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The work of Valentino Russo is informed by the spreadability and transformation of images in the Internet age, the dynamics of self-presentation in online spheres, and the vocabulary of social media. Working mainly with found footage and photography, he further addresses themes of media saturation, media literacy, attention economy, and the way these influence our understanding of truth.
—words by Abril Cisneros Ramirez
Websites
The Balcony
thebalconythehague.comSocial media
Member of Artists’ Initiative/Collective/Incubator
The Balcony
Curriculum vitae
Education
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2016 - 2018MA Artistic Research Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten diploma
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2015 - 2016Art and Technology (Erasmus) Saxion University of Applied Sciences
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2013 - 2016BA Visual Arts IUAV University of Venice diploma
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2016Gallery Assistant A plus A Gallery, Venice
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2018Exhibition Assistant Stroom Den Haag
exhibitions
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2024Tomorrow Comes Today Royal Flush Gallery Oslo, Norway www.ofluxo.net/tomorrow-comes-today-valentino-russo-royal-flush-gallery-oslo/ Solo
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2024
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2024Emocrazia Monastero di Cairate Cairate, Italy Group
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2024
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2023What the swans are twittering about in the riverbed Trixie The Hague, Netherlands Curated by Elena Apostolovski www.trixiethehague.nl/events/what-the-swans-are-twittering-about-in-the-riverbed/ Group
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2023
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2023Where did horses go? Project space Sekreet Leiden, Netherlands Group
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2023Towards a New Domesticity CAV Bucharest, Romania Group
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2023Art to make you travel Heden Gallery The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2022Oh darling, Let’s run with the turtles Salon 75 Copenhagen, Denmark Duo
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2022Fungus Socialis The Grey Space in the Middle The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2022Tales: racconti dal tempo che viviamo Daste Bergamo, Italy Group
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2022Virtual Virality, Online Intimacy & Digital Detox Melkweg Expo Amsterdam, Netherlands Curated by Stein van der Ziel virtualvirality.melkwegexpo.online Group
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2021Prospects Van Nellefabriek Rotterdam, Netherlands Curated by Johan Gustavsson www.metropolism.com/nl/reviews/43889_prospects_2021_een_veelbelovend_vooruitzicht Group
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2021Etherea Art Prize Etherea Art Gallery Genoa, Italy Finalist of the Etherea Art Prize 2021 ethereaartgallery.it/finalisti-etherea-art-prize-2021/ Group
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2021TikTok vs Abramovic P145 Berlin, Germany With Catherine Biocca, Helen Anna Flanagan thebalconythehague.com/TikTok-vs-Abramovic Group
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2020Combat Prize 2020 Museo Fattori Livorno, Italy Winner of video section together with Giovanni Chiamenti www.premiocombat.it/2020/vincitori Group
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2020REA! Fair Fabbrica del Vapore Milan, Italy Group
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2020Other ways of watching together Showroom MAMA Rotterdam, Netherlands Curated by the Neverland Cinema collective thisismama.nl/en/events/home-en/other-ways-of-watching-together/ Group
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2019Contamination and maybe even more Fonderia 20.9 Verona, Italy Organized as a residency + an exhibition, "Contamination and maybe even more" was made possible thanks to artist Davide Ghelli Santuliana, Fonderia 20.9 and The Balcony collective www.fonderia209.com/contaminatioarchivio/ Group
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2019Anomia WORM Rotterdam, Netherlands Group
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2019SUPERMARKET 2019 Stockholm Independent Art Fair Stockholm, Sweden Group
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2019Project Management Bureau Amsterdam, Netherlands Solo
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2019Through the Walls Goethe Institute Rotterdam, Netherlands Curated by Katerina Konarovská hague.czechcentres.cz/gallery/fotogallerie/through-the-walls-opening-night/ Group
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2018On Your Own 2018 Haagse Kunstkring Den Haag, Netherlands www.haagsekunstkring.nl/index.php/exposities/899-on-your-own-2018 Group
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2018De Roze Sokkel at Kunstpodium T Kunstpodium T Tilburg, Netherlands Curated by De Roze Sokkel Group
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2018Offline Browser: 6th Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition Hong-Gah Museum Taipei, Taiwan Curated by HSU Chia-Wei, HSU Fong-Ray www.twvideoart.org/tiva_18/ Group
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2018Working Title 2 Székely National Museum Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania Organized by MAGMA Contemporary Medium Association magma.maybe.ro/archive.php?id=281 Group
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2018Rise Quartair Den Haag, Netherlands MA Artistic Research Group Show, curated by Jonatan Habib Engqvist Group
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2017AltraVista Ufficio Progetto Giovani Padua, Italy Duo show with artist Pierluigi Scandiuzzi, curated by Elena Squizzato www.progettogiovani.pd.it/spazi-darte-altravista/ Duo
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2017Save As_EXPO #02 “Fertilizing Impotent Gardens” DCR Den Haag, Netherlands Curated by Studio165 Group
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2016Fuori Uso 2016: Avviso di garanzia Ex Tribunale Pescara, Italy Selected by artist Luca Trevisani, curated by Simone Ciglia, Giacinto Di Pietrantonio www.artribune.com/tribnews/2016/07/tutte-le-immagini-di-fuori-uso-2016-storica-rassegna-ideata-a-pescara-da-cesare-manzo/ Group
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2016Quotidiana16 Centro culturale Altinate San Gaetano Padua, Italy Curated by Caterina Benvegnù, Letizia Liguori, Elena Squizzato, Stefania Schiavon www.progettogiovani.pd.it/quotidiana-esposizione/ Group
Projects
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2021
Fuck Society Fango Radio Italy www.mixcloud.com/FangoRadio/stay-in-you-241120-13/ Invited by Sebastiano Carghini for his podcast Stay in You.
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2020
The Town Mouse and the Country House The Balcony Rochefort, Belgium thebalconythehague.com/The-Town-Mouse-and-the-Country-House Co-curation with Arthur Cordier. The exhibition took place in the Belgian countryside during the COVID-19 lockdown, and existed only as online documentation. Then, a selection of the works were installed in The Hague at The Balcony.
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2018
Distribution of Ethics: Archive as Lexicon Stroom Den Haag (NL) Den Haag, Netherlands Workshop and public presentation/performance with artist Marysia Lewandowska
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2017
Objects and Affects: Artists and the Ethnographic Archive Research Center for Material Culture, Leiden (NL) Leiden, Netherlands Artistic intervention during symposium
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2017
The Very Next Day Rest Now! Recordings (IT) Italy www.takearestnow.com/releases/the-very-next-day Contribution to the compilation of music by ten artists reinterpreting Wham's “Last Christmas”
International exchanges/Residencies
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2024
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2023Leiden, Netherlands www.instagram.com/projectspacesekreet/
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2022Bucharest AIR Bucharest, Romania
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2021
Publications
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2018Offline Browser Catalog Chew's Culture Foundation Taipei, Taiwan
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2018An Imperfection Often Concealed Catalog Netherlands Exhibition catalogue
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2016Fuori Uso 2016: Avviso di garanzia Catalog Italy Exhibition catalogue with texts by artist Luca Trevisani and curator Angela Vettese
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2016Quotidiana16 Catalog Grafiche Turato sas, Padua (IT) Italy Exhibition catalogue
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2015Prigionie invisibili Catalog Rome, Italy Exhibition catalogue
Awards and grants
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2021Nominated Etherea Gallery Genoa, Italy Etherea Art Prize
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2020Winner Mondriaan Fonds Amsterdam Netherlands Stipendium for Emerging Artist
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2020Winner Combat Prize Livorno, Italy Winner of the video section, together with Giovanni Chiamenti
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2018Winner KABK Master Thesis Award Netherlands
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2018Nominated KABK Master Artistic Research Award Netherlands
Secondary art-related activities
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2018 - --The Balcony On-going