BIO


Giulio Squillacciotti, born Rome (I) 1982.

Represented by Pietrosanti Agenzia Letteraria (I) + C41 (FR, NL)


giuliosq AT gmail.com


Artist and film-maker, his work is based on surveying possible allegorical narratives, the mutation of traditions and the metaphorical sophistication of real events. Using film, documentary, text, theatre and scenography, Squillacciotti produces investigations, the result of multidisciplinary research, that revisit history, constructing narrative speculations from subjective perspectives, tales, artifacts, religious beliefs, architecture and popular culture.


After an education in Medieval Art History and Humanities in Rome and Barcelona, he studied Visual Arts at the IUAV University of Architecture in Venice. He was Fellow Resident at the Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. He recently received the MIC Italian Ministry of Culture Cinema Development Fund, the MEDIA Creative Europe and Screen Ireland funds to develop a feature film set in Ireland during the 2009 economic recession co-produced by Italy (Emma Film), Ireland (Wildcat Pictures) and Poland (Lava Films). He teaches at NABA University in Milan and has led workshops and talks at numerous European institutions.


His work has been exhibited and screened internationally at, among the others, the MUBI platform, the Venice Architecture Biennale, Les Rencontres Internationales at Centre Pompidou, Palais de Tokyo, Louvre Museum and Gayte Lyrique in Paris, the Berlin Haus der Kultur der Welt and Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Neues Museum in Weimar, Whitechapel Gallery in London, Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, Screen Space and Monash Gallery in Melbourne, the Manifesta 8, Le Magasin CNAC in Grenoble, Cinema Akil in Dubai, the New York Photo Festival and Dumbo Video in New York City, the Art Institute of Boston, the Instant Image Hall and Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Ballroom Marfa in Texas, Het Nieuwe Instituut of Rotterdam, Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture and Istanbul Modern Museum, the Bonniers Konsthal in Stockolm, Fundacion Proa in Buenos Aires, CAC in Vilnius, the Beirut Art Centre in Lebanon, OCAT in Shanghai, the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade and at numerous International Film Festivals; in Italy, among the others, at PAC, Triennale, Careof, MACRO, MAXXI, the 16th Rome Quadriennale, MAMbo, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, GAMeC.



EDUCATION

2018-2019

Jan Van Eyck Academie - Residency Fellow.

Maastricht, The Netherlands


2007-2009

MA in Visual Arts - Faculty of Design and Arts.

University of Architecture IUAV. Venice, Italy


2009

Advanced Course in Visual Arts - with Walid Raad.

Fondazione Antonio Ratti. Como, Italy


2004

Visiting Scholar - Aesthetics, Anthropology, Romanic Spanish and Catalan Art.

Faculty of History and Geography. University of Barcelona UB. Barcelona, Catalunya (E)


2002-2006

BA in Medieval Art History - Faculty of Humanities.

Sapienza University of Rome. Italy


SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS and FUNDS

2025

MIC Cinema - Feature Film Development Fund (I)


2024

SCREEN IRELAND - Feature Film Writing Fund (IRL)


2023

MEDIA Creative Europe - Feature Film Development Co-Production Grant (IE, I, PL)

PAC (piano per l’Arte Contemporanea) - Production Grant (I)MIC Cinema - Feature Film Development


2021

BEST STORY - London Fashion Film Festival. London, United Kingdom


2020

LIMBURG FILM FONDS NL - Production Grant recipient

BRAND CULTUUR FONDS NL - Production Grant recipient

KANNUNIK SALDEN NL - Production Grant recipient


2019

TALENT PRIZE 2019 WINNER - Inside Art Magazine

ITALIAN COUNCIL 2019 - Production Grant recipient. Italian Ministry of Culture.

MiBAC. Direzione Generale Arte e Architettura Contemporanee. Italy

DOMMERING FONDS NL - Production Grant recipient. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

ALTRO/VE - Research Grant. Regione Veneto | IUAV University of Architecture. Venice, Italy


2018/2019

ARTE VISIONE 2018 WINNER - Production Grant. Careof | Sky Art. Milan, Italy

RESIDENCY FELLOW - Van Eyck Academie. Maastricht, The Netherlands

STIMULERING FONDS for the Dutch Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. The Netherlands

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - 27th International Festival of Ethnological Film. Belgrade, Serbia


2013

MOVIN’UP, Grant program to sustain the mobility of Italian artists abroad


2011

FILM COMMISSION GRANT - Royal Spanish Academy at Rome, Italy


2010

FIRST PRIZE - Stonefly Cammina con l’Arte. Venice, Italy

FIRST PRIZE - Festarte. VideoArt Festival MACRO Testaccio. Rome, Italy

SPECIAL MENTION - Talent Prize 2010. Rome, Italy

ONE YEAR RESIDENCE - Ateliers Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy


2009

ADVANCED COURSE IN VISUAL ARTS RESIDENCY. Fondazione Antonio Ratti. Como, Italy

PORTFOLIO INVITATION - The Dock. Carrick-on-Shannon. Co. Leitrim, Ireland


2008

FIRST PRIZE/GRANT - 92ma Collettiva Giovani Artisti. Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa. Venice, Italy


2007

CASINÒ DI VENEZIA AWARD - 91ma Collettiva Giovani Artisti. Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa. Venice, Italy


2005

FIRST PRIZE - II Roma Bouldering Film Festival. Rome, Italy


2002

FIRST PRIZE - La via Bionda. Binario 24, Stazione Termini. Rome, Italy


SELECTED SHOWS and SCREENINGS

2025

Wonders of the Modern World. Fondazione ICA. Milan (I)

Rencontres Internationales. Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Berlin (D)

Pensare Come una Montagna. GAMEC. Bergamo (I)

2024

Rencontres Internationales. Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles. Paris (F)

MADE Festival. Bergamo (I)

A War Play. Pinacoteca Levis. Chiomonte (I)


2023

Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (D)

CAREOF Screening Program. Fondazione Prada. Milan (I)

Dance Me To The End Of Love. PAC. Milan (I)

XXL Dreams. Laak. The Hague (NL)

Transitions Festival. Cinema Lumiere. Maastricht (NL)

2022

Altri quadri. Artisti e immagini in movimento. Mart Museum. Rovereto, Italy

Meditations on Europe. Garage. Rotterdam (NL)
Europe doesn’t fall from the sky. Fondazione Imago Mundi. Treviso (I)

What you see is what you get. Filmhuis. The Hague (NL)


2021

London Fashion Film Festival. London (UK)

A Season in Slemani. Fondazione Baruchello. Rome (I)

Les Rencontres Internationales. Musée du Louvre Auditorium. Paris, France

Rencontres Internationales. Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Berlin (D)

What Has Left Since We Left. Careof. Milan (I)

RIPB. Musée du Louvre Auditorium. Paris (FR)

Not Quite Nearly Fine. Fondazione Baruchello. Rome (I)
Out of the Box. Klub Solitaer, Chemnitz (D)
Artists’ Film International. Whitechapel Gallery. London (UK)

Artists’ Film International. Crawford Art Gallery, Cork (IRL)

Artists’ Film International. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (USA)

Artists’ Film International. Ballroom Marfa, Texas (USA)

Artists’ Film International. Bonniers Konsthal, Stockolm (SWE)

Artists’ Film International. Fundacion Proa, Buenos Aires (AR)

Artists’ Film International. NBK, Berlin (D)
Artists’ Film International. CAC, Vilnius (LT)

Artists’ Film International. Istanbul Modern, Istanbul (TR)

UN-sdg Action Campaign. Köln (D)
39th Bergamo Film Meeting. Bergamo (I)


2019

Once Upon a Town - Story telling Festival in Maastricht (NL)
Ce Sony Les Îles Se Déplacent. Centre d’Art Contemporain de Brest (FR)

The Pit Call. Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (NL)
Asolo Art Film Festival. Asolo (I)
Now Instant Image Hall. Los Angeles (USA)
Cinema Akil. Dubai (UAE)
Open Studios 2019 - Van Eyck Academie. Maastricht (NL)
Sjón International Anthropological Film Festival. Copenhagen (DK)

Antropofest. Prague (CZ)
Work Body Leisure - Het Nieuwe Instituut. Rotterdam (NL)


2018

36th Torino Film Festival - Official Competition. Turin (I)
Dutch Representation at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale (I)

XXVII International Festival of Ethnological Film. Belgrade (SRB)

XIII Festival de Películas Natias. Arica (CL)
Etnovideografica 2018. Zamora (E)
WOMEX 2018. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (E)
Itinerant Movies #4. Rotterdam (NL)
That’s it - MAMbo. Bologna (I)


2017

35th Torino Film Festival - Official Competition. Turin, Italy

In Another World with which our own has made a Chance Encounter. Department of Chemistry. Turin, Italy

Direct Action. The Cinefamily. Los Angeles, USA

TODAYS Festival. Il Piccolo Cinema. Turin, Italy


2016

16ma Quadriennale d’Arte. Palazzo delle Esposizioni. Rome, Italy

Senza titolo (la pittura come modello). Casa Masaccio. San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy


2015

33rd Torino Film Festival - Official Competition. Turin, Italy

ROMABERLIN Reverse Inequality. Galerie Patrick Ebensperger. Berlin. Germany

Glitch - OCAT Shanghai. China.


2014

Glitch. PAC Padiglione d‘Arte Contemporanea. Milan, Italy


2013

Helicotrema. Festival dell’Audio Registrato. Auditorium Parco della Musica. Rome (I)

Avanca Film Festival - Cine Club de Avanca (PT)

The 338 Hour Cineclub. Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Turin (I)

Video Dumbo. Eyebeam Art + Technology Center. New York (USA)

Berlin Punk Film Festival. Kino Moviemento. Berlin (D)


2012

Re-generation. MACRO Museum. Rome (I)
Cinéma Expérimental Italien. ÉESI La Fémis. Paris (FR)
RIPB. Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Berlin (D)
New York Photo Festival 2012. New York City (USA)
Les Rencontres Internationales. Beirut Art Center. Beirut (LB)
RIPBM Gaîté Lyrique | Centra Pompidou. Paris (FR)
Double Identity. Macy Gallery. Columbia University. New York City (USA)

The Gentlemen of Verona - Palazzo Forti. Verona (I)
Prague Biennale. Prague (CZ)


2011

Les Rencontres Internationales. Gaîté Lyrique | Centra Pompidou. Paris, France

Double Identity. People, Stories Places. Macy Gallery at Columbia University. New York City, NY. U.S.A.

The Gentlemen of Verona - Palazzo Forti. Verona, Italy

Italia in Video. Ceglie Messapica, Italy

If you want this story to continue... Prague Biennale. Prague, Czech Republic

Festarte. Videoart Festival. Triennale di Milano. Milan, Italy

Io non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto. White.Fish.Tank. Ancona, Italy


2010

As the Academy Turns. Talk Manifesta 8 Collateral Event. Murcia, Spain

La Juste Distance. Espace Cinko. Paris, France

Opera 2010. Fondazione Spinola Banna. Turin, Italy

Se vuoi che questa storia continui... Galleria Neon-Campobase. Bologna, Italy

VideoReport Italia 2008-2009. GC. AC - Galleria Comunale di Monfalcone. Monfalcone, Italy

Sindrome Italiana. Magasin CNAC. Grenoble, France

Non totalmente immemori ne completamente nudi - GC. AC - Galleria Comunale di Monfalcone.Italy

Festarte. Videoart Festival. MACRO Testaccio. Rome, Italy

BYTS, the Bosch Young Talent Show. AKV | St. Joost. Den Bosch, The Netherlands

21x21 - 21 Artisti per il XXI Secolo. Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Turin, Italy

Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture - Tophane-i Amire. Istanbul, Turkey


2009

Vom Labor zum Projekt. Neues Museum. Weimar, Germany

Far, from where we came. Aaran Gallery. Teheran, Iran

A camel is a Horse Designed by a Committee. Fondazione Claudio Buziol. Venice, Italy

Spazio Chiuso. Galleria SpazioA. Pistoia, Italy

54° Premio Termoli "Interplay". Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea. Termoli, Italy

Playlist. Galleria Neon-Campobase. Bolonia, Italy

An-exhibition. Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa. Venice, Italy

Studio Visit - GC. AC. - Galleria Comunale di Monfalcone. Monfalcone, Italy


2008

92ma Collettiva Giovani Artisti - Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa. Venice, Italy

TRA-BETWEEN Venezia e Istanbul - Jarach Gallery. Venezia, Italy

Hell on Earth: Varieties of Dystopia - Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa. Venice, Italy

IUAV at MAXXI, Visual Arts Students from Venice to Rome * - MAXXI. Rome, Italy


2007

91ma Collettiva Giovani Artisti - Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa. Venice, Italy

D d'ang, Il Territorio - Archivio storico di Bracciano. Bracciano, Italy


2006

Festival Enzimi - Another Thing, arte contemporanea underground - Galleria Bocca di Dama. Rome, Italy


2005

Dormire nel mirino - Studio 84 Arti Visive. Spoleto, Italy

Notte Bianca - Touch me please! - Galleria Stella. Rome, Italy


2004

Freakquency, tendenze dell' arte contemporanea - Galleria Studio 14. Rome, Italy

Notte Bianca - 360° contemporary art - Galleria Studio 14. Rome, Italy



LECTURES | TEACHING | TEXTS

2020-present

Teaching “Video Installation” at 3rd Year BA in English. NABA . Milan, Italy


2025

Book Editor/Author ‘A War Play’ Humboldt Books (I)

2023

Lecture ‘What do we talk about’ European Parliament. Rome (I), Strasbourg (F)


2021

Contributor to A Season in Slemani. Humboldt Books

Editor ‘Not Quite Nearly Fine’ Arbor Editions (I), Motto Berlin (D)

Workshop Teaching. MA in Visual Arts. IUAV - University of Architecture. Venice, Italy


2020

Teacher “Video Installation Class” at 3rd Year BA in English. NABA . Milan, Italy

Organizer / Speaker at “What has left since we left - Book Launch”. Jan Van Eyck Academie. Maastricht (NL)

Editor for “What has left since we left - Six takes on Europe”. Published by Onomatopee. Eindhoven (NL)

Contributor on “New Fiction”. Edited by Stefano Mudu. Published by Bruno. Venice, Italy

Contributor on “Les œuvres de la voix”. Published by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Paris, France

Lecture at “Something or Other”. Design School at LCC. London, England


2019

Workshop Teaching. Accademia di Belle Arti di Verona. Verona, Italy

Workshop Teaching - Art and Science. MA in Visual Arts. IUAV - University of Architecture. Venice, Italy

Artist Talk at Situated Practices. Onomatopee. Eindhoven, The Netherlands


2018

Artist Talk. Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Organizer / Speaker at “Shore Leaves Symposium”. Zeemanskerk in Rotterdam, The Netherlands


2017

Lecture at Cecilia Pennacini Visual Anthropology Class. University of Turin, Italy

Contributor on Visual Ethnography Journal. Italy


2013

Lecture at Avanca Cinema Film Festival - Cine Club de Avanca. Portugal

Lecture at The Counter Order of Things - EARN Network. IUAV University, Venice. Italy


2012

Contributor on Shopping Hour Magazine. England

Lecture at Cinéma Expérimental Italien - École Européenne Supérieure de l’Image. La Fémis. Paris, France

Article on Antoni Muntadas. Domus. Italy


2011

Teaching Assistant to Marta Kuzma Visual Arts Theory - MA in Visual Arts. IUAV - University of Architecture. Venice, Italy

Lecture at Antoni Muntadas class in Public Art - M.I.T. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, MA. U.S.A.

Lecture at Irina Rozovsky Photography Class - Art Institute of Boston. Boston, MA. U.S.A.


2010

Talk at As the Academy Turns / EARN Network - Manifesta 8 - Curated by Henk Slager - Murcia, Spain.

Contributor on “Videoinsight” Book Edited by Rebecca Russo - Silvana Editoriale.

Contributor on “Paesaggio - Artists writings on Landscape”. Edited by Blauer Hase

Teaching Assistant to Antoni Muntadas Visual Arts Class - MA in Visual Arts. Faculty of Design and Arts. IUAV - University of Architecture. Venice, Italy