Michele Di Menna Explained

Michele Di Menna (born 1980) is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist who works with text, performance, sculpture and collage.

Biography

Michele Di Menna was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She attended the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver and later attended Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste Städelschule (2005-2010), in Frankfurt Germany.

Reception

Frieze.com has described Di Menna's artistic practice as "a persistently process-based approach (that) is self-referential."^[1]

Select group exhibitions

• 2019: Marabu: Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany^[2]
• 2018: Schmalz: Guimarães, Vienna, Austria^[3]
• 2018: Landfall and Departure: Epilogue (Listening to the Sea): Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, British Columbia
• 2017: in awe: cur. by Melanie Ohnemus, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
• 2016: Ein Schelm: wer Böses dabei denkt : cur. by Stephanie Siedel and Fanny Gonella, Kuenstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, Germany^[4]
• 2016: Rage Farmer Rage Profiteer: Beautiful Gallery, Chicago, United States^[5]
• 2015: Dérive Dérivée:Fondation CAB (CAB Art Center), Brussels, Belgium^[6]
• 2015: Spielraum: Städsschen Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany
• 2014: Jahre Halle fuer Kunst Lueneburg, Lueneburg, Germany
• 2014: A Soft Tragedy: Kinderhook and Caracas, Berlin, Germany^[7]
• 2013: The only performances that make it all the way/ Kunstlerhaus: Halle fur Kunst and Medien, Graz^[8]
• 2012: the Avantgarde: Deep Cuts:  Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, London, England^[9]
• 2011: Beautiful Weather: Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw
• 2011: based in Berlin, Berlin^[10]
• 2010: Maladresses ou la Figure de l'Idiot: Institute of Social Hypocrisy, Paris, France^[11]
• 2009: The Perpetual Dialogue:  Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, United States ^{[12] [13]}
• 2009: Ginger Goodwin Way: Or Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada^[14]
• 2008: The Great Transformation, Art and Tactical Magic: MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporánea, Monterrey, Mexico^[15]
• 2008: The Great Transformation, Art and Tactical Magic: Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Solo exhibitions

• 2019: The bells put out their tongues: The Beach Office, Berlin, Germany^[16]
• 2016: This piece of cod passeth understanding: Ashley, Berlin, Germany^[17]
• 2010: Art Statement with Galerie Kamm at Art 41 Basel^[18]

Residencies

Michele was a resident at Western Front from Oct 2- Nov 11, 2013^[19] and later completed a residency at Fogo Island Arts in 2015.^[20]

Notes and References

1. News: Stange. Raimar. Michele Di Menna. Frieze. 2020-03-11. 6. en. 0962-0672.
2. Web site: MARABU at Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe - Artmap.com. artmap.com. 2020-03-11.
3. Web site: GUIMARÃES.INFO. www.guimaraes.info. 2020-03-11.
4. Web site: 2016-10-27. Ein Schelm, wer Böses dabei denkt. 2021-01-04. www.kuenstlerhausbremen.de. de-DE.
5. June 5, 2015. Honni soit qui mal y pense — ein Schelm, wer Böses dabei denkt. HNO Nachrichten. 45. 5. 3. 10.1007/s00060-015-0390-5. 0177-1000. free.
6. Encyclopedia: DeBevoise . Jane . Exhibitions of Asian contemporary art in the West . 2005-09-22 . Oxford University Press . Grove Art Online . 10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t097910.
7. Esther Choy . Soft Skills: Data storytelling . Analytics . 2019-05-31 . 10.1287/lytx.2017.04.05.
8. Web site: Exhibitions - The only performances that make it all the way … :: KM– Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien. www.km-k.at. 2020-03-11.
9. Web site: "Deep Cuts" at Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture (Contemporary Art Daily). contemporaryartdaily.com. 2020-03-11.
10. Web site: based in berlin. www.basedinberlin.info. 2020-03-11.
11. Web site: The Institute of Social Hypocrisy. www.mottodistribution.com. 2020-03-11.
12. Web site: The Perpetual Dialogue - Exhibition - Andrea Rosen Gallery. www.andrearosengallery.com. 2020-03-11. 2020-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20200123013635/http://www.andrearosengallery.com/exhibitions/the-perpetual-dialogue. dead.
13. Web site: Archived Gallery Site 1990-2017 - Andrea Rosen Gallery. 2021-01-04. www.andrearosengallery.com.
14. Book: Ginger Goodwin Way. en.
15. Web site: The Great Transformation. Art and Tactical Magic. en-US. 2020-03-11.
16. Web site: Beach Office Berlin. www.beachoffice.club. 2020-03-11.
17. Web site: EXHIBITION SERIESINTERCALATING THE DRIFT: : Ashley Berlin. ashleyberlin.de. 2020-03-11.
18. Web site: art-agenda. www.art-agenda.com. en. 2020-03-11.
19. Web site: Michele Di Menna - Western Front. en-US. 2020-03-11.
20. Web site: Artists-in-Residence. Fogo Island Arts. en-US. 2020-03-14.