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

2023 Simmetria Paralizzata, Cardelli e Fontana, Sarzana SP

2023 Dipinti recenti, Galleria Artesilva, Seregno MI

2023 Their Volumes, (group exhibition), curated by Treti Galaxie, Collezione Cristella, Cortemaggio PC

2023 Untitled Cloth (site-specific installation), Zazà, Milan

2022 Untitled, curated by Vittoria Broggini, Museo MaGa, Gallarate MI

2021 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

2020 15-The Waiting Wall, (group exhibition) A+B gallery, Brescia

2020 Art Drive-In Generali, (group exhibition) Assicurazioni Generali, Brescia

2019 Fluo, curated by Samuele Menin, Arrivada, Milan

2019 Sequenza dissonante, A+B gallery, Brescia

2017 Lombardelli/Scarabelli, A+B gallery, Brescia

2016 Wellcome, La Rada (with Giancarlo Norese and Luca Scarabelli), Locarno CH

2016 Lombardelli/Scarabelli, MAC Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Lissone MI

2015 Reinhardt, Surplace Art Space, Varese

2014 Sistema di riserva e stati di transizione (with Luca Scarabelli), O’ Artoteca, Milan

2013 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

2010 Michele Lombardelli+Hoah Angell, curated by Becky Koblick, MOT International, London UK

2010 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

2009 Giunge una voce a qualcuno nel buio, AMT, Milan

2008 A Story About the Old About Nothing About This or That, curated by Alfredo Sigolo, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles USA

2007 Not Now, curated by Alfredo Sigolo, Galleria Boccanera, Trento

2006 The Triumphant ID, BCA Gallery, Mumbai, India

2005 La festa, il serpente e il serial killer, A+Mbookstore, Milan

2005 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

25×20 cm

2022

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80X60 cm

2020

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Tempera and acrylic on CANVAS

180X130 cm

2022

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180×130 cm

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Tempera and acrylic on panel

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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

2016

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30×25 cm

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40×30 cm

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50×40 cm

2022

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24×18 cm

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Tempera and acrylic on panel

25×50 cm

2021

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76×56 cm

2024

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Tempera and acrylic on paper

15×21 cm

2023

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