lorenzo papanti

about

1989, italy

I explore the limits of representation, moving across the boundaries between reality, simulation and visual performance. My research investigates the relationship between physical and mental space, constructing hybrid dimensions

exhibitions & festivals

2026

• Festival del Tempo / dir. Roberta Melasecca, Rome
• Videoart Yearbook / cur. Renato Barilli, Silvia Grandi, P. Deggiovanni, P. Fameli
• Video Art Miden / Athens
• 29th Rencontres Internationales Traverse / Les Abattoirs Museum, Toulouse
• Panoramica 25 / cur. Alessandra Arnò (Visualcontainer)
• Videograma 4 Gardens of Light

2025

• Over the Real / Lucca film festival
• IBRIDA Festival delle arti intermediali
• ALC Videoart Festival / Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Alicante
• Videoart Yearbook / cur. Renato Barilli, Silvia Grandi, P. Deggiovanni, P. Fameli
• Videograma / Over the Real selection
• VIDEOFORMES / Young public screenings

2024

• Festival Les Instants Video
• Rencontres Internationales Traverse
• The Wrong Biennale

2023

• Share Prize XV / Cavallerizza Reale Torino / Contemporary Art Week
• Videoart Yearbook / cur. Renato Barilli, Silvia Grandi, P. Deggiovanni, P. Fameli
• Art Speaks Out / screens in Dubai during COP28
• Over the Real / Lucca film festival
• Maratona di visione / cur. A. Ceresoli, C. Cosco
• Sølo Creative Room / cur. M. Martelli Ottoni / Pietrasanta
• Moving Silently / Living Room NYC Gallery / New York
• Panoramica 22 / cur. Alessandra Arnò
• Stuttgarter Filmwinter
• Asolo Art Film Festival

2022

• Il Video rende Felici / Palazzo delle Esposizioni Roma / screening cur. Visualcontainer
• Miami New Media Festival
• Videoart Yearbook / cur. Renato Barilli, Silvia Grandi, P. Deggiovanni, P. Fameli
• Over the Real Lucca film festival
• FILE Electronic Language International Festival
• IBRIDA Festival delle arti intermediali
• Panoramica 21 / Museo Arte Contemporanea Lissone / cur. A. Arnò, F. Guerisoli
• International Encounters Traverse
• International Video Art Forum Dammam
• Paratissima Torino/ cur. Francesca Canfora
• Prague Biennale

2021

• Laguna Art Prize / Arsenale of Venice
• Stuttgarter Filmwinter
• Athens Digital Arts Festival
• nodoCCS video festival
• International Digital Art festival / Sofia
• BIENALSUR / Buenos Aires
• International Encounters Traverse / Toulouse
• FIVAC International Video art Festival
• ALC Video art Festival / ​Museo de Arte de Alicante

2020

• New Media Fest / Torrance Art Museum / Los Angeles
• Under the Subway Video art Night / New York
• Festival Les Instants Vidéo
• MADATAC Bienal / Madrid
• Ars Electronica .ART gallery online ehxib.
• IBRIDA Festival delle arti intermediali
• IMAF International Multimedial Art Festival
• Video Art Miden / Athens
• Niio AI Art prize
• Paratissima Torino / cur. F. Canfora

2019

• Jeune Création Européenne Biennale
• International Video Art Forum Dammam
• Video Raymi Festival de Video Arte
• CODEC Festival
• International Digital Art festival / Sofia
• IVAHM Festival / Madrid
• FIVAC International Video art Festival
• COMBAT Prize / Museo Fattori / Leghorn
• Paratissima Torino / cur. F. Canfora

2018

• Ephemereye Show / Silent Film Museum / Fremont
• Intermediaciones
• Little Islands Festival

2017

• Contemporary Visions / cur. R. Ronca / Reggia di Caserta
• Visionaria International Film Festival
• MArteLive / MArteAwards, patronage of MiBACT / Rome

institutional acquisitions

• MAMbo / Museum of Modern Art Bologna / Italy
• MAC / Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá / Colombia

prizes

• 36th Stuttgarter Filmwinter / two minutes video award, 2023
• Laguna Art Prize / Espronceda Prize, Venice, 2021
• Laguna Art Prize / Biafarin Prize, Venice, 2021
• ReA! Art Prize / Milan, 2020

residencies

• Michelangelo Reload / cur. Alessandro Romanini, C.A.V. Pietrasanta, 2018

contact

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