Antonio Riello (1958) was born under the sign of Leo in Città del Vaticano (Rome). Currently he lives and works in London and in Bassano del Grappa. Since the beginning of his artistic career he has been deeply fascinated by the paradoxes and controversial issues of Western (mostly Italian) way of life.
The subversive manipulation of a certain degree of ambiguity of social life and cultural production is the main feature of his work. His works have been exhibited in many Museums and Art Foundations all over the World.
BIENAL DE CURITIBA, (Curitiba BR), BALTIC (Gateshead UK), NGBK (Berlin D), NEUHAUSEN KUNSTVEREIN (Neuhausen D) MART (Rovereto I), MUSEE D’ART SAINT ETIENNE (Saint Etienne F), KUNSTHALLE WIEN (Vienna A), FONDAZIONE ARNALDO POMODORO (Milano I), PAC (Milano I), PALAZZO DELLE PAPESSE (Siena I), NEUE GALERIE (Graz A), WOLFSBURG KUNSTVEREIN (Wolfsburg D), GALLERIA CIVICA ARTE CONTEMPORANEA (Palermo I), MUSEO PECCI (Prato I), FREIBURG KUNSTVEREIN (Freiburg D), KIEL KUNSTVEREIN (Kiel D), GALLERIA CIVICA ARTE CONTEMPORANEA (Trento I), BIENNALE ARTE TIRANA 2001 (Tirana AL), SYNOPALIA II (Synope TR), ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE (London UK), WIESBADEN KUNSTVEREIN (Wiesbaden D), MUSEO STORIA NATURALE (Milano I), XII and XV QUADRIENNALE D’ARTE (Roma I), BORUSIAN FOUNDATION (Istanbul TR), CHELSEA MUSEUM OF ART (New York USA), REMAP (Athens GR), ELGIZ MUSEUM (Istanbul TR), 54th and 57th BIENNALE DI VENEZIA ARTI VISIVE (Venezia I), GLOBEGALLERY (NewCastle/Tyne UK), PALAZZO PEGORINI (Spoleto I), 4 CANAKKALE BIENNALE (Canakkale TR), GALLERIA ARTE MODERNA (Torino I), BIENNALE ARTE RIJEKA (Rijeka HR), MUSEUM ART DESIGN (New York USA), MUDAC (Lausanne CH), MUSEO CIVICO BASSANO (Bassano I), OPENSPACE LONDON-ISTANBUL (London UK), ARIANA MUSEE’ (Geneve CH), MUSEUM DER WELT (Berlin D), DORDRECHT MUSEUM (Dordrecht NL), FONDAZIONE BENETTON (Treviso I), GLASSTRESS/FONDAZIONE BERENGO (Venezia I).