Gianni Motti

♂ *1958 / Italy

Works

Solo exhibitions

New Variant

Nicola von Senger, Zürich (CH)
18 May 2021 – 2 Oct 2021
–

La Criée - centre , Rennes (FR)
16 May 2008 – 20 Jul 2008
–

Centre d’édition contemporaine CEC, Genève (CH)
17 Nov 2006 – 31 Jan 2007
–

Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Köln (DE)
6 May 2006 – 3 Jun 2006
Spirit of John Lennon

Metro Pictures, New York (US)
1 Apr 2006 – 29 Apr 2006
–

Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Köln (DE)
18 Mar 2006 – 22 Apr 2006
Higgs

Nicola von Senger, Zürich (CH)
29 Oct 2005 – 24 Dec 2005
Plausible Deniability

migros museum, Zürich (CH)
24 Jan 2004 – 21 Mar 2004
–

Nicola von Senger, Zürich (CH)
25 Oct 2003 – 24 Dec 2003
–

Centre pour l'image, Genève (CH)
23 Jan 2003 – 23 Mar 2003

Group

New address: Splügenstrasse 11

Nicola von Senger, Zürich (CH)
1 Sep 2026 – 31 Dec 2026

with Annelies Strba, Nobuyoshi Araki, Vanessa Beecroft, Beni Bischof, Gary Lee Boas, Maja Daniels, Maya Golyshkina, Inez & Vinoodh, Martin Parr, Prue Stent & Honey Long, Augustin Rebetez, Miroslav Tichy …
HIT BY NEWS

Press Art from the Nobel Collection

Dox Centre Contemporary Art, Praha (CZ)
6 Mar 2026 – 23 Aug 2026

with Berenice Abbott, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Beni Bischof, Erwin Blumenfeld, Margaret Bourke-White, Brassai, Olaf Breuning, Daniele Buetti, Rudy Burckhardt, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson …
Lenin Was a Mushroom – Moving Images in the 1990s

MUHKA Museum, Antwerp (BE)
3 Jun 2022 – 21 Aug 2022

with Erkan Oezgen, Sener Oezmen, David Claerbout, Stan Douglas, Andrea Fraser, Johan Grimonprez, Shilpa Gupta, Amar Kanwar, Aernout Mik, Rosalind Nashashibi, Arturas Raila, Rosangela Renno …
OSMOSCOSMOS

Eros & Cosmos

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
19 Jun 2019 – 25 Aug 2019

with Johan Oesterholm, Nobuyoshi Araki, Ursula Böhmer, Dorothee Baumann, Renate Bertlmann, Anne Collier, Nicolas Crispini, Bunu Dhungana, Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Sylvie Fleury …
Manifesta 11 - The European biennial of contemporary art

What People Do for Money: Some Joint Ventures

Manifesta 11, Zürich (CH)
11 Jun 2016 – 18 Sep 2016

with Ahmet Oeguet, Yto Barrada, Guillaume Bijl, Mel Bochner, Mike Bouchet, Chris Burden, Sophie Calle, Ergin Cavusoglu, Olga Chernysheva, Anne Collier, Carles Congost, Thomas Demand …
Portrait of the Artist as an Alter

TRAFIC - Frac Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen (FR)
28 Apr 2016 – 4 Sep 2016

with William Anastasi, Jean Baudrillard, Philippe Bazin, Olivier Blanckart, Elina Brotherus, Rineke Dijkstra, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Samuel Fosso, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon, Rodney Graham, Fabrice Gygi …
CAMÉRA(AUTO)CONTRÔLE

<a href="http://www.50jpg.ch/en/" target="_blank">50JPG</a> -50 Days for Photography in Geneva 2016

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
1 Jun 2016 – 31 Jul 2016

with !Mediengruppe Bitnik, William Anastasi, Luc Andrié, Jacob Appelbaum, Aram Bartholl, Giacomo Bianchetti, Viktoria Binschtok, James Bridle, Joao Castilho, Kurt Caviezel, Marc Chapoulie, Christof Nüssli / Christoph Oeschger …
Lausanne: Images of counterculture

PHOTO ELYSEE, Lausanne (CH)
4 Dec 2011 – 29 Jan 2012

with Emmanuelle Antille, Claude Baechtold, Frédéric Boissonnas, Adolphe Braun, Stefan Burger, Luc Chessex, Jean-Luc Cramatte, Nicolas Crispini, Leo Fabrizio, Francis Frith, Matthieu Gafsou, Yann Gross …
Frieze Art Fair - Photography

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
13 Oct 2011 – 16 Oct 2011

with Robert Adams, Pilar Albarracin, Victor Alimpiev, Helena Almeida, Darren Almond, Ziad Antar, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Kader Attia, Roger Ballen, Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck, Yto Barrada …
Weltraum

Kunst und ein Traum

Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (AT)
1 Apr 2011 – 15 Aug 2011

with Pawel Althamer, Daniel & Geo Fuchs, Loris Greaud, Judith Hopf, Dona Jalufka, Astrid Johannessen, William Kentridge, Lena Lapschina, Simon Leigh, Jen Liu, Basim Magdy, Simon Patterson …
Action directe

D+T Project, Brussels (BE)
20 May 2010 – 9 Jul 2011

with Alterazioni Video, Oleg Kulik, Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor
Geschlossene Gesellschaft

KW Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin (DE)
28 Sep 2008 – 16 Nov 2008

with Hans-Peter Feldmann, Jeroen de Rijke & Willem de Rooij, Chloe Piene, Taryn Simon, Fiona Tan, Arnold von Wedemeyer
2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - FOOTNOTES on Geopolitics, Market, and Amnesia

Moscow Biennale, Moscow (RU)
1 Mar 2007 – 1 Apr 2007

with Lida Abdul, Victor Alimpiev, Narda Fabiola Alvarado, Kutluğ Ataman, Shoja Azari, Bigert & Bergstroem, Monica Bonvicini, Sergey Bratkov, Olga Chernysheva, Gary Hill, Josephine Meckseper, Ana Mendieta …
HYSTERIA SIBERIANA

Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa (PT)
16 Nov 2006 – 6 Jan 2007

with Loris Greaud, Joachim Koester
Video Report Italia

Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea d, Monfalcone (IT)
13 Oct 2006 – 1 Nov 2006

with Alice Cattaneo, Alex Cecchetti, Paolo Chiasera, Christian Frosi, Eva Marisaldi, Annamaria Martena, Marzia Migliora, Margherita Morgantin, Christian Niccoli, Adrian Paci, Klaus Pobitzer, Riccardo Previdi …
PHOTO-TRAFIC

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
9 Jun 2006 – 13 Aug 2006

with Ant Farm, Blue Noses, Silvie Defraoui, Christoph Draeger, G.R.A.M., Rainer Ganahl, Peter Kennard, Elke Krystufek, David Lamelas, Yaron Leshem, Zbigniew Libera, Bjoern Melhus …
50 JPG

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
9 Jun 2006 – 13 Aug 2006

with Ant Farm, Claude Closky, Christoph Draeger, G.R.A.M., Elke Krystufek, David Lamelas, Zbigniew Libera, Marco Poloni, Thomas Ruff, Karin Sander, Sean Snyder, Klaus Staeck
–

Nicola von Senger, Zürich (CH)
25 Mar 2006 – 27 May 2006

with Olaf Breuning, Cindy Sherman
RUNDLEDERWELTEN

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
20 Oct 2005 – 8 Jan 2006

with Daniele Buetti, Josef Dabernig, Stephen Dean, Andreas Gursky, Sarah Lucas, Maria Marshall, Boris Mikhailov, Jonathan Monk, Paul Pfeiffer, Anri Sala, Karin Sander, Shirana Shahbazi …
Shadows Collide With People

Venice Biennale - CH, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005

with Shahryar Nashat, Marco Poloni, Ingrid Wildi
The Venice Biennial - 51st International Art Exhibition

Directors: María de Corral and Rosa Martínez

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Pilar Albarracin, Helena Almeida, Vasco Araujo, Ahmed Askalany, Miriam Baeckstroem, Rebecca Belmore, Guy Ben-Ner, Blue Noses, John Bock, Candice Breitz, Tania Bruguera …
The Venice Biennial - 51st International Art Exhibition

Directors: María de Corral and Rosa Martínez

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Pilar Albarracin, Helena Almeida, Vasco Araujo, Ahmed Askalany, Miriam Baeckstroem, Rebecca Belmore, Guy Ben-Ner, Blue Noses, John Bock, Candice Breitz, Tania Bruguera …
Swiss Video

BUNKIER SZTUKI, Kraków (PL)
23 Apr 2005 – 22 May 2005

with Emmanuelle Antille, Olaf Breuning, Christoph Draeger, Fischli & Weiss, Sylvie Fleury, Thomas Hirschhorn, Urs Luethi, Christian Marclay, Shahryar Nashat, Daniel Pflumm, Marco Poloni, Pipilotti Rist …
Romanian artists (and not only) love the Palace?!

National Museum (MNAC), Bucuresti (RO)
29 Oct 2004 – 15 Mar 2005

with Christoph Büchel, Jordi Colomer, Josef Dabernig, Karen Kipphoff, Iosif Kiraly, Dan Mihaltianu
Under Destruction #1

National Museum (MNAC), Bucuresti (RO)
29 Oct 2004 – 15 Mar 2005

with Christoph Büchel
Banquete - Comunicación en evolución

Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid (ES)
18 Jan 2005 – 20 Feb 2005

with Antoni Abad, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Michal Rovner
Terminal 5

JFK airport, New York (US)
1 Oct 2004 – 31 Jan 2005

with Vanessa Beecroft, Dan Graham, Christelle Lheureux, Liisa Lounila, Jennifer & Kevin McCoy, Aleksandra Mir, Jonathan Monk, Anri Sala, Kimiko Yoshida
Economies

a cura di Manuela Gandini e Marco Scotini

Artandgallery, Milano (IT)
16 Nov 2004 – 15 Jan 2005

with Jonah Freeman, Dominik Hislop, Mika Rottenberg
Die Zehn Gebote

Hygiene-Museum, Dresden (DE)
19 Jun 2004 – 2 Jan 2005

with Adel Abdessemed, Francis Alys, Yael Bartana, Marc Bijl, Janet Cardiff, Thomas Demand, Harun Farocki, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Sylvie Fleury, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Andreas Gursky, Stefan Höller …
SITUATIONS CONSTRUITES

Live in your head, Genève (CH)
23 Oct 2004 – 18 Dec 2004

with John Bock, Jordi Colomer, Joost Conijn, Stephen Dean, Jeremy Deller, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Christoph Draeger, Jeanne Faust, Michel Francois, Gabriela Golder, Bob Gramsma, Amy Granat …
Legal/Illegal. Grenzgänge zwischen politischem Aktionismus und Kunst

nGbK Neue Gesellschaft, Berlin (DE)
16 Oct 2004 – 28 Nov 2004

with Gordon Matta-Clark, Georg Winter
–

Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris (FR)
12 Sep 2004 – 31 Oct 2004

with Christoph Büchel
–

Galerie Cosmic, Paris (FR)
4 Jun 2004 – 24 Jul 2004

with Christian Jankowski
Swiss Video Lobby

Curator: Simon Lamuniere

Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) , Vilnius (LT)
7 May 2004 – 13 Jun 2004

with Peter Aerschmann, Stefan Altenburger, Emmanuelle Antille, Balkan TV, Stefan Banz, Ursula Biemann, Olaf Breuning, collectif_fact, Com & Com, Decosterd & Rahm, Mark Divo, Christoph Draeger …
Hardcore - Vers un nouvel activisme

Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR)
27 Feb 2003 – 18 May 2003

with Jota Castro, Shu Lea Cheang, Minerva Cuevas, Alain Declercq, Johan Grimonprez, Guerrilla Girls, Clarisse Hahn, Anri Sala, Santiago Sierra, Sislej Xhafa
Mursollaici

Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris (FR)
18 Jan 2003 – 1 Apr 2003

with Fischli & Weiss, Monica Studer & Christoph van den Berg, Pipilotti Rist

Events

artgenève 2026

artgeneve, Genève (CH)
29 Jan 2026 – 1 Feb 2026

with Alain Bublex, Stéphane Couturier, Helene Delprat, Sam Falls, Fischli & Weiss, Andy Goldsworthy, Raymond Hains, Beatrice Helg, Gregor Hildebrandt, Richard Nonas, Vincent Perez, Adam Pendleton …
ZURICH ART WEEKEND 2025

ZURICH ART WEEKEND, Zürich (CH)
13 Jun 2025 – 15 Jun 2025

with Marina Abramovic, Doug Aitken, Lara Almarcegui, Art & Language , Andrea Buettner, Angela Bulloch, Clegg & Guttmann , Michel Comte, Douglas Gordon, Leiko Ikemura, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Urs Luethi …
artgenève 2024

artgeneve, Genève (CH)
25 Jan 2024 – 28 Jan 2024

with Markus Amm, Valerie Belin, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Sunah Choi, Sara De Brito Faustino, Jimmie Durham, Patrick Faigenbaum, Michel Francois, Peter Hauser, Olaf Holzapfel, Maureen Kaegi, Guillaume Leblon …
artgenève 2022

artgeneve, Genève (CH)
3 Mar 2022 – 6 Mar 2022

with Vito Acconci, Carlos Aires, Miles Aldridge, Brook Andrew, Valerie Belin, Abdelkader Benchamma, Werner Bischof, Matt Black, Daniel Blaufuks, Guillaume Bresson, Rene Burri, Lisetta Carmi …
50JPG - 50 Days for Photography in Geneva

OSMOSCOSMOS - <a href="http://www.50jpg.ch/en/" target="_blank">www.50jpg.ch</a>

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
19 Jun 2019 – 25 Aug 2019

with Annelies Strba, Romy Alizee, Nobuyoshi Araki, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Ursula Böhmer, Dorothee Baumann, Helene Bellenger, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Renate Bertlmann, Viktoria Binschtok, Mauren Brodbeck, Florence Chevallier …
No'Photo Biennial 2017

No Photo, Genève (CH)
14 Oct 2017 – 1 Nov 2017

with Niels Ackermann, Leila Alaoui, Emmanuelle Bayart, Norman Behrendt, Edward Burtynsky, Julien Gregorio, Harry Gruyaert, Armin Linke, Steeve Luncker, Yan Morvan
Timken Lecture Hall, San Francisco campus

Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco (US)
24 Jan 2006
The Venice Biennale - 51st International Art Exhibition

Directors: María de Corral and Rosa Martínez

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Pilar Albarracin, Helena Almeida, Vasco Araujo, Ahmed Askalany, Miriam Baeckstroem, Rebecca Belmore, Guy Ben-Ner, Blue Noses, John Bock, Candice Breitz, Tania Bruguera …
10th Biennial of Moving Images

Centre pour l'image, Genève (CH)
7 Nov 2003 – 15 Nov 2003

with Chantal Akerman, Jeremy Deller, Harun Farocki, Straub/Huillet, Valerie Jouve, William Kentridge, Sharon Lockhart, Rashid Masharawi, Matt Mullican, Artavazd Pelechian, Anri Sala
PHOTOWIN - FOR THE CPG !

30th anniversary of Centre de la Photographie Genève (CPG)<br>- Party - Tombola (>100 Artworks) - Auction (12 Artworks) -

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)

with Rhona Bitner, Silvie Defraoui, Sylvie Fleury, Michel Francois, Fabrice Gygi, Carsten Hoeller, Boris Mikhailov, Franck Scurti, Jeff Wall
Montages/Démontages

Cinema Georges Méliès, Paris (FR)

with Dara Birnbaum, Abigail Child, Joseph Cornell, Karel Doing, Yan Duyvendak, Christoph Girardet, Sanja Ivekovic, Cathy Joritz, Marcel Odenbach, Nam June Paik, Hubert Renard