Gruni Zoè

Zoè Gruni (Pistoia 1982).
After attending artistic high school in Pistoia, in 2006 she graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence with a thesis on Carol Rama. In the same year she opened the contemporary art space Studi8 in her town together with Cristiano Coppi and Andrea Lunardi. She has worked in various theatrical performances. Her sculptures (which can be worn and inhabited) become a part of the drama in Conversazione con la pietra, a show created together with the actor and musician Piero Corso and the actress Tania Garibba (Festival Via Cava, Roselle 2007).

It is possible to visit the studio of  Zoè Gruni at Pistoia until June 2010 in the context of the Open Studios (visit to the artist's studio), curated by the Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina www.strozzina.org/open_studios

Solo Exhibitions
2009 Metato, Galleria Entropyart in progress, Naples, curated by Enrico Pedrini.
2008 Metato, Galerie Depardieu, Nice, curated by Enrico Pedrini (catalogue).
2008 Prize for excellent students, Zoè Gruni and Andrea Lunardi, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence, curated by Andrea Granchi, Giuliana Videtta, Rosella Alberti; selected by the jury comprising Carlo Sisi and Pierluigi Tazzi (catalogue).
2008 Participation in ArteFiera ArtFirst, Bologna (Galleria il Ponte, Florence) with the performance Carmen.
2004 Balì Balle Baloo, Palazzo del Balì, Pistoia ("In visita" young artists in Pistoia) curated by Silvia Lucchesi (catalogue).

Group Exhibitions
2008 Permanent installation T(h)rees, Palazzo Achilli, Ecomuseo in Gavinana (Pistoia).
2008 Participated in the performance by Daniel Rothbart Meditazione/mediazione, Galleria Il Ponte, Florence, curated by Enrico Pedrini.
2008 Participated with a video in the event Visioni del mondo dell'arte, Studio 149, Cascina, (Pisa).
2008 Participation in the series of meetings Il mito della Grande Madre, sulle tracce della Dea, Museo Marino Marini, Pistoia, with the performance Pietre.
2008 Participation in MiartArtNow, Milan (Galleria il Ponte, Florence).
2007 Participated with a video in the art cinema and video event Tra arte e cinema, Cinema Alfieri, Florence, curated by Andrea Granchi.
2007 Se la fotografia è un Clic dell'anima, Galleria Giannone, Pisa.
2007 First national showing of Conversazione con la pietra, Festival Via Cava - Parco di Pietra, Roselle (Grosseto).
2007 Participation in MiArt, Milan (Galleria Il Ponte, Florence).
2007 Abitanti Ambienti - Daniela De Lorenzo, Zoè Gruni, Kinkaleri, Galleria Il Ponte, Florence, curated by Silvia Lucchesi (catalogue).
2007 Liberolibrod'artistalibero3, Wignacourt Museum, Rabat (Malta), curated by Emanuele De Donno (catalogue).
2006 Confidenze dell'arte. Giuseppe Gavazzi e Zoè Gruni, studio Gavazzi and Studi8, Pistoia, curated by Silvia Lucchesi (catalogue).
2006 Liberolibrod'artistalibero3, Museo Archeologico Statale, Spoleto and Centro Arte Contemporanea Bannata, Enna, curated by Emanuele De Donno (catalogue).
2006 Casi giudiziari, Palazzo Pretorio, Pistoia.
2006 Pillole contemporanee, Studi8 at the chemist’s, Ex-farmacia Nucci, Agliana (Pistoia).
2006 Studi8: Zoè Gruni, Cristiano Coppi e Andrea Lunardi, Studi8, Pistoia.
2006 Allievi incisori dell'Accademia, Galleria Il Bisonte, Florence.
2005 Rotte metropolitane, Spazio Sesv, Florence, curated by Lorenzo Bruni (catalogue).
2005 Aqve, Giardino delle Terme, San Giuliano Terme (Pisa).
2005 Artinformazione2news, Castello di Malgrate, Villa Franca (Aulla).
2005 Humus. Gianna Scoino and Zoè Gruni, Cella d'arte di Villa Pichi Sermolli,  Buggiano Castello (Montecatini), curated by Giuliana Videtta.
2004 Highly commended at the Pietro Parigi graphics prize, Florence.
2004 Dal luogo al simbolo, Ex-farmacia Nucci, Agliana (Pistoia).
2004 Fucine Tillanza, Ex-Breda, Pistoia.
2004 Participation in Excess, Stazione Leopolda, Florence with the performance Migrazione.
2003 Second edition of Vigna degli artisti, Palazzina Uzielli, Vinci, curated by Laura Vecere (catalogue).
2003 Networking, workshop with the artist Bert Theis, Monsummano Terme (Pistoia).
2003 Networking city, Officina Giovani-Cantieri Culturali Ex-Macelli, Prato, curated by Marco Scotini (catalogue).
2003 Contested space, Spazio Alcatraz ex Stazione Leopolda, Florence, curated by Marco Scotini (catalogue).
2003 Set for the show 11 settembre, Teatro Everest, Florence.
2002 Third edition of Opus Liber, Museo Virgiliano, Mantua; Chiesetta dell'Angelo, Bassano del Grappa; Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence; Museo di Arte Moderna, Rome (catalogue).
2002 First prize in the competition Tracce in movimento, Pistoia.