Turin, 1979. He lives and works in New York, U.S.A.
Cirio works with the legal, economic and cultural systems of the information society. His artistic practice investigates how contemporary society is influenced by the distribution, organisation, and control of information, laying bare and revealing its conflicts, contradictions and infinite potential.
Cirio has had solo shows at Giorgio Persano Gallery, Turin, 2019; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, 2019; International Kunstverein Luxembourg, 2016; NOME Gallery, Berlin, 2019, 2016, 2015; Bellegard Centre Culturel, Toulouse, France, 2015; Kasa Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013; Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2013 and 2011.
His work has been presented in important institutions and events, among which: Fondazione Prada Venice, 2023; Warsaw Biennale, 2022; Villa Arson, Nice, 2022; Fundación MAPFRE, Barcelona, 2022; Fundación Colectania, Barcelona, 2021; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 2020; 10th Göteborg Biennial, Gothenburg, 2019; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 2019; the Gwangju Biennale, 2018; the Strasbourg Biennale, 2018; the Benaki Museum, Athens, 2018; the MIT Museum, Boston, 2017; Tate Modern, London, 2017; C/O Berlin museum, 2017; the Museum für Fotografie, Berlin, 2017; the Münchner StadtMuseum, 2017; the Musée National d’Histoire et d’Art of Luxembourg, 2017; Haifa Museum of Art, 2017; International Kunstverein Luxembourg, 2016; ICP Museum, NYC, 2016; Gaîté lyrique, Paris, 2016; the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, 2015; Somerset House, London, 2015; Artium Museum, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2015; Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, 2015; Utah MoCA, 2015; Vancouver Art Gallery, 2015; Cenart, Mexico, 2015; Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, 2015; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014; The Photographers’ Gallery, London, 2014; Open Society Foundation, NYC, 2014; TENT, Rotterdam, 2014; DOX Prague, 2014; MoCA Sydney, 2013; ZKM, Karlsruhe, 2013; CCCB, Barcelona, 2013; CCC Strozzina, Florence, 2013; MoCA Denver, 2013; MAK, Vienna, 2013; Architectural Association, London, 2013; Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, 2012; Seoul Museum of Art, 2012; National Fine Arts Museum, Taichung, 2012; Wywyższeni National Museum, Warsaw, 2012; AEC Museum, Linz, 2011; SMAK, Ghent, 2010; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, 2009; Courtauld Institute, London, 2009; PAN, Naples, 2008; MoCA Taipei, 2007; Sydney Biennal, 2007; and NTT ICC, Tokyo, 2006.
Paolo Cirio has won a number of awards, including Golden Nica first prize at Ars Electronica in Linz, 2014; Transmediale second prize in Berlin, 2006; Eyebeam Fellowship, 2012; and NEA grant at ISCP in NYC, 2017; START prize in 2020; among others awards.
Solo Shows:
2024
AI Attacks, solo show at FOAM Museum, Amsterdam
2023
Images Rights, solo show at Paris Photo Fair, Paris
Climate Mismatch, solo show at Sale Docks Magazzini del Sale, Venice
2021
Monitoring Control, solo show at FMAV – Palazzina dei Giardini, Modena
Natural Sovereignty, solo show at the Certosa di San Giacomo, Capri
2020
Information Critique, solo show at PAN Museum, Naples
2019
Images Rights, solo show at NOME Gallery, Berlin
Public and Private, solo show at Art Berlin Fair, Berlin
Exposed, exhibition at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Systems of Systems, exhibition at Giorgio Persano Gallery, Turin
2016
Street Ghosts, solo show at International Kunstverein Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Public and Private, solo show at NOME Gallery at 515 Shop, Turin
Private, solo show at NOME Gallery at 208 Bowery, NYC
2015
Overexposed, solo show at NOME Gallery, Berlin
After Transparency, solo show at Centre Culturel Bellegard, Toulouse
2014
Loophole for All, solo show at Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana
2013
Jurisdiction Shopping, solo show at Kasa Gallery, Istanbul
Decoding the Flow, online solo show at Museum of Contemporary Cuts, London
2011
REALITYFLOWHACKED, solo show at Aksioma | Project Space, Ljubljana
Selected group shows:
2023
Faces in the Crowd, keynote lecture at Panthéon-Assas University, Paris
The NewArt Collection, exhibition at V2 Unstable Media, Rotterdam
Everybody Talks About the Weather, exhibition at Fondazione Prada, Venice
Climate Mismatch, solo show at Sale Docks at Magazzini del Sale, Venice
A Leap into the Void, exhibition at GAMEC Museum, Bergamo
Perfect Behaviors, exhibition at OGR Museum, Turin –
2022
OK Computer, exhibition at Kendra Jayne Patrick Gallery, New York
Artport, exhibition online at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Private, exhibition at EXPO Chicago Art Fair with NOME Gallery, Chicago
Unrestricted Society, exhibition at Contemporary Culture Lab, Taipei
Voces que se hunden, exhibition at the CCS Tegucigalpa, Cedeño
The Future Behind Us, exhibition at the Villa Arson, Nice
Revolution 52, exhibition at the L’Unique Caen, Marseille
Warsaw Biennale, exhibition at Warsaw Biennale, Warsaw
Resonances, exhibition at the Fundación MAPFRE, Barcelona
Tracce/Huellas, exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute, Madrid
Safe Mode, exhibition at The Project Gallery, Athens
Lab Montagna, exhibition at Museo della Montagna, Turin
My Purgatory, exhibition at GAD Giudecca Art District, Venice
2021
Face Control, exhibition at Fundación Foto Colectania, Barcelona
AI & Life Art, exhibition and lectures at Ars Electronica, Linz
Artport, exhibition online at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Expocollective18, exhibition at Saint-Ex culture numérique, Reims
Bodily, exhibition at the La Condition Publique, Roubaix
Reasonable Doubt, exhibition at V2 Unstable Media, Rotterdam
Monitoring Control, solo show at Fondazione Modena Arti Visive, Modena
Natural Sovereignty, solo show at Saint James’ Charterhouse, Capri
Blocks, exhibition at Real Albergo dei Poveri, Palermo
PhEST festival, exhibition at Palazzo Palmieri, Monopoli
2020
Cybernetics of the Poor, exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Kepler’s Gardens, exhibition and lectures at Ars Electronica, Linz
Plan B, exhibition at NOME Gallery group show, Berlin
A lexicon, exhibition at NOME Gallery group show, Berlin
Die Digitale, exhibition at Die Digitale festival, Dusseldorf
We=Link: Sideways, exhibition at Chronus Art Center, Shanghai
Starts Prize, exhibition at Centre for Fine Arts BOZAR, Brussels
Panorama 22, exhibition at Le Fresnoy, (Censored), Tourcoing
What a photo does, exhibition at Mufo Museum, Krakow
Artissima Unplugged, exhibition at GAM Museum, Turin
Information Critique, solo show at PAN Museum, Naples
2019
Not Fake News, exhibition at Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
Currency, exhibition at NOME Gallery, Berlin
Don’t trust me, I’m homeless, exhibition at Ed. Varie Gallery, NYC
Politics of Visual Art, workshop at CGT Columbia University, NYC
Digital Dilemma, exhibition at Bureau Europa, Maastricht
Faces, exhibition at Es Baluard Museum, Palma de Mallorca
Street Ghosts, exhibition at Institut Pour la Photographie, Lille
The Negotiating Table, exhibition at Biennale Saint-Etienne
Portraits, exhibition at Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo, Turin
Systems of Systems, exhibition at Giorgio Persano Gallery, Turin
Useless Objects, exhibition at the Mirror Project di Barriera, Turin
Il Sospetto, exhibition at Museo Archeologica Salinas, Palermo
Il Volto nell’Era dell’AI, exhibition at Musei Civici di Bassano
DataMaze, exhibition at DOX Art Center, Prague
2018
Touch Me, exhibition at 1st Strasbourg Biennale, Strasbourg
Imagined Borders, exhibition at 12th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju
Seen, exhibition at Wei-Ling Contemporary Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
APhF:18 Athens Photo Festival, exhibition at Benaki Museum, Athens
Watching You, Watching Me, exhibition at BOZAR, Brussels
Human Plus, exhibition at Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
DataMaze, exhibition at DOX Art Center, Prague
Mirror Mirror, exhibition at Robeson Galleries Rutgers University, Newark
MIT Festival, exhibition at MIT, MediaLab Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
Decentralized Web Summit, exhibition at The Mint, San Francisco
(H)AKT, exhibition at Ugly Duck, London
2017
WATCHED!, exhibition at C/O Berlin Museum, Berlin
Images of Surveillance, exhibition at Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich
Watching You, Watching Me, exhibition at Museum für Fotografie, Berlin
Month of Photography, exhibition at Musée National d’Histoire et d’Art, Luxembourg
AnonymiX: the End of the Privacy Era, exhibition at Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
Right to Re-, exhibition at UC Santa Cruz at DANM, Santa Cruz
Art+Science, exhibition at Center for Promotion of Science, Belgrade
FaceTunes, exhibition at Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld
How much of this is fiction, exhibition at HeK, Basel
How much of this is fiction, exhibition at Fact, Liverpool
MozFest, exhibition at Ravensbourne College, London
As If, exhibition at Framer Framed, Amsterdam
Cultural Hijack, exhibition at ARCHIP, Prague
Big Bang Data, exhibition at DOX, Prague
Big Bang Data, exhibition at MIT Musuem, Boston
2016
Public, Private, Secret, exhibition at Museum International Center of Photography, NYC
Street Ghosts, exhibition at International Kunstverein Luxembourg
Your Mind into a Brezel, exhibition at Kunstverein Neuhausen, Stuttgart
Caméra(Auto)Contrôle, exhibition at Centre de la Photographie, Geneva
Skandal Normal, exhibition at OK Center for Conemporary Art, Linz
Out of Control, exhibition at Ars Electronica Center Museum, Linz
Big Brother Award, exhibition at Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam
Hybrids, exhibition at Onassis Cultural Center, Athens
Extra Fantôme, exhibition at La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris
SIGHT & SOUND, exhibition at Eastern Bloc, Montreal
The Peeled Eye, exhibition at Wave Pool gallery for FotoFocus Biennial, Cincinnati
Acts of Sedition, exhibition at WhiteBox gallery, NYC
#MakeAmericaGreatAgain, exhibition at WhiteBox gallery, NYC
MozFest, exhibition at Ravensbourne College, London
Quadriennale, exhibition at Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
Public and Private, solo show at NOME for ContempraryTurin, Turin
P.I.G.S., exhibition at Artium Museum, Basque MCoCA, Vitoria-Gasteiz
P.I.G.S., exhibition at Galeria Municipal do Porto Almeida Garrett, Porto
It’s the Political Economy, Stupid, exhibition at DAAP Reed Gallery, Cincinnati
Big Bang Data, exhibition at Art Science Museum, Singapore
nEUROsis, exhibition at NeMe Arts Centre, Limassol
2015
Panopticon, exhibition at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City
Profiled: Surveillance of a Sharing Society, exhibition at Apexart Gallery, NYC
Little Sister, exhibition at Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NYC
Meme City, exhibition at China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
ISEA 2015: Disruption, exhibition at Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Watching You, Watching Me, exhibition at Open Society Archives, Budapest
Big Bang Data, exhibition at Sumerset House, London
Big Bang Data, exhibition at Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Madrid
Secret, exhibition at Science Gallery, Dublin
TransitioMX, exhibition at CENART, Mexico City
Off Biennale Cairo – Something Else, exhibition, Cairo
32nd Kassel Dokfest, exhibition at Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel
Overexposed, Solo Show at NOME contemporary art, Berlin
Overexposed, Solo Show at Art Market Budapest, Budapest
After Transparency, Solo Show at Centre Culturel Bellegard, Toulouse
Surveillance Awareness Bureau, exhibition at Modelab, Wellington
Modes of Democracy, exhibition at Forte di Fortezza, Alto Adige
2014
Watching You, Watching Me, exhibition at Open Society Foundations, NYC
LDF Digital Design Festival, exhibition at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Face to Facebook, exhibition at The Photographers’ Gallery, London
Modes of Democracy, exhibition at DOX, Prague
The Value of Nothing, exhibition at TENT, Rotterdam
Caratteri, exhibition at Palazzo del Governatore, Parma
Synthetisch Vernünftig, exhibition at LEAP, Berlin
Big Bang Data, exhibition at CCCB Museum, Barcelona
C what it takes to change, exhibition at Ars Electronica, Linz
An opera of labour and revolution, exhibition at Kasa Gallery, Istanbul
It’s the Political Economy, Stupid, exhibition NeMe and Art History Lab, Limassol
Eternal September, exhibition at Škuc Gallery and Aksioma Institute, Ljubljana
Open Up, exhibition at the Dutch Center, London
It’s the Political Economy, Stupid, exhibition at Galerija Nova, Zagreb
2013
Global aCtIVISm, exhibition at ZKM, Karlsruhe
Unstable Territories, exhibition at Centre Contemporary Culture Strozzina, Florence
The Big Picture, exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art of Denver, Colorado
Out of The Box, exhibition at MAK Museum for Applied Arts, Vienna
Cultural Hijack, exhibition at the Architectural Association, London
Lincoln Digital Culture festival, exhibition at Lincoln Center, Lincoln
Artists as Catalysts, exhibition at Alhóndiga, Bilbao
Trace Recordings exhibition at UTS Gallery, Sydney
Public Private, exhibition at Kellen Gallery of The New School, NYC
Not Exactly, exhibition at RedLine Gallery, Denver
It’s The Political Economy, Stupid, exhibition at Center for Cultural Decontamination, Belgrade
It’s The Political Economy, Stupid, exhibition at Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago
Jurisdiction Shopping, Solo Show at Kasa Gallery, Istanbul
Run Computer, Run, exhibition at Rua Red Gallery, Dublin
Drones / Birds: Princes of Ubiquity, exhibition at The Digital Now, Brussels
26. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, exhibition, Stuttgart
2012
TEA – Collective Wisdom, exhibition at National Fine arts Museum in Taichung
7th Seoul Media Art Biennale, exhibition at Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
ArtFutura 2012, exhibition at Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
Out of Control, exhibition at Ars Electronica Center, Linz
Loving Art. Making Art, exhibition at Tel Aviv Art Festival, Tel Aviv
New Technological Art Award, exhibition at La Cambre arts visuels, Bruxelles
AntiSocial Networking, exhibition at Artefact festival, Leuven
Arts Numeriques, exhibition at Electrochoc Festival, Bourgoin
Sourcing the In-visible exhibition, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge
Showcase Fellowship, exhibition at Eyebeam, NYC
25. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, exhibition, Stuttgart
Sculptural Performances of Information’s Power, lecture, Linz
Tactical Transmedia Fiction, workshop at Universität für künstlerische, Linz
2011
Response:Ability, exhibition and lecture for Transmediale at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
REALITYFLOWHACKED, Solo show at Aksioma | Project Space, Ljubljana
User Friendly Society, exhibition at Galerija Galženica, Velika Gorica
Origin, exhibition at Ars Electronica Festival, Linz
Networked, exhibition at Centro Fundación Telefónica, Lima
Abandon Normal Devices Festival, exhibition, Liverpool
Visionary Trading Project, exhibition at Guest Projects, London
Rewire Conference, lecture, FACT, Liverpool
Utopian Currencies, exhibition and panel, Paris
Chilling Effects, exhibition, Enschede
Impakt Festival, exhibition and lecture, Utrecht
Psychoeconomy Summit, exhibition and lecture, Seville
Ultra Social, exhibition at UAMO festival, Munich
Share Festival, exhibition at Museo delle Scienze Naturali, Turin
XD 01. User Experience, exhibition at Spazio Concept, Milan
File Festival, exhibition, Sao Paulo
2010
Rien de politique, exhibition at Komplot, Brussels
Mediateca Expandida, exhibition at LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gjion
IDEAS 10: Art and Digital Narrative, exhibition at Emily Carr University, Vancouver
Art Project 2°, exhibition at Villa Paolina Bonaparte, Viareggio
Cease & Desist Art, exhibition at LPM Festival, Rome
2009
Tag ties and affective spies, exhibition at National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
SocialEast Seminar on Art and Espionage,lecture at Courtauld Institute, London
Moves09 Forum, lecture at Corner House, Manchester
4th TINA B, exhibition at Galerie Vernon, Prague
10th Cairo Prize, exhibition at Palazzo della Permanente, Milan
Share Festival, exhibition at Accademia Albertina, Turin
Da Festival, exhibition at National Academy of Art, Sofia
Enter Festival, exhibition at Centro Gran Canaria Espacio Digital, Tenerife
.move, exhibition for EMARE at Ieschönestadt, Halle
4th ENTER festival, exhibition at DOX, Prague
2008
Kournikova Deleted By Memeright Trusted System, exhibition at HMKV, Dortmund
The Enterprise of Art, exhibition at PAN Palazzo delle Arti, Naples
Economie 0, exhibition for Upgrade! and Incident, Paris
Territories and Resources, exhibition at CinemaCity, Novi Sad
MIR Festival, exhibition at Akis Davis Theatre, Athens
2007
LABcyberspaces, exhibition at LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijon
Zone V2, exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei
My Own Private Reality, exhibition at Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg
Free Radicals, exhibition at Israeli Center for digital Art, Holon
Share Festival, exhibition at Palazzo Cavour, Turin
2006
Connected, exhibition at Art Center Nabi, Seul
Connecting Worlds, exhibition at NTT ICC Museum, Tokyo
Connecting Worlds, exhibition at Theatre Paris-Villette, Paris
Derivatives, new art financial visions, exhibition at La Casa Encendida, Madrid
Rhizome, online exhibition at New Museum, NYC
D.I.Y. Do or Die, exhibition at IAO Gallery, Oklahoma
Canarias Mediafest, exhibition, Gran Canaria
No-Parachute, exhibition at ArtAndGallery, Milano
Viper Festival, exhibition, Basel
2005
Hybrid, exhibition at Ars Electronica Center, Linz
Share Festival, exhibition at Palazzo Cavour, Turin
2004
Quadriennale, exhibition at Palazzo della Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Turin
EyeJam Festival, exhibition and curatorship at El Bario, Turin
2002
I love You – Digital Craft, exhibition at Museum für angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
Banaram Festival, exhibition at Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona
Dina Festival, exhibition, Campobasso