Mattia Biagi was born in Ravenna, Italy, in 1974.
He attended art and design schools and undertook numerous placements in different European capitals.
It was indeed thanks to his multicultural knowledge and his passion for photography, art, fashion and architecture that he succeeded in forging his own personal aesthetic taste, free from mainstream trends and constraints.
His creative and rather eccentric work grew remarkably following his collaboration with Giulio Cappellini. For the past ten years, Biagi has lived in Los Angeles, a city that has inspired him to produce a new body of works using tar as an expressive medium.
His idea for black tar came forth while he was visiting the La Brea Tar Pits (a natural geological site featuring pools of tar that contain fossils).


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
  • Someone Told Me Never To Do It, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY, USA
  • Welcome to the jungle, New Gallery Of Modern Art, Charlotte (NC), USA
2011
  • Solo Show, Officine dell'Immagine - SCOPE Basel 2011, Switzerland
  • Storm Of Life, The Farmers and Merchants Bank Building, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Freedom, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Black Tar, Officine dell'Immagine, Milan, Italy
2010
  • Recognize Your Spiritual Need, Rediscover Your Faith In Your Religion, Holster Projects Gallery, London, England
2009
  • Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These, Holster Projects Gallery, London, England
  • Panni Stesi, a cura di Amanda Shulman, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2008
  • We All Are Guilty, We All Are Victims, And I Am The First One, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Rose Like A Phoenix From The Ashes, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2007
  • Deborah Page Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2005
  • Twentieth Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Dao Art Design, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2004
  • Cappellini Art Design, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Flou, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Dzine Art Design, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • La Conceria Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
  • Marconi Art Gallery, Bologna, Italy

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
  • Fairytales, Fantasy & Fear, Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte (NC), U.S.A.
2011
  • Su Nero Nero - Over Black Black, Castello di Rivara, Rivara (TO)
2010
  • SCOPE BASEL, Basel, Switzerland
  • Fountain Show, NY, USA
2008
  • FREIHEIT gallery Famiglia Margini, Milan, Italy
2007
  • ART BASEL, Miami, FL, USA
  • The Black Market Show, Anna Kustera Gallery New York, NY, USA
  • High And Dry, Smoke And Fog, Phantom Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Object Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, USA
  • Sthephen F. Austin State University, Austin, TX, USA
  • Harper College, Palatine, IL, USA
2006
  • Red Dot, New York, NY, USA
  • Patricia Faure Gallery, Bergamot:Station, Santa Monica, CA, USA
  • Ghettogloss, Silver Lake, CA, USA
  • ART BASEL, Miami, FL, USA
2005
  • Rose Gallery, Venice Beach, CA, USA
  • Don O Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Art Walk LACMA Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Art Gallery Of Luca, Florence, Italy
2003
  • Maffi Gallery, Rome, Italy
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