Massimo Pulini

Since his first solo show in 1976, Massimo Pulini has held more than 300 exhibitions, many of them in important public spaces and private galleries in Italy and abroad.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2007 Scala Mata Gallery Venice, Italy
2007 Next Art Gallery Arezzo, Italy
2007 Chiesa di Santa Caterina Arezzo, Italy
2006 Italian Cultural Institute
(curated by Sir Denis Mahon) London, England
2005 Romberg Contemporary Art Galleries Rome, Italy
2003 Municipal Art Gallery Cesena, Italy
2003 Municipal Art Gallery San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy
2002 Rosini & C. Galleries Rimini, Italy
2001 Domitian’s Stadium Rome, Italy
2001 Villa Serena Bologna, Italy
2001 Romberg Contemporary Art Galleries Latina, Italy
1999 National Gallery, Palazzo della Pilotta Parma, Italy
1998 Archaeological Museum in Domitian’s Stadium Rome, Italy
1997 National Museum at Hadrian’s Villa (Villa Adriano) Tivoli, Italy
1997 Saline Royale di Arc et Senans, National Museum Besançon, France
1996 Borgonuovo 12 Gallery Milan, Italy
1994 Palazzo Salmatoris Cherasco, Italy
1993 Galerie V.R.G. Paris, France
1993 Galerie Vandome Saint Paul de Vence, France
1992 Palais de la Decouverte, Grand Palais Paris, France
1991 Il Bilico Gallery Rome, Italy
1991 Palazzo Comunale Mercato Saraceno, Italy
1991 Incontro Gallery Rome, Italy
1991 Civic Art Museum Rimini, Italy
1991 Arts Nouveaux Gallery Verona, Italy
1990 Municipal Art Gallery Cesenatico, Italy
1989 S. Maria della Croci Ravenna, Italy
1988 Modern Art Gallery Cesena, Italy
1987 Galerie Koller Zurich, Switzerland
1987 Palazzo del Capitano Bagno di Romagna, Italy
1987 Peira Gallery Bra, Italy
1986 Forum Zurich, Switzerland
1985 Palazzo Malvisti Bagno di Romagna, Italy
1985 Studio S. Rome, Italy
1984 J. Mir Gallery Palma de Majorca, Spain
1984 Palazzo dei Priori Perugina, Italy
1983 Galerie J.P. Lavignes Paris, France
1982 Sala Strozzina, Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy
1980 Espace Da e DU Paris, France
1980 Ciovasso Gallery Milan, Italy

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2008 MiArt08 – Milan Art Fair Milan, Italy
2007 MiArt07 – Milan Art Fair Milan, Italy
2007 Dragonetti de Torres Castle Pizzoli, Italy
2006 Chiostri di Santa Chiara Finale Ligure, Italy
2005 Gallery of Modern Art Bologna, Italy
2005 Oratorio di San Sebastiano Forlì, Italy
2004 Civic Art Gallery Pavullo, Italy
2003 Civic Art Museum San Gimignano, Italy
2001 Accademia di Belle Arti Bologna, Italy
2000 Scuderie del Quirinale, The 1900s Rome, Italy (Major show dedicated to significant movements in Italian art in the 20th century in one of Rome’s top public exhibition venues)
2000 Sandro Parmeggiani Museum Renazzo, Italy
1997 Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi Milan, Italy
1996 Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts Seoul, South Korea
1995 Biennial of Romagna Art, 1st prize Municipal Art Gallery Cesena, Italy
1994 Flash Art Museum Trevi, Italy
1993 Palazzo Re Enzo Bologna, Italy
1993 Museum of Contemporary Art Rimini, Italy
1991 Biennial of Sacred Art, Diocesano Museum Venice, Italy
1991 Marineria Museum Cesenatico, Italy
1991 Galleria Incontro Rome, Italy
1990 Palazzo degli Alessandri Viterbo, Italy
1987 Palazzo della Provincia Savona, Italy
1986 Castel Sant’Angelo Rome, Italy
1986 XI Quadriennale, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
1985 California State University Bakersfield, USA
1985 F.I.A.C., Grand Palais (Contemporary Art Fair) Paris, France
1985 ARCO, Contemporary Art Fair Madrid, Spain
1984 Regional Center of Contemporary Art Tours, France
1983 Regional Center of Contemporary Art Yonne, France
1981 Gallery of Modern Art Bologna, Italy
1980 Palazzo delle Esposizioni Faenza, Italy

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2002 Commissioned by the Vatican Museums to decorate the ceiling of the entrance to Pope John Paul II’s personal library
1987 Commissioned to paint large work for permanent display in the foyer of Philip Johnson’s Crescent Center in Dallas, Texas

Massimo Pulini is also a leading expert on 17th-century Italian art. He has published important research on the work of Baroque masters such as Guido Reni, Lorenzo Lotto, Andrea Lilio, Guercino and Guido Cagnacci and has curated several major exhibitions including:
2005 Guercino as Master Draughtsman Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, England; co-curated with Sir Denis Mahon
2003-2004 Guercino, Poesia e Sentimento nella Pittura del Seicento (Guercino, Poetry and Sentiment in 17th-Century Painting) Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
2003 Guercino, Poesia e Sentimento nella Pittura del Seicento Termini Museum, Rome, Italy
2003 Guercino, Le Collezioni Ritrovate (Guercino, The Rediscovered Collections) Palazzina Bellavista, Iglesias, Italy
2001 Guercino, Racconti di Paese Municipal Art Gallery, Cento, Italy

PERSONAL DETAILS Massimo Pulini was born in Cesena in northern Italy in August 1958. He is a tutor in painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna.