Selected solo shows

2011
Matello, performance, Piscine Padovanuoto, Padova, curated by Enrico Gusella, produced by Padova Aprile Fotografia 2011 - Centro Nazionale di Fotografia di Padova.

2010
Ben Vautier and Andrea Contin - Deux sexe-maniacs, Spazio MAKS, Genova. Curated by Caterina Gualco, essays by Lara Facco and Fabio Musso.

2009
The Beast and the Heart, Scope Art Show, Basel (Factory-Art gallery, Berlin)

2008
Andrea Contin's Inferno, happening at Boston University, Venice
Adius, Factory-Art contemporanea, Trieste

2006
Lu pisce, Scuderie di Palazzo Moroni, Padova, curated by Enrico Gusella
Una furtiva lacrima, UnimediaModern, Genova, text by Tatiana Carelli

2004
Il buon andrea, Dispari & Dispari Project, Reggio Emilia, curated by Andrea Sassi

2003
cq, galleria A+A Centro Espositivo Sloveno, Venezia
Versus, Circuit Association d'art contemporaine, Losanna (CH), text by Michele Robecchi

2002
Versus, Arte & Ricambi, Verona, text by Michele Robecchi

2001
I facchini sono sempre innamorati, Placentia Arte, Piacenza

2000
S'i' fosse foco, Zone c/o il graffio, Bologna, text by Guido Molinari
Albergo diurno, Loft Arte, Valdagno, text by Tiziano Scarpa


Selected group show

2010
Persona in meno, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarene d’Alba, curated by Angelique Campens, Erica Cooke and Chris Fitzpatrick
Andrea Contin and his students, Scatola Bianca, Venezia, curated by Martina Cavallarin
L’uomo ridotto, Brown Project, Milano

2009
UPUPA, BLUorG, Bari, curated by Grazia De Palma
Art Happens Now, GoClick Limited, Verona, curated by SmartArea
Imprimatur 1, Scatola Bianca, Milano, curated by Martina Cavallarin

2008
The Scientist 2008, Sala Estense, Ferrara, curated by Vitaliano Teti and Ilenia Mazzoni
Giungla Video, SpAC - Spazio pubblico Arte Contemporanea, Buttrio (UD), curated by Paolo Toffolutti

2007
WORDS/PAROLE, A multilingual homage to Allan Kaprow, Unimediamodern, Genova
Videoart Yearbook 2007, Chiostro di Santa Cristina, Bologna, curated by Renato Barilli

2006
Open space, Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre, curated by Lara Facco
Senza Famiglia! Società Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Torino, curated by Laura Carcano
CRASH! Galerie Gianluca Ranzi, Anversa (B), curated by Gianluca Ranzi
Catodica, Galleria LipanjePuntin Arte Contemporanea, Trieste, curated by Maria Campitelli

2005
Clip.it, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino - British School at Rome, Roma - Mama, Rotterdam - Teatro Pavone, Perugia - Prague Biennale 2, Praga, curated by Luca Beatrice
SerrOne - biennalegiovani.monza.05, Villa Reale, Monza, curated by Ermanno Krumm
Premio Masaï Art Factory 2005, AssabOne, Milano, curated by Giuliana Carusi Setari, Giò Marconi, Lucia Matino, Roberto Pinto and Gabi Scardi
Un cuscino per sognare, Palazzo Casotti, Reggio Emilia - Kultfabrik, Munchen (DE), curated by Rosanna Chiessi and Andrea Sassi

2004-2006 On Air: video in onda dall'Italia, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone - Kunst Meran, Merano - Centro d’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato - MACRO Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma - Careof, Milano - Belef. Belgrad Summer Festival, Belgrad, curated by Andrea Bruciati and Antonella Crippa

2004 Suburbia, Chiostri di S. Domenico, Reggio Emilia, curated by Marinella Paderni and Marco Senaldi
Armoury, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi, curated by Luca Beatrice and Laura Carcano
Video Dia Loghi, Centre Culturel Français, Torino, curated by Willy Darko and Mario Bertoni
Senza Freni, Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milano, curated by NO Production

2003
IV Premio Querini Stampalia FURLA per l'Arte, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venezia (selected artist)

2002
Tensio, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, curated by Andrea Bruciati
Gemine Muse, Musei Civici agli Eremitani, Padova, curated by Guido Bartorelli_ Last Minute, Vecchio Ospedale Soave, Codogno (Lodi), curated by Lara Facco and Lino Baldini

2001
Enola Play, Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milano, curated by Raffaele Gavarro
Delirio, Chiostro di Scardavilla, Forlì, curated by Fabio Cavallucci

2000
Natura Morta, Villa Trissino, Cornedo Vic., curated by Luciano Lora e Salvatore Fazia
Outlook Express, viafarini, Milano, curated by Alessandra Galletta
Brescia Music Art, Palazzo Bonoris, Brescia, curated by Fabiola Naldi


Lectures and residence

2010
Member of scientific committee at ArtGallery Contest for young artists, Milano

2009
Lecturer at Cross the line, workshop curated by Associazione Amici del Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi di Firenze, Palazzo d'Accursio, Bologna

2008
Artist in residence at Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia
Drawing in action, workshop at Boston University, Venice
Partenze e Arrivi, lecture at Boston University, Venice, presented by Giovanni Rizzoli

2007

uotidiana a Parole. Contemporary Art meets the town through five young italian artists experience, Comune di Padova-Progetto Giovani, Padova
Terza Giornata del Contemporaneo. Andrea Contin presents "Ambiente bianco" by Enrico Castellani, MART – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rovereto
2006


Teaching

from January 2009 to May 2010 Painting Professor, Boston University Art Studio Program – Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia
2006 – 2009 Drawing Teacher, Art High School Orsoline di San Carlo, Milano
2008 Visiting Professor at Drawing in Action, workshop at Boston University Studio Program, Venezia
Visiting Professor at 3°DMW_digitalmedia art workshop 06, Comune di Venezia, Assessorato alle Politiche Giovanili e alla Pace, Mestre (Venezia)



Press releases

Citations about Andrea Contin’s works appeared on art magazines as Flash Art, Juliet, Segno, Exhibart, Il Giornale dell’Arte, besides magazine and newspaper as D La Repubblica delle donne, Rockerilla, Donna, Il Piccolo di Trieste, L’Arena di Verona, on broadcast as RAI 3, LA7 and LA9 and on the national radio station Rai Radio 3 with an interview in 2004.

2010 Guido Bartorelli, I miei eroi. Note su un decennio di arte da Mtv a YouTube. 1999-2009, Padova, Cleup;

2009 Videoart Yearbook - L'annuario della videoarte italiana 2006-2007-2008, Dipartimento Arti Visive Università di Bologna, Fausto Lupetti Editore, Bologna, curated by Renato Barilli;
2video, video-art web show curated by Francesca di Nardo, www.undo.net

2008
Top 100 Young critics vote young italian artists, Flash Art, Milano;
Dictionary of young artist in Veneto, Flash Art, Milano

2004 Interviewed at Rai Radio 3 in the cultural radio programme Aladino, available at www.radio.rai.it/radio3/terzo_anello/aladino, archivio 2004, trasmissione del 6-8-2004
2003 Young Italian Art Dictionary, Giancarlo Politi Editore, Milano;
Catalogue of the contest FAME-Premio Querini Stampalia-FURLA per l’Arte, postmediabooks, Milano, curated by Chiara Bertola
2002 Young Italian Sculpture Dossier, Flash Art, Milano;
Young Italian Video Art Dossier, Flash Art, Milano