selected exhibitions

2025
Our Voices. Auf den Spuren bildender Künstlerinnen, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Kosmos Blauer Reiter - Von Kandinsky bis Campendonk, Kupferstichkabinett at Kulturforum, Berlin
Facile ironia - L’ironia nell'arte italiana tra XX e XXI secolo, MAMbo - Museo d’Arte Moderna Bologna
Perturbazione #02, solo show at Galleria Studio G7 - Booth B51, Arte Fiera, Bologna (solo)
COMBO - Münchener Secession in den Staatlichen Antikensammlungen, Munich
History Lessons, University Art Museum, Albany, NY

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)
Tutto Lamiera - Daniela Comani, Federico Maddalozzo, CLER, Milan
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)
Straperetana - Produttori di silenzio, Pereto (AQ) Italy
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, CAMPO16, Turin's urbanscape, 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 *
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 *
Thema Frau, September Gallery, Berlin
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

bio



Neuerscheinungen hrsg. von Daniela Comani 2007-ongoing, archival pigment prints on photo rag, each 28 x 20,5 cm, Kunstverein Hamburg, 2019, credits: Fred Dott
POLITICAL AFFAIRS - Language is not innocent
May 18 - July 21, 2019
Opening: May 17, 7 pm
Kunstverein in Hamburg

Artists: Karo Akpokiere, Art and Language, Alice Attie, Monica Bonvicini, Andrea Bowers, George Brecht, Daniela Comani, Guy Debord, Jeremy Deller, Willie Doherty, Sam Durant, Elmgren and Dragset, Öyvind Fahlström, Claire Fontaine, Jakob Kolding, Barbara Kruger, Aleksandra Mir, Adrian Piper, Pope L, Chris Reinecke, Allen Ruppersberg, Maruša Sagadin, Superflex, Ron Terada und Poet Ai, read by Donika Kelly

Curated by Monica Bonvicini and Bettina Steinbrügge

The use of language, as a political and social tool, is under observation then: how power is mediated, and how points of view are constructed, reproduced and manipulated through written and spoken words. Texts in the arts can be extremely subversive: decoupled from its original visual context, they allow imaginative readings of historical, social and political events. Acts such as copying, re-contextualizing or inverting the relation between text and image, can be powerful gestures with political implications, and they can function as compelling models for ways of reframing the world.

Generally speaking, political language is a battle ‘for words with words’ that aims to influence public opinion. As Max Frisch wrote: ‘The artist looks at what is around him. By countering the idioms of political language with a different language, the language of his experience, he exposes the language of power as language of power, as a deceptive language (…).In a democratic society, we not only need ‘counter-powers’ within political language, we also need ‘counter-positions’ to power outside of it. Only in this balance can freedom provide the fresh air that we citizens need to breathe.’

The works selected for Political Affairs – Language Is Not Innocent, share a visceral, affective resonance, able to transform ideas and concepts into a physical experience. The exhibition, composed by drawings, prints, sculptures, performative sound installations and other medium, attempts to shed light on the process of how subjectivities and personal experiences are products of the images and the concepts that circulate around and through us, historically and daily. It also offers new and contradictory readings of our current time, questioning its complexity. Many artists strategically adopt the language of politics and mass media, of cinema and literature, to reveal the conventions, stereotypes, behavioral patterns, entrenched opinions and taboos to which our society accommodates. In the context of an era in which political communication structures and channels have radically changed due to the development of technology, the show gives an insight into how artists address and elaborate the mutation of language in the political sphere and in the communicative form of negotiation.

Kunstverein in Hamburg
Klosterwall 23
20095 Hamburg