Frutta
Santo Tolone

Born 1979 in Como, IT
Lives and works in Milan, IT

Education

2012
MA Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK

2009
BA Painting, Academy of FIne Arts of Brera, Milan, IT

1999
Diploma in Technic Graphic, I.P.S.I.A, L Ripamonti, Como, IT

Solo Exhibitions

2018
The distance between the fridge and my belly, or rather between your eyes and this title, Frutta, Glasgow, UK (upcoming)

2016
La vie aquatique, curated by Bruna Roccasalva, Scalo Art Pavilions, Milan, IT
Spaghetti After Sex, Residency and Solo Show, curated by Sarah McCrory, The Monteverdi Art Gallery, Castiglioncello del Trinoro, IT

2015
Come Quando Fuori Piove, Frutta, Rome, IT
37 Days of Darkness, Limoncello, London, UK

2013
Illy Present Future Award, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, IT

2012
Three Times Once, Limoncello, London, UK

2008
Passage, Galerie QG, Salzinsensel, LU

2007
TVB, TCB Art Inc, Melbourne, AU

2006
SANTOMATTEO, Placentia Arte, Piacenza, IT

Group Exhibitions

2018
TBA, Nomas Foundation, Rome, IT (upcoming)
One Missing Sock After Doing Laundry, The Art Laundrette, curated by Giulia Colletti, Glasgow, UK (upcoming)
Ortica, Frutta, Rome, IT

2017
HO HO HO, a project by Alek O., Gabriele De Santis, Santo Tolone and Spring, Frutta, Rome, IT
Deposito d’Arte Italiana Presente, curated by Ilria Bonacossa and Vittoria Martini, Artissima 2017, Turin, IT
Pré-Capital, curated by Charlotte Cosson & Emmanuelle Luciani with Nicolas Bourriaud, La Panacée, Centre de culture contemporaine, Montpellier, Montpellier, FR
Wagstaff’s, curated by Adam Carr, historical research by Richard Cynan Jones and Jane Matthews, MOSTYN, Llandudno, UK

2016
The Milky Way 3, curated by Damiana Leoni and
Pianoterra Onlus, Giò Marconi, Milan, IT
Start up Quattro Agenzie per la produzione del possibile, a project by Gianfranco Baruchello, curated by Maria Alicata and Carla Subrizi, Fondazione Baruchello, Rome, IT
Dilata in maggiore spazio, L’A project, Palermo, IT
Ma l’amor mio non muore, Opere dalla Collezione Alloggia (Roma), curated by Rita Selvaggio, Casa Museo Ivan Bruschi, Arezzo, IT
Prediction, curated by Milovan Farronato, Mendes Wood, São Paulo, BR
Je Ne Sais What?, Carnelutti Firm Law, Milan, IT
FACE TO FACE. A selection of International Emerging Artists From the Ernesto Esposito Collection, curated by Eugenio Viola, Palazzo Fruscione, Salerno, IT
IMAGINE, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT

2015
Ennensima. Una mostra di sette mostre sull’arte italiana, curated by Vincenzo de Bellis, Triennale, Milan, IT
Local Objects, curated by Rita Selvaggio, IKEYAZHANG, Milan, IT
Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, IT
STILL-LIFE Remix, curated by Ilaria Bonacossa, Antinori Art Project, Bagino, IT
TAVERNA – We are open (Icastica 2015), curated by Ilaria Gianni, Fraternita dei Laici, Arezzo, IT
Fantastica, The Way We Make Art, BeatTricks, Milan, IT
Tan Like That, curated by Martin Rasmussen, London, UK

2014
SMALL Rome, Frutta, Rome, IT
Calcio d’inizio, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, IT
To Meggy Weiss Lo Surdo Happy Hours, curated by Marianna Vecellio, CO2, Turin, IT
On Beauty, Large Glass, London, UK

2013
T-A-X-I, Almanac, London, UK
Souvenir, organised by Lucie Fontaine, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, FR

2012
Dormitorio Pubblico, curated by Marianna Vecellio, Campoli Presti, London, UK
Fuoriclasse – 20 years of Italian Art in the courses of Alberto Garutti, Gallery Modern Art ,Milan, IT
Lucie Fontaine: Estate, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
Young British Art II, curated by Ryan Gander and Christina Von Rotenhan, dienstgebaude, Zurich, CH

2011
Limoncello Green, Limoncello, London, UK
Artissima Lido, curated by Mr Rossi, Turin, IT
Interim Show, Slade Research Centre, Woburn Square, London, UK
Two Times Once, curated by Mr Rossi, Limoncello, London, UK
Young British Art, curated by Ryan Gander, Limoncello, London, UK
Arian De Rothschild Prize, curated by Laura Barreca and Marcello Smarreli, Palazzo Reale, Milan, IT
Un’ità, Industria Gallery, New York, US

2010
Missing Link, curated by Martha Kirszenbaum, Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, New York, US
Si-Sindrome Italiana, curated by Yves Aupetitallot, Le Magazin Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, FR
Video Report Italia 2008-09, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Galleria Comulae d’Arte Contemporanea Monfalcone, Manfalcone, IT
Men With Balls: The Art of the 2010 World Cup, curated by Simon Critchley , Apexart, New York, US
Low Deco, curated by Alessandro Rabottini, Gemine Muse, Villa Necchi Campiglio, Milan, IT
No Soul For Sale, Tate Modern, London, UK (with Viafarini)
21×21:21 Artisti x Il 21 Secolo, curated by Franceso Bonami, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, IT
Titolo Gross, Cripta747, Turin, IT
Ibrido, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantionio and Francesco Garutti, PAC Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT

2009
Run No.1, Room Galleria, Milan, IT
Il Raccolto D’Autunno E’stato Abbondante, curated by Chiara Agnello and Milovan Farronato, Careof and Viafarini, Milan, IT
Italian Open, curated by AAW, Annet Gelink, Amsterdam, NL
Caro Giacomo E Cara Anna, Festa Patronale di San Giacomo e Sant’Anna, Associazione Cherimus, Perdaxius, IT
As You Enter The Exhibition You Consider This A Group Show By An Artist You Don’t Know By The Name Of Mr Rossi, promoted and supported by AWW, Ex-factory Minerva, Milan, IT
Time Versus Fashion, curated by Martina Koeppel-Yang, Kunstverein, Nurtingen, DE
Correspondences 2.2, 26CC, Rome, IT

2008
Don’t Disappear, Tube Projects, Expotrastiendas, Buenoes Aires, AR
Group Group Show, curated by DAMP, VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne, AUS

2007
4th Mulliqi Prize, curated by Suzana Kuka Varvarica, Art Gallery of Prishtina, Kosovo, SK
La Legge E’ Relativa Per Tutti, curated by Anna Colin and Elena Sorokina, Palazzo Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Guarene d’Alba, IT
A Certain Ratio, Room Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT

2006
5th Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennial, curated by Martina Koeppel-Yang, Guan Shanyue Museum / Shenzhen Fine Art Institute / He Xiangning Art Centre, Shenzen, CN
Women Shi Gaibian, Isola Art Center, Milan, IT
Packet Agency, curated by Jesse Birch, Storage Gallery, Vancouver, CA
Accumulation – Canton Express Next Stop, curated by Martina Koeppel-Yang, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, JP
La Necessita’ Di Un’isola, Isola Art Center, Milan, IT

2005
Emergency Biennale Milan Stop, curated by Evelyne Jouanno, Isola Art Centre, Milan, IT
No Parachute, Artandgallery, Milan, IT

2004
Play04, curated by Cecilia Casorati, Donatella Landi, Luca Valerio, Careof, Milan / Neon>Campobase, Bologna / Museo Sperimentale d’Arte Contemporanea, L’Aguila / Galleria Valentina Moncada, Rome, IT

Other Projects and Performances

2008
Eurasia vs Everything Is Possible, ShContemporary Art Fair, Shanghai, CN
Eurasia -Match (with the artist Yang Jiechang), A Basketball Match held at UCCA, UCCA Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, CN

2006
Eurasia meets Landzungle, with the artist Yang Jiechang, Kunstverein Nurtingen, Leutkirch, DE

2005
Live in Milan, curated by Adelina Von Furstenberg, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, IT

Curatorial Project

HO HO HO, a project by Alek O., Gabriele De Santis, Santo
Tolone and Spring, Frutta, Rome, IT

Residencies

2010
Residency Unlimited & Flux Factory Residency Program, New York, US

2007
Artist Residence at TCB Art Inc, Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne, AUS

2006
Artist Residence at Borges Libreria Art Space Trust, Canton, CN
Art_Con_Fusion, Mart, Rovereto, IT