Valerio Nicolai (Gorizia 1988), lives and works in Milan. He studiet at Accademia delle Belle Arti in Venice.

Recent solo show: Sole con le code, Clima, Milan (2022); Birthmarker, Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon (2021);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: Panorama, curated by Vincenzo De Bellis, Monolpoli; Expectations, Curated by Fondazione Zimei, Pescara (2022); Movie Buff, curated by Alfredo Aceto, All Stars, Lausanne, Sul Disegno e la Pittura (Ne Usciremo), curated by Renato Leotta, Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, Basta, Palazzo Monti, Brescia (2021); Stasi Frenetica, curata da Ilaria Bonacossa, GAM To- rino; Quadriennale Arte 2020, Roma; Art Residency – Port Tonic Art Center; SWAMP HORSES, Spi- rit 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).