Piero Golia was born in 1974 in Naples, Italy and is currently living and working in Los Angeles, California. He most recently had solo exhibitions Nasher Sculpture Center in Texas, Gagosian Gallery in Italy, and Bortolami Gallery in New York. François’ work was included in Venice’s 55th Venice Biennale in 2013 and shown in various institutions including Hammer Museum in California, Museum of Contemporary Art in California, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art among many others. He founded the Los Angeles-based Mountain School of Arts with Eric Wesley in 2005.
Exhibitions
Transmutations
1 May – 12 Jun 2021
The Upstairs at 39 Walker
Piero Golia
18 Jan – 21 Mar 2020
La Fondazione, Rome
Piero Golia The Painter
28 Apr – 16 Jul 2017
Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz
University of Disasters
30 Mar – 22 Apr 2017
Bortolami
Conversation Piece | Part 3
16 Dec 2016 – 2 Apr 2017
Fondazione Memmo-Arte Contemporanea, Roma
Chalet Dallas
3 Oct 2015 – 7 Feb 2016
Nasher Sculpture Center
Prospect.3: Notes for Now (P.3)
25 Oct 2014 – 25 Jan 2015
Isaac Delgado Art Gallery
Made in LA
15 Jun – 7 Sep 2014
Hammer Museum
Models, Monuments, and Sculptures on Pedestals
28 Feb – 17 Apr 2014
Gagosian Gallery
Room 5: Sislej Xhafa and Piero Golia
1 Jun – 24 Nov 2013
Concrete Cakes and Constellation Paintings
23 Jun – 5 Jul 2011
Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills
Double Tumble or the Awesome Twins
3 Mar – 9 Oct 2011
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Oh my god that's so awesome!
6 Mar – 4 Apr 2009
Bortolami
Substance & Surface
26 Jun – 28 Aug 2007
Bortolami
Piero Golia
20 Feb – 24 Mar 2007
Bortolami
Press
Nate Rynaski Piero Golia | ‘The Dog and the Drop’ at the Dries Van Noten Little House Flaunt Mar 2021Alexander Wolf Myth-Maker Gagosian Quarterly Sept 2019Emily Shapre Piero Golia The Art Newspaper Jun 2017Dimitris Lempesis INTERVIEW: Piero Golia Dream Idea Machine Jan 2017Piero Golia Interview: Sterling Ruby Kaleidoscope Jun 2016Brook Mason Lean Back: A Museum Lounge Doubles up as Art at Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center Wallpaper Nov 2015Ilaria Gianni Piero Golia Artforum Jul 2015Kevin McGarry Happenings: A Secret Chalet Off Hollywood Boulevard Where the L.A. Art World Gathers The New York Times Style Magazine Jun 2014Patrick Steffen Lavorare (Non)Stanca Flash Art Jun 2012Sharon Mizota Art review: Piero Golia at Gagosian Gallery Los Angeles Times Jul 2011Piero Golia Piero Golia and Pierre Hughye Desert Interviews or How to Jump Off the Roof and Not Hit the Ground, (JRP|Ringier 2011), 37-63 Jan 2011Christopher Bollen Piero Golia Interview Dec 2010Snowden Snowden Is the Mountain School of the Arts in Los Angeles the ideal art school? Frieze Oct 2010Francesco Stocchi Piero Golia and Fabian Marti Artforum Sept 2009Andrew Berardini Artists at Work: Piero Golia The End of the World as We Know It (2008), 59-54 Dec 2008Jim Marquez It’s Not Fair Artillery Magazine Mar 2008Florence Derieux Piero Golia Flash Art Dec 2007Roberta Smith Last Chance Piero Golia The New York Times Mar 2007R.C. Baker Best in Show Recommendations by R.C. The Village Voice Mar 2007Allesio Ascari Piero Golia Mousse Mar 2006Frances Stark Best of 2005 Artforum Dec 2005Andrea Bellini Piero Golia: A Parody of Reality Sculpture Apr 2002Publications
Piero Golia: The Painter
Nero Editions, Rome
2017
