Alessio Bogani (b. 1977, Modena, Italy) is a visual artist whose work centers on painting as a ritual and symbolic act, rooted in the gesture of prehistoric cave painting. His practice approaches the image as both a magical action and a shared space—where different forms of otherness participate in the sacred and mutually shape culture.
His research engages with themes of otherness, animality, and anti-speciesism. Self-representation, projection onto the Other, gender, and embodiment are recurring undercurrents in his work, informed by his experience as a trans artist.
His research engages with themes of otherness, animality, and anti-speciesism. Self-representation, projection onto the Other, gender, and embodiment are recurring undercurrents in his work, informed by his experience as a trans artist.
He lives and works in Modena.
Education
2003 Master of Fine Arts (Old program equivalent to MFA), cum laude, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2001 Workshop with Nobuyoshi Araki, Padiglione Italia, Venice, Italy
2001 Workshop with Nobuyoshi Araki, Padiglione Italia, Venice, Italy
Solo Exhibitions & Projects
2025 Metazoa, Alphacentauri Gallery, Parma, Italy
2021 Our Kind, Baba Radwa, Kraków, Poland
2012 Komakino, Cayce's Lab Gallery, Modena, Italy
2011 Vere Deus Absconditus, Ex Chiesa di S. Antonio, Badoere di Morgano, Italy
2011 Haunted, Palazzina Marfisa d’Este, Ferrara, Italy
2009 Dreams, Area Progetto Nazionale, Galleria Civica di Modena / FMAV, Palazzo Santa Margherita, Modena, Italy
2007 Atomic Alert, Studio Vetusta Gallery, Modena, Italy
2021 Our Kind, Baba Radwa, Kraków, Poland
2012 Komakino, Cayce's Lab Gallery, Modena, Italy
2011 Vere Deus Absconditus, Ex Chiesa di S. Antonio, Badoere di Morgano, Italy
2011 Haunted, Palazzina Marfisa d’Este, Ferrara, Italy
2009 Dreams, Area Progetto Nazionale, Galleria Civica di Modena / FMAV, Palazzo Santa Margherita, Modena, Italy
2007 Atomic Alert, Studio Vetusta Gallery, Modena, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Eternamente viva, Palazzo del Governatore, Parma, Italy
2017 Rumore, Antica Farmacia San Filippo Neri, Parma, Italy
2015 Nocturna, Alphacentauri Off Gallery, Parma, Italy
2012 Inside Me, Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio, Italy
2011 Art Contemporani del segle XXI, Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM), Palau Gomis, Barcelona, Spain
2011 Art Academies Pavilion, 54th Venice Biennale, Tese di San Cristoforo, Venice, Italy
2010 Here We Are / Il luogo è sempre specifico, Palazzo Massari Contemporary Art Pavilion (PAC), Ferrara, Italy
2010 Next Door Monsters, Fabrica Fluxus Gallery, Bari, Italy
2010 Lost in Painting, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, Treviso, Italy
2010 Pagine da un bestiario fantastico, Galleria Civica di Modena / FMAV, Palazzo Santa Margherita, Modena, Italy
2010 L’ora del lupo, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo, Italy
2010 Suspense, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa Palazzetto Tito, Venice, Italy
2009 Del Plumbeo, Melepere Gallery, Verona, Italy
2009 Diari di anatomia, Gemine Muse 09, Museo di Anatomia e Teatro Anatomico, Modena, Italy
2009 Altrove, Rialto Santambrogio, Rome, Italy
2009 Showdown Winners Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2008 Visuale, Casa Ludovico Ariosto, Ferrara, Italy
2008 Devozioni Domestiche, Galleria Contemporaneo, Mestre, Italy
2008 Muse, Edgar Modern Gallery, Bath, UK
2008 Quali corpi, quale carne, Rialto Santambrogio, Rome, Italy
2008 Utopia of Space / Post for Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
2007 Salerno InVita, Complesso Monumentale di Santa Sofia, Salerno, Italy
2007 Tabù, ACCADE Festival, S. Stefano Gallery, Venice, Italy
2005 Atelier Aperti / Work in Progress, 10 Artists at Fondaco Marcello, 51st Venice Biennale, Fondaco Marcello, Venice, Italy
2017 Rumore, Antica Farmacia San Filippo Neri, Parma, Italy
2015 Nocturna, Alphacentauri Off Gallery, Parma, Italy
2012 Inside Me, Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio, Italy
2011 Art Contemporani del segle XXI, Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM), Palau Gomis, Barcelona, Spain
2011 Art Academies Pavilion, 54th Venice Biennale, Tese di San Cristoforo, Venice, Italy
2010 Here We Are / Il luogo è sempre specifico, Palazzo Massari Contemporary Art Pavilion (PAC), Ferrara, Italy
2010 Next Door Monsters, Fabrica Fluxus Gallery, Bari, Italy
2010 Lost in Painting, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, Treviso, Italy
2010 Pagine da un bestiario fantastico, Galleria Civica di Modena / FMAV, Palazzo Santa Margherita, Modena, Italy
2010 L’ora del lupo, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo, Italy
2010 Suspense, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa Palazzetto Tito, Venice, Italy
2009 Del Plumbeo, Melepere Gallery, Verona, Italy
2009 Diari di anatomia, Gemine Muse 09, Museo di Anatomia e Teatro Anatomico, Modena, Italy
2009 Altrove, Rialto Santambrogio, Rome, Italy
2009 Showdown Winners Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2008 Visuale, Casa Ludovico Ariosto, Ferrara, Italy
2008 Devozioni Domestiche, Galleria Contemporaneo, Mestre, Italy
2008 Muse, Edgar Modern Gallery, Bath, UK
2008 Quali corpi, quale carne, Rialto Santambrogio, Rome, Italy
2008 Utopia of Space / Post for Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
2007 Salerno InVita, Complesso Monumentale di Santa Sofia, Salerno, Italy
2007 Tabù, ACCADE Festival, S. Stefano Gallery, Venice, Italy
2005 Atelier Aperti / Work in Progress, 10 Artists at Fondaco Marcello, 51st Venice Biennale, Fondaco Marcello, Venice, Italy
Awards
2008 Winner, IIICPEF, Fundació de les Arts i els Artistes, Barcelona, Spain
Residencies
2025 Interbeings Residency & Final Exhibition, LaVallée, Brussels, Belgium
Public Collections
Raccolta del Disegno Contemporaneo, Fondazione Modena Arti Visive / Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy
Permanent Collection, Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM), Barcelona, Spai
Permanent Collection, Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM), Barcelona, Spai