Michele Lombardelli
Biography
Michele Lombardelli (Cremona, 1968) is a visual and sound artist whose research moves between painting, installation, and musical experimentation. His practice, often oriented toward abstraction and formal reduction, explores the relationships between image, sound, and space, drawing on both the tradition of minimalism and conceptual and performative languages.
Over the years, developing a path that combines paintings, installations, ceramics, and sound projects, he has presented his work in galleries, museums, and independent spaces in Italy and abroad, including: Museo Maga in Gallarate, La Rada – Locarno (CH), MAC Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – Lissone (MI), MOT International – London (UK), La Triennale – Milan, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts – Lausanne (CH), Kappa – Noun Bologna, Zazà Ramen – Milan. Alongside his exhibition activity, Lombardelli has produced numerous publications and artist’s books. The musical and performative dimension is another central aspect of his practice: concerts, experimental sets, and collaborations with musicians and artists have contributed to shaping an open, interdisciplinary research that crosses the boundaries between visual arts and sound.

Exhibitions
2025 Abastract Vision, B&B Fineart, Lugano CH
2025 Paradiso 12 “Struttura, Spazio, Colore”, B&B Fineart, Lugano CH (group exhibition)
2024 Cremona Contemporanea-Art Week (group exhibition), curated by Rossella Farinotti, Cremona
2023 Fenestella – Aperto (group exhibition), curated by Paola Nicolin, Museo XNL, Piacenza
2023Â Simmetria Paralizzata, Cardelli e Fontana, Sarzana SP
2023Â Dipinti recenti, Galleria Artesilva, Seregno MI
2023Â Their Volumes, (group exhibition), curated by Treti Galaxie, Collezione Cristella, Cortemaggio PC
2023 Untitled Cloth (site-specific installation), Zazà , Milan
2022Â Untitled, curated by Vittoria Broggini, Museo MaGa, Gallarate MI
2021Â Cellar Door Paintings, Kappa-Noun, Bologna
2021 Let’s Meet on a Cloud of Freedom (group exhibition), curated by Caterina De Pietri, Artphilein Foundation, Paradiso CH
2020Â 15-The Waiting Wall, (group exhibition) A+B gallery, Brescia
2020Â Art Drive-In Generali, (group exhibition) Assicurazioni Generali, Brescia
2019Â Fluo, curated by Samuele Menin, Arrivada, Milan
2019Â Sequenza dissonante, A+B gallery, Brescia
2017Â Lombardelli/Scarabelli, A+B gallery, Brescia
2016Â Wellcome, La Rada (with Giancarlo Norese and Luca Scarabelli), Locarno CH
2016Â Lombardelli/Scarabelli, MAC Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Lissone MI
2015Â Reinhardt, Surplace Art Space, Varese
2014 Sistema di riserva e stati di transizione (with Luca Scarabelli), O’ Artoteca, Milan
2013Â Waiting, Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Comunale, Corbetta MI
2013 E subito riprende il viaggio…Opere dalle collezioni del MAGA dopo l’incendio (group exhibition), curated by Emma Zanella and Giulia Formenti, La Triennale di Milano, Milan
2012 Libri d’artista e altri acconti (group exhibition), curated by Lorena Giuranna and Giulia Formenti, Museo MaGA, Gallarate MI
2010Â Michele Lombardelli+Hoah Angell, curated by Becky Koblick, MOT International, London UK
2010Â Michele Lombardelli+Anna Barham+Dan Shaw-Town, curated by Becky Koblick, MOT International, London UK
2010 Fuori Registro (group exhibition), Museo Midec, Laveno-Mombello VA
2010 Roaming – Heterotopias (group exhibition), Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne CH
2009Â Giunge una voce a qualcuno nel buio, AMT, Milan
2008Â A Story About the Old About Nothing About This or That, curated by Alfredo Sigolo, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles USA
2007Â Not Now, curated by Alfredo Sigolo, Galleria Boccanera, Trento
2006Â The Triumphant ID, BCA Gallery, Mumbai, India
2005Â La festa, il serpente e il serial killer, A+Mbookstore, Milan
2005Â Distimico Ciclotimico Ipertimico, curated by Gianni Romano, Bonelli Arte Contemporanea, Mantua
2005 Altri Fantasmi (group exhibition), Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Turin
2004 Questi Fantasmi! (group exhibition), curated by Massimo Kaufmann, 1000eventi, Milan
2004 The Torture Never Stops (with Michela Formenti), Galleria Caterina Mamberto Pennone, Savona
2003 Cover Theory (group exhibition), curated by Marco Senaldi, Officina della Luce, Piacenza
2002 Reale (with Fulvio Guerrieri and Ugo Locatelli), Museo d’Arte Moderna Ricci Oddi, Piacenza
1998 Handmade (with Courtney Gregg, Ron Griffin and Fulvio Guerrieri), curated by Eugenio Gazzola, Studio Jelmoni, Piacenza
Bibliography
2024 Piacenza Los Angeles, Mousse Publishing
2023 Their Volumes, Postmedia Books, Milano
2022 UNTITLED, Postmedia Books, Milano
2021 Cellar Door Paintings, Kappa-Noun, Bologna
2021 Let’s Meet on a Cloud of Freedom, Artphilein, Paradiso CH
2020 California, Humboldt Books, Milano
2020 Art Drive-In Generali, Assicurazioni Generali, Brescia
2019 Fluo, Arrivada, Milano
2017 Los Angeles 1989 Tokyo 1991, Humboldt Books, Milano
2014 Sistema di riserva e stati di transizione, O’ Artoteca, Milano
2011 Generale, A+M bookstore, Milano
2010 Fuori Registro, edizioni NLF, Piacenza
2010 r-Roaming Heterotopias, Roaming, Varese
2010 A voice comes to one in the dark, Sputnik Editions, Bratislava
2008 A Story About the Old About Nothing About This or That, Bonelli, Mantova
2005 Distimico Ciclotimico Ipertimico, Bonelli, Mantova
2005 Altri Fantasmi, Ermanno Tedeschi, Torino
2004 Questi Fantasmi!, edizioni 1000eventi, Milano
2003 Echo Park, Comfort Inn, self published
2003 Cover Theory, Libr Scheiwiller, Milano2002 Areale, Libri Scheiwiller, Milano
1996 Catalogo, self published
WORks
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Tempera and acrylic on panel
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Tempera and acrylic on cANVAS
80X60 cm
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Tempera and acrylic on CANVAS
180X130 cm
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180×130 cm
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25×20 cm
2021

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uv printing on paper
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2020-21


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140×140 cm
2023

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180×140 cm
2023

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Tempera and acrylic on paper
76×56 cm
2022

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Woodcut ink and tempera on canvas
100×90 cm
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Woodcut ink and tempera on canvas
30×25 cm
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40×30 cm
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Tempera and acrylic on canvas
50×40 cm
2022

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Tempera and acrylic on panel
24×18 cm
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Tempera and acrylic on panel
25×50 cm
2021

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76×56 cm
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Tempera and acrylic on paper
15×21 cm
2023

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