Biografia Derek Maria Di Fabio
Derek Maria Francesco Di Fabio was born in Milan in 1987.
In 2006 he enrolled in the course held by Alberto Garutti at the Brera Fine Arts Academy. In 2009 he spent a period of study in Warsaw, where he became familiar with the quantity of phonemes in the Polish language. Over New Year 2010, together with other artists he founded Motel Lucie, an experimental workshop examining means of exhibition/ communication and developing collective works. Since 2010 he has collaborated with Cherimus, an association which aims to integrate contemporary art within the Sardinian territory. In 2011 he took part in Let’s Circus, a project by Marco Colombaioni produced with the collaboration of the Piccola Scuola di Circo in Milan. He then moved to London, where he is planning to make a film.
Exhibition - solo
2012
* Hoookuurch, R o o m Galleria, Milan(It) 2010 http://HWWWKUU.tk
Selected exhibitions - group
2012
Fuoriclasse, curated by Luca Cerizza, GAM Milano.
Coordinate Ellittiche, curated by Bruno Muzzolini, Careof, Milano.
Caro Giacomo 2012, curated by Cherimus, Perdaxius (It)
Polline e Cerniere, with Anonima Nuotatori, for Berau for art nerds (ISR), Casa Morigi, Milano.
Balanche Challange, partecipation and collaboration with Isa Griese, Paris/Bremen.
Bel Amix, project curated by Okan Yildirim, permanent show, Frankfurter am Mein (D)
Better than Beter, collective work as/with Anonima Nuotatori & the Dereks, Copenhagen Place, London
MiArt, with Room Galleria, contemporary Art Fair Milano (IT)
2011
Snooze, curated by Anna Rokka, Detroit, Stockholm (S)
Aghylisti, curated by Gum Studio, Artissima Lido, Turin (It)
Il Gioco dell’Oca, from a project by Marco Colombaioni,
curated by Matteo Rubbi e Ass. Cherimus, GAMeC, Bergamo (It)
Consonance, curated by Galerie Klatovy, Klenovà (Cz)
Let’s Circus, from an idea and project by Marco Colombaioni, Milan (It)
Collaboration to Il Bounty nello spazio , by Matteo Rubbi, GAMeC, Bergamo (It)
After Prisma, curated by Paolo Emilio Antognoli Viti Villa Romana, Florence (It)
Pretty-fresh/Bcc, curated by Marco Bruzzone, PMGalerie, Berlin (D)
A show is a show is a show, curated by Hugo Canoilas, Vasco Costa, Cripta 747, Turin (It)
Agenzia 200, curated by Alberto Garutti, Unicredit Studio, Milan (It)
2010
Certo Sentimento, curated by Frank Boehm, Turin (It)
Caro Giacomo 10, curated by Cherimus, Perdaxius (It)
Pilota, curated by Marco Pezzotta with Scatolabianca, Berlin (D)
Residenziale, Motel Lucie * independent homemade residence, Milan (It)
L’arpa Magica, Lucie Fontaine, Milan (It)
Real Presence 10, Belgrad (Srb) curated by Dobrila Denegri and Bjliana Tominc, Belgrad.
Collaboration to L'italia in cerchio, by Matteo Rubbi, Low Déco, Villa Necchi, Milano.
Idea, co-founder and part of Motel Lucie, from 2009 http://MotelLucie.blogspot.co.uk/
2009
Something New,curated by Nicola Tosic and Sara Weis, Chicago (USA)
Cafè Lido, bar-project with Eva Jaronova, Warsaw (PL)
With or Without, curated by Gaia Fugazza, Kolonie Freie Stunde, Berlin (D)
http://NoNoProject.blogspot.com * Nomad Exhibition Project
Workshop
2011
Symposium Consonance, Galerie Klatovy, Klenovà (Cz)
10 giorni per un’arte collettiva, by Hugo Canoilas e Vasco Costa, Cripta 747, Turin (It)
2010:
Real Presence 10 curated by Dobrila Denegri e Bjliana Tominc, Belgrad (Srb)
Bachelor degree, Accademy of Fine Arts of Brera, Milan with A. Garutti, B. Muzzolini, C. Muccioli
2009
Real Presence 09, curated by Dobrila Denegri e Bjliana Tominc, Belgrad (Srb)
Interflugs Summer Academy, Berlin (D)
Scholarship at ASP, Akademia Sztuk Pienknych, Warsaw (PL)
Workshop curated byFreeUnDo with Steve Piccolo and MarkKalinka (It)
Laboratory curated by FreeUnDo with Francesca Di Nardo and GAM Gallarate: Francesca Marianna Consonni, Lorena Giuranna e Alessandro Castiglioni (It)
2008
Internship at Lucie Fontaine, Milan (It)
Leaded workshop
2010
Idea and workshop for Cherimus on D.I.Y. music instruments, Perdaxius, 1 week.
Younger than Mowgli, assistant for a workshop created by Alice Tomaselli for unduetrestella, Milano. Several Times.