Paola Pivi
Born in Italy in 1971, based in Alaska, Paola Pivi’s artistic practice is diverse and enigmatic.
For Pivi, art is an expression of reality liberated to its fullest potential, conveying the most profound emotions through diverse materials. Her art often features recognisable objects like airplanes, helicopters or mattresses. However, Pivi modifies these objects unexpectedly, encouraging her audience to reconsider their preconceived notions of what they represent. Through this approach, she creates a unique form of utopian extravagance, continuously exploring new expressive forms and pushing the boundaries of artistic creation.
Pivi's art is a statement on the human experience, exploring the boundaries between reality and imagination, ordinary and extraordinary.
Exhibitions
Museums
Biography
Solo exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2026
F, Live Again, Perrotin, Paris
CAN, Come check it out. Lies lies lies, Phi Foundation, Montreal
2025
AUS, Paola Pivi – I don’t like it, I love it, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
I, A helicopter upside down, San Carlo Cremona, Cremona
2024
I, We are the baby gang, Les maisons de Judith, Courmayeur
CDN, Come check it out, Calgary Contemporary, Calgary
GR, I wish I am fish, Ama House, Spetses Island
2023
F, Paola Pivi – It's not my job, it's your job. Ce n’est pas mon travail, c'est votre travail, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Marseiile
2022
USA, Free Land Scape, Galerie Perrotin, New York
USA, You Know Who I Am Curated by Cecilia Alemanni, High Line Line commission, New York
F, It's me, MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique, Paris
USA, I Want it All Curated by Jose Carlos Diaz, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg
2021
F, Paola Pivi. 25,000 Covid Jokes (It's Not A Joke), Chapelle de La Vieille Charité, Marseille
I, Rock the art, Paradiso Terrestre, Bologna
I, Red Carpet - Stop by, Paola Pivi, Art Verona, Verona
USA, Paola Pivi, ARIA Resort & Casino, Las Vegas
USA, We are the baby gang, Aria Hotel, Las Vegas
USA, Art in Unexpected Places Curated by Peter Doroshenko, Aspen Skiing Company, Aspen and Snowmass
USA, Lies Lies Lies, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage
PRC, Why Not?, MASSIMODECARLO, Hong Kong
USA, Paola Pivi: Bear like me, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
2020
D, We are the Alaskan tourists, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Skovvej
2019
KR, Paola Pivi, stand of Massimo De Carlo Curated by Hou Hanru, KIAF ART SEOUL, Seoul
USA, We are the baby gang, Perrotin, New York
I, Paola Pivi. World Record Curated by You Hanru, Anne Palopoli, MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Roma
I, Paola Pivi, Museo del Novecento, Milano
2018
USA, I did it again Curated by Storm Janse van Rensburg, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah
USA, Art with a View, The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach
2017
I, I am tired of eating fish Curated by Cloe Piccoli, La Rinascente, Milan
UK, You don't have to believe me, Massimo De Carlo, London
UK, You Don't Have To Believe Me, Massimo De Carlo, London
J, They all look the same, Perrotin Tokyo, Tokyo
Group exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2026
I, Tragicomica Curated by Andrea Bellini e Francesco Stocchi, Fondazione Maxxi– Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo di Roma., Roma
PRC, Butter Bear X Contemporary Art, K11, Shanghai
2025
F, EUPHORIA: Art is in the air, Grand Palais, Paris
I, True colors. Tessuti: movimento, colori e identità, MAXXI L'Aquila, L'Aquila
I, Le ferite di Milano. Come l’arte può ricucire la storia Curated by Spazio Taverna, Triennale di Milano, Milano
I, DA CINDY SHERMAN A FRANCESCO VEZZOLI. 80 artisti contemporanei Curated by Daniele Fenaroli, Palazzo Reale, Milano
I, Facile ironia. L’ironia nell’arte italiana tra XX e XXI secolo, MAMbo, Bologna
2024
D, Eccentric; Aesthetics of freedom Curated by Eva Karcher and Bernhart Schwenk, Pinakothek del Moderne, Munich
CN, Nanhai Art Biennale Outline 2024 Curated by Hubart, Nanhai, Nanhai
IT, Il Castello Incantato, Castello di Rivoli , Rivoli
I, Mostra Arte e Design. Design è Arte, MA*GA, Gallarate
F, Italie, MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique, Paris
F, Panorama, Perrotin, Paris
I, ITALIA 70 – I Nuovi Mostri Curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Milano
I, Expanded With Curated by Marcella Beccaria, Castello di Rivoli, Torino
ROK, A Drawing A Day, MASSIMODECARLO Seoul Studio, Seoul
2023
KOR, Zero, Ten, Perrotin Seoul, Seoul
I, Reaching for the Stars, Da Maurizio Cattelan a Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curated by Arturo Galansino, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze
IND, The Great Void Curated by Davide Quadrio, Italian Cultural Centre, New Delhi
USA, Think Pinker Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles
E, Imaginary Friends, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona
H, The Cuteness Factor, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
I, The Gemma De Angelis Testa Donation, Ca’ Pesaro - International Gallery of Modern Art, Venezia
PRC, I feel the way you feel, Perrotin Shanghai, Shanghai
F, Just Phriends Curated by in partnership with Sarah Andelman, PERROTIN 8 MATIGNON, Paris
2022
I, L'esca, MACTE, Termoli
PRC, The First Beijing Biennial 展览名称: 第一届北京艺术双年展, National Base for International Cultural Trade, Beijing
I, La casa nella casa. Omaggio a Dino Glavina, ADI Design Museum, Milano
F, Serpent Cosmique Curated by Fabrice Cousteau, Musée de L’Hospice
Comtesse, Lille
I, Il Grande Vuoto Curated by Davide Quadrio, MAO, Torino
I, Vita nova: arte in Italia alla luce del nuovo millennio Curated by Andrea Bruciati, Villa d’Este, Tivoli
I, ES-SENZE, Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo, Venice
Public collections
Country
Location
Australia
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
France
Centre National d'art et de la culture Georges Pompidou, Paris
Collection Vedovi, Paris
Germany
Collection Haubrok, Dusseldorf
Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt
Hong Kong
K11 Foundation Collection
Italy
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino
Collezione Consolandi, Milano
Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milano
MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma, Roma
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino
Galleria Internazionale D'Arte Moderna "Cà Pesaro”, Venezia
MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
United States of America
The Bass Museum, Miami
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York