Gian Maria Tosatti (Roma, 1980) is an Italian visual artist.
His projects usually are long term investigations on specific topics related with the concept of identity, from the political to the spiritual standpoint.
His work consists mainly in large scale site specific installation conceived for entire buildings or urban areas. His practice involves often the communities of the places where he works.
In 2015 the international magazine ArtReview put him on the list of the 30 most interesting artists of his generation (Future Greats).
Tosatti is also a journalist. He’s columnist for Corriere della Sera and the magazine Opera Viva. He writes essays about art and politics.
His work has been shown at the Hessel Museum del CCS BARD (New York – 2014), the MADRE museum, (Napoli - 2016), the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (New York - 2011), the Galleria Nazionale (Roma - 2017), the Petah Tikva Museum of Art (Petah Tikva - 2017), the Museo Archeologico di Salerno (Salerno - 2014) American Academy in Rome (Roma – 2013), Museo Villa Croce (Genova – 2012), Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Roma - 2008), Chelsea Art Museum (New York - 2009), BJCEM (2014)...
Gian Maria Tosatti opens at The Drawing Hall a solo exhibition curated by Andrea Mastrovito, entitled Alcuni Appunti. Disegni 2005-2021 starting June 10 through July 9, 2022. For the first time Tosatti is exhibiting to the public a series of drawings he has made over the years: the exhibition delves
Marrying the Night. By G. Olmo Stuppia | First walk: Sacca San Mattia, Murano | Saturday, May 7th, h 7pm-12pm | After a brief drift in Cannaregio, the artist will sail from Venice to Sacca San Mattia, Murano: a man-made island where modernizing impulses failed a long ago and resulted
On Wednesday 27 April at 5.30 p.m., the program of initiatives for the public on the occasion of the Italian Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, promoted by the Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture, will begin at the Museum Madre
Marina Abramović, Vanessa Beecroft, Paolo Icaro, Alfredo Jaar, William Kentridge, Joseph Kosuth, Domenico Antonio Mancini, Luca Monterastelli, Ugo Mulas, Thomas Ruff, Wael Shawky, Haim Steinbach, Ettore Spalletti, Gian Maria Tosatti, Tobias Zielony, Gilberto Zorio
Vanessa Beecroft, Giuliano Dal Molin, Michele Guido, Alfredo Jaar, Paolo Icaro, William Kentridge, Joseph Kosuth, Domenico Antonio Mancini, Marzia Migliora, Luca Monterastelli, Ugo Mulas, Thomas Ruff, Ettore Spalletti, Wael Shawky, Gian Maria Tosatti, Tobias Zielony, Gilberto Zorio
Storia della Notte e Destino delle Comete (History of Night and Destiny of Comets) is the title of the exhibition project of the Italian Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity – Ministry of Culture. Curated by Eugenio
