hütte, European Centre for Art and Industrial Culture (2017); Cross the Streets, MACRO Museum, Rome (2017); and the 16th Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan (2015).

Since 2009, Iacurci has created monumental wall paintings and installations for both public and private institutions. Recent commissions include Ensemble at Casa Italia, Le Pré Catelan, Paris (2024); Côte-des-Neiges Mural project, Montreal (2022); MURALU for 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); and the Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei (2012).

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

Iacurci has received numerous awards, including the Premio Ermanno Casoli (2024), The New York Prize promoted by MiBAC, MAE, and the Italian Academy-Columbia University (2020-2022), and the Cantica21 Italian Contemporary Art Everywhere Prize (2021).

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

Agostino Iacurci

Exhibitions

At M77:

Date: 22/05/2018

- 08/09/2018

Artworks

Bouquet #3

Year: 2023
Technique: flashe paint, oil, oil pastels on canvas
Dimensions: 200 × 160 cm

Abstract gardening #2

Year: 2023
Technique: flashe paint on canvas
Dimensions: 91 × 60 cm

Palma n°1

Year: 2021
Technique: vinyl emulsion on linen
Dimensions: 100 × 145 cm

Oasis 3

Year: 2021
Technique: vinyl emulsion on linen
Dimensions: 210 × 160 cm

Seated plant 3

Year: 2016
Technique: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 100 × 140 cm

Composition n°3

Year: 2018
Technique: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 200 × 160 cm

Bust n°4

Year: 2018
Technique: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 150 × 100 cm

Bust n°1

Year: 2018
Technique: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 150 × 100 cm

Frieze n°2

Year: 2018
Technique: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 200 × 300 cm

Untitled #1

Year: 2018
Technique: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 150 × 105 cm

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