Bio
JURI BIZZOTTO
1998, Bassano del Grappa. Lives and works between Lausanne and Bassano del Grappa.
Juri Bizzotto was awarded a Bachelor’s degree with honours in painting from the Venice Academy of Fine Arts (2021), and a Master with excellent mention from ECAL, Lausanne, (2023).
The context of their family farm and the periphery from which they come has always deeply informed and determined their research. They articulate agroecology, epistemology and gender studies in order to think critically about the link between landscape, identity and the production of knowledge.
Like a ventriloquist or ‘ontonauta,’ Bizzotto reimagines theirself through the postures of the agents he encounters in his own landscape, with the intention of capturing the poetic and political imaginary that emerges from them. In their work, familiarizing with the gap produced by translation – the shift from one language to another, from one ontology to another – means reconnecting with multiplicity and grace, distancing theirself from hetero-patriarchal, colonial and capitalist epistemologies, and creating bridges between ‘cosmovisions’.
Their recent solo and duo exhibitions include the shows Kingdom of the Earth, duo show with Sofia Salazar Rosalez, Café des Glaces, Tonnerre (2024); Phytolacca, the Garden, Centre d’Art Contemporain Yverdon-les-bains, Yverdon-les-bains, Switzerland (2024); WHY DON’T YOU LOVE ME ANYMORE?, duo show with Azadbek Bekchanov, Espace TOPIC, Geneva (2023); Tell it Twice (Wishing Weel, Melanie Matranga’s workshop), duo show with Luca Frati, Sebeillon ECAL Art Space, Lausanne (2021); Capter 3, part 1: Everything must be rendered perfectly, Online, (2020); BLM Benefit Chapter with Valeria Segna, Online (2020).
Recent group shows include FestaRita, RITA, Turbigo, IT (2025); Truth Fiction, Lovay Fine Arts, Geneva (2025); Humanilia. Histoires d’un bestiaire contemporain, Centre d’art contemporain Yverdon-les-bains (2025); Hybrid Realities: Queer Identities and Otherness, curated by Lust*Art, AMORE artist-run space, Basel (2024); Thorns, curated by Cory John Scozzari, Galleria Enrico Astuni, Bologna (2024); (Our Labor, Our Passion, Our Love, CALM Centre d’Art la Meute, Lausanne (2024); ECAL DIPLOMES, selected projects, ECAL Ecole Cantonal D’Art du Lausanne, Lausanne (2023); THEY, Le Consortium, Digione (2023); URAURA, Meeting Gardens Festival, Vicenza, Italy (2023); Embrace, Le Fesses-tival, Forde Art Space, Geneva (2023); How to make a Neutopia (a meshzine), Casa Capra, Schio, Italy (2021).
Bizzotto has participated in several artist’s residencies, including Cité Internationale des Arts, Parigi (ongoing); QENHUN, Parabita (2024); Le CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Paris, (2024); SOMA Summer, Tlaxco/Mexico City (2022); Neutopopica Matrice Manifesto, BASE, Milan (2022); Neutopica Vol.2, Villa Velo, Shege di Velo d’Astico, Italy (2021); How to make a Neutopia (a meshzine), Casa Capra, Schio, Italy (2021); Neutopica Vol.1, Sheghe di Velo d’Astico, Italy (2020).
Bizzotto has also received awards for their work, including Rotaract e Premio Andrea Sapone, ARTEFIERA, Bologna, (2025); NUOVO GRAND TOUR 2024, supported by Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea in collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute of Paris and Institut Français Italia (2024); the ECAL Tremplin Award, Fondation Leenards (2023) and the SOMA Summer residency (2022).
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