Biography
Eugenio Viola (Naples 1975) is an art critic and the current curator of the Project Room at Madre, Contemporary Art Museum in Naples. He is getting his PhD at the University of Salerno. He collaborates on a regular basis with “Flash Art” and “artforum.com”. He has published several essays and curated various catalogues and exhibitions such as: V.I.P. Very Important Portraits of David LaChapelle (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, 2006); Orlan, Le Rècit (Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole, France, 2007); Art and Homosexuality. From von Gloeden to Pierre et Gilles (Palazzo della Ragione, Milan / Palazzina Reale di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, 2007); Orlan: Post Identity Strategies (Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia, 2008); Binary System (Stazioni di Mergellina, Napoli / Belgrade Railway Station, Belgrade, 2008); Camera con Vista (PAN | Palazzo delle Art Napoli / Italian Cultural Institute, Belgrade / Student Cultural Center, Zagreb, 2009); Through the Looking Glass (Villa Italia, Belgrade, 2009). At Madre Museum he is developing a network programming project with Middle East called “Transit”, and he has curated a performances programming: Corpus. Art in Action.
