Sergio Ragalzi

Turin, 1951 - 2024
He lived between Turin and San Giusto Canavese

Sergio Ragalzi was born in 1951, in Turin, where he still lives and works.
His début on the artistic Italian scene is in 1984 with Extemporanea, the exhibition which marks the re-opening of the legendary roman gallery l’Attico by Fabio Sargentini, which would dedicate to Ragalzi many personal exhibitions in the years to come.
He takes part to the exhibition Anniottanta at the Modern Art Gallery in Bologna in 1985.
That same year he is invited to the Museo de Arte in Sao Paulo, Brasil, and some of his works are presented at L’Italie Aujourd’hui, exhibition hosted by the Centre Nazionale d’Art Contemporain in Nice and in 1986 he takes part to the Frankfurt-Hannover-Wien travelling exhibition Aspekte der Italienischen Kunst 1960/1985, curated by Renato Barilli.
In 2001, his sculptures are presented at the exhibition Italian sculpture in the 20th-Century, Italy-Japan 2001-2002, which is hosted at the three Japanese modern art museums in Ibaraki, Yokoana and Kagoshima.
An anthological exhibition is organised at the industrial premises of Pagliero, in Castellamonte (Turin), in 2007.
The most signifi cant personal exhibitions in 2008 are: Acquario at Allegretti gallery in Turin, Voliere at Delloro gallery in Rome, Due insetti neri at Rivara Castle and Pioggia Nera at Grossetti Contemporary Art in Milan.
In 2010, the installation Genetica 2093, was presented at the Auditorium of Rome, at the SuperstudioPiù in Milan, at the Lucas Carrieri Art Gallery within the 6th Berlin Biennale of Contemporary Art, in Via Palazzo di Città in Turin and at the Castello di Rivara. In September 2010, the installation Genetica 2093 was presented at the MACRO Museum in Rome.

MOSTRE PERSONALI (SELEZIONE):

2025
Sergio Ragalzi, da quell’ombra, Loro Milano, Milan, curated by Willy Montini

2024
Iene, Raffaella De Chirico Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Sergio Ragalzi, tutte le nostre scimmie, Galleria d’Arte Niccoli, Parma, curated by Roberto and Marco Niccoli, text by Massimo Belli

2023
Wunderkammer, MEB Arte Studio, Borgomanero, curated by Marco Emilio Bertona

2022
Raffaella De Chirico Arte Contemporanea, Torino, curated by Sergio Ragalzi and Raffaella De Chirico
Fairy Tales & Bedtime Stories, Raffaella De Chirico Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Ombre Atomiche, Fondazione 107, Turin, curated by Federico Piccari, texts by Federico Piccari, Roberto Mastroianni, Lucia Nazzaro;
En pen chaos, Arp Art Research, Paris, curated by Jean-Jacques Wattel

2019
Virus 1988, Galleria davidepaludetto artecontemporanea, Turin

2018
Scimmie, MEB Arte Studio, Borgomanero, curated by Marco Emilio Bertona

2017
Poesie erotiche, Libreria Diagonale, Rome
Parola alle scimmie, Galleria L’Attico, Rome
Caos, Spazio Borgogno, Milan
Respiro Nero, Palazzo Brandolin Rota, Venezia, in collaboration with Spazio Borgogno, Grossetti Arte, Totel il Canale
Acromate inquieto, Galleria Apart, Vicenza, curated by Sharon di Carlo
Opere 1985 – 1999, MEB Arte Studio, Borgomanero (NO), curated by Marco Emilio Bertona
Genetica 2093, Piazza dei Signori, Vicenza

2016
Farfalle Erotiche 2015, Studio Fornaresio, Turin

2014
La Stanza di Kafka 2004-2014, Marco Cappello Vintage & Design, Turin
Origini – Il mistero della vita, Galleria Zabert, Turin
Origine – Il mistero della vita, Galleria Franz Paludetto, Turin

2013
Erotica, Associazione Culturale Senzatitolo, Rome, text by Massimo Arioli
Totem e Tabù, Libreria Diagonale, Rome text by Claudio Risé

2012
Nature, Spazio Borgogno, Milan
Madre, Galleria Carlina, Turin
Madre Oro, Galleria Rolando Anselmi, Berlin

2011
Nero, Galleria Allegretti, Turin
Sfingi, Galleria l’Attico, Rome, curated by Fabio Sargentini, text by Enrico Crispolti
La Mosca Bianca, Marco Cappello Vintage & Design, Turin

2010
Genetica 2093, Museo MACRO, Rome
Genetica 2093, SuperstudioPiù, Milan
Genetica 2093, Castello di Rivara, Rivara
Genetica 2093, Via Palazzo di Città, Turin
Genetica 2093, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
Genetica 2093, Nuraghe Losa Abbasanta
Erotiche, Lucas Carrieri Art Gallry, Berlin, curated by Gianluca Ranzi
Voliere / aviaries, Castello di Rivara, Rivata
Nercorpoo, Galleria Delloro, Rome

2008
Acquario, Galleria Allegretti, Turin, curated by Enrico Crispolti, texts by Enrico Crispolti
Voliere, Galleria Delloro, Rome, curated by Enrico Crispolti e Antonello Rubini, texts by Enrico Crispolti e Antonello Rubini
Due insetti neri, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Casello di Rivara, Rivara
Pioggia nera, Grossetti Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Insetti (1989-90), Galleria Sante Moretto "Arte Contemporanea", Monticello Conte Otto

2007
L’Urlo, Galleria l’Attico, Roma, curated by Fabio Sargentini, text by Fabio Sargentini
Antropomorfo 1984-2007, Fabbrica Pagliero, Castellamonte

MOSTRE COLLETTIVE (SELEZIONE):

2024
Paint it, black, Raffaella De Chirico Arte Contemporanea, Turin

2023
Im Lauf del Zeit, MEB Arte Studio, Borgomanero, curated by Marco Emilio Bertona
Dodici fantasmagorici, Galleria L’Attico, Rome

2022
Virus, Davide Paludetto Arte Contemporanea, Turin
Memento mori, PRAC Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Ponzano Romano, curated by Graziano Menolascina

2021
Premio del disegno Torre Pellice 2021, Civica Galleria d’arte contemporanea Filippo Scroppo, Torre Pellice, curated by Luca Motto and Francesco Poli
Take care project – 160 artisti per una mascherina, Fondazione 107, Turin, curated by Federico Piccari

2020
Futuro – Arte e società dagli anni Sessanta a domani, Galleria d’Italia, Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza, curated by Luca Beatrice and Walter Guadagnini

2019
L’opera al nero, MEB Arte Studio, Borgomanero, curated by Marco Emilio Bertona
Hortus conclusus, Fondazione 107, Turin, curated by Federico Piccari
Revolutions 1989-2019 L’arte del mondo nuovo 30 anni dopo, Castel Sismondo, Rimini, curated by Luca Beatrice

2018
100% Italia. Cent’anni di capolavori, Palazzo Barolo, Turin
50, Studio d’Arte Cannaviello, Milan
Anatomico organico industriale, Fondazione 107, Turin, curated by Federico Piccari
Scorribanda. 60 anni della Galleria L’attico, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, curated by Fabio Sargentini
Equinozio d’autunno #31. Gotico industriale, Castello di Rivara, Rivara, curated by Fabio Vito Lacertosa

2017
Astore – Giardini – Ragalzi, Galleria Davide Paludetto, Turin