Daniela Comani
Daniela Comani is an Italian artist. Since 1989, she has lived in Berlin, Germany.
Biography
Comani received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna, Italy and a Master of Fine Arts from the Universität der Künste in Berlin, Germany.The multimedia work of Comani touches on subjects like history, language, gender and identity. She often works with photos and texts from newspapers, television and books that allegedly appear familiar to us. Foreignness and intimacy, history and interpretation, and the mechanisms of comprehension are her concerns. Comani's artistic practice includes photography, texts, drawings, video and installation.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1992 – 37 Räume, Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
- 1993 – More than zero, Magasin, Centre National d' Art Contemporain, Grenoble
- 1996 – Lesen, Kunsthalle St.Gallen, Switzerland
- 2006 – Das Achte Feld – Geschlechter, Leben und Begehren in der Kunst seit 1960, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
- 2007 – History will repeat itself, Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
- 2007 – Ich war's, In 32 Tagen um den Alexanderplatz, NGBK / U2 Alexanderplatz, Berlin
- 2008 – Transmediale 08 – conspire!, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
- 2008 – Bildpolitiken, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
- 2008 – HeartQuake, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
- 2008 – Focus on Contemporary Italian Art, MAMbo – Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
- 2010 – Courier, , State University of New York
- 2010 – C'était moi. Journal 1900–1999, Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest
- 2011 – 54. Biennale di Venezia / Repubblica di San Marino Pavilion, Venice
- 2011 – Doublespeak, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
- 2012 – Le Printemps de Septembre: History is Mine! Musée Les Abattoirs, Toulouse
- 2013 – Authoritratti. Iscrizioni del femminile nell’arte italiana contemporanea, MAMbo – Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
- 2014 - Ich war's. Tagebuch 1900-1999, dkw. Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus
- 2015 - Unprotected Zone, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
- 2016 - Dall'oggi al domani, 24 ore nell'arte contemporanea, , Rome
- 2017 - Faktor X - Das Chromosom in der Kunst, Haus der Kunst, Munich
- 2019 - Forgetting - Why We Don't Remember Everything, Historical Museum, Frankfurt, Frankfurt
- 2019 - Biography: A Model Kit / The Human Condition, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
- 2020 - Metropolis, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
- 2022 - YOU ARE MINE, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome
- 2023 - Planet Earth: 21st Century, Museum Folkwang, Essen
- 2024 - Überall und nirgendwo, Neues Museum Nürnberg, Nuremberg
- 2024 - Orlando's Library, site-specific installation, Doge's Palace Genoa,
- 2024 - Bangkok Art Biennale, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok
- 2025 - History Lessons, University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York
Artist books and publications (selection)
- Orlando's Library - Vol. 2, Danilo Montanari Editore, 2024,
- You Are Mine, Monroe Books, Berlin, 2024,
- Perturbazione/Disturbance, Danilo Montanari Editore, 2023,
- Daniela Comani: A-Z, Danilo Montanari Editore, 2023,
- 35q di bronzo, Danilo Montanari Editore, 2021,
- The Beginning The End, Monroe Books, Berlin, 2021,
- Planet Earth: 21st Century, Humboldt Books, Milano, 2019,
- 1975 - Diario di strada / Diary from the Road, Archive Books, Berlin, 2017,
- Sunsets, Edition Patrick Frey, Zürich, 2016,
- Eine glückliche Ehe / Un matrimonio felice / A Happy Marriage, Edition Patrick Frey, Zürich, 2014,
- My Film History – Daniela Comani's Top 100 Films, Revolver Publishing, Berlin, 2013,
- Novità editoriali a cura di Daniela Comani, Maurizio Corraini s.r.l., Mantua, 2012,
- Neuerscheinungen hrsg. von Daniela Comani, Edition Patrick Frey, Zürich, 2009,
- It was me. Diary 1900–1999, Maurizio Corraini s.r.l., Mantua, 2007,
- Sono stata io. Diario 1900–1999, Maurizio Corraini s.r.l., Mantua, 2007,
- comanicasino, REVOLVER Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, 2006,
- Ich war’s. Tagebuch 1900–1999, REVOLVER Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, 2005,
- Double Drawings, Vice Versa Verlag, Berlin, 2000,