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Damiano Bertoli was one of the most visionary and intellectually rigorous artists of his generation. His practice masterfully wove together disparate historical moments, employing recognizable motifs to construct what he termed the Continuous Moment—a concept that redefined the relationship between past and present in contemporary art. Deeply engaged with the artistic and theoretical legacies of modernism, Bertoli’s work critically examined the ongoing influence of avant-garde experimentation. His fascination with Picasso’s 1941 surrealist play Le Désir attrapé par la queue led to his groundbreaking Continuous Moment: Le Désir series, a bold reimagining and restaging of the play. Through his work, Bertoli interrogated the narrative of time itself, positioning both his own practice and that of other artists within a dynamic, ever-evolving continuum that reshaped our understanding of artistic history.
Damiano Bertoli, Continuous Moment: Le désir...(St. Tropez #9, after Tim Page), 2018, Pencil on Hahnemüle paper, 77 x 115 cm
‘Seeing Voices’, touring exhibition, Monash University Museum, Melbourne
‘Misshapen Head’, Neon Parc, Melbourne
‘Future Eaters’, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
‘The End of Time, The Beginning of time’, Gertrude Contemporary
2016
‘Atmospherics - The Geelong Art Gallery Collection’, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong
‘Dancing Umbrellas: An Exhibition of Movement and Light’, Heide Museum of Art,
Melbourne
‘Planning for Tomorrow’, CACSA, Adelaide
‘National Works on Paper’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington
‘Neon Parc 2006/2016’, Neon Parc, Melbourne
‘Speaking Volumes’, Fremantle Arts Centre
2013
‘Video Arte Australia y Neuva Zelanda’, Centro Cultural Matucana, Santiago, Chile Melbourne Now,
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
‘Drawing Now (Melbourne Now)’, NGV, Melbourne
‘Video Contemporary’, curated by Mark Feary, Sydney
‘My Avant-Garde is Bigger Than Yours’, KINGS ARI, Melbourne
‘Sydney Contemporary’, Carriageworks, Sydney
‘Like Mike’, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
‘Collage: The Heide Collection’, Heide Museum of Art, Melbourne
‘Lie of the Land’, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong
‘Drunk vs Stoned XIII’, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2012
‘Deep Inside’, Hamish Mckay Gallery, Wellington
‘Radio Alice’, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne Post-Planning, Ian
Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
‘Chinatown, The Sequel’, LTD Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
2011
‘New Psychedelia’, University of Queensland Museum, Brisbane
‘When The Dead Help the Living’, Light Projects, Melbourne
‘Reason and Rhyme’, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne
‘Cognitive Dissonance, Cottage Home’, Los Angeles, USA
‘Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Visions’, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of
Photography, Tokyo, Japan
‘An Exchange with Sol LeWitt’, Mass MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
2010
‘Stick It! Collage in Australian Art’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne City of Hobart Art Prize,
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart Event Horizon, Centre for Contemporary Photography,
Melbourne
‘The Nothing’, WestSpace, Melbourne, and Chalk Horse, Sydney
‘Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’, Waterside Pavilion, Hobart Silent Nights, Light Projects,
Melbourne
‘The Narrows Monochromes’, The Narrows, Melbourne
Collections
Artbank
City of Fremantle
Geelong Art Gallery
Deutsche Bank (Australia)
Private collections in Australia, New Zealand and Italy
(close)Damiano Bertoli, Superposition #4, 2019, Inkjet pearl print, 160 x 125 cm, Ed. 2/3 + 2 APDamiano Bertoli, Superposition #6, 2019, Inkjet pearl print, 160 x 125 cm, Ed. 1/3 + 2 APDamiano Bertoli,
Thin Anxiety (Ultra/ Dora),
2016,
Lustre print on Dibond,
100 x 73 cm,
Edition of 3Damiano Bertoli,
Les Deux Toutous (Taylor/Kate),
2016,
Lustre print on Dibond,
100 x 73 cm,
Edition of 3Damiano Bertoli,
Les Deux Toutous (Taylor/ Marie-Thérèse),
2016,
Lustre print on Dibond,
100 x 73 cm,
Edition of 3Damiano Bertoli,
Performance Revolutions (Le désir) #1,
2017,
Unique hand-tinted prints on Hahnemühle Torchon paper,
40 x 50 cm,
Edition of 10Damiano Bertoli,
Performance Revolutions (Le désir) #2,
2017,
Unique hand-tinted prints on Hahnemühle Torchon paper,
40 x 50 cm,
Edition of 10Damiano Bertoli,
Performance Revolutions (Le désir) #3,
2017,
Unique hand-tinted prints on Hahnemühle Torchon paper,
40 x 50 cm,
Edition of 10Damiano Bertoli,
Performance Revolutions (Le désir) #4,
2017,
Unique hand-tinted prints on Hahnemühle Torchon paper,
40 x 50 cm,
Edition of 10Adriano, 2016, Coloured pencil on Fabriano 320 gsm, 119.5 x 84.5 cm (framed) Damiano Bertoli,
Le Cousine (The Cousin),
2016,
Foamex, photographs, wool, leather, acrylic, Styrofoam, high impact polystyrene, custom plinth (MDF),
245 x 150 x 70 cmDamiano Bertoli, Continuous Moment: Le désir...(St. Tropez #8, after Tim Page), 2018, Pencil on Hahnemüle paper, 77 x 115 cmDamiano Bertoli,
Thin Anxiety,
2016,
Fibreglass, Garment, Photograph, Foamex, Acrylic, Plastic, Custom Plinth (MDF)
220 x 110 x 70 cmDamiano Bertoli,
Boots,
2016,
Foam, Acrylic, Paper, Custom plinths (MDF),
160 x 90 x 90 cm, (Boots – 60 x 30 x 30 cm each)Damiano Bertoli, Thin Anxiety/Big Foot, 2011/2018, Bronze, 126.5 x 36 x 19 cm, Edition 1 of 3 + 2 APDamiano Bertoli , Mara , 2013 , Pencil on BFK Rieves 320 gsm, 119.5 x 84.5 cm (framed)Damiano Bertoli, Superposition #4, 2019, Inkjet pearl print, 160 x 125 cm, Ed. 2/3 + 2 APDamiano Bertoli , Renato , 2013 , Pencil on BFK Rieves 320 gsm, 119.5 x 84.5 cm (framed)Damiano Bertoli, Silvia, 2016, Coloured pencil on Fabriano 320 gsm, 119.5 x 84.5 cm (framed) Damiano Bertoli, Continuous Moment: Le désir...(St. Tropez #9, after Tim Page), 2018, Pencil on Hahnemüle paper, 77 x 115 cmDamiano Bertoli, Continuous Moment: Le désir...(St. Tropez #10, after Tim Page), 2018, Pencil on Hahnemüle paper, 77 x 51 cm
