Matteo Montani è nato a Roma nel 1972
Nel corso della sua carriera ha collaborato in maniera continuativa con la Galleria L’Attico di Fabio Sargentini (2005/2017), esponendo anche con altre gallerie quali Marilena Bonomo a Bari, Sergio Casoli a Milano, Valentina Bonomo a Roma, Otto Gallery a Bologna e Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea.
Nel 2001 è vincitore del XL Premio Suzzara. Nel 2008 partecipa alla Quadriennale di Roma e tiene la sua prima mostra museale al MAR di Ravenna. Del 2011 è la sua prima mostra personale all’estero al Museum Am Dom di Wuerzburg in Germania, città che ospita anche una sua grande opera all’interno del Duomo. Nel 2013 è vincitore del premio speciale Orenio Michetti. Espone a New York nel 2010 e nel 2016, presso la Elkon Gallery. Nel 2015, a seguito della mostra personale Andarseneal Museo Andersen di Roma, la Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea acquisisce una sua opera sperimentale: una scultura che, sciogliendosi, diventa un’opera bidimensionale.
Sue opere si trovano in prestigiose collezioni quali la Collezione Artefiera di Bologna, la collezione Unicredit e la collezione Vaf, oltre che in importanti collezioni private in Europa e negli Stati Uniti.

Matteo Montani was born in Rome in 1972. Following his classical studies in Rome, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino and Rome, graduating in 1997 with a thesis on the expressive function of the colour blue.
His oil works on sandpaper refer back to rarefied and precarious mental landscapes, suspended between a context of meditative intimacy and apparitions articulated in a revealing dimension. This revelation leads back to the landscape as well as to the condition of man, since it is always in a direct relationship with the epiphany of vision.
His exhibition experience has seen him collaborate in a continuous and privileged way with Fabio Sargentini’s gallery L’Attico (2005/2017), as well as exhibit with other established galleries like Marilena Bonomo in Bari, Sergio Casoli in Milan, Valentina Bonomo in Rome, Otto Gallery in Bologna and the youngest Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea in Milan and Nicola Pedana in Caserta.
In 2000 he was awarded the XL Premio Suzzara, in 2008 he participated in the Rome Quadriennale and held his first museum solo show at the MAR in Ravenna. His first solo show abroad was in 2011, at the Museum Am Dom in Wurzburg, Germany, where one of his large works is displayed in the cathedral.
He exhibited in New York in 2010 and 2016, at the Elkon Gallery. In 2015, following his solo show Andarsene at the Museo Andersen in Rome, the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAM) in Rome acquired one of his experimental works: a sculpture that melts down and becomes a two-dimensional work.
His works can be found in renowned collections such as the Artefiera Collection in Bologna, the Unicredit Collection and the Vaf Collection, as well as in significant private collections in Europe and the United States.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 – Invitation To A Disaster #15, (with Antonio Trimani), Le Stazioni Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy
2017 – Unfolding, curated by Alessandra Troncone, Nicola Pedana Arte Contemporanea, Caserta, Italy
2017 – Unfolding, Una scultura, Reggia di Caserta, Caserta, Italy
2017 – The Glow and the Glare, presentation by A. Zanchetta,Museo d’arte Contemporanea, Lissone – Milan, Italy
2017 – The Glow and the Glare, presentation by A. Zanchetta, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2016 – Racconto Rosso, Galleria L’Attico-Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy
2016 – Once Upon A Time Life, Again, The Elkon Gallery, curated by I. del Frate-Rayburn, New York, USA
2015 – Things Behind, presentation by E.Viola, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2014 – Andarsene, Museo H.C.Andersen, curated by G.Simongini, Rome, Italy
2014 – Matteo Montani and Peter Flaccus, OTTO Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2012 – Bendini–Montani, Così vicini così lontani, curated by G.Simongini, Museo Carichieti, Chieti, Italy
2012 – I Luoghi dell’immagine (con Marco Grimaldi), Nuova Galleria Morone, Milan, Italy
2011 – Seelenlandschaft, curated by D.Sarchioni, Museum Am Dom, Würzburg, Germany
2011 – Ausstellung, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Köln, Germany
2011 – Ausstellung, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Wolfsburg, Germany
2010 – Il Guardiano della soglia, Kalfayan Galleries, Athenes, Greece
2010 – Matteo Montani, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, curated by I. del Frate, New York, USA
2010 – A Cielo aperto, OTTO Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2010 – Parole sulla montagna, Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti, Milan, Italy
2010 – Naturaldurante, Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, Italy
2009 – Abbassare il cielo agli occhi, Paci Contemporary, curated by M.Cavallarin, Brescia, Italy
2009 – Discorso, Palazzo Grazioli, curated by C.D’Orazio, Reti, Rome, Italy
2008 – Il Bacio ed altre strade per le stelle, Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2008 – Matteo Montani, Museo d’Arte, curated by M.Tonelli, Ravenna, Italy
2007 – Fostèr, Galleria L’Attico-Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy

MAIN GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 – Colore non Colore, Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2018 – Incontri, presentation by V.Catricalà, ex Chiesa dell’Annunziata, Teano (CE), Italy
2018 – Premio Michetti, 69th edition, curated by Renato Barilli, Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2018 – Small Formats, Elkon Gallery, New York, USA
2018 – Scorribanda, La Galleria Nazionale, Roma
2018 – Elogio della Carta, Museo H.C.Andersen Rome, Italy
2017 – Large Formats, The Elkon Gallery, New York, USA
2017 – Works on paper, The Elkon Gallery, New York, USA
2016 – Anni Zero, The Temple University, curated by A.Dambruoso, Rome, Italy
2016 – Unioni Civili, Galleria L’Attico-Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy
2016 – La Pelle, issued by Fondaco, Officina, Brussels, Belgium
2016 – Abstraction, The Elkon Gallery, New York, USA
2015 – Unioni Civili, Galleria L’Attico, Rome, Italy
2015 – Duets, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2015 – Imago Mundi, curated by L.Beatrice, Fondazione Cini, Venice, Italy
2015 – C’è chi dipinge…, Galleria L’Attico-Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy
2015 – In Abstracto, curated by M.Rossi, Galleria Alessandro Casciaro, Bolzano, Italy
2014 – Biennale Cina – Italia, curated by Mian Bu, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
2014 – Premio Vasto, curated by G.Simongini, Vasto, Italy
2014 – Biennale d’Arte, curated by G. De Feo and L. Lucibello, Palazzo dei Papi, Viterbo, Italy
2014 – Non solo fotografia, Paci Contemporary, Brescia, Italy
2013 – Blue, Kalfayan Galleries, Athenes, Greece
2013 – Premio Michetti 64th edition, Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2012 – Al principio del vedere, curated by M.Galbiati, Castel Arquato, Italy
2012 – Quaterna, Galleria L’Attico – Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy
2012 – Neue Sammlung, Mittelberg, Burg Museum, Germany
2011 – Il Santo Momento, curated by D.Sarchioni, Museum Am Dom, Würzburg, Germany
2011 – Liquid Flags, curated by G.Simongini, Sassoferrato, Italy
2011 – Scritture, Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, Italy
2011 – Nuova creatività italiana, Officina Italia2, curated by R.Barilli, Bologna/Milan, Italy
2010 – Oltre il trompe l’oeil, Galleria L’Attico – Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy
2010 – Puglia Contemporanea: Artisti a Palazzo, curated by L.Pratesi, Gagliano del Capo, Italy
2010 – Un mosaico per, curated by G.Simongini, Tornareccio, Italy
2010 – Crossroads, Il Frantoio, Capalbio, Italy
2010 – A perdita d’occhio, Galleria L’Attico Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy
2009 – Da qui, Galleria 3)5, Rieti, Italy
2009 – Clicking the cosmos, Museo di Arte Contemporanea, Vespolate, Italy
2009 – 1+1, Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, Italy
2009 – La testa tra le nuvole, a cura di M.Carriero, Convento dei Carmelitani Scalzi, Viterbo, Italy
2009 – Falsi Astratti, Galleria L’Attico- Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy
2008 – XV Quadriennale d’Arte, , Palazzo delle Esposizioni, curated by L.Canova, D.Lancioni, C.Spadoni Rome, Italy
2008 – Spore, Atomi, Stelle, Galleria L’Attico Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy
2008 – Premio Cairo, Triennale di Milan, Milan, Italy

PRIZES AND AWARDS
2018 – Winner of the 69th edition of Premio Michetti, Italy
2013 – Winner of the Special Jury Prize of the Premio Michetti, Italy
2009 – Finalist for Terna Award 02, Italy
2008 – Finalist for the Cairo Award, Milan, Italy
2008 – Finalist for Talent Prize, Rome, Italy
2007 – Finalist for Lissone Award, Lissone, Italy
2001 – Winner of the national selection for the Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000 – Winner of XL Suzzara Prize, Italy

COLLECTIONS
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
Collezione Unicredit, Milan, Italy
Collezione Artefiera, Bologna, Italy
Collezione Benetton, Treviso, Italy
Fondazione LA QUADRIENNALE, Rome, Italy
MAR, Ravenna, Italy
Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, Italy
Collezione Longo, Cassino, Italy
VAF Foundation, Frankfurt Am Mein, Germany
Museum Burg, Miltenberg, Germany
Museum Am Dom, Würzburg, Germany
Novartis Corporated, Whippanny (New Jersey), USA

MAIN GALLERIES
L’Attico – Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy
Galleria Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Otto Gallery, Bologna, Italy
Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, Italy
Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Italy
Kalfayan Galleries, Athenes, Greece
The Elkon Gallery, New York, USA