Michele Bubacco

Michele Bubacco (Venice, 1983) lives and works in Venice.

Michele Bubacco’s artistic journey is a continuous exploration. He often initiates his work with discovered photographic material, drawing from various sources like album covers, phone snapshots, and historical imagery. Through expressive painting with layers of colors, he brings to life animals, mythological creatures, landscapes, and everyday objects, weaving in a subtext of tension that prompts contemplation about hidden narratives, and the evolution of an image. The original image merely acts as a point of departure, leading viewers on a visual quest that challenges human perception. Each piece undergoes a transformation, frequently adopting unexpected qualities distinct from the initial concept.

Growing up in Venice, Bubacco finds inspiration in the great Venetian masters, especially Titian, who also employed a transformative and ongoing metamorphic approach to painting materials.

Solo exhibitions:

2021 “Honolulu”, Ikona Gallery, Venice (Italy)

2020 “Love Me 2 Times”, song Song, Vienna (Austria)

2020 “The Alphabet”, Ikona Gallery, Venice (Italy)

2019 “It’s not a finger”, song song, Vienna (Austria)

2017 “Life is a Pussy”, Alessandro Casciaro Gallery, Bolzano (Italy)

2016 “Your Bones”, Rompone Galerie, Cologne (Germany), Curated by Claudia Cosmo

2016 “Serenade”, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe (USA), Curated by Mary Dinaburg and Howard Rutkowski

2012 “Whitegray”, Litvak Gallery, Tel Aviv (Israel), Text By Ronan Barthes

2011 “Italian Landscape”, nVentilazione, Vienna (Austria)

2011 “Painting in black on white night – Wall painting”, Ikona Gallery, Venice (Italy), Curated by Živa Kraus

Group exhibitions:

2024 “Salon Palermo 4”, Collective exhibition, Rizzuto Gallery, curated by Antonio Grulli and Francesco De Grandi, Palermo (Italy)

2024 “Per Grazia Ricevuta”, Collective exhibition, Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, curated byAlberto Mattia Martini, Milan (Italy)

2024 “Wandering Into This Great Unknown”, Collective Exhibition, Cittadella Degli Archivi, curated by Domenico De Chirico, Milan (Italy)

2023 “Pittura Italiana Oggi”, Collective, Triennale Milano, curated by Damiano Gullì, Honorary Board: Francesco Bonami, Suzanne Hudson, Hans Ulrich Obrist, 25 October 2023 – 11 February 2024, Milan (Italy)

2023 “Nowiseebeesiwon” Collaboration with Ugo Carmeni, Grimani Palace Museum, Venice (Italy)

2023 “Come un’onda, come in volo” Collective, Museo Francesco Baracca, curated by Massimiliano Fabbri, 6 May – 24 September, Lugo, (Italy)

2023 “Affascinante”, Collective, Museo Civico Luigi Varoli, curated by Gioele Melandri and Luigi Antonio Presicce, 17 March – 14 Maggi, Cotignola (Italy)

2022 Collective, L.Art Galerie, Salzburg (Austria)

2022, “Croisements”, Collective, Cité Internationale Des Arts – Montmartre, Paris (France)

2022 “Who Killed Bambi”, Collective, Dolomiti Contemporanee, Casso (Italy)

2022 Cité Internationale Des Arts, Residence, May-June, Paris (France)

2022 “Girotondo”, Collective, Litvak Contemporary, Tel Aviv (Israel)

2022 “360 Special”, Collective, L.Art Galerie, Salzburg (Austria)

2021 “Bloodline: The Artist’s Family”, Collective, Litvak Contemporary, Tel Aviv, (Israel)

2021 “Winter Special”, Collective, L.Art Galerie, Salzburg (Austria)

2021 “Saloon, The Biting Eyes” Collective, Katrin Plavčak Studio, Vienna (Austria)

2021 “Temporary Group Show ” Collective, Alessandro Casciaro Gallery, (Italy)

2020 “Field of View”. Bi-Personal, Galerie Weihergut, Salzburg (Austria)

2019 “Selvatico 14”, Collective, Museo Civico San Rocco, Fusignano (Italy)

2019 “The Caterpillar And The Butterfly”, Collective, Palazzo Delle Albere, Trento (Italy)

2019 “Essere Corpo”, Kunsthalle West, Collective, Lana-Bolzano (Italy)

2019 “Palermo Stupor Mundi”, Collective, Strizzi Space, Cologne (Germany)

2018 ” Brain-Tooling”, Collective, Forte Di Monte Ricco, Pieve Di Cadore (Italy), Curated by Gianluca D’incà Levis, Riccardo Caldura, Petra Cason

2018 “Angry Boys”, Collective, Museum Det Ny Kastet, Thisted (Denmark)

2018 “The Arab-Norman Interweave”, Collective, Manifesta 12, Collateral Event, Palermo (Italy)

2017 “Mucca Pazza”, Collective, Sanatorium Gallery, Vienna, (Austria) Curated by Salvatore Viviano

2017 “Angry Boys” Rompone Galerie, Cologne (Germany), Curated by Claudia Cosmo

2017 “Manhood”, Collective, Litvak Contemporary, Tel Aviv, (Israel), Curated by Daria Kaufmann

2016 “Post Human”, Collective, Litvak Contemporary, Tel Aviv, (Israel)

2016 “Un-Becoming”, Collective (Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze, Tamar Ettun, Brian Fernandes-Halloran), Fridman Gallery (USA)

2016 “Premio Fondazione Vaf – Posizioni Attuali Dell’arte Italiana”, Collective, Chemnitz Museum Of Art, Chemnitz (Germany)

2016 “Vaf Foundation Award – Current Positions of Italian Art”, Collective, Stadgalerie Kiel, Museum Of Art, Kiel (Germany)

2016 “Premio Fondazione Vaf – Posizioni Attuali Dell’arte Italiana”, Collective, Macro Museum Of Contemporary Art, Rome (Italy)

2016 “Anaconda”, Collettiva, Kulturkirche Ost, Colonia (Germania), Curata Da Claudia Cosmo

2016 “Danse Macabre”, Bi-Personale, Louis B James Gallery, New York City (Usa), Curata Da Mary Dinaburg E Howard Rutkowski

2016 “Autoselbstfahrer”, Collettiva , Rompone Kunstsalon, Colonia (Germania), Curata Da Claudia Cosmo

2015 “Holiday Group Show”, Collettiva , David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe (Usa), Curata Da Mary Dinaburg E Howard Rutkowski

2015 “Cesare Quand’era Pavese – Hommage A Cp”, Collettiva, Rompone Galerie, Via Dei Mille 40, Torino (Italia), Curata Da Claudia Cosmo

2015 “Cesare Quand’era Pavese – Hommage A Cp”, Collettiva, Rompone Galerie, Colonia (Germania), Curata Da Claudia Cosmo

2015 “(Un)Real”, Collettiva, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe (Usa), Curata Da Mary Dinaburg E Howard Rutkowski

2015 “Una Possibile Sinestesia: L’incontro Di Musica E Pittura” – Presentazione Della Serie “Girotondo” E Talk Tra Michele Bubacco E Luca Mosca – Teatrino Di Palazzo Grassi – Venezia (Italia)

2015 “5 X 5: Other Voices”, Collettiva Con David Humphrey, Christopher Le Brun, Tsibi Geva, Nathaniel Mary Quinn And Tamar Roded, Avner Ben-Gal, Maya Bloch, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi – Litvak Contemporary – Tel Aviv (Israele), Curata Da Mary Dinaburg E Howard Rutkowski

2015 “Stripped To Tease?” Collettiva – Locomot Contemporary Art – Vienna (Austria)

2015 “Bacan”, Collettiva, Markhof 2 Galerie, Vienna (Austria)

2013 “Bonjour Venezia, Bonjour Vedova”, Collettiva (Larry Clark, Max Piva) Ikona Gallery, Venezia (Italia), Curata Da Živa Kraus

2009  Finalist At La Colomba International Art Award, Secondo Premio

2008 “Esposizione Prima. Ecco I Giovanissimi”, Collettiva, Villa Brandolini Di Solighetto, Treviso (Italy), Curata Da Francesco Michielin