1939 Born in Milan, Italy
1963 Painting degree, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Italy
1966 Sculpture degree, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Italy
Professor of Techniques of Sculpture at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Italy
Currently lives and works in Milan, Italy
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
2019 The Height Whirls, Stronger Than You, Even, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul
Time Is Thirsty, Curated by Luca Lo Pinto, Kunsthalle Wien Museumsquartier, Wien
Floating Utopias, Curated by Artúr van Balen, Fabiola Bierhoff, Alexander Dunst, Anna Hoetjes, Jantzen
Roozenburg, ArtScience Museum, Singapore
Negative Space, Curated by Peter Weibel with Anett Holzheid and Daria Mille, ZKM | Center for Art and
Media Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Uncertain 4, Gallery Weekend Beijing, 798 Art Zone, Beijing
2018 The BFG, Kaufmann Repetto, New York
Floating Utopias, Curated by Artúr van Balen, Fabiola Bierhof, Alexander Dunst, Anna Hoetjes, Jantzen
Roozenburg, neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK), Berlin
Non Ti Abbandoneró Mai - Franco Mazzucchelli, azioni 1964–1979, Curated by Sabino Maria Frassà and
Iolanda Ratti, Museo del Novecento, Milan, Italy
Vita, Morte, Miracoli. L’arte della Longevità, Curated by Carlo Antonelli and Anna Daneri, Villa Croce Museum
of Contemporary Art, Genoa, Italy
Pneuma, ChertLüdde, Berlin
2017 Riappropriazioni, CONVERSO, Milan, Italy
2015 Group Exhibition, Spazio Tadini, Milan, Italy
Pneuma 03 (Solo Exhibition), PlasMA - Plastic Modern Art, Milan, Italy
FRANGIT NUCEM and 3° edition of the Cramum Prize premio cramum, Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, Italy
Air Conditioning (Solo Exhibition), Poleschi Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
Aria Nuova, Chiaramonte Factories, Agrigento, Italy
Environmental Intervention, Archaeological and Landscape Park of the Valley of the Temples, Agrigento, Italy
Volterra 73.15 – MEMORIA E PROSPEZIONE, Teatro Persio Flacco, Volterra, Italy
Volterra 73.15 - MEMORIA E PROSPEZIONE (Public Intervention), Piazza dei Priori, Volterra, Italy
Abbey Contemporary Art, Abbazia di San Remigio, Parodi Ligure, Italy
ACQUA È, AQUAE VENICE 2015, Expo 2015, Milan, Italy
35 Artists, DISEGNO ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Mantova, Italy
OLTRE, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Budapest, Budapest
Biennale Italia – Cina, Mastio della Cittadella, Turin, Italy
NON ABBANDONARMI! (Solo Exhibition), Studio Museo Francesco Messina, Milan, Italy
2014 OMAGGIO ALL’ARIA (Solo Exhibition), Cerruti Arte, Genoa, Italy
Pneuma (Solo Exhibition), Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Italy
ATTORNO ALL’ARIA, DISEGNO ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Mantova, Italy
Workwear, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
Group Exhibition, ART IX-XI GALÉRIA, Budapest
2013 1966-1976 Milan and the Years of Great Hope, Bocconi Art Gallery, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Biennale Internazionale di Scultura Racconigi 2013, Racconigi, Italy
Ruote d’artista, Doge’s Palace, Lucca, Italy
And immediately the journey resumes... Works from the MA*GA collection after the fire, Serrone della Villa
Reale, Monza, Italy
Armonia Plastica (Solo Exhibition), Castello Cinquecentesco, Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy
Mediterranea arte contemporanea, Palazzo Florio, Favignana, Italy
Stati di Pressione, Galleria Monopoli, Italy
2012 ARCA dei SEMI, DepurArt Lab GALLERY, Milan, Italy
PLAST 2012: In the Name of Internationality, Fiera Milano, Milan, Italy
Aspettando Meccaniche della Meraviglia 8 (Solo Exhibition), Island of Garda, Lombardy, Italy
Mixed Media - How Twentieth Century Art is Made, Museo del Novecento, Milan, Italy
The Usability of Contemporary Art in the Spaces of the University Project, Bocconi Art Gallery, Bocconi
University, Milan, Italy
2011 FUORI! Urban Art and Space 1988-1976, Museo del Novecento, Milan, Italy
Franco Mazzucchelli and Antonio Sammartano, Magazzini dell’Arte Contemporanea, Trapani, Italy
Filo a Piombo, Bocconi Art Gallery, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Barocco Severo, ÀCAOS – Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea, Acicastello, Catania, Italy
Pneuma: Dentro e Attorno all’Aria, Galleria Il Milione, Milan, Italy
2010 Site Specific Installations, MA*GA Museum, Gallarate, Italy
Anemometer, Diocesan Museum, Milan, Italy
Paths of the Gaze. Art from the 1900’s and Beyond, Cultural Center of Padua, Padua, Italy
Sconfinamenti, Ala Ponzone Museum, Cremona, Italy
2009 Art-to-Art, Bocconi Art Gallery, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Portraits of Geometry and Play on Air (Solo Exhibition), Morone Gallery, Milan, Italy
Across the Cross. Da Michelangelo ai Contemporanei, Chiesa di Sant’Alberto, Trapani, Italy
Wurmkosparole, Piazza Petazzi, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
Noi siamo qui, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
Clicking the Cosmos – Franco Mazzucchelli (Solo Exhibition), Malandra Museum, Vespolate, Italy
Spazio Cittadini (Solo Exhibition), Milan, Italy
2008 A Tutta Danza!, MA*GA Museum, Gallarate, Italy
46° Premio Suzzara 2008 “Nuove Sinestesie”, Galleria del Premio Suzzara, Mantova, Italy
Navigatori dell’Aria e del Magnete (Mazzucchelli, Boriani), Mandelli Arte, Seregno, Italy
Environmental Intervention, Aviosuperficie Loc. Cascina Molino Coste, Vespolate, Italy
2007 Arte e mito: la Ferrari nella scultura contemporanea, Parco Rangoni Machiavelli, Modena, Italy
TRAPANI ArtProcess – Collettiva d'Arte Contemporanea, Chiesa di Sant’Alberto, Trapani, Italy
2006 Il Faro, Tower of Pisogne, Pisogne, Italy
CittàMorfosi, Cascina Grande, Rozzano, Italy
Contemporaneo Italiano, Palazzo Berlaymont, Brussels
Kunsthalle?, Locarno, Switzerland
2005 Environmental Intervention, Tarcento, Italy
2004 BD (Solo Exhibition), Gallery Rossana Orlandi, Milan, Italy
Arte all’Aria, Artisti oltre lo specchio, Piazza via dei Mercanti, Milan, Italy
Nel Segno della Vita, MAC Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Pavia, Italy
Public Intervention, Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy
2003 Meccaniche della Meraviglia (Solo Exhibition), Castello di Puegnago sul Garda, Brescia, Italy
Plastica d’Artista, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia, Milan, Italy
Polimera, Fondazione Torre Colombera, Gorla Maggiore, Italy
Arte negli Spazi Pubblici, Circolo culturale Bertolt Brecht, Milan, Italy
2002 Solo Exhibition, Circolo culturale Bertolt Brecht, Milan, Italy
Valori e Memorie, Arengo del Broletto, Novara, Italy
2001 Solo Exhibition, Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
Public Intervention, Via Orefici, Milan
Veleni, Villa Reale, Monza, Italy
Labirinto Dell'Immaginario - Artisti dell'Accademia di Brera, Filippo Palizzi State Institute of Art, Vasto, Italy
Arte da Mangiare, mangiare Arte, Quinto Cortile, Milan, Italy
Sacro e Profano nell’Arte, Broletto di Novara, Novara, Italy
1999 Daegu-Milano, Daegu Arts Center, Daegu, Korea
1998 Proiezioni 2000. Lo Spazio delle Arti Visive nella Civiltà Multimediale, Tredicesima Quadriennale di Roma,
Rome
Brera 2000. Nuovi Orizzonti di Conoscenza della Spiritualità del Corpo, Itinerant Exhibition, Milan, Italy
1997 Environmental Intervention, Borgoruffoli, Florence, Italy
Grado Zero, Milan, Italy
1996 Tra peso e leggerezza, Cantù, Italy
Pneuenvironment, Arte+Scienza, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Italy
Brera: Ieri e Oggi, Villa Carlotta, Como, Italy
1995 Genovantacinque, International Poetry Festival, Milan, Italy
Anni ‘90 Arte a Milano, Galleria Credito Valtellinese, Milan, Italy
1994 XXXII Biennale Nazionale d’Arte Città di Milano, Società per le Belle Arti ed Esposizione Permanente, Milan,
Italy
1993 The City of Brera – Boriani and Mazzucchelli, Artist from the Academy, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan,
Italy
1992 Art Fence. L’Arte salva l’arte, Rotonda di via Besana, Milan, Italy
1987 La Base del Mondo e Oltre, Soncino, Italy
Quattro Progetti per le Stazioni della Metropolitana Milanese, Milan, italy
Cromosfera, Boriani and Mazzucchelli, Galleria Cenobio, Milan, Italy
Milano poesia, Rotonda della Besana, Milan
1986 Undicesima Quadriennale di Roma, Palazzo dei Congressi, Rome
Soldi D’Autore (Baj, Boriani, Cascella, Cavaliere, Pomodoro), D’Ars, Bologna, Italy
Galleria IKB Blu Profondo, Galleria Cenobio-Visualità, Milan, Italy
L’Obesa, Triennale di Milano, Cassina Pavilion, Milan, Italy
1985 Environmental Intervention, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Italy
Tra Concettuali e Rappresentazione (Altamira, De Filippi, La Pietra, Lucci, Nagasawa, Staccioli), Palazzo
Ricci, Montepulciano, Italy
1984 Piramide, Palazzo del Senato, Milan, Italy
1983 Environmental Intervention, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Italy
1978 Riappropriazioni, Villa Reale, Monza, Italy
1977 Post No Bills, Segnali Urbani, Centro Formentini, Milan, Italy
1976 Riappropriazioni, Cava Manara, Pavia, Italy
Riappropriazioni, Church of San Carpoforo, Milan, Italy
37th Venice Biennale, Venice
Arte e Società (Mauri, Mazzucchelli), Brera International Center, Milan
Monument to Roberto Franceschi (Cavaliere, Mari, Staccioli, Bonalumi, Boriani, Carrino, Castellani,
Somaini), Milan, Italy
1975 Scultori d’Oggi al Festival de “L’Unità” (Bonalumi, Boriani, Cavaliere, Colombo, Merz, Penone, Staccioli,
Uncini, Zorio), Milan, Italy
Public Intervention, Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, Lodi, Italy
Public Intervention, Mede Lomellina, Italy
Public Intervention, Fontia, Carrara, Italy
1973 Volterra ‘73, Public Intervention, Priori Square, Volterra, Italy
XV Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
Franco Mazzucchelli (Solo Exhibition), Galleria il Gelso, Lodi, Italy
1972 Caduta di Pressione (Solo Exhibition), Il Diagramma, Milan
1971 A. to A., Public Intervention, Alfa Romeo Factory, Milan, Italy
Objecte, Projecte, Plane, Konzept Kunst Aus Italien (Agnetti, Boetti, Icaro, Gina Pane, Parmiggiani, Prini,
Ontani, Gastini), Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich, Switzerland
D, Graphics (Baj, Ben, Beuys, Bonalumi), Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy
A. to A., Public Intervention, High School of Art, Turin, Italy
A. to A., Public Intervention, Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy
Kunst Zone, Munich, Germany
1970 A. to A., Public Intervention, Piazza San Fedele, Milan, Italy
A. to A. – Icosaedro, Public Intervention, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France
A. to A., Public Intervention, Lake Como, Como, Italy
A. to A., Public Intervention, Studio 970, Varese, Italy
Prospettive 4, Rome; Ferrara, Italy; Reggio Emilia, Italy
LP 220 (Solo Exhibition), Turin, Italy
Intesa e Protesta nella Segnaletica (Agnetti, Alviani, Boriani, Carmi, Colombo, Cruz-Diez, Dadamaino, De
Vecchi, Le Parc, Morellet, Nannucci, Soto, Tornquist), Turin, Italy
Rassegna San Fedele 1970/1971 (Ketty La Rocca, Maraniello, Parmiggiani), Milan, Italy
1969 Abbandono, Public Intervention, Varese, Italy
Abbandono, Public Intervention, Bergamo, Italy
Abbandono, Public Intervention, Ozzero, Italy
Caduta di pressione, Galeria Diagramma, Milano, Italy
Abbandono, Galleria Canale, Venice
Rapporto Estetico per il Duemila (Alviani, Apollonio, Aricò, Ceroli, Barruchello, Bonalumi, Dadamaino, Mauri,
Nannucci, Tornquist), Varese, Italy
Giovani Artisti alla rassegna San Fedele, Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy
New yet Old Materials: Processed Elaborated Mistreated Analysed Transformed and Reinvented (Alviani,
Altman, Boriani, Ceroli, Cesar, Cristo, Colombo, Del Pezzo, De Vecchi, Gilardi, Lichtestein, Manzoni, Pascali,
Schöffer, Tornquist, Vasarely, Warhol), Cunardo, Italy
Co-Incidenze, Massafra, Taranto, Italy
Le Due Realtà, Castello di Lerici, Lerici, Italy
1968 Abbandono, Public Intervention, Crenna, Gallarate, Italy
Abbandono, Public Intervention, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France
1967 Abbandono, Public Intervention, Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy
Abbandono, Public Intervention, Montessori School, Milan, Italy
1966 Nuove Tendenze (Martinenghi, Denis-Masi, Tjebbe Van Tijen, Jeffrey Shaw), Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy
Mostra Internazionale – Premio Rancati, Spoleto, Italy
1965 5 European Academies, Ontmoeten Elkaar, Madurodam, Netherlands
Angera 65, Catello, Angera, Italy
Arts 1965 (Dudley, Denis-Masi, Tjebbe Van Tijen, Wender, Yamagata), Mantova, Italy
Premio Città di Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy
1964 Abbandono, Public Intervention, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France
Selected Public Collections
Fondazione Fiera Milano, Milan, Italy