Michele Gabriele IT, b. 1983

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Michele Gabriele

Michele Gabriele is a visual artist currently based in Milan and recognized mostly for his sculptures, paintings and performances. 

 

Their work addresses the contrast between the digital and material worlds, exploring the feeling of inadequacy engendered by progressive visions of an eco-sustainable future against the disillusionment of their concrete realization. Michele Gabriele‘s work is deeply rooted in exploring the distances between representation and materiality, as well as the divergences between space and time relative to the observer.

 

Among his notable solo exhibitions are those at EACC Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo de Castellón in the Comunitad Valenciana, MeetFactory in Prague, NAM Museum, Manifattura Tabacchi in Florence in, Ashes/Ashes Gallery in New York, Kunthalle Ost in Leipzig, Fondazione Pini in Milan, Kunstihoone Art All in Tallinn and KALI Gallery Lucerne.

 

He has also participated in various group exhibitions, such as at ICA Institute of Contemporary Art in Maine, Portland, FRAC Corsica, MAH Musée d‘art et d‘histoire in Geneve, International Objects in New York, the 16th Contemporary Art Biennale Alios, and at Et. Al Gallery in San Francisco.

 

Michele Gabriele lives and works in Milan (IT).

Works
  • Michele Gabriele, Study for the head of a sleeping teenage triton, 2024
    Study for the head of a sleeping teenage triton, 2024
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  • Michele Gabriele, Portrait of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2025
    Portrait of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2025
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  • Michele Gabriele, Portrait of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2025
    Portrait of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2025
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  • Michele Gabriele, Study for the Plumage of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2025
    Study for the Plumage of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2025
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  • Michele Gabriele, Study for the Plumage of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2025
    Study for the Plumage of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2025
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  • Michele Gabriele, Study for the Plumage of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2025
    Study for the Plumage of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2025
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  • Michele Gabriele, Study for the Plumage of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2025
    Study for the Plumage of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2025
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  • Michele Gabriele, Portrait of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context. / Study for the Plumage of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2026
    Portrait of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context. / Study for the Plumage of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2026
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  • Michele Gabriele, Portrait of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context. / Study for the Plumage of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2026
    Portrait of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context. / Study for the Plumage of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2026
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  • Michele Gabriele, Portrait of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context. / Study for the Plumage of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2026
    Portrait of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context. / Study for the Plumage of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2026
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Portrait of a Parrot. An Unbothered, Sad, and Cringe Parrot. Indifferent to its Context., 2025
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lives and works in Milan (IT).

 

Education

MFA Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano
Universit 8, Paris FR

 

Public Collection

Enea Tree Museum, Zurich, CH

FRAC Corsica, Corte F.

 

Awards / Residencies / Workshops 

Spirit Vessel – Residency Program, Espinavessa, ES (2023/24/25/26)

Public Talk at CRP, Bargamo, IT (2025)

EACC – Residency, Castellón de la Plana, ES (2023)

Cavity Residency, Holyoke, MA, US (2022)

Talk at NAM Museum, Manifattura Tabacchi, IT (2022)

Finalist – Gamec Art Prize, Bergamo, IT (2022)

Visiting Professor – Hochshule für Bildende Künste, Dresden, DE (2021)

Orrído120 Residency, Buco del Piombo, IT (2019)

Finalist – Menabrea Art Prize, Rome, IT (2015)

Viafarini DOCVA Residency Program, Carluo Zauli Museum, Faenza, IT (2014)

Fondazione Spinola Banna – Residency Program, Turin, IT (2013)

Museo del Novecento – Workshop by Giuseppe Gabellone, Milan, IT (2013)

Winner – Salon Primo First Prize, Milan, IT (2004)

 

Solo Exhibitions

ARCO Madrid, KALI Gallery, Madrid, ES (2026)

Brambora, KALI Gallery, Lucerne, CH (2025)

MiArt w/ Ashes/Ashes (Solo Booth), Milan, IT (2024)

The Extended Gaze, in the Depth of a Reflection, Cantina, Aarhus, DK (2024)

Walking Our Distance, MeetFactory, Prague, CZ (2023)

I See You Repeating This, I Warn You in the Sweetest Way, EACC, Castellón de la Plana, ES (2023)

With the Corner of the Eye, Kunsthalle Ost, Leipzig, DE (2022)

About Boundaries and Other Things, Lower Cavity, Holyoke, MA, USA (2022)

Remarkably Clear, Almost Invisible (with Monia Ben Hamouda), Ashes/Ashes, New York, NY, USA (2022)

The Vernal Age of Miry Mirrors, NAM, Manifattura Tabacchi, Florence, IT (2022)

Ode to the Shitty Situations and Tragicomic Events in an Artist’s Life, Nevven Gallery, Gothenburg, SE (2020) Tangled Depictions, Gossamer Fog, London, UK (2019)

Love Data – Alios 16ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain, Théâtre Cravey Pavilion, La Teste-de-Bûch, FR (2019)

The Missing Link. On Every Point of a Sphere, Secci Gallery, Florence, IT (2019)

Basic Extinct (with Pierre Clément), Silicone Gallery, Bordeaux, FR (2018)

Clumsy and Milky: Encoding the Last Quarter of a Pose, WhiteNoise Gallery, Rome, IT (2018)

It Won’t Only Kill You, It Will Hurt the Whole Time You’re Dying (with Monia Ben Hamouda), OJ, Istanbul, TR (2017)

The Missing Link, Fondazione Pini, Milan, IT (2016)

Tiziano e Giorgione (with Alessandro Di Pietro), Barriera, Turin, IT (2016)

They Are Standing There, Under the Weather, Totally Waterproof or Completely Wet, Konstanet, Kunstihoone Art Hall, Tallinn, EE (2015)

Denise, Tile Project Space, Milan, IT (2015)

Tukatuka (with Lucia Leuci), CRAC – Centro Ricerca Arte Contemporanea, Cremona, IT (2014)

Untitled (with Samuele Belloni), Gum Studio, Carrara, IT (2011)

Ka Hi Ki, Lucie Fontaine, Milan, IT (2011)

 

Selected Group Exhibitions / Screenings / Performances

Kin Too, Spiritvessel, Sant Feliu de Lladó, ES (2026)

Flight paths, American Academy, Rome, IT (2026)
The Pastry Show, Rome, IT (2026)
Stamina, KALI Gallery, Lucerne, CH (2025)
Odyssea: Le chant des sirènes, Punta Gallery, Sofia, BG (2025)

Fading Moon, Rising Light, Steinhauser Gallery, Bratislava, SK (2025)

Sentinelles, SpiaggiaLibera Gallery, Marseille, FR (2025)

Docentes Dialogues – Dots, Milano, IT (2024)

Kin at Spirit Vessel, Espinavessa, ES (2024)

Elements of Time, Kali Gallery, Lucerne, CH (2024)

Odyssey I: Act II – Le sel de la terre, SpiaggiaLibera Gallery, Paris, FR (2024) 

Odyssey I: Act I – Le chant des sirènes, SpiaggiaLibera Gallery, Marseille, FR (2024)

Arcanes Rituels, Frac Corsica, Corsica, FR (2024)

Reanimator: Stoveworks, Chattanooga, TN, US (2024)

To Romanticize with Indecision, Cassina Project, Milan, IT (2024)

Enter – Institut of Contemporary Art at MACA, Maine, US (2023)

Jeudi au MAH, Performance, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, CH (2023)

Local Objects, International Objects, New York, NY, US (2023)

If We Hadn’t Seen the Stars, Buropolis, Marseille, FR (2021)

With a Glad Heart, Darkzone, New Jersey, US (2021)

Stampede, Horse & Pony, Berlin, DE (2021)

Endless Nostalgia, Museo Pecci, Prato, IT (2020)

Blade Runner Spirit, Milan, IT (2020)

Spider Silk, A+D Gallery, New York, NY, US (2020)

Northern Light, Alta Art Space, Malmö, SE (2019)

Orrido 120, Swan Station, IT (2019)

Friend of a Friend, Berlinskej Model, Prague, CZ (2019)

Swamp Horses – Spirit Vessel, Girona, ES (2019)

Man Thing VS. Swamp Thing, Et.Al, Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2018)

Bunt, Ginny Projects, London, UK (2017)

A New Prescription for Insomnia, Horse & Pony, Berlin, DE (2017)

Assiette Ou Virage et Dérapage, SMC, Milan, IT (2017)

Higher state of Consciousness, Studio E2, Paris, FR (2016)

Body Holes, New Scenario, 9th berlin Biennale - Online Editorial Project (2016)

Aujourd‘hui je dis oui, Galleria da Boavista, Libon, P (2016)

No Need to Hunt, Just Wait for the Roadkill, Store Contemporary, Dresden, DE (2016) 

Good Times and Nocturnal News, Overgarden, Copenhagen, DK (2015)

#Vaporfolk #Hollyvoodoo #Digitalnaive, Lust Gallery, Wien, A (2015)

Time Dreaming Itself, Barriera, Turin, IT (2015)

 

 

 

Exhibitions