Valerio Nicolai was born in 1988 in Gorizia, lives and works in Milan. He studied at Accademia delle Belle Arti in Venice.

Recent solo show: Amarena, Clima, Milan (2019); Heart’s rock and Potato’s spirit, Las Palmas Project, Lisbon; Prospettiva di una matrioska, smART Foundation, Rome; Processo a porcospino, Clima, Milan (2017); Trasformazione permanente di un mago in formica, Treti Galaxie, Turin (2016).

Selected gruop exhibition: Quadriennale Arte 2020, Roma; Art Residency – Port Tonic Art Center; SWAMP HORSES, Spirit Vessel, Espinavessa (2019), straperetana 2018, curated by Saverio Verini, Pereto (AQ), Trigger Party, curated by Andrea Magnani e Zoe De Luca, Marselleria, Milan (2018); A night out of town, Clima, Milan (2016); Shit and die, curated by Maurizio Cattelan, Palazzo Cavour, Turin (2014).