selected exhibitions
2024
Bangkok Art Biennale 2024, BACC - Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok
The Reading Room, Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin (solo)
Überall und nirgendwo, Neues Museum, Nürnberg
Artenumero, Museo Archeologico, Aosta
Orlando's Library, site-specific installation, Palazzo Ducale, Genova (solo)
Opus liber, Building, Milano
Supporto memoria / Memory Device, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna (solo)
2023
Daniela Comani: Perturbazione / Disturbance, Fondazione La Rocca, Pescara (solo)
Protocol, drj art projects, Berlin
BIENALSUR 2023, Ficciones Reales / Real Fictions, CCK - Centro Cultural Kirchner, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Orlando's Library, permanent site-specific installation, MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Planet Earth: 21st Century, Museum Folkwang, Essen (solo)
2022
YOU ARE MINE, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome (solo)
No, Neon, No Cry, MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Here. Between not-yet and no-more, Galleria Milano, Milan
Decaptitalize Humanity, Deutscher Künstlerbund e.V.
2021
Daniela Comani: Orlando's Library, Solo show at Galleria Studio G7, ARTISSIMA, Oval, Turin
BLAST - estetiche della violenza tra immagine, video e documento, Palazzo Poste Verona, Verona
The Things I Tell You Will Not Be Wrong, Scope - Biennale für Fotografie und Medienkunst, Städtische Galerie Kubus, Hannover
On Photography: Landscape, Cityscape, Interior, Edition VFO, Zurich
Io dico Io - I say I, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome
2020
Daniela Comani: The Beginning The End / L'inizio La fine, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna (solo)
Illusionary Observations: Daniela Comani, Kata Geibl, Sanna Kannisto, Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig
Metropolis, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
Chiaroscuro, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna
Resistance and Sensibilty - Collection Donata Pizzi, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
Carlo Battisti + Daniela Comani: Lesen, drj art projects, Berlin
2019
Daniela Comani: Ordine e metodo, Galleria Milano, Milan (solo)
Biography: A Model Kit / The Human Condition, Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
Inside - Out. Konstruktionen des Ichs, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
POLITICAL AFFAIRS - Language is not innocent, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg
CENTURY. idee Bauhaus, Dr. Julius, Berlin
Daniela Comani: It Was Me. Diary 1900-1999, SOUND CORNER, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
Daniela Comani: Planet Earth: 21st Century at Festival of the Sciences, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
Vergessen - warum wir nicht alles erinnern, Historisches Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
2018
Daniela Comani: Planet Earth - 21st Century, IIC, Jakarta (solo)
L'ALTRO SGUARDO. FOTOGRAFE ITALIANE 1965-2018, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma *
What is Love? - Nähe, Begehren und Beziehungen, Kallmann-Museum, München-Ismaning *
DRIVE DROVE DRIVEN - Cars in Contemporary Photography, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin *
2017
Daniela Comani: 1975 - Diario di strada, Kunstsaele, Berlin *
RAZZLE-DAZZLE / Camouflaging [in] Society, Campus / Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Ritrattare, curated by Gino Giannuizzi, Galerie d'Art Contemporain L'Entrepôt, Monaco *
Drive Drove Driven: Cars in Contemporary Photography, The Moving Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska *
Faktor X - Das Chromosom der Kunst, Haus der Kunst, München *
Da Duchamp a Cattelan. ALT. Arte contemporanea al Palatino, Roma *
My Way - A modo mio, MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna *
Perfect Day - Daniela Comani, Fabio Torrem Galleria Studio G7, Bologna
CHRONOS. L 'arte contemporanea e il suo tempo, Palazzo Colleoni a Cortenuova, Bergamo *
Selección Natural - This is the Cover of the Book, CCL Blanquerna, Madrid *
2016
A New Bookstore, Una Vetrina/The Indipendent, Roma (solo)
My Diary - Your News, OSA Archivum and Goethe Institut, Budapest (solo)
Eine glückliche Ehe, dkw. Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus (solo)
Dall'oggi al domani, 24 ore nell'arte contemporanea, MACRO - Museo d'Arte Moderna, via Nizza, Roma *
"...und eine Welt noch", Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg
2015
Unprotected Zone, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
Masterpieces from Farnesina Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb *
Macrocosmi, Galerie Jordan/Seydoux, Berlin
Contresens - Dissidence - Tolérance, 21e Festival d'Arts plastiques, Carla Bayle, France
The Self: Portraits of Artists in their Absence, National Academy Museum, New York
Archive in Progress (International Holocaust Remembrance Day), MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Daniela Comani's Top 100 Films, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles (solo)
2014
raus hier, Kunstpavillon im alten Botanischen Garten, München
Takeover, Gildar Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Ich war's. Tagebuch 1900-1999, dkw - Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus (solo)
Collezione Farnesina Arte, Roma *
My Film History, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna (solo) *
Liebe/Love, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein *
Pausen Bilder 1-11, Ozean, Berlin
2013
Weiße normen der Macht, GrazMuseum, Graz, Austria
10 Jahre "Eine glückliche Ehe" 2003-2013, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin (solo) *
Accoppiamenti giudiziosi, Nuova Galleria Morone, Milano *
Autoritratti. Iscrizioni del femminile nell'arte italiana contemporanea, MAMbo, Bologna *
Cumuli, Verein zur Förderung von Kunst und Kultur am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz e.V., Berlin *
She Says, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2012
Le Printemps de Septembre: History is Mine!, Musée les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France *
C_artelibro. Il principio delle pagine, Biblioteca Universitaria, Bologna *
Novità editoriali a cura di Daniela Comani, Corraini, Mantova, Italy (solo)*
History, Film and Dynamite, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, Texas (solo)
Daniela Comani's Top 100 Films, after the butcher, Berlin (solo)
The Cross Shown, Nuova Galleria Morone, Milano *
Capital Offense: The End(s) of Capitalism, Beacon Arts Building, Los Angeles
2011
Lascia un segno, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna *
I Know What You Don't See, Karlin Studios, Futura Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague
Doublespeak, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
PULSE Projects 2011, Los Angeles
Verbale 2, Studio Esther Stocker, Wien
Sex/Twist, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
54th Venice Biennale / Repubblica di San Marino Pavilion, Venice, Italy *
Macht Geschichte! - X Wohnungen, 16. Internationale Schillertage, Nationaletheater, Mannheim, Germany
Schon wieder und nochmal? - Handlungsspielräume, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz, Austria
Your Home in Berlin, Berlin Carré am Alexanderplatz, Berlin
366 Days, 52 Bookcovers and 1 Happy Couple, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles (solo)
Washed Out, Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sweden
2010
Überblendungen. Das Zukünftige rekonstruiren, Shedhalle, Zurich
Courier, University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York *
C'était moi. Journal 1900-1999, Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest (solo) *
Press Art. Die Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg *
Please Me Fashion, Palazzo Ducale, Sabbioneta *
The Fate of Irony, KAI 10 Raum für Kunst, Düsseldorf *
ITaliens. Junge Kunst in der Botschaft, Botschaft der italienischen Republik, Berlin *
Nouvelles parutions éditées par Daniela Comani, Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest (solo) *
Ich weiss was du nicht siehst, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin
365/51/1 Daniela Comani, Souterrain, Berlin (solo)
Selected Artists, RealismusStudio / NGBK, Berlin *
2009
#3 Presenti, Musée de l'OHM c/o Museo Civico Medievale, Bologna
Zeigen. Eine Audiotour durch Berlin von Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin *
Kaléidoscope d'Italie, Centre national de l'audiovisuel, Dudelange, Luxembourg *
Novità editoriali a cura di Daniela Comani, Galleria Studio g7, Bologna (solo) *
Revisiting - Videoscreening, The Building, Berlin
Portrait: Berlin, Goethe-Institut Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires Photo
fake or feint, Szenario 5, Berlin Carré am Alexanderplatz, Berlin *
Neuerscheinungen hrsg. von Daniela Comani, Laura Mars Grp., Berlin (solo) *
STILL / MOVING / STILL, International Photo Festival Knokke-Heist, Belgium
2008
Focus on Contemporary Italian Art, MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Three Men in a Boat, General Public, Berlin
Daniela Comani invited by Ludwig Seyfarth, Anna-Catharina Gebbers Bibliothekswohnung, Berlin
Sono stata io. Diario 1900-1999, Neon>FdV, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano (solo) *
Not so Private: Studio G7, Villa delle Rose, Bologna *
I Queerelanti, Neon>Campobase, Bologna *
Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China *
Liebe. Love. Paare, Ulmer Museum, Ulm *
HeartQuake, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem *
Vertrautes Terrain / Resonanzraum: streng verdaulich, ZKM/Museum für neue Kunst, Karlsruhe *
Inéditos 2008 / Así se escribe la historia, La Casa Encendida, Madrid *
History will repeat itself, Goethe-Institut/Film Archive/Videotage, Hong Kong *
Gewoon Anders! / Just Different!, Cobra Museum, Amsterdam/Amstelveen *
Bildpolitiken, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
Portrait: Berlin, Goethe-Institut, Oscar Schindler's Factory, Krakow and Goethe-Institut Riga
Liebe. Love. Paare, Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Hamm *
History will repeat itself, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw *
Re-Education - You Too Can Be Like Us!, HAU (Hebbel am Ufer), Berlin
Transmediale.08 - conspire!, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin *
2007
History will repeat itself, Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin *
Kunsthalle Berlin-Lichtenberg, Berlin
Ich war's. In 32 Tagen um den Alexanderplatz. 1805-2007, NGBK / U2 Alexanderplatz, Berlin *
Liebe. Love - Paare, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg *
Mondo e Terra, Municipal Gallery of Art of Castel San Pietro, Italy *
Portrait: Berlin, Goethe-Institut, Washington, DC *
History will repeat itself, Hartware MedienKunstVerein at PHOENIX Halle, Dortmund *
Sono stata io / It was me, Galleria Corraini, Mantova (solo) *
Témoins de l'absence, Centre d'art Passerelle, Brest, France
Portrait: Berlin, Old Omaha Association-Moving Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska *
Bodytalk, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna *
L'immagine infedele. Galleria neon>campobase, Bologna *
2006
Die QueerulantInnen innen/aussen, Auto, Vienna
Zeugen der Abwesenheit, Kunstverein Tiergarten-Galerie Nord, Berlin
Doppia vista mare (mit Frühstück), Laura Mars Grp., Berlin *
Das achte Feld - Geschlechter, Leben und Begehren in der Kunst seit 1960, Museum Ludwig, Cologne *
Un matrimonio felice e altre storie, Officina delle Arti, Musei Civici, Reggio Emilia, Italy (solo) *
Diari, Galleria 1000eventi, Milan
Un matrimonio felice / Eine glückliche Ehe, C/O careof, Milan (solo)
2005
Orientalismi, Studio la Città, Verona, Italy *
Polished Goldrausch 05, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin *
Permanent zeitgenössisch, Haus Am Waldsee, Berlin *
Ich war‘s. Tagebuch 1900-1999, //plattform//, Berlin (Solo) *
EuropaFries, Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin *
A happy Marriage #3, C.A.R.K., Yuwaku sousako no mori, Kanazawa, Japan (solo)
Rigorosamente bianco e nero, Galleria Studio g7, Bologna
2004
Portraits, Esso Gallery, New York
B2B AND BACK AGAIN, Laura Mars Grp., Berlin
2003
Onufri 2003-Catch me if you can, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana *
Eine glückliche Ehe, Murata & friends, Berlin (solo)
2002
Daniela Comani, Antje Dorn - Senatsstipendiaten, Kunstbank, Berlin
Entr‘acte, Palazzo Albiroli, Bologna *
Comani, Milanesi, Morley, Galleria Comunale d Arte Contemporanea, Sassuolo, Italy
2001
Tranches de vie, Ex-convento di S.Maria, Gonzaga, Italy *
Maebashi Festival of Arts, Center of Art Maebashi, Gunma, Japan *
2000
Double Drawings, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna (solo) *
Ladies, Murata & friends, Berlin (solo)
1999
Más y más-Stadt in den Beinen, La Panadería, Mexico City
Souvenirs 1999, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna (solo)
1998
Sehen sehen-Berlin 98, Loop, Berlin
1997
[O.m.U.], Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin *
Daniela Comani, Zeichnungen und Fotoarbeiten, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany (solo) *
Medium of Exchange, CCH, Hamburg
1996
Double Drawings, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna (solo)
Station Deutschland, Kampnagelfabrik, Hamburg *
Lesen, Kunsthalle St.Gallen, CH *
1995
Speculum absconditum, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin (solo) *
Stipendiaten der Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft, Bahnhof Westend, Berlin *
Fotografie als Bild, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany *
Station Deutschland, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin *
1993
Kommunikation vs Entfremdung, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin (solo)
What you see sees you, Likör Fabrik, Kunst-Werke, Berlin (solo)
More than zero, Magasin, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France *
1992
37 Räume, Kunst-Werke, Berlin *
Junge Kunst 1992, Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany *
Zwischenräume, Gallery Tryekhprudny, Moscow (solo)
1991
Affascinato dallo sviluppo della tua grandezza, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin
...in Zusammenarbeit mit Isa Genzken, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin
1990
Dromomania, Botschaft e.V., Berlin *
* with catalogue
selected bibliography
Vincenzo Di Rosa, Sono stata io. Autobiofiction e racconto storico nel lavoro di Daniela Comani, Fata Morgana, No. 52 - Storia, Gennaio Aprile 2024
Gianluca Marziani, Daniela Comani, ribaltamenti di senso (e sesso), Artuu, 13.02.2024
Emanuela Zanon, Daniela Comani: Supporto memoria, Juliet Art Magazine, No. 217, Aprile 2024
Giulia Elisa Bianchi, Nell’arte la manipolazione del linguaggio è ciò che la rende intrigante. Scrittura 1: Daniela Comani, Juliet Art Magazine, 24.05.2024
Giangavino Pazzola, Daniela Comani: Supporto memoria / Memory Device, 2024
Elsa Barbieri, You Are Mine: Daniela Comani, Exibart, January 2023
Peter Backof, Mit dem Finger auf der Landkarte 2.0, WDR 5 Scala - aktuelle Kultur, 19.01.2023
Daniela Comani und "Stopover" im Essener Museum Folkwang, Kunstforum International, 19.01.2023
Luca Panaro, Pratiche di autorappresentazione nella fotografia italiana contemporanea, Flash Art Italia, No. 359, inverno 2022-23
Claudia Pansera, Daniela Comani on show in Rome with YOU ARE MINE, Juliet Art Magazine, 17.11.2022
Ida Panicelli, Daniela Comani / La Galleria Nazionale, Roma, Art Forum, December 2022
Gianluca Ranzi, Osservatorio Art, Arte Fiera, Bologna, 21.10.2021
Marco Enrico Giacomelli, 212 romanzi, 424 frasi. Intervista a Daniela Comani sulla sua nuova opera-mostra, Artribune, 12.03.2021
Leonardo Regano, The Beginning The End. Intervista a Daniela Comani Espoarte, 10.02.2021
Emanuela Zanon, Daniela Comani. The Beginning The End, Juliet Art Magazine, January, 22, 2021
Elena Del Drago, Radio RAI 3, June 21, 2020
Nicola Kuhn, Mit Daniela Comani einmal um die Welt, Der Tagesspiegel, April, 24, 2020
Interview Daniela Comani: Planet Earth: 21st Century, Postcards of a virtual journey, KooZA/rch, April 24, 2020
David Wagner, Corona Tagebuch, Zeit Online, April 4, 2020
Brigitte Werneburg, Überflug über das 21. Jahrhundert, Die Tageszeitung, Berlin, April 4, 2020
Elena Franco, Il paesaggio fotografato: tra prossimità e distanza, tra analogico e virtuale, Il Giornale dell'Architettura, March 24, 2020
Jacqueline Ceresoli, Daniela Comani, Ordine e Metodo, Galleria Milano, Exibart, January 2020
Nicoletta Graziano, I paesaggi urbani di Daniela Comani alla Galleria Milano, Exibart, December 2019
Angela Madesani, Cartoline Virtuali: Daniela Comani a Milano, Artribune, December 27, 2019
Viktor Misiano, It Was Me. Diary 1900-1999, in "The Human Condition", MMOMA, Moscow, 2019
Vera Tollmann, Wow, that's so postcard!, Planet Earth: 21st Century, Humboldt Books, Milan, 2019
Dylan Amirio, Reimagination of the World, The Jakarta Post, November 6, 2018
Antonella Sbrilli, Monsieur Bovary incontra Mr Dalloway, Alfabeta, December 10, 2016
Brigitte Werneburg, Daniela Comani: Wie die Sonne untergeht, TAZ, October 18, 2016
Hajo Schiff, Weltdeutende Text-Kunst, TAZ, May 27, 2016
Contribution to Post-Election Artists Dossier, Grey Room 65, New York, Fall 2016
Jessica Gelt, Daniela Comani surprises with gender-bender film posters, Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2015
Chris Rusak, Oscar, Untucked: Artist Daniela Comani's Rewrite for Hollywood, SFAQ, February 5, 2015
Christopher Knight, In Daniela Comani's movie universe, gender assumptions get flipped, Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2015
Catherine Wagley, The Woman Who Wasn't There, LA WEEKLY, January 14, 2015
Antonella Sbrilli, diteci di oggi, pagina99, 5 aprile 2014
Karin Salm, Eine glückliche Ehe, Radio SRF2 Kultur, 03/02/2014
Art aber fair, Daniela Comani: Eine glückliche Ehe, Radioeins, 6. November 2013
Jillian Steinhauer, The Women of the Miami Project, Hyperallergic, December 8, 2012
Federico Chiara, About Books: Reloading classics, Vogue, 11/2012, p 70
Sabina Minardi, Cambio di sesso, L'Espresso, Blog, 12 settembre 2012
Paola Naldi, Il mio manifesto - intervista a Daniela Comani, La Repubblica, 31 luglio 2012
Anna Pataczek, Manipulativ: Daniela Comani in der Galerie After the Butcher, Der Tagesspiegel, 28. Juli 2012
Michael Granberry, The Dallas Morning News, July 14, 2012
Daniela Comani: New Publication, Magenta Magazine Online, Summer 2012, Volume 3, No2
Nicola Kuhn, Mehr Berlin: Daniela Comani, Der Tagesspiegel, 7. Januar 2012
Diacritics: Contemporary Italian Thought (2), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 2012
Sebastiano Mauri, "All You need is...", Flash Art Italy, Dicembre Gennaio 2012, pp 70-72
Sleek, 31, Autumn issue, 2011, pp 94, 220
Carolyn Kellogg, "What if it were 'Mr. Dalloway'? Book covers revisited", Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2011
Sharon Mizota, "Daniela Comani at Charlie James Gallery", Los Angeles Times, April 21, 2011
Catherine Wagley, "Happy Marriage, Center Stage", Daily Serving, April 29, 2011
feministische studien, 28. Jahrgang - Nr. 2 - November 2010
John Quin, Daniela Comani 365/51/1, in Art Review, April 2010
Brigitte Werneburg, Zur Bebilderung dieser Beilage, in: Literataz (Taz-Beilage) 12.03.2009
Daniela Comani, Det var jag. Dagbok 1900-1999, Paletten #272, Göteborg, 2008
Elena Zanichelli, Daniela Comani. He sido yo..., in Exit Express, #32, Madrid, 2007-08
Ingeborg Wiensowski, Atemlos durch die Zeit, in: KulturSPIEGEL 11/2007
Inke Arns, in: History will repeat itself, Revolver, Frankfurt a.M., 2007
Claudio Marra, in: L'immagine infedele, Bruno Mondadori Editori, Milano, 2006
Angela Madesani, Dal particolare al molteplice, in: Comanicasino, Revolver, Frankfurt a.M., 2006
Hanne Loreck, Performing show and tell, in: Eine glückliche Ehe, Goldrausch Art IT, Berlin, 2005
Simone Kindler, in: Permanent zeitgenössisch, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, 2005
Angela Madesani, in: Storia della Fotografia, Bruno Mondadori Editori, S. 285, Milano 2005
Donata Negrini, in: Arte sull'acqua, Non Capovolgere, S. 25, Mantova 2005
Manuela Zanelli, Tranches de vie - Strategie del quotidiano tra arte e vita, in: Tranches de vie, Ex-convento di S. Maria, Gonzaga, 2001
Loretta Guerrini, La lucida ironia di Daniela Comani, in: Arteletta, 4/2000
Dorothea Strauss, I close my eyes, in: (O.m.U.), Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, 1997
Alexander Tolnay, (O.m.U.), in: (O.m.U.), Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, 1997
Reinhold Happel, In den Schichtungen von Zeit und Raum, in: Daniela Comani, Kunstverein Braunschweig, 1997
Eva Karcher, Die Spuren einer kurzen Umarmung, in: ART Nr. 10, 1996
Raffaella Gattiani, Double Drawings, in: Titolo Nr. 21, 1996
Dario Trento, Comani, visi anonimi di squallide metropoli, in: La Repubblica, 5.9.1996
Dorothea Strauss, Die Kunst des Lesens, in: fön Nr. 20, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, 1996
Bojana Pejic, Nach-Bilder, in: Double Drawings, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, 1996
Bernhard Kerber, in: Speculum Absconditum, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin, 1995
Stefan Rasche, Sprachgewirr und Charakter, in: Station Deutschland, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 1995
Reinhold Happel, in: Fotografie als Bild, Kunstverein Braunschweig, 1995
Alessandra Pace, Communication ou aliénation?, in: More than Zero, Magasin - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, 1993
bio
Born in Bologna, Italy; lives and works in Berlin
She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin, where she graduated in 1993.
The multimedia work of Daniela Comani engages in a dialogue about history, gender, language, and identity. Using photography, text, and installation, she works with both manipulated and appropriated media images and the performance of self. Using “gendering” as an artistic strategy, Comani challenges stereotypes, history, identity, and the interpretation of language.
Her series are frequently published as artist books, and function as art pieces that she conceives and designs, often becoming an element within her installations. Her books have been published with Revolver-Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Corraini Edizioni, Edition Patrick Frey, Archive Books, Humboldt Books, Monroe Books, and Danilo Montanari Editore, among others.
Comani’s work is included in the public collections of Museum Folkwang, Essen; Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; Kupferstichkabinett of the Berlin State Museums; UniCredit Art Collection, Milan; Farnesina Contemporary Art Collection, Rome; Museo d’Arte Moderna, Bologna; Musée Les Abattoirs, Toulouse; Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem; Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles; and Watson Library, The Met, New York City.
2024
Bangkok Art Biennale 2024, BACC - Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok
The Reading Room, Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin (solo)
Überall und nirgendwo, Neues Museum, Nürnberg
Artenumero, Museo Archeologico, Aosta
Orlando's Library, site-specific installation, Palazzo Ducale, Genova (solo)
Opus liber, Building, Milano
Supporto memoria / Memory Device, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna (solo)
2023
Daniela Comani: Perturbazione / Disturbance, Fondazione La Rocca, Pescara (solo)
Protocol, drj art projects, Berlin
BIENALSUR 2023, Ficciones Reales / Real Fictions, CCK - Centro Cultural Kirchner, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Orlando's Library, permanent site-specific installation, MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Planet Earth: 21st Century, Museum Folkwang, Essen (solo)
2022
YOU ARE MINE, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome (solo)
No, Neon, No Cry, MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Here. Between not-yet and no-more, Galleria Milano, Milan
Decaptitalize Humanity, Deutscher Künstlerbund e.V.
2021
Daniela Comani: Orlando's Library, Solo show at Galleria Studio G7, ARTISSIMA, Oval, Turin
BLAST - estetiche della violenza tra immagine, video e documento, Palazzo Poste Verona, Verona
The Things I Tell You Will Not Be Wrong, Scope - Biennale für Fotografie und Medienkunst, Städtische Galerie Kubus, Hannover
On Photography: Landscape, Cityscape, Interior, Edition VFO, Zurich
Io dico Io - I say I, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome
2020
Daniela Comani: The Beginning The End / L'inizio La fine, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna (solo)
Illusionary Observations: Daniela Comani, Kata Geibl, Sanna Kannisto, Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig
Metropolis, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
Chiaroscuro, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna
Resistance and Sensibilty - Collection Donata Pizzi, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
Carlo Battisti + Daniela Comani: Lesen, drj art projects, Berlin
2019
Daniela Comani: Ordine e metodo, Galleria Milano, Milan (solo)
Biography: A Model Kit / The Human Condition, Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
Inside - Out. Konstruktionen des Ichs, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
POLITICAL AFFAIRS - Language is not innocent, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg
CENTURY. idee Bauhaus, Dr. Julius, Berlin
Daniela Comani: It Was Me. Diary 1900-1999, SOUND CORNER, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
Daniela Comani: Planet Earth: 21st Century at Festival of the Sciences, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
Vergessen - warum wir nicht alles erinnern, Historisches Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
2018
Daniela Comani: Planet Earth - 21st Century, IIC, Jakarta (solo)
L'ALTRO SGUARDO. FOTOGRAFE ITALIANE 1965-2018, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma *
What is Love? - Nähe, Begehren und Beziehungen, Kallmann-Museum, München-Ismaning *
DRIVE DROVE DRIVEN - Cars in Contemporary Photography, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin *
2017
Daniela Comani: 1975 - Diario di strada, Kunstsaele, Berlin *
RAZZLE-DAZZLE / Camouflaging [in] Society, Campus / Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Ritrattare, curated by Gino Giannuizzi, Galerie d'Art Contemporain L'Entrepôt, Monaco *
Drive Drove Driven: Cars in Contemporary Photography, The Moving Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska *
Faktor X - Das Chromosom der Kunst, Haus der Kunst, München *
Da Duchamp a Cattelan. ALT. Arte contemporanea al Palatino, Roma *
My Way - A modo mio, MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna *
Perfect Day - Daniela Comani, Fabio Torrem Galleria Studio G7, Bologna
CHRONOS. L 'arte contemporanea e il suo tempo, Palazzo Colleoni a Cortenuova, Bergamo *
Selección Natural - This is the Cover of the Book, CCL Blanquerna, Madrid *
2016
A New Bookstore, Una Vetrina/The Indipendent, Roma (solo)
My Diary - Your News, OSA Archivum and Goethe Institut, Budapest (solo)
Eine glückliche Ehe, dkw. Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus (solo)
Dall'oggi al domani, 24 ore nell'arte contemporanea, MACRO - Museo d'Arte Moderna, via Nizza, Roma *
"...und eine Welt noch", Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg
2015
Unprotected Zone, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
Masterpieces from Farnesina Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb *
Macrocosmi, Galerie Jordan/Seydoux, Berlin
Contresens - Dissidence - Tolérance, 21e Festival d'Arts plastiques, Carla Bayle, France
The Self: Portraits of Artists in their Absence, National Academy Museum, New York
Archive in Progress (International Holocaust Remembrance Day), MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Daniela Comani's Top 100 Films, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles (solo)
2014
raus hier, Kunstpavillon im alten Botanischen Garten, München
Takeover, Gildar Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Ich war's. Tagebuch 1900-1999, dkw - Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus (solo)
Collezione Farnesina Arte, Roma *
My Film History, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna (solo) *
Liebe/Love, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein *
Pausen Bilder 1-11, Ozean, Berlin
2013
Weiße normen der Macht, GrazMuseum, Graz, Austria
10 Jahre "Eine glückliche Ehe" 2003-2013, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin (solo) *
Accoppiamenti giudiziosi, Nuova Galleria Morone, Milano *
Autoritratti. Iscrizioni del femminile nell'arte italiana contemporanea, MAMbo, Bologna *
Cumuli, Verein zur Förderung von Kunst und Kultur am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz e.V., Berlin *
She Says, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2012
Le Printemps de Septembre: History is Mine!, Musée les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France *
C_artelibro. Il principio delle pagine, Biblioteca Universitaria, Bologna *
Novità editoriali a cura di Daniela Comani, Corraini, Mantova, Italy (solo)*
History, Film and Dynamite, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, Texas (solo)
Daniela Comani's Top 100 Films, after the butcher, Berlin (solo)
The Cross Shown, Nuova Galleria Morone, Milano *
Capital Offense: The End(s) of Capitalism, Beacon Arts Building, Los Angeles
2011
Lascia un segno, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna *
I Know What You Don't See, Karlin Studios, Futura Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague
Doublespeak, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
PULSE Projects 2011, Los Angeles
Verbale 2, Studio Esther Stocker, Wien
Sex/Twist, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
54th Venice Biennale / Repubblica di San Marino Pavilion, Venice, Italy *
Macht Geschichte! - X Wohnungen, 16. Internationale Schillertage, Nationaletheater, Mannheim, Germany
Schon wieder und nochmal? - Handlungsspielräume, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz, Austria
Your Home in Berlin, Berlin Carré am Alexanderplatz, Berlin
366 Days, 52 Bookcovers and 1 Happy Couple, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles (solo)
Washed Out, Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sweden
2010
Überblendungen. Das Zukünftige rekonstruiren, Shedhalle, Zurich
Courier, University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York *
C'était moi. Journal 1900-1999, Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest (solo) *
Press Art. Die Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg *
Please Me Fashion, Palazzo Ducale, Sabbioneta *
The Fate of Irony, KAI 10 Raum für Kunst, Düsseldorf *
ITaliens. Junge Kunst in der Botschaft, Botschaft der italienischen Republik, Berlin *
Nouvelles parutions éditées par Daniela Comani, Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest (solo) *
Ich weiss was du nicht siehst, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin
365/51/1 Daniela Comani, Souterrain, Berlin (solo)
Selected Artists, RealismusStudio / NGBK, Berlin *
2009
#3 Presenti, Musée de l'OHM c/o Museo Civico Medievale, Bologna
Zeigen. Eine Audiotour durch Berlin von Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin *
Kaléidoscope d'Italie, Centre national de l'audiovisuel, Dudelange, Luxembourg *
Novità editoriali a cura di Daniela Comani, Galleria Studio g7, Bologna (solo) *
Revisiting - Videoscreening, The Building, Berlin
Portrait: Berlin, Goethe-Institut Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires Photo
fake or feint, Szenario 5, Berlin Carré am Alexanderplatz, Berlin *
Neuerscheinungen hrsg. von Daniela Comani, Laura Mars Grp., Berlin (solo) *
STILL / MOVING / STILL, International Photo Festival Knokke-Heist, Belgium
2008
Focus on Contemporary Italian Art, MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Three Men in a Boat, General Public, Berlin
Daniela Comani invited by Ludwig Seyfarth, Anna-Catharina Gebbers Bibliothekswohnung, Berlin
Sono stata io. Diario 1900-1999, Neon>FdV, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano (solo) *
Not so Private: Studio G7, Villa delle Rose, Bologna *
I Queerelanti, Neon>Campobase, Bologna *
Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China *
Liebe. Love. Paare, Ulmer Museum, Ulm *
HeartQuake, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem *
Vertrautes Terrain / Resonanzraum: streng verdaulich, ZKM/Museum für neue Kunst, Karlsruhe *
Inéditos 2008 / Así se escribe la historia, La Casa Encendida, Madrid *
History will repeat itself, Goethe-Institut/Film Archive/Videotage, Hong Kong *
Gewoon Anders! / Just Different!, Cobra Museum, Amsterdam/Amstelveen *
Bildpolitiken, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
Portrait: Berlin, Goethe-Institut, Oscar Schindler's Factory, Krakow and Goethe-Institut Riga
Liebe. Love. Paare, Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Hamm *
History will repeat itself, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw *
Re-Education - You Too Can Be Like Us!, HAU (Hebbel am Ufer), Berlin
Transmediale.08 - conspire!, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin *
2007
History will repeat itself, Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin *
Kunsthalle Berlin-Lichtenberg, Berlin
Ich war's. In 32 Tagen um den Alexanderplatz. 1805-2007, NGBK / U2 Alexanderplatz, Berlin *
Liebe. Love - Paare, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg *
Mondo e Terra, Municipal Gallery of Art of Castel San Pietro, Italy *
Portrait: Berlin, Goethe-Institut, Washington, DC *
History will repeat itself, Hartware MedienKunstVerein at PHOENIX Halle, Dortmund *
Sono stata io / It was me, Galleria Corraini, Mantova (solo) *
Témoins de l'absence, Centre d'art Passerelle, Brest, France
Portrait: Berlin, Old Omaha Association-Moving Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska *
Bodytalk, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna *
L'immagine infedele. Galleria neon>campobase, Bologna *
2006
Die QueerulantInnen innen/aussen, Auto, Vienna
Zeugen der Abwesenheit, Kunstverein Tiergarten-Galerie Nord, Berlin
Doppia vista mare (mit Frühstück), Laura Mars Grp., Berlin *
Das achte Feld - Geschlechter, Leben und Begehren in der Kunst seit 1960, Museum Ludwig, Cologne *
Un matrimonio felice e altre storie, Officina delle Arti, Musei Civici, Reggio Emilia, Italy (solo) *
Diari, Galleria 1000eventi, Milan
Un matrimonio felice / Eine glückliche Ehe, C/O careof, Milan (solo)
2005
Orientalismi, Studio la Città, Verona, Italy *
Polished Goldrausch 05, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin *
Permanent zeitgenössisch, Haus Am Waldsee, Berlin *
Ich war‘s. Tagebuch 1900-1999, //plattform//, Berlin (Solo) *
EuropaFries, Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin *
A happy Marriage #3, C.A.R.K., Yuwaku sousako no mori, Kanazawa, Japan (solo)
Rigorosamente bianco e nero, Galleria Studio g7, Bologna
2004
Portraits, Esso Gallery, New York
B2B AND BACK AGAIN, Laura Mars Grp., Berlin
2003
Onufri 2003-Catch me if you can, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana *
Eine glückliche Ehe, Murata & friends, Berlin (solo)
2002
Daniela Comani, Antje Dorn - Senatsstipendiaten, Kunstbank, Berlin
Entr‘acte, Palazzo Albiroli, Bologna *
Comani, Milanesi, Morley, Galleria Comunale d Arte Contemporanea, Sassuolo, Italy
2001
Tranches de vie, Ex-convento di S.Maria, Gonzaga, Italy *
Maebashi Festival of Arts, Center of Art Maebashi, Gunma, Japan *
2000
Double Drawings, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna (solo) *
Ladies, Murata & friends, Berlin (solo)
1999
Más y más-Stadt in den Beinen, La Panadería, Mexico City
Souvenirs 1999, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna (solo)
1998
Sehen sehen-Berlin 98, Loop, Berlin
1997
[O.m.U.], Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin *
Daniela Comani, Zeichnungen und Fotoarbeiten, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany (solo) *
Medium of Exchange, CCH, Hamburg
1996
Double Drawings, Galleria Studio G7, Bologna (solo)
Station Deutschland, Kampnagelfabrik, Hamburg *
Lesen, Kunsthalle St.Gallen, CH *
1995
Speculum absconditum, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin (solo) *
Stipendiaten der Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft, Bahnhof Westend, Berlin *
Fotografie als Bild, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany *
Station Deutschland, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin *
1993
Kommunikation vs Entfremdung, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin (solo)
What you see sees you, Likör Fabrik, Kunst-Werke, Berlin (solo)
More than zero, Magasin, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France *
1992
37 Räume, Kunst-Werke, Berlin *
Junge Kunst 1992, Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany *
Zwischenräume, Gallery Tryekhprudny, Moscow (solo)
1991
Affascinato dallo sviluppo della tua grandezza, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin
...in Zusammenarbeit mit Isa Genzken, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin
1990
Dromomania, Botschaft e.V., Berlin *
* with catalogue
selected bibliography
Vincenzo Di Rosa, Sono stata io. Autobiofiction e racconto storico nel lavoro di Daniela Comani, Fata Morgana, No. 52 - Storia, Gennaio Aprile 2024
Gianluca Marziani, Daniela Comani, ribaltamenti di senso (e sesso), Artuu, 13.02.2024
Emanuela Zanon, Daniela Comani: Supporto memoria, Juliet Art Magazine, No. 217, Aprile 2024
Giulia Elisa Bianchi, Nell’arte la manipolazione del linguaggio è ciò che la rende intrigante. Scrittura 1: Daniela Comani, Juliet Art Magazine, 24.05.2024
Giangavino Pazzola, Daniela Comani: Supporto memoria / Memory Device, 2024
Elsa Barbieri, You Are Mine: Daniela Comani, Exibart, January 2023
Peter Backof, Mit dem Finger auf der Landkarte 2.0, WDR 5 Scala - aktuelle Kultur, 19.01.2023
Daniela Comani und "Stopover" im Essener Museum Folkwang, Kunstforum International, 19.01.2023
Luca Panaro, Pratiche di autorappresentazione nella fotografia italiana contemporanea, Flash Art Italia, No. 359, inverno 2022-23
Claudia Pansera, Daniela Comani on show in Rome with YOU ARE MINE, Juliet Art Magazine, 17.11.2022
Ida Panicelli, Daniela Comani / La Galleria Nazionale, Roma, Art Forum, December 2022
Gianluca Ranzi, Osservatorio Art, Arte Fiera, Bologna, 21.10.2021
Marco Enrico Giacomelli, 212 romanzi, 424 frasi. Intervista a Daniela Comani sulla sua nuova opera-mostra, Artribune, 12.03.2021
Leonardo Regano, The Beginning The End. Intervista a Daniela Comani Espoarte, 10.02.2021
Emanuela Zanon, Daniela Comani. The Beginning The End, Juliet Art Magazine, January, 22, 2021
Elena Del Drago, Radio RAI 3, June 21, 2020
Nicola Kuhn, Mit Daniela Comani einmal um die Welt, Der Tagesspiegel, April, 24, 2020
Interview Daniela Comani: Planet Earth: 21st Century, Postcards of a virtual journey, KooZA/rch, April 24, 2020
David Wagner, Corona Tagebuch, Zeit Online, April 4, 2020
Brigitte Werneburg, Überflug über das 21. Jahrhundert, Die Tageszeitung, Berlin, April 4, 2020
Elena Franco, Il paesaggio fotografato: tra prossimità e distanza, tra analogico e virtuale, Il Giornale dell'Architettura, March 24, 2020
Jacqueline Ceresoli, Daniela Comani, Ordine e Metodo, Galleria Milano, Exibart, January 2020
Nicoletta Graziano, I paesaggi urbani di Daniela Comani alla Galleria Milano, Exibart, December 2019
Angela Madesani, Cartoline Virtuali: Daniela Comani a Milano, Artribune, December 27, 2019
Viktor Misiano, It Was Me. Diary 1900-1999, in "The Human Condition", MMOMA, Moscow, 2019
Vera Tollmann, Wow, that's so postcard!, Planet Earth: 21st Century, Humboldt Books, Milan, 2019
Dylan Amirio, Reimagination of the World, The Jakarta Post, November 6, 2018
Antonella Sbrilli, Monsieur Bovary incontra Mr Dalloway, Alfabeta, December 10, 2016
Brigitte Werneburg, Daniela Comani: Wie die Sonne untergeht, TAZ, October 18, 2016
Hajo Schiff, Weltdeutende Text-Kunst, TAZ, May 27, 2016
Contribution to Post-Election Artists Dossier, Grey Room 65, New York, Fall 2016
Jessica Gelt, Daniela Comani surprises with gender-bender film posters, Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2015
Chris Rusak, Oscar, Untucked: Artist Daniela Comani's Rewrite for Hollywood, SFAQ, February 5, 2015
Christopher Knight, In Daniela Comani's movie universe, gender assumptions get flipped, Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2015
Catherine Wagley, The Woman Who Wasn't There, LA WEEKLY, January 14, 2015
Antonella Sbrilli, diteci di oggi, pagina99, 5 aprile 2014
Karin Salm, Eine glückliche Ehe, Radio SRF2 Kultur, 03/02/2014
Art aber fair, Daniela Comani: Eine glückliche Ehe, Radioeins, 6. November 2013
Jillian Steinhauer, The Women of the Miami Project, Hyperallergic, December 8, 2012
Federico Chiara, About Books: Reloading classics, Vogue, 11/2012, p 70
Sabina Minardi, Cambio di sesso, L'Espresso, Blog, 12 settembre 2012
Paola Naldi, Il mio manifesto - intervista a Daniela Comani, La Repubblica, 31 luglio 2012
Anna Pataczek, Manipulativ: Daniela Comani in der Galerie After the Butcher, Der Tagesspiegel, 28. Juli 2012
Michael Granberry, The Dallas Morning News, July 14, 2012
Daniela Comani: New Publication, Magenta Magazine Online, Summer 2012, Volume 3, No2
Nicola Kuhn, Mehr Berlin: Daniela Comani, Der Tagesspiegel, 7. Januar 2012
Diacritics: Contemporary Italian Thought (2), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 2012
Sebastiano Mauri, "All You need is...", Flash Art Italy, Dicembre Gennaio 2012, pp 70-72
Sleek, 31, Autumn issue, 2011, pp 94, 220
Carolyn Kellogg, "What if it were 'Mr. Dalloway'? Book covers revisited", Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2011
Sharon Mizota, "Daniela Comani at Charlie James Gallery", Los Angeles Times, April 21, 2011
Catherine Wagley, "Happy Marriage, Center Stage", Daily Serving, April 29, 2011
feministische studien, 28. Jahrgang - Nr. 2 - November 2010
John Quin, Daniela Comani 365/51/1, in Art Review, April 2010
Brigitte Werneburg, Zur Bebilderung dieser Beilage, in: Literataz (Taz-Beilage) 12.03.2009
Daniela Comani, Det var jag. Dagbok 1900-1999, Paletten #272, Göteborg, 2008
Elena Zanichelli, Daniela Comani. He sido yo..., in Exit Express, #32, Madrid, 2007-08
Ingeborg Wiensowski, Atemlos durch die Zeit, in: KulturSPIEGEL 11/2007
Inke Arns, in: History will repeat itself, Revolver, Frankfurt a.M., 2007
Claudio Marra, in: L'immagine infedele, Bruno Mondadori Editori, Milano, 2006
Angela Madesani, Dal particolare al molteplice, in: Comanicasino, Revolver, Frankfurt a.M., 2006
Hanne Loreck, Performing show and tell, in: Eine glückliche Ehe, Goldrausch Art IT, Berlin, 2005
Simone Kindler, in: Permanent zeitgenössisch, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, 2005
Angela Madesani, in: Storia della Fotografia, Bruno Mondadori Editori, S. 285, Milano 2005
Donata Negrini, in: Arte sull'acqua, Non Capovolgere, S. 25, Mantova 2005
Manuela Zanelli, Tranches de vie - Strategie del quotidiano tra arte e vita, in: Tranches de vie, Ex-convento di S. Maria, Gonzaga, 2001
Loretta Guerrini, La lucida ironia di Daniela Comani, in: Arteletta, 4/2000
Dorothea Strauss, I close my eyes, in: (O.m.U.), Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, 1997
Alexander Tolnay, (O.m.U.), in: (O.m.U.), Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, 1997
Reinhold Happel, In den Schichtungen von Zeit und Raum, in: Daniela Comani, Kunstverein Braunschweig, 1997
Eva Karcher, Die Spuren einer kurzen Umarmung, in: ART Nr. 10, 1996
Raffaella Gattiani, Double Drawings, in: Titolo Nr. 21, 1996
Dario Trento, Comani, visi anonimi di squallide metropoli, in: La Repubblica, 5.9.1996
Dorothea Strauss, Die Kunst des Lesens, in: fön Nr. 20, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, 1996
Bojana Pejic, Nach-Bilder, in: Double Drawings, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, 1996
Bernhard Kerber, in: Speculum Absconditum, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin, 1995
Stefan Rasche, Sprachgewirr und Charakter, in: Station Deutschland, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 1995
Reinhold Happel, in: Fotografie als Bild, Kunstverein Braunschweig, 1995
Alessandra Pace, Communication ou aliénation?, in: More than Zero, Magasin - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, 1993
bio
Born in Bologna, Italy; lives and works in Berlin
She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin, where she graduated in 1993.
The multimedia work of Daniela Comani engages in a dialogue about history, gender, language, and identity. Using photography, text, and installation, she works with both manipulated and appropriated media images and the performance of self. Using “gendering” as an artistic strategy, Comani challenges stereotypes, history, identity, and the interpretation of language.
Her series are frequently published as artist books, and function as art pieces that she conceives and designs, often becoming an element within her installations. Her books have been published with Revolver-Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Corraini Edizioni, Edition Patrick Frey, Archive Books, Humboldt Books, Monroe Books, and Danilo Montanari Editore, among others.
Comani’s work is included in the public collections of Museum Folkwang, Essen; Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; Kupferstichkabinett of the Berlin State Museums; UniCredit Art Collection, Milan; Farnesina Contemporary Art Collection, Rome; Museo d’Arte Moderna, Bologna; Musée Les Abattoirs, Toulouse; Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem; Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles; and Watson Library, The Met, New York City.
Daniela Comani, You Are Mine (2022-ongoing) site-specific installation at BACC, Bangkok Art Biennale 2024. Photo by Martin Schacht
Bangkok Art Biennale 2024
Nurture Gaia
October 24, 2024 - February 25, 2025
BACC - Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, and other venues
In the series YOU ARE MINE, Daniela Comani collected news articles reporting femicides around the world , changing the gender so that the men become the victim and the woman the perpetrator. This work sheds light onto gender-specific murders based on patriarchal power and problematic structures in societies at large.
The site-specific installation of YOU ARE MINE, especially conceived for BAB 2024, invites the public to reflect upon the problem within Thailand, a country with a significant rate of crimes against women. Notably, as reported by the Women and Men Progressive Movement Foundation in 2023, at least 75% of Thai women have experienced domestic violence.
Nurture Gaia
October 24, 2024 - February 25, 2025
BACC - Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, and other venues
In the series YOU ARE MINE, Daniela Comani collected news articles reporting femicides around the world , changing the gender so that the men become the victim and the woman the perpetrator. This work sheds light onto gender-specific murders based on patriarchal power and problematic structures in societies at large.
The site-specific installation of YOU ARE MINE, especially conceived for BAB 2024, invites the public to reflect upon the problem within Thailand, a country with a significant rate of crimes against women. Notably, as reported by the Women and Men Progressive Movement Foundation in 2023, at least 75% of Thai women have experienced domestic violence.