Born in 1978 in Milano, Italy. He lives and works between Milano and New York.
EDUCATION, RESIDENCY AND AWARDS
2010 ISCP, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA.
2003 MA in Film Directing, Queen Mary College, London, GB.
2001 BA in Dramaturgy, Università Cattolica, Milano, IT.
2000 Diploma in Theatre Direction, Scuola Civica d’Arte Drammatica, Milano, IT.
Seat Pagine Bianche d’Autore 2009 (First Prize & ISCP New York Prize).
Emerging Talents Award, CCCS 2009, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze (Nominee).
Premio Furla per l'arte, VI Edizione, 2007 (Nominee).
SOLO SHOWS
2010
Lover's Discourse, Momenta Art, New York, USA.
2008
Niendorf (The Damaged Piano), curated by Caroline Corbetta, Galleria Maze, Torino, IT.
Valerio Rocco Orlando, Lucie Fontaine, Milano, IT.
Niendorf (The Damaged Piano), Teatro Regio, Parma, IT.
Niendorf (The Damaged Piano), curated by Marco Tagliafierro, Palazzo del Broletto, Novara, IT.
2007
The Sentimental Glance, curated by Caroline Corbetta, Galleria Maze, Torino, IT.
2006
Video Invitational#3, curated by Milovan Farronato, Viafarini, Milano, IT.
2005
Behind the Moon, Pitti Uomo, Sala ottagonale, Fortezza da Basso, Firenze, IT.
Eva, curated by Andrea Lissoni, Spazio Lima, Milano, IT.
2004
Le Vertige, Gallery Ihn, Seoul, KO.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Open Studios, ISCP, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA.
BYOA, X Initiative, New York, USA.
L'Arpa Magica, Lucie Fontaine, Milano, IT.
Los Ninos, Recyclart, Bruxelles, BE.
Salon, ISCP, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA.
Studio Program Mixer, Smack Mellon, New York, USA.
2009
A.A.A. L’Arte di Amare l’Arte, La Triennale, Milano, IT.
Renaissance Arts Prize, Italian Cultural Institute, London, GB.
VideoMuseum, Palazzo Litta, Milano, IT.
Biennale di Monza, Serrone della Villa Reale, Monza, IT.
Through the Looking Glass, Italian Cultural Institute, Belgrad, SRB.
Espansione (mobile). Inno alla mobilità del video, Neon Campobase, Bologna, IT.
Emerging Talents - New Italian Art, CCCS, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze, IT.
Video.it 2009, A Bridge Over the Mediterranean, Fondazione Merz, Torino;
Teatro Sangiorgi, Catania; Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano; La Casa del Cinema, Roma, IT;
XIV Prix International du Documentaire et du Reportage Méditerranéen, Marseille, FR.
2008
Phantakalifragilistigexpialigetisch, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, DE.
videoREPORT ITALIA: 06_07, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, IT.
Eppi Femili (la famiglia felice), Teatro Studio, Scandicci, IT.
STARS: luci a nordest, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, IT.
Il rimedio perfetto, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milano, IT.
Fine Art Cheap Art, Convivio, Fieramilanocity, Milano, IT.
A, B, F, G, M, N, O, R, O, Z, Chiostro SS. Cosma e Damiano, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venezia, IT.
2007
Light Whiteness, XII International Media Art Biennale WRO 07, Wroclaw, PL.
White Sun, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, IT.
Albedo: a new perspective in italian moving images, Teatro Junghans, Venezia, IT.
Love Addiction: pratiche video dal ’61 ad oggi, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, IT.
Arte in Video_Forward Fendi, Palazzo Fendi, Roma, IT.
videoREPORT ITALIA: 04_05, Filmstudio 1 e 2, Roma; V|07, Isola di S. Servolo, Venezia, IT;
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, HR.
2006
videoREPORT ITALIA: 04_05, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone; MAN, Nuoro, IT.
2005
XIII Arcipelago Film Festival, Roma, IT.
XXVII Festival International du Court Métrage, Clermont-Ferrand, FR.
XIV Visionaria, International Video Festival, Siena, IT.
2004
Private Screen, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Marino alla Scala, Milano, IT.
VIDEO AND FILM WORKS
Lover's Discourse, 2-channel video installation, digital video transferred to DVD, 9 minutes, 2010.
Niendorf (The Damaged Piano), 2-channel video installation, digital video and 35mm transferred to DVD, 8 minutes 10 seconds, 2008.
Bisiàc, 2-channel video installation, digital video transferred to DVD, 3 minutes 10 seconds, 2007.
Eleonora, 2-channel video installation, digital video transferred to DVD, 4 minutes, 2006.
Amalia, digital video transferred to DVD, 4 minutes 40 seconds, 2006.
Dobrochna, digital video transferred to DVD, 2 minutes 40 seconds, 2005.
Eva, digital video transferred to DVD, 8 minutes, 2004.
The Screen, Super 16mm transferred to DVD, 12 minutes, 2004.
Rita, Super 16mm transferred to DVD, 2 minutes 10 seconds, 2003.
Celeste, digital video transferred to DVD, 3 minutes, 2002.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
C. Viveros-Fauné, I'll Be Your Mirror, poster, Momenta Art, New York 2010.
Y. Bilbeisi, "Videosincracy. Glass delves into Orlando's filmic world", Glass Magazine, May 2010.
A. Piccinini, "Valerio Rocco Orlando - Studio Visit", Flash Art online, April 2010.
D. Perra, E. Bonfiglio (edited by), "L'arte interpreta la moda", Kult Magazine, n.2. February 2010.
M. Casati, "Valerio Rocco Orlando", Espoarte, n.62, December / January 2010.
M. Ferraioli, “Intervista a Valerio Rocco Orlando”, Art a part of culture, 22 September 2009.
V. Gensini, “Mobilità dei giovani artisti e sistemi di residenze internazionali”, in AA.VV., Biennale di Monza 09, catalogue, Silvana Editoriale, Milano 2009.
E. Viola, A. Rispoli, “Valerio Rocco Orlando”, in AA.VV., Through the Looking Glass, catalogue, Italian Cultural Institute, Belgrad, Serbia 2009.
F. di Nardo, “Between sound and portrait”, in F. Bernardelli (edited by), Video.it 2009, A Bridge Over the Mediterranean, catalogue, Artegiovane, Torino 2009.
M. Casati, “Emerging Talents”, Espoarte, n.58, April / May 2009.
G. Arrigoni, “La parola agli artisti: Valerio Rocco Orlando”, UnDo.net, March 2009.
AA. VV., Emerging Talents – New Italian Art, catalogue, CCCS, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze 2009.
R. Conti, “Muses of our time”, Vogue Italia, n.701, January 2009.
P. Bortolotti, “Eppi Femili”, Arte e Critica, n.57, December 2008 / February 2009.
S. Kraft, “Neue Videokunst in der subzone: Valerio Rocco Orlando in der Galerie Adler, Frankfurt”, mediaquell, 19 December 2008.
C. Quintieri, “Il pianoforte di Michael Nyman”, Inside Art, n.49, December 2008.
H. Marsala, “Valerio Rocco Orlando”, Exibart.com; Exibart.onpaper, n.54, December 2008.
P. Noè, “Valerio Rocco Orlando”, Artforum.com, 22 November 2008.
O. Gambari, “La notte dell’arte contemporanea”, la Repubblica, 8 November 2008.
C. Corbetta, “Valerio Rocco Orlando”, Annual 2008, Annual Contemporary Magazine.pdf, 2008.
A. Bruciati, “The Beat Goes On”, in A. Bruciati (edited by), videoREPORT ITALIA: 06_07, catalogue, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone 2008.
I. Bonacossa, “Milano crocevia dell’arte italiana”, Domus, n. 919, November 2008.
M. Tagliafierro, Il rimedio perfetto, catalogue, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milano 2008.
C. Corbetta, “Dizionario della giovane arte italiana”, Flash Art, n. 268, February / March 2008.
P. Noè, “Ouverture: Valerio Rocco Orlando”, FlashArt.pdf, n.267, December 2007 / January 2008.
P. Guaglianone, “Valerio Rocco Orlando”, Exibart.onpaper, n.44, November / December 2007.
C. Corbetta, “A new Romantic Attitude is rising”, L’Uomo Vogue, n. 383, September 2007.
A. Bruciati (edited by), Albedo: a new perspective in italian moving images, catalogue, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone 2007.
C. Corbetta, “L’età del disimpegno”, in A. Bruciati (edited by), Love Addiction: pratiche video dal ’61 ad oggi, catalogue, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone 2007.
D. Capra, “Love Addiction”, Exibart.com, 25 May 2007.
C. Corbetta, “At the Edge of the Video installation”, L’Uomo Vogue, n. 381, June 2007.
WRO 07, catalogue, XII International Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland 2007.
P. Noè, “Valerio Rocco Orlando, The Sentimental Glance”, Label, n.25, Spring 2007.
A. Bruciati (edited by), Arte in video_Forward Fendi, catalogue, Fendi, Roma 2007.
C. Corbetta, “Emozioni”, Vogue Italia, n. 680, April 2007.
O. Gambari, “Valerio Rocco Orlando”, Flash Art, n. 263, April / May 2007.
AA.VV., “Dizionario della giovane arte, Speciale Milano”, Flash Art, n. 263, April / May 2007.
P. Noè, “Art Pilgrimage, Milan & Turin”, ArtReview:, n.10, April 2007.
L. Vona, “Valerio Rocco Orlando”, Exibart.com, 26 March 2007.
L. Parola, “Mille mondi di donne in video”, La Stampa, 23 March 2007.
D. Capra, “Videoreport, l’Italia dei video in mostra in Croazia”, Exibart.com, 20 March 2007.
D. Marrone, “Valerio Rocco Orlando, The Sentimental Glance”, CultFrame, February 2007.
I. Vele, “Sguardo Sentimentale”, Rodeo, February 2007.
C. Bertola, G. Maraniello (edited by), On Mobility. Premio FURLA per l'arte, Sesta Edizione 2007, catalogue; Edizioni Charta, Milano 2007.
L. Beatrice, “Le affinità elettive”, Duellanti.pdf, n.31, December 2006 / January 2007.
A. Vicari, “videoREPORT ITALIA: 04_05”, Arte e Critica, n.49, December 2006 / February 2007.
A. Bruciati (edited by), videoREPORT ITALIA: 04_05, catalogue, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone; Silvana Editoriale, Milano 2006.
V. Garavaglia, L. Lanzoni, “Generazione Myspace”, Glamour, n.177, November 2006.
D. Capra, “videoreport ITALIA: 04_05”, Exibart.com, 30 October 2006.
M. Farronato (curated by), “Nuovi, nuovi, nuovi”, Exibart.onpaper, n.31, June / July 2006.
V. Fernandes, “Ritratti in movimento che mostrano il vero io”, IFG online, May 2006.
FLY dvd magazine, The Zero Issue; PowerHouse Books, New York 2005.
Arcipelago 2005, catalogue, XIII Arcipelago Film Festival, Roma 2005.
H. Marsala, “Firenze in festa”, Exibart.com, 21 June 2005.
V. Caiani, “Top model e giovani registi”, Glamour.com, February 2005.
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