Enricomaria de Napoli
BA MA
https://rytsmonet.eu
Enricomaria de Napoli, known by his artist name Ryts Monet, was born in Bari (Italy) in 1982, lives and works between Venice and Vienna.
He studied at the University IUAV of Venice, where he graduated in the BA Visual Arts in 2007 with Nicolas Bourriaud as thesis’ supervisor. In 2011 he specialised in Visual Communication (MA Program) in the same university.
Teaching
2015 – 2016 – 2017
Teacher, Visual Arts Workshop, BA of Visual Arts, University IUAV of Venice
2013 – 2014 – 2015
Assistant of professor, BA Degree of Visual Arts, University IUAV of Venice
Residencies and awards
2017
STYRIA-A.I.R.
Artist in residency (3 months), provided by the region of Styria, Graz, Austria
2016
MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPES
Artist in residency (1 month), provided by BJCEM -Biennale des jeunes créateurs de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée- supported by Arci Nazionale and Galerie Škuc, Viterbo (IT) and Ljubljana (SI)
FONDAZIONE ANTONIO RATTI, XXII EDITION
Artist in residency and workshop with Renée Green (1 month), Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy
RAVI, Résidences-Ateliers Vivegnis International
Artist in residency (3 months), Liège, Belgium
2015
BIJLMAIR
Artist in residency (3 months) provided by Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (SMBA), CBK and Flat Station, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014
PREMIO FABBRI 3rd edition
Art Prize, Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, Italy
COMBAT PRIZE 5th edition
Art Prize, Museo Civico G. Fattori, Livorno, Italy
INVASIONI, DISPOSITIVI INATTUALI
Artist in residency (1 week) project curated by Julia Draganovic and Pietro Gaglianò, Castello di Fosdinovo, Carrara, Italy
2013
PREMIO CELESTE 10th Edition
Art Prize, PAN Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
TOKYO ART AND SPACE
Artist in residency (2 months) provided by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo, Japan
2012
DE. MO. MOVIN’UP 2012
Grant provided by Italian Ministry of Culture
FONDAZIONE SPINOLA BANNA PER L’ARTE
Artist in residency and workshop with Mario Airò, Stefano Dugnani and Diego Perrone (1 month), Torino, Italy
FONDAZIONE BEVILACQUA LA MASA
Artist in residency (1 year), Venezia, Italy
2011
RAVE EAST VILLAGE
Artist in residency and workshop with Adrian Paci (3 weeks), Udine, Italy
2010
FONDAZIONE CLAUDIO BUZIOL
Artist in residency (3 months), Venezia, Italy
Selected solo shows
2018
MAYBE YOU WILL WIN
Curated Pietro Gaglianò, SRISA Art Gallery for Contemporary Art, Firenze, Italy
2017
GRINDER
Curated by Astrid Kuri, AKADEMIE GRAZ, Austria
2015
WHY DO I WANT TO GO TO MARS
Curated by Martina Cavallarin, SCATOLABIANCA, Milano, Italy
NESSUN DOVE
Curated by Pietro Gaglianò, ARTCORE GALLERY, Bari, Italy
2014
SISTERS
Curated by Beatrice Forchini, In partneship with Institute of Contemporary Art and International Cultural Exchange, Tokyo Wonder Site, Italian Institute of Culture of Tokyo, Eventi Arte Venezia, GALLERY COEXIST-TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
2012
SAIL
Catalogue by Claire Tancons, GALLERIA UPP, Venice, Italy (ON-LINE CATALOGUE)
Selected group shows
2018
POLYPTOTON
Group show curated by Elena Giulia Abbiatici,OFF BIENNALE CAIRO, Darb1718, Cairo, Egypt
BROKEN ♥, INTO …
Group show, Galerie Margareth Otti, Graz, Austria
10 MIN SHIFT II @ WUK
Group show curated by Pablo Chiereghin, WUK, KEX- STUDIO, Vienna, Austria
ABRACADABRA
6. MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE FOR YOUNG ART, MAIN PROJECT, curated by Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti, Moscow, Russia
FRAGMENTS
Gruop show curated by Camilla Boemio, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, United States
CURRENT SIGNS
Group show curated by Enar de Dios Rodriguez, DAS WEISSE HAUS, Vienna, Austria
2017
SALUTI DA RICCIONE
Group show curated by Serena Fanara, DAS WEISSE HAUS, Vienna, Austria
MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPES
Collateral event of MEDITERRANEA 18, YOUNG ARTIST BIENNALE, FORMER EMBASSY OF JUGOSLAVIA, Tirana, Albania
VAN EYCK OPEN STUDIOS
In collaboration with Fabio Roncato, GLASS HOUSE, JAN VAN EYCK ACADEMIE, Maastricht, Netherlands
BIENNALE DE LA BICHE
curated by Alex Urso and Maess Anand, GRAN CUL DE SAC MARIN (ISLAND), Gwadeloupe, Antilles
2016
SHORT CIRCUIT PROJECT
Group show curated by Aly Grimes (with the support of International Research Programme, Danish Art Foundation Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England, Curator Bursary Award 2016, New Art West Midlands.
Three different locations: STRYX – BIRMIGHAM, UK / A PLUS A – VENICE, IT / OK CORRAL – COPENHAGEN, DK
APERTO
Group show curated by Lorenzo Benedetti, Villa Grumello, FONDAZIONE ANTONIO RATTI, Como, Italy
WAITING FOR RAVE
Group show curated by Pietro Gaglianò, VILLA MANIN DI PASSARIANO, Udine, Italy
STORIES FROM THE EDGE
Group show curated by Bucher-Trantow Kathrin and Francesca Lazzarini, Three different locations: KUNSTHAUS, Graz, Austria / MLZ ART DEP, Trieste / GALERIJA KORTIL, Rijeka Croatia
OPEN STUDIOS
Group show, RAVI RÉSIDENCES-ATELIERS VIVEGNIS INTERNATIONAL, Liège, Belgium
2015
MUSEUM NIGHT, The Battle of Bijlmer at SMBA
Event curated by Jelle Bouwhuis, STEDELIJK MUSEUM BUREAU AMSTERDAM, Amsterdam, Netherlands
AIR, Artists in Residence 2015
Group show, CBK ZUIDOOST, Amsterdam, Netherlands
NON SIAMO MAI ANDATI SULLA LUNA
Group show, MARS, Milano, Italy
F4 5th Edition
Group show curated by Carlo Sala, FONDAZIONE FRANCESCO FABBRI, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, Italy
0M/NNO PLACE TO HIDE
Group show curated by Martina Cavallarin and Stefano Monti, GALLERIA COMUNALE D’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA DI MONFALCONE, Monfalcone, Italy
2025 FUTURE ENVIRONMENT HUMAN
Group show curated by Sofia Francesca Micciché and Giorgia Noto, EX CARTIERA LATINA, Roma, Italy
2014
UN RUMORE BIANCO
Group show curated by Andrea Bruciati, ASSAB ONE, Milano, Italy
INVASIONI, DISPOSITIVI INATTUALI
Project curated by Julia Draganovic and Pietro Gaglianò, EX OSPEDALE DI SAN GIACOMO, Carrara, Italy
COMBAT PRIZE 5th EDITION
Group show, MUSEO CIVICO G. FATTORI, Livorno, Italy
PLACE TO PLACE
Group show curated by Curatorial Studies in Venice, PALAZZO MALIPIERO,Venezia, Italy
2013
PREMIO CELESTE 10th EDITION
Group show curated by Andrea Bruciati, PAN – PALAZZO DELLE ARTI DI NAPOLI, Napoli, Italy
OPEN STUDIOS
Group show curated by TOKYO WONDER SITE – TOKYO METROPOLITAN FOUNDATION FOR HISTORY AND CULTURE, Tokyo, Japan
OPERA 2012
Group show curated by Angela Vettese and Rachele D’Osualdo, FONDAZIONE BEVILACQUA LA MASA, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy
2012
OPEN STUDIOS
PALAZZO CARMINATI, FONDAZIONE BEVILACQUA LA MASA, Venice, Italy
ATELIER EVE AR:V. IN ESTERNO 2012
Group show curated by Matteo Efrem Rossi, PARCO DI FORTE MARGHERA, Venezia, Italy
2011
NOPX LIMITED EDITION PICS
International artist book contest, group exhibitions, curated by Nopx, NOPX ART GALLERY, Torino, Italy
VENICE ART NIGHT
Collaboration with Valentina Sanna, curated by Mario Lupano, TOLENTINI – IUAV UNIVERSITY, Venezia, Italy
AL-BUNDUQIYYA 3011
Group show curated by Cecilia Tirelli and Al-Bunduqiyya, DANMARK PAVILION, 54^ BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, Venezia, Italy
BATON SINISTER, BEYOND DEATH: VIRAL DISCONTENTS AND CONTEMPORARY NOTION ABOUT AIDS
Curated by Bjarne Melgaard, Project promoted by OCA: Officine for Contemporary Art Norway, PALAZZO CONTARINI CORFU‘, NORWAY PAVILION, 54^ BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, Venezia, Italy
15th TALLIN PRINT TRIENNAL
group exhibitions curated by Eve Kask, Eha Komissarov, Rees Simon KUMU ART MUSEUM, Tallin, Estonia
Art fairs
2018
ART VERONA
Galleria Michela Rizzo, Fiera di Verona, Verona, Italy
VIENNA CONTEMPORARY
Galleria Michela Rizzo, Marx Halle, Vienna, Austria
2017
ART VERONA
Galleria Michela Rizzo, Fiera di Verona, Verona, Italy
ARTEFIERA
Galleria Michela Rizzo, Fiera di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2016
MIART
Galleria Michela Rizzo, Fiera di Milano, Milano, Italy
2014
ARTISSIMA INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR
Galleria Upp, OVAL Lingotto, Torino, Italy
ART VERONA
Centro Espositivo Sloveno A+A, Fiera di Verona, Verona, Italy
2013
ARTISSIMA INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR
Galleria Upp, OVAL Lingotto, Torino, Italy
Selected online articles and interviews
2018
MAYBE YOU WILL WIN, PIETRO GAGLIANO’ ON RYTS MONET
By Pietro Gaglinò and Eleonora Castagna, drosteeffectmag.com
2017
VISUAL / THE BATTLE OF BIJLMER / RYTS MONET
By Alessandra Franetovich, Notasyreflexiones.com
ARTVERONA/5. COSE BUONE DALLA FIERA
By Francesca Pasini, Exibart.com
RYTS MONET & FABIO RONCATO: ON THE LINE OF THE HORIZON
Interview by Lucia Longhi, espoarte.it
RYTS MONET AND FABIO RONCATO AT OPEN STUDIOS JAN VAN EYCK ACADEMIE, MAASTRICHT
By Vashti Ali, Neromagazine.it
2016
ITALIANI IN TRASFERTA, RYTS MONET A LIEGI
By Ginevra Bria, Artribune.com
2015
L’ARTISTA RYTS MONET PARLA DI ITALIA, DISTOPIA E VIVERE SU MARTE
Interview by Giorgia Baschirotto, i-d.vice.com
LA MALINCONIA DEI LUNA PARK NELL’ARTE DI RYTS MONET
By Lorenzo Madaro, Larepubblica.it
RYTS MONET, SAMURAI SU MARTE
By Ginevra Bria, Artribune. com
INTERVISTA A RYTS MONET
Interview by Valentina Lucia Barbagallo, Balloonproject.it
NON SIAMO MAI ANDATI SULLA LUNA | MARS MILANO
Interview by Marco Tagliafierro, Atpdiary.com
RYTS MONET | BLACK FLAG REVIVAL
Interview by Chiara Pozzobon, kritikaonline.com
2014
SISTERS IN TOKYO, LA TRASFERTA DI RYTS MONET
By Alice Covatta, Artribune.com
PLACE TO PLACE? APLUSA, VENEZIA
By Valentina Gervasoni, Atpdiary.com
ARTE CONTEMPORANEA PER CONOSCERE UN LUOGO?
By Carlo Biasia, Domusweb.it
2012
L’INIZIO, LA FINE, L’INIZIO. RYTS MONET, A VENEZIA
By Ginevra Bria, Artribune.com
2011
UN CAFFE’ CON RYTS MONET
By Emanuele Lugli, Vogue.it