Born 1979 in Como, IT
Lives and works in Milan, IT
Frutta
Santo Tolone

La Vie Aquatique, 2016, Installation View, Scalo Art Pavilions, Milan

La Vie Aquatique, 2016, Installation View, Scalo Art Pavilions, Milan

La Vie Aquatique, 2016, Installation View, Scalo Art Pavilions, Milan

La Vie Aquatique, 2016, Installation View, Scalo Art Pavilions, Milan

Come Quando Fuori Piove, 2015, Installation View, Frutta, Rome

Come Quando Fuori Piove, 2015, Installation View, Frutta, Rome

Come Quando Fuori Piove, 2015, Installation View, Frutta, Rome

Se non ti svegli…lo faccio io! / If you do not wake up...I'll do it!, 2015, Collage on Painted Glass, 125 x 110 x 5 cm

Controsoffitto / False Ceiling (Orange), 2015, Wood, Foam Rubber, Fabric, 196 x 133 x 26 cm

Giocatore di Scacchi / Chess Player, 2015, Oil on Canvas, 59 x 65 x 3 cm

Naufrago con Palma e Pappagallo / Castaway with Palm and Parrot, 2015, Oil on Canvas, 59 x 65 x 3 cm

Controsoffitto / False Ceiling (Pink), 2015, Wood, Foam Rubber, Fabric, 189 x 146 x 25 cm

C'è abbastanza peperoncino, caro? / Is there enough chili pepper, dear?, 2015, Collage on Painted Glass, 125 x 110 x 5 cm

37 Days of Darkness, 2015, Installation View, Limoncello, London

37 Days of Darkness, 2015, Installation View, Limoncello, London

37 Days of Darkness, 2015, Installation View, Limoncello, London

37 Days of Darkness, 2015, Installation View, Limoncello, London

Salvatore (Orange Ceiling), 2015, Wood, Fabric, 200 x 143 x 31 cm

Frieze London, 2014, Installation View, Limoncello

Rondò, 2013, Etched Engraving on Brass Plate, Poplar Wood, 140 x 100 x 4 cm

Rondò, 2013, Etched Engraving on Brass Plate, Poplar Wood, 140 x 100 x 4 cm

Rondò, 2013, Etched Engraving on Brass Plate, Poplar Wood, 140 x 100 x 4 cm

Illy Present Future Award Exhibition, 2014, Installation View, Castello di Rivoli, Turin

Mandarini, 2012, Framed Screenprint on Paper, 130 x 106.5 x 4 cm

Nuvola, 2013, Aluminium Engraved Plate, Polyurethane, Polyester, High-Performance Plaster, White Paint, Rosewood Veneer, Treated Wood, 170 x 80 x 80 cm

Justine, 2013, Framed C-print, 52.5 x 42.5 x 3 cm

Salame, 2012, Marble (Nero Assoluto), Brass, Peppercorns, 82 x 26.8 x 3.6 cm

Billy Shadows, 2012, Painted MDF, 195 x 76.5 x 26.5 cm

Ritratto di donna, 2011, Mahogany, 38 x 14 x 12 cm; Ippopotamo, 2011, Mahogany, 12 x 23 x 11 cm; Delfini, 2011, Jimpinis Wood, 98 x 24 x 13 cm, Contorsionista, 2011, 48 x 21 x 6 cm, African Oak
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Education
2012
MA Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK2009
BA Painting, Academy of FIne Arts of Brera, Milan, IT1999
Diploma in Technic Graphic, I.P.S.I.A, L Ripamonti, Como, ITSolo Exhibitions
2018
The distance between the fridge and my belly, or rather between your eyes and this title, Frutta, Glasgow, UK2016
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, IT2015
Come Quando Fuori Piove, Frutta, Rome, IT
37 Days of Darkness, Limoncello, London, UK2013
Illy Present Future Award, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, IT2012
Three Times Once, Limoncello, London, UK2008
Passage, Galerie QG, Salzinsensel, LU2007
TVB, TCB Art Inc, Melbourne, AU2006
SANTOMATTEO, Placentia Arte, Piacenza, ITGroup Exhibitions
2018
Per andare dove dobbiamo andare, per dove dobbiamo andare?, Nomas Foundation, Rome, IT
One Missing Sock After Doing Laundry, The Art Laundrette, curated by Giulia Colletti, Glasgow, UK
Ortica, Frutta, Rome, IT2017
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, UK2016
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, IT2015
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, UK2014
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, UK2013
T-A-X-I, Almanac, London, UK
Souvenir, organised by Lucie Fontaine, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, FR2012
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, CH2011
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, US2010
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, IT2009
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, IT2008
Don’t Disappear, Tube Projects, Expotrastiendas, Buenoes Aires, AR
Group Group Show, curated by DAMP, VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne, AUS2007
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, IT2006
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, IT2005
Emergency Biennale Milan Stop, curated by Evelyne Jouanno, Isola Art Centre, Milan, IT
No Parachute, Artandgallery, Milan, IT2004
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, ITOther 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, CN2006
Eurasia meets Landzungle, with the artist Yang Jiechang, Kunstverein Nurtingen, Leutkirch, DE2005
Live in Milan, curated by Adelina Von Furstenberg, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, ITCuratorial Project
HO HO HO, a project by Alek O., Gabriele De Santis, Santo
Tolone and Spring, Frutta, Rome, ITResidencies
2010
Residency Unlimited & Flux Factory Residency Program, New York, US2007
Artist Residence at TCB Art Inc, Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne, AUS2006
Artist Residence at Borges Libreria Art Space Trust, Canton, CN
Art_Con_Fusion, Mart, Rovereto, IT