Daniela Comani

Daniela Comani (born 4 February 1965 in Bologna, Italy) is an Italian artist. Since 1989, she has lived in Berlin, Germany.

Biography

Comani received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna, Italy (1988) and a Master of Fine Arts from the Universität der Künste in Berlin, Germany (1993).

The multimedia work of Comani touches on subjects like history, language, gender and identity. She often works with photos and texts from newspapers, television and books that allegedly appear familiar to us. Foreignness and intimacy, history and interpretation, and the mechanisms of comprehension are her concerns. Comani's artistic practice includes photography, texts, drawings, video and installation.

Exhibitions (selection) 1992 – 37 Räume, Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art (KW), Berlin 1993 – More than zero, Magasin, Centre National d' Art Contemporain, Grenoble 1996 – Lesen, Kunsthalle St.Gallen, Switzerland 2006 – Das Achte Feld – Geschlechter, Leben und Begehren in der Kunst seit 1960, Museum Ludwig, Cologne 2007 – History will repeat itself, Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art (KW), Berlin 2007 – Ich war's, In 32 Tagen um den Alexanderplatz, NGBK / U2 Alexanderplatz, Berlin 2008 – Transmediale 08 – conspire!, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin 2008 – Bildpolitiken, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg 2008 – HeartQuake, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem 2008 – Focus on Contemporary Italian Art, MAMbo – Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna 2010 – Courier, University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York 2010 – C'était moi. Journal 1900–1999, Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest 2011 – 54. Biennale di Venezia / Repubblica di San Marino Pavilion, Venice 2011 – Doublespeak, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah 2012 – Le Printemps de Septembre: History is Mine! Musée Les Abattoirs, Toulouse 2013 – Authoritratti. Iscrizioni del femminile nell’arte italiana contemporanea, MAMbo – Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna 2014 - Ich war's. Tagebuch 1900-1999, dkw. Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus 2015 - Unprotected Zone, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem 2016 - Dall'oggi al domani, 24 ore nell'arte contemporanea, MACRO - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Rome 2017 - Faktor X - Das Chromosom in der Kunst, Haus der Kunst, Munich 2019 - Forgetting - Why We Don't Remember Everything, Historical Museum, Frankfurt, Frankfurt 2019 - Biography: A Model Kit / The Human Condition, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow 2020 - Metropolis, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem 2022 - YOU ARE MINE, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome (solo) 2023 - Planet Earth: 21st Century, Museum Folkwang, Essen (solo) 2024 - Überall und nirgendwo, Neues Museum Nürnberg, Nuremberg 2024 - Orlando's Library, site-specific installation, Doge's Palace Genoa, (solo) 2024 - Bangkok Art Biennale, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok 2025 - History Lessons, University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York 2026 - Tragicomica - Perspectives on Italian art from the mid-20th century to today, MAXXI Museum, Rome Artist books and publications (selection) Orlando's Library - Vol. 2, Danilo Montanari Editore, 2024, You Are Mine, Monroe Books, Berlin, 2024, Perturbazione/Disturbance, Danilo Montanari Editore, 2023, Daniela Comani: A-Z, Danilo Montanari Editore, 2023, 35q di bronzo (3.5 Tons of Bronze), Danilo Montanari Editore, 2021, The Beginning The End, Monroe Books, Berlin, 2021, Planet Earth: 21st Century, Humboldt Books, Milano, 2019, 1975 - Diario di strada / Diary from the Road, Archive Books, Berlin, 2017, Sunsets, Edition Patrick Frey, Zürich, 2016, Eine glückliche Ehe / Un matrimonio felice / A Happy Marriage, Edition Patrick Frey, Zürich, 2014, My Film History – Daniela Comani's Top 100 Films, Revolver Publishing, Berlin, 2013, Novità editoriali a cura di Daniela Comani, Maurizio Corraini s.r.l., Mantua, 2012, Neuerscheinungen hrsg. von Daniela Comani, Edition Patrick Frey, Zürich, 2009, It was me. Diary 1900–1999, Maurizio Corraini s.r.l., Mantua, 2007, Sono stata io. Diario 1900–1999, Maurizio Corraini s.r.l., Mantua, 2007, comanicasino, REVOLVER Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, 2006, Ich war’s. Tagebuch 1900–1999, REVOLVER Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, 2005, Double Drawings, Vice Versa Verlag, Berlin, 2000,