Nico Vascellari

Nico Vascellari (Vittorio Veneto, 1976) lives and works between Rome and Vittorio Veneto, Italy. His research engages with various practices, including performance, sculpture, installation, drawing, video, and sound exploration. Through an anthropological perspective, his works examine the connection between humans and nature, ancient and ritual phenomena, folklore and traditions, weaving them together with an underground aesthetic.
His research is multi-faceted and takes shape through various practices including performance, sculpture, installation, drawing, video and sound. Through a gaze of an anthropological nature, he analyzes themes related to nature and its relationship with man, ancestral phenomena and rituals, folklore and traditions, contaminating them with an underground dimension.
His solo exhibitions include: Cuckoo, Viafarini, Milan (2006); Bastard Of Disguise, Škuc, Ljubljana (2006); Una Questione Di Sopravvivenza, MAN – Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro (2007); Nico Vascellari, Museion, Bolzano (2010); Nico Vascellari, Estorick Collection, London (2016); Art Club #2, Accademia di Francia – Villa Medici, Rome (2016); Bus De La Lum, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (2016); Scholomance, Palais De Tokyo, Paris (2017); Revenge, MAXXI – Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome (2018); 01, Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio, Rome (2021); Tre, Quattro Galline, Fondazione Pino Pascali, Polignano a Mare (2022-2023); Melma, Forte Belvedere and Palazzo Vecchio, Florence (2023); Alessio, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence (2023).
His works are part of the permanent collections at: Banca Ifis, Venice; Artothèque, Villeurbanne; Banca d’Italia, Rome; Deutsche Bank, Milan; Lewben Art Foundation, Vilnius; Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali, Polignano a Mare; MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma; Julia Stoschek Foundation, Berlin; MAXXI | Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome; MUSAC – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León; Museion, Bolzano; Museo del Novecento, Milan; The Coppel Foundation, Mexico; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester; Triennale Milan; Museo Novecento, Florence; Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este Institute, Tivoli.