Yuri Ancarani

Yuri Ancarani was born in 1972 in Ravenna, Italy. His work has been shown in national and international museums including solo exhibitions as
‘Yuri Ancarani’, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; ‘La Malattia del Ferro / Die Krankheit des Eisens’, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin (both 2014);
‘La malattia del ferro’, ZERO…, Milan; ‘Il Capo and Piattaforma Luna’, film screening, Guggenheim, New York; ‘CAC’, film screening, Centre d’Art Contemporaine, Geneva (all 2012); ‘Pink Flag’, curated by Alessandra Pioselli, T.I.C.A. Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art, Tirana (2009) and ‘Yuri Ancarani’, N.O. Gallery, Milan (2007). His group exhibitions include ‚XXI Triennale di Milano’, Milan; ‘Liebe Deine Maschine’, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Hildesheim (both 2015); ‘Premio Italia Arte Contemporanea’, MAXXI, Rome (2014); ‘The Encyclopedic Palace’, 55th International Venice Biennale, Venice (2013); ‘Le Associazioni Libere’, La Maison Rouge, Paris (2012) and the ‘Prague Biennial 5’, Prague, Czech Republic (2011).
Ancarani was the recipient of several awards as the ‘Talent Prize’ in 2012 (Rome, Italy); Cinema Eye Honors for ‘Nonfiction feature filmmaking’ (Museum of Moving Image, New York); ‘Best International Short Film’, RIDM – Montreal International Documentary Festival, Montreal and the ‘Short Film Grand Prize’, IndieLisboa, 10th International Independent Film Festival, Lisbon. He lives and works in Milan, Italy.