VIN VIN X POLIMENO

In collaboration with Valerio Polimeno
Artists: Silvia Capuzzo, Cecilia De Nisco, Giuseppe Francalanza, Mingkai He, Daniel Kolodziejczak, Viola Leddi, Rose Ras, Robert Stadler
Inauguration: Saturday, October 18, 7-9 pm
Duration: October 19 - 24, 2025
Location: Sept Elzévir, 7 rue Elzevir, 75003, Paris

SILVIA CAPUZZO

Silvia Capuzzo was born in 1996, in Merano (IT). She lives and works between Milan and Vienna. In 2022 she completed the master’s degree in Painting and Contemporary Visual Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts, Urbino, Italy. In 2019 she was awarded with the prize of Centro Arti Visive Pescheria, Pesaro, and in 2021 she was awarded with the Prize of Contemporary Art Museum MAC Lissone. She is among the finalists of the Francesco Fabbri Foundation Prize 2022.

Recent Solo Exhibitions

. May/July 2025, Spirituality Enthusiasts - VIN VIN, Vienna (AT)

Past Solo Exhibitions

. July 2024 - Tokyo Gendai 2024, with VIN VIN Vienna/Naples, Pacifico Yokohama (JPN)
. March 2022 - Underwords, VIN VIN, Naples (IT)

Upcoming group exhibitions
. October 2025, VIN VIN x POLIMENO, VIN VIN in collaboration with Valerio Polimeno, 7 rue Elzevir, 75003, Paris (FR)

Past Group Exhibitions

. November 2024/January 2025 - The season has not arrived, Atmosphere Space, Nanjing (CN)

. May/June 2024 - Il disagio agiato e la nuova carne, curated by Benedetta Monti, Palazzo Bronzo, Genova (IT)
. July 2023The Shape of Time, Lindon & Co, London (UK)
. April 2023 - Sottopalco, Milan (IT)

. 2022 - Biennale Gherdeina 8, Selva (IT)

. 2022- Osservatorio Futura, Torino, Italy (IT)

. 2021 - Fondazione Centro Arti Visive, Pescheria, Pesaro (IT)

. 2021- Museo di Arte Contemporanea MAC Lissone, Lissone (IT)

CECILIA DE NISCO

Cecilia De Nisco (b. 1997, Parma) lives and works in Vienna, Austria. She attended a Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Art and a Master's Degree in Visual Arts at University of Arts in Urbino, Italy.

Upcoming institutional solo exhibitions

. November 2025, Powerlong Art Museum, Shanghai (CHN)

Recent institutional solo exhibitions

. April - May 2025, What did you expect from us, TAG Art Museum, Qingdao (CHN)

. December 2024 - March 2025, Stavo cercando il tuo cuore lì dentro ma ho trovato solo latte, Sandra and Giancarlo Bonollo Foundation for Contemporary Art, curated by Marta Papini, Thiene (IT)

Past solo exhibitions

. September – November 2024, Loop, Siegfried Contemporary, London (UK)

. December 2023 - February 2024, Schwache Lichter, VIN VIN, Vienna (AT)

. June 2023, Liste Art Fair Basel, Basel (CH).

Upcoming institutional group exhibitions

. 2026, 360°: why we paint? Chapter 2, Contemporary Art Center Luigi Pecci, Prato (IT)

. October 2025 - January 2026, Fantastica, 18th Quadriennale d’Arte, Rome (IT)

Current institutional group exhibitions

. May - October 2025, 360°: why we paint?, BY ART MATTERS, Hangzhou (CHN)

Upcoming group exhibitions
. October 2025, VIN VIN x POLIMENO, VIN VIN in collaboration with Valerio Polimeno, 7 rue Elzevir, 75003, Paris (FR)

Past group exhibitions

. June - July 2025, Field Trip, duo exhibition with Richard Tinkler, Villa Magdalena, San Sebastian (ES)

. October 2024, Memories of the future, curated by 16Arlington & Almine Rech London, Frieze Cork Street Space, London (UK)

. November 2024 - January 2025, The Sphere of Reality and Fantasy - Inheritance and Exploration of the Tangible and the Imagined, curated by Jin Xu, Cynn Wong, Wally Yo, Sai Wang, Veronica Wang, Corridor Foundation, Shenzhen (CHN)

. November 2024 - January 2025, The season has not arrived, curated by Henry Kwok, Atmosphere Space, Nanjing (CHN)

. June - August 2024, Eighteen Painters, Andrew Kreps, New York (NY)

. November 2023 - January 2024, Body Double, Ketabi Bourdet, curated by Sophia Penske, Paris (FR)

. March 2022, Madrigale, VIN VIN, Vienna (AT)

. October 2020, Surprize 2, curated by Umberto Palestini, Centro Arti Visive Pescheria, Pesaro (IT)

. November 2019, Surprize, curated by Umberto Palestini, Centro Arti Visive Pescheria, Pesaro (IT)

GIUSEPPE FRANCALANZA

Giuseppe Francalanza (b. 2000, Modica, Sicily), lives and works in Vienna. In 2022 he graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, Italy. In 2023 he was awarded the Critics' Prize Art-up, fostered by Bank of Bologna and Zucchelli Foundation.

Recent solo exhibitions

June 2025

. Liste Art Fair Basel, Solo presentation with VIN VIN, Basel (CH)

Past solo exhibitions
November 2024
. Artissima 2024, Main section, Solo presentation, Turin (IT)

May - June 2024
. Burning lairs, VIN VIN, Vienna (AT)

October 2023
. Anticamere, curated by Alessandro Mescoli, Castelnuovo Rangone (IT)

Upcoming group exhibitions
October 2025

VIN VIN x POLIMENO, VIN VIN in collaboration with Valerio Polimeno, 7 rue Elzevir, 75003, Paris (FR)

Past Group Exhibitions

November 2024/January 2025

.The season has not arrived, Atmosphere Space, Nanjing (CN)

February 2024
. It rains, it snows, it paints, curated by Parsec, Artefiera Bologna/ Zu.art, Bologna (IT)

June - July 2023
. Virtati l’ha nel foho, duo exhibition with Jacopo Risaliti, text by Maura Pozzati, Studio La linea verticale - Bologna (IT)

June - July 2022
. Progresso Scorsoio, curated by Leonardo Regano and Lelio Aiello, Labscontemporaryart - Bologna (IT)

MINGKAI HE

Mingkai He was born in 1995 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China, and now lives and works in Shanghai.

Education

2016 - 2020

B.A in School of Fine Arts, Capital Normal University, Beijing

2020 - 2023

M.A in Painting, Royal College of Art, London

2024

PhD in Art theory, Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai

Upcoming Solo Exhibitions

Fall 2025

VIN VIN, Vienna

Past Solo Exhibitions:

2024

Traveling Memories, The Modern Showroom, London

Upcoming group exhibitions
October 2025

VIN VIN x POLIMENO, VIN VIN in collaboration with Valerio Polimeno, 7 rue Elzevir, 75003, Paris (FR)

Past group exhibitions:

2023

Reasons for Painting - The 5th Inter-Youth International Youth Painting Exhibition, Shanghai West, Bund Art Center, Shanghai, China

VIOLA LEDDI

Viola Leddi was born in 1993, in Milan (IT) and she currently lives and works between Milan and Geneva.
Education
2019/2022 - MFA Work.Master - Contemporary artistic practices, HEAD - Genève.
2012/2016 - BFA Brera Academy, Milan
2014/2015 - Erasmus at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Painting, Copenhagen

Upcoming institutional solo exhibitions
2027 - Sandra and Giancarlo Bonollo Foundation for Contemporary Art, Thiene (IT)
October 2025 /January 2026 - 2025 Prize of the Contemporary Art Museum MAC, Lissone (IT)

Recent institutional solo exhibitions
April /May 2025 - Dear Hateful Spirits, TAG Art Museum, Qingdao (CHN)
October 2024 - January 2025 – PUPILLE, curated by Marie Griffay FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (FR)

Past solo exhibitions
July 2023 - I saw stars turn into dark coals, Pace Genève (CH)
October 2022 - Strategies for invisibility - VIN VIN Naples (IT)
June 2022 – Liste Art Fair Basel with VIN VIN Vienna/Naples (CH)
March 2019 - Creature Adorabili (Lovable Creatures), TILE project space, Milan (IT)

Recent institutional group exhibitions
June / September 2025 - Post Netebras Xul, curated by Lionel Bovier, Julien Fonsacq, Elisabeth Jobin, Françoise Ninghetto, Charlotte Schaer, SOMAxMAMCO, Geneva (CH)

Upcoming group exhibitions
October 2025, VIN VIN x POLIMENO, VIN VIN in collaboration with Valerio Polimeno, 7 rue Elzevir, 75003, Paris (FR)

Past group exhibitions
June 2024 - Double Take, curated by Lawrence van Hagen, London (GB)
April 2024 - 12.04.24, VIN VIN Vienna (AT)
December 2023 - Troubles, Ordet - Milan (IT)
October 2023 - Italian Painting Today, Triennale Milano, Milan (IT)
November 2023 - Oh dear feelings [...], curated by Sara Petrucci and Séverin Cattin, HiFlow, Geneva (CH)
December 2022 - Raw, Vacancy, Shanghai (CN)
November 2022 - Group Presentation at Artissima Art Fair with VIN VIN, Turin (IT)
September 2022 - Hydra, curated by Giulia Bini, Live in Your Head, Geneva (CH)
July 2022 - Degree show, HEAD, Geneva (CH)
March 2022 - Madrigale, VIN VIN Vienna / Naples, Vienna (AT)
November 2021 - Casa Flash Art Market, curated by Gea Politi, Banner, Milan (IT)
September 2021 - From Submersion to Subversion, Palazzina, Basel (CH)
March 2021 - Against The Day, Giulietta, Basel (CH)
November 2019 - BLADE—BANNER, SPRINT - Independent Publishers and Artist’s Books Salon, Spazio Maiocchi, Milan (IT)
November 2019 - Urania, curated by Zoe de Luca, Sonnenstube, Lugano (CH)
May 2018 - L’isola portatile, curated by Caterina Molteni, ADA Project, Rome (IT)
October 2017 - Gattacornia, Altalena, Maccagno (IT)

Residencies & Workshops
Current
September 2025 / July 2026 - Istituto Svizzero, Rome (IT)

Past
September 2019 - September Book, curated by Dallas, Fondazione ICA, Milan (IT)
July 2019 - Q-Rated: Pittura, with Enrico David, Marcello Fois, Bart van der Heide, Nuoro (IT)
April/June 2019 – Residenza La Fornace: Primavera, Spino d’Adda (IT)

Awards
June 2022 – Prize of the Fondation Théodore Strawinsky
June 2022 - Prix Galerie de la HEAD—Genève. Solo show at Pace Gallery, Geneva (CH)

ROSE RAS

Rose Ras (b. 2001, St Jean du Sud, Haïti, lives and works in Paris), a final-year student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, is a young artist thriving through painting and sculpture. After studying applied arts from 2016 to 2018, she discovered in visual arts a deeply resonant means of expression.

EDUCATION

2023-2025

. DNSAP : Beaux-arts de Paris ( master )

2020-2023

. DNA : Beaux-arts de Paris ( license )

2019

. Classe préparatoire d’art plastique, Grand Paris sud

2018

. Bac STD2A (Design)

Recent solo Exhibitions:

. January 2025, Burning Bush, CONTRAPPUNTO, VIN VIN, Vienna

Past solo Exhibitions:

2025

. January 2025, Les étranges bruits d’en bas, la Corvée, curated by par Anaïs Mathurin et Nora Diaby, Paris

. Modernanimalgalery, curated by David Iselin and Finn Canonica

Upcoming group exhibitions
October 2025

VIN VIN x POLIMENO, VIN VIN in collaboration with Valerio Polimeno, 7 rue Elzevir, 75003, Paris (FR)

Past Group Exhibitions:

2024

. Sometimes, I wonder if I would know a beautiful thing if I saw it, Modernanimalgalery, curated by David Iselin and Finn Canonica, Zurich

2023

. Eclosion des talents, curated by Nadia Candet at the invitation of Private Choice, Paris

. Ferrovia, curated by the tchoutchou collective, Maison Fraternelle, Paris

. La nuit, curated by the RVB collective, Floréal Belleville, Paris

2022

. Speed dating, Motorenhalle, Dresden, Germany

. Speed dating, Theâtre des expositions, curated by Nina Childress, Paris

. Indicible merveille, in collaboration with the association HaÏlylyne, curated by Rose Ras, Paris

Past Residencies

2025

. Residency at la Chapelle St Antoine in Naxos, Greece

2024

. Residency at the 25 Hours Hotel Langstrasse, Zurich