Riccardo Iacono

Born - Blackburn, Lancashire

Education

2001 - MSc Electronic Imaging, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee

1991 - BA (Hons) Fine Art, Drawing and Painting, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow

Broadcasts

2005 - O Eins TV, Edith Russ Site for Media Art: Video Visions. Screening 'Fuzzy Lover' 

1999 - Channel 4, Lucid /4 music. Screening 'Radiator' and 'Double' 

1998 - Sky TV,  The Lounge, Interference. Screening 'Radiator'

1997 - Channel 4, screening  'SKZCP', (ACE/CH4 animate!) 

1995 - Scottish Television, First Reels. Screening: 'Series A'

Solo Exhibitions + Screenings (selected)

2013 - Lamp Posts, The Projection Rooms, Hull

2013 - This Orientation, Summit Gallery, Hackney Wick

2010 - The Destructive Power of Happiness, Directors Lounge, Berlin

2007 - The Electric Garden , Forte Belvedere, Firenze, Italy

2007 - The No Show, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

2007 - Welcome To Lucca - Neptune's Hand, Lucca Film Festival, Italy

2006 - The Art of Seeing and Throwing, La Enana Marron, Madrid

2005 - From Memory, Kino Oko, Prague

2005 - Love Songs From A Dark Body, (retrospective), La Enana Marron, Madrid

2003 - Ice In The Freezer, Pleasure Dome, Toronto

Group Exhibitions + Screenings (selected)

2020 - Southwark Park Galleries Annual Open, London (online exhibition)

2020 - User-Friendly, online video programme (curated by Jamie Jenkinson and Amy Dickson.

2016 - Contact Experimental Film Festival, London (curated by Simon Payne and Andrew Vallence)

2015 - Playing with Space at Norwich Arts Centre; firstsite Colchester; and Live Art Development Agency, London (curated by Lawrence Bradby)

2015 - Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, Toronto

2013 - 35mm Pop Up Cinema, artists film screening, Lo & Behold, London

2013 - Tuned Cities, Baltic, Newcastle, (curated by Eleanor Wright and Sam Watson)

2013 - Taking Place, Black Maria, Kings Cross, London (curated by Steven Ball & Duncan White)

2011 - InCounter, Bussey Building, London (curated by Erica Scourti)

2010 - Complex Infrastructure, Suek Artist and Cogcollective, Melbourne (curated by Steven Ball)

2010 - Dead Fingers Talk, IMT Gallery, London (curated by Mark Jackson)

2010 - One Minute - Vol. 4, (touring programme), London, Sheffield, Berlin, Plymouth, Marseille, BBC big screens UK (curated by Kerry Baldry)

2010 - Urban Research, Directors Lounge, Berlin 

2009 - Stille Nacht 1 & 2, Outlet, Manchester

2008 - One Minute (volume 1 & 2), (curated by Kerry Baldry), Directors Lounge, Berlin; A Perfect Drop, Victoria, Australia; Hull Film Festival; Artprojx, London; Cow Lane Studios, Manchester; Marseille Project Gallery, Marseille; NoD, Prague; Red Gallery, Hull; BBC Big Screen, Hull; Directors Lounge @ The Scala, Berlin & Contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen; EXP24, Leeds, (touring programme)

2008 - Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago

2008 - The Centres Project: Rolled Up / Rolled Out, RMIT Art Gallery, Melbourne and Resonance FM, London

2008 - Transcentric, Lethaby Gallery, London (curated by Steven Ball and Irene Barberis)

2007 - European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck, Germany

2006 - Born Free, Victoria & Albert Museum, London

2006 - Kinetic Fields, Chisenhale Dance Space, London

2006 - Norwich International Animation Festival, Norwich, (curated by Dick Arnall)

2006 - Numero Projecta (Animate! programme), Lisbon, Portugal

2006 - One Take Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia

2006 - Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago Film Makers, Chicago

2006 - Pulsar, Caracas, Venezuela (curated by Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin)

2006 - Visions In The Nunnery, Nunnery Gallery, London

2005 - Films Beget Digital, Birkbeck University of London, London

2005 - Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, USA

2005 - Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin, France/Germany, Paris and Berlin

2005 - TIE, International Experimental Cinema Exposition, Denver, USA

2004 - L'Alternativa Festival, Barcelona, Spain

2004 - One Take Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia

2004 - OpFilm No.12, DeBalie cinema, Amsterdam

2004 - PureScreen, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester (touring programme)

2004 - VideoEx Experimental Film and Video Festival, Zurich, Switzerland

2003 - A Century of Artists' Film in Britain, Tate Britain, London

2003 - Lux Open, Royal College of Art, London

2003 - Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Holland

2002 - Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, USA

2002 - Images Festival, Toronto, Canada

2002 - Rencontres Internationales, Paris, Berlin

2001 - Dundee Contempoary Arts, Dundee, Scotland

2001 - BBC big screen, Princes Street, Edinburgh (Cold Tape)

2001 - Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland

2001 - Festival de Cinema Differents, Paris, France

2001 - Mute Loops, Lux Centre, London, (curated by Cate Elwes)

2001 - Telluride International Experimental Cinema Exposition, Telluride, Colorado

2000 - Connecting Cultures, The Lighthouse , Glasgow

2000 - Graphic Cinema, National Film Theatre, London

1999 - Bienal de Video y Neuevos Medious, Santiago, Chile

1999 - International Art and Animation Symposium, ICA London & Cornerhouse, Manchester

1999 - Secret Cinema - The Rhythm Method, Lux Centre, London

1998 - Abstract Art On Film, Lux Centre, London

1998 - Avant-Garde Music on Film, National Film Theatre, London

1998 - Impakt Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands

1997 - Artists Film and Video Series, Tate Gallery, London

1997 - Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland

1997 - L'Alternatival Festival , Barcelona, Spain

1996 - Edinburgh Fringe Film and Video Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland

1996 - New Visions, Glasgow, Scotland

1996 - ROOT Festival, Hull Time Based Arts, Hull

1995 - Focusing In The Dark, Gallery of Modern Art, Lubljiana

1995 - ROOT Festival, Hull Time Based Arts and Fly Gallery, Glasgow

Curatorial Projects

2007 -The No Show, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

2006 - Luz Y Tiempo (co-curated with David Reznak), La Enana Marron, Madrid 

Live / Performance

2008 - Squashed Hat, Live Cinema, (LUX event curated by Guy Sherwin), Arcola Theatre, Dalston, London

2007 - The No Show, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

2006 - Cinema Piece, La Enana Marron, Madrid

2001 - Serious Shit, Visual Research Centre, Dundee Contemporary Arts

1993 - Come Back - The Flashing Light Show, Tunnel Club, Glasgow.

Residencies

2007 - Animate Projects residency, London College of Communication, London

2007 -  Lucca Film Festival Residency, Lucca, Italy

2005 - Acme Studios Fire Station live/work residency, Bow, London (ending 2010)

2002 - Film Research Residency, Toronto, Canada 

Current Projects

2010 - Lamp Posts, video and photographic series, (ongoing)

2008 - Uncut Lawns, video series, (ongoing)

2006 - Shooqui, international, (ongoing)

Competitions, Prizes, Awards

2007 - Grants For The Arts Award, Arts Council England, London

2005 - Professional Development Award, Arts Council England, England

2004 - Alt-W Award, Scottish Screen, Glasgow

2004 - Paul Hamlyn Foundation Visual Artist Award nomination

2002 - Film Research Funding, Scottish Arts Council, Scotland

2002 - Travel Grant, The British Council, London

1997 - First Reels Award, Scottish Screen, Glasgow

1994 - Animate! Award, Arts Council England / Channel 4 Television

1994 - First Reels Award, Scottish Film Council & STV, Glasgow

Publications

2007 - A History of Artists' Film and Video in Britain 1897-2004, David Curtis, BFI

2005 - WideShut Magazine (collectables edition), Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

Other

2015 - Jury member, London International Animation Festival, Barbican, 2015

2013 - Instant Publishing / Automatic Writing Salon, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

2007 - i-OP, abstract animation commission for BBC Scotland HQ, Pacific Quay, Glasgow 

Lecturers/Presentations/Workshops

Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Edinburgh College of Art, London College of Communication, Liaison of Independent Film Makers Toronto, FAMU  Film & Television Academy, Prague

Axis, Open Frequency feature 2006

http://www.axisweb.org/features/profile/open-frequency/riccardo-iacono,-2006/