Simone Pellegrini was born in Ancona in 1972. He lives and works in Bologna, where he teaches painting at the Academy of Fine Arts and where his studio is located. His career as an artist began in 1996, during his training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino, where he graduated in 2000. In 2003, with his first solo show exhibition has begun a long season of successive exhibitions, in Italy and abroad, and international fairs. Galerie Gugging in Vienna and Cavin-Morris Gallery in New York represent him, also with Galerie MAM Mario Mauroner in Salzburg, Luisa Catucci Gallery in Berlin and Galerie DYS in Brussels.

COLLECTIONS

Farnesina Collection of Contemporary Art, Roma // Collection Museo delle Trame Mediterranee, Gibellina // Collection Lissone Prize of MAC – Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Lissone // Collection Maramotti, Reggio Emilia // Bologna Fiere, permanent collection, Bologna // Art Collection UniCredit, Milano // Collection Gabriele Mazzotta, Milano // Collection Volker Feierabend, Frankfurt am Main // Collection Wolfgang Hanck, Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf // MUSA, civica raccolta del disegno di Salò // Palazzo Forti, Verona // Collection of Provincia di Reggio Emilia // Musei Civici di Monza, Casa degli Umiliati, Monza

EXHIBITIONS (selection 2015 - 2025)

[S] Solo Show; [G] Group Show

2025
[G] Chronotopes, Luisa Catucci Gallery, Berlin, Germany
[G] LA DANSE DU SIGNE. Une sélection de la collection d’Emmanuel Bouvet, Galerie 24b, Paris, France
[G] Paintings and drawings from Europe and African tribal art, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany
2024
[G] La via dell’oro. Verso un centro di gravità permanente, Studio la Linea Verticale, Bologna
[G] La forma inquieta. Carlo Zinelli, la linea del sogno, fra Art Brut e scenari contemporanei, curated by Giorgio Bedoni, Galleria Biffi Arte, Piacenza
[G] The night, Galerie MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg, Austria
[G] Racconti (In)Visibili [final event], curated by Dominique Lora e Micol Di Veroli realized by the Central Institute for Intangible Heritage, protected by the UNESCO convention of 2003, of the Italian Ministry of Culture: Galerie Joseph, Paris, France
[G] “ERRINNERUNGEN BEGEBNISSE VORKOMMNISSE”, anniversary exhibition 30 years Galerie Gugging, Vienna, Austria
[S] Die Asymptote, Galerie MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg, Austria
[G] Eighth edition an exhibition by Do ut do, Fondazione Cirulli, San Lazzaro di Savena (Bologna) on the occasion of ArteFiera/Art City
[G] “L’arte rivela il segreto delle cose. Mappe, mitologie, volti”, curated by Giorgio Bedoni, Palazzina Trombini, Melegnano (Milan)
2023
[G] Lughnasadh, Online Mixed Exhibition, Anima Mundi Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall UK
[S] An Anarchic Geography, curated by Francesco Paolo Campione e Nora Segreto, MUSEC Museo delle Culture, Lugano, Switzerland
[G] kindred spirits | verwandte seelen, Galerie Gugging, Vienna, Austria
[G] Edgewalker: Sacred and Profane, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, USA
[G] Racconti (In)Visibili: tra cielo e terra [February 2023 – June 2024], curated by Dominique Lora e Micol Di Veroli, realized by the Central Institute for Intangible Heritage, protected by the UNESCO convention of 2003, of the Italian Ministry of Culture: Italian Cultural Institute Madrid, Spain; Centro de Arte Contemporàneo, Aínsa-Sobrarbe, Spain; Reial Cercle Artístic, Barcelona, Spain.
2022
[S] Konstellationen, curated by Heiner Hachmeister, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany
[G] “L’Arte Inquieta. L’urgenza della creazione / Restless Art. The urgency of creation”, curated by Giorgio Bedoni, Johann Feilacher, Claudio Spadoni, Fondazione Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia
[G] “Vario diafano” | Art brut internationals, curated by Irina Katnik, Galerie Gugging, Vienna, Austria
[G] Samhain, Online Mixed Exhibition, Anima Mundi Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall UK
[G] Il Numinoso, curated by Giorgio Verzotti, BUILDING, Milano
[G] Brut Favorites.! Feilacher’s Choice, curated by Johann Feilacher, Museum Gugging, Vienna, Austria
[G] Kunstkammer | Mirabilia artificialia, curated by Olga Gambari, Galleria Roccatre, Torino
[S] Escaptura, curated by Arianna Bargellini, Villa Torlonia – Parco Poesia Pascoli (FC)
[S] Quinta Calma, Atelier Sì, Bologna on the occasion of ArteFiera/Art City
[S] Turning Point, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, USA
[G] Salt ‘n Paper, Galerie DYS, Brussels, Belgium
2021
[G] Prova d'Artista, Galerie Bordas, Venezia
[G] Ultraromanticismo, curated by Alessandro Mescoli, Rocca di Vignola (MO)
[G] Untitled Ugualidisuguali, curated by Nicola Ricci e Giovanni Bonelli, Vôtre Spazi Contemporanei, Carrara
[G] Otherworldly, curated by Irina Katnik, Galerie Gugging, Vienna, Austria
[G] Wopart - Work on paper Fair, Lugano, CH, Galleria Rizomi Arte
[G] Zona Bianca Zero, curated by Giorgio Verzotti, Woolbridge Gallery, Biella
[G] FRAGILE like Paper - International Biennial of Paper Works, Museo Civico Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio (VI)
[G] Donazioni, curated by Enzo Fiammetta, Museo delle Trame Mediterranee, Gibellina (TP)
[G] Dante, La Divine Comédie, 700 ans - Une comédie actuelle, Galerie 24b, Paris, France
[G] Phoenix: New Artists and New Works, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, USA
[G] Siamo un infinito viaggiare, curated by Giorgio Bedoni, Palazzo dei Priori, Volterra (PI)
[G] Fondazione Orestiadi artist’s residence, Gibellina (TP)
[G] La Main au dessin. Une traduction épistémologique, curated by Agnès Callu, Place Ronde Librairie, Lille, France
[G] Mutevoli Realtà, curated by Alberto Dambruoso, Basile Contemporary, Rome
[G] Lissone Prize 20/21: Breve storia di una nuova prospettiva in pittura, curated by Alberto Zanchetta, MAC – Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Lissone [Purchase Award]
[G] Collection Maramotti, Reggio Emilia
[G] Oneiroi, Galerie 24b, Paris, France
[G] OAF New York Viewing Room, New York, USA, Cavin-Morris Gallery
2020
[G] Wopart Virtual Fair, Lugano, CH, Galleria Rizomi Arte
[G] Beyond Ourselves, Online Mixed Exhibition, Anima Mundi Gallery, St Ives Cornwall, UK
[G] SOFA virtually Art Fair, Chicago, USA, Cavin-Morris Gallery 
[G] OAF Paris Viewing Room, Paris, France, Galerie Gugging
[S] La Ressemblance, critical text Barbara Safarova, curated by Bianca Cerrina Feroni, Galerie 24b & Galleria Rizomi Arte Parma, Paris, France
[G] Drawing Room Works on Paper, curated by Artan Shabani, Promenade Gallery, Vlorë, Albania
[G] Il Giardino d’Arcadia, curated by Andrea Lacarpia, Gilda Contemporary Art, Milano
[G] Oxygène #2, curated by Bianca Cerrina Feroni, Galerie 24b, Paris, France
2019
[G] BIG Formats, Galerie Gugging, Vienna, Austria
[G] Director's Choice, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany
[G] Art on Paper | BOZAR Brussels, Belgium, Montoro12
[S] Shape Vision Paper: Francois Burland / Simone Pellegrini, curated by Nicola Mazzeo, Galleria Gliacrobati & Galleria Rizomi Arte Parma, Torino
[S] Passato in giudicato, curated by Veronica Caciolli, Museo di Palazzo Pretorio, Prato
[G] Archivio Biennale Disegno Rimini, curated by Alessandra Bigi Iotti e Franco Pozzi, Museo della città, Ala Nuova, Rimini
[G] Contemporaneamente Castel Belasi, curated by Marcello Nebl, Castel Belasi (TN)
[G] Ceci n'est pas un livre | Libri illustrati / libri d'artista, Galerie Bordas, Venezia
[G] Binomi. Antico vs Contemporaneo, curated by Sergio Bianchi e Alessandro Mescoli, Il Faro a Spilamberto (MO)
[G] Vacanza Reticolare, curated by Alessandro Mescoli, CRAC, Castelnuovo Rangone (MO)
[G] Biennale Do ut do, curated by Andrea Viliani, Parco Archeologico di Pompei
[G] Looking for Utopia, curated by Bianca Cerrina Feroni e Melania Rossi, Novecento, Venezia
[G] Oxygène, Galerie 24b, Paris, France
[G] DDessin Contemporary Drawing Fair, Atelier Richelieu, Paris, France, Galleria Rizomi Arte Parma
[S] The Unseen, James Freeman Gallery, London, England
[G] Ein Fest für die Augen - Eine Privatsammlung, Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso, Münster, Germany, Hachmeister Galerie
[G] Investec Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa, Montoro12
[S] Sensorio Indiscreto, curated by Leonardo Regano, LabOratorio Degli Angeli, Bologna
[G] La morale dei singoli, anteprima Biennale Do ut do, Archiginnasio, Bologna on the occasion of ArteFiera/Art City
[G] Drawing Storage - Assonances, curated by Giovanna Sarti, Alliance Française, Bologna
2018
[G] Le stanze di Ferenc, Villa d'Este, Tivoli (RM), curated by Andrea Bruciati
[G] la Lettura 360, project of Fondazione Corriere della Sera e la Lettura, La Triennale di Milano, Milano, curated by Gianluigi Colin e Antonio Troiano
[G] ArtVerona, Galleria Cardelli&Fontana
[G] Material Earth: Myth, Material And Metamorphosis, Messums Wiltshire, Salisbury, England
[G] La Macchina Smontabile, Galleria Studio02, Cremona, curated by Emanuele Tira
[G] Italia's National Treasure Artists, Galleria Giampiero Biasutti, Torino, curated by Roberto Brunelli
[S] Ostrakon, Galleria Cardelli&Fontana, Sarzana (SP), text by Pietro Gaglianò
[G] London Art Fair, James Freeman Gallery
[G] ArteFiera Bologna, Galleria Cardelli&Fontana, Montoro12
2017
[G] Nocturne, James Freeman Gallery, London, England
[G] MIAs Mid-career Italian Artists, Galleria Giampiero Biasutti, Torino, curated by Roberto Brunelli
[G] ArtVerona, Galleria Cardelli&Fontana, Galleria Montoro12
[S] Arriaca, Galleria Montoro12, Roma
[G] Verleihung der Narrenkappe, Villa dei Cedri-Mact/Cact, Bellinzona, Switzerland, curated by Mario Casanova
[G] Eterne stagioni, Palazzo del Monferrato, Alessandria, curated by Matteo Galbiati
[G] Works on paper, L'Ariete artecontemporanea, Bologna
[G] ArtParis Fair, Galleria Montoro12
[S] Dishonesti corpi, Teatro San Leonardo, Bologna on the occasion of ArteFiera/Art City, curated by Artierranti
[G] ArteFiera Bologna, Galleria Cardelli&Fontana, Montoro12
2016
[G] Drawing Storage, online on drawingstorage.tumblr.com, curated by Giovanna Sarti
[G] Salon International Livres Rares, Grand Palais, Paris, France, Galerie Bordas
[G] L'arca dell'arte, Rocca Ubaldinesca, Sassocorvaro, curated by Umberto Palestini
[S] India, Gallery of Art Temple University, Roma, curated by Manuela De Leonardis
[G] XLIX premio Vasto d'Arte Contemporanea: Archeologie a venire - Metamorfosi dall'antico e del classico nell'arte contemporanea italiana, Vasto (CH), curated by Silvia Pegoraro
[S] Simone Pellegrini-Gustav Seitz, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany
[G] Le stanze della Meraviglia, Rocchetta Mattei, Grizzana Morandi (BO), curated by Eleonora Frattarolo
[G] Una visione italiana, Galleria Montoro12, Roma
[G] Do ut do, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna
[G] Come closer, Mact/Cact, Bellinzona, Switzerland, curated by Mario Casanova
[G] ArtVerona, Galleria Cardelli&Fontana
[G] Anni zero, Temple University, Roma, curated by Alberto Dambruoso
[G] MuSa, Civica Raccolta Del Disegno di Salò, curated by Anna Lisa Ghirardi
[G] ArteFiera Bologna, Galleria Cardelli&Fontana, Galleria Montoro12
[G] YIA Art Fair-Le Carreau du Temple, Paris, France, Galleria Montoro12
2015
[G] Soit 10 ans, états intérieurs, Galerie Christian Berst Art Brut, Paris, France
[G] Non esistono oggetti brutti, Galleria Bianconi, Milano, curated by T. Zakopoulos e A. Zanchetta
[G] The trip, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany
[G] #BocsArt artist’s residence, Cosenza, curated by Alberto Dambruoso
[G] Notre avenir est dans l'air, Antiquarium Alda Levi, Milano, curated by Fabio Carnaghi
[G] Hotel Universo nella notte transluminosa, Palazzo Michiel, Venezia, curated by V. Lacinio
[G] ITALIA DOCET 56th International Art Exhibition Biennale di Venezia, side event, curated by L. Rotatori, Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto, Venezia
[S] Narr, Werkstatt Galerie, Berlin, Germany
[G] Neomigjeniane, Galeria Kombëtare e Arteve, Tirana, Albania, curated by Artan Shabani
[G] Lo spazio del segno, Palazzina Azzurra, San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), curated by Antonello Rubini
[G] Macrocosmi, Altes Postfuhramt West, Berlin, Germany
[G] ArtVerona, Galleria Cardelli&Fontana, Galleria Montoro12
[G] La selva oscura, Museo il Correggio, Correggio, curated by Margherita Fontanesi