BIOGRAPHY

Fabio Valenti was born in Cantù (Como) in 1967.
He began painting regularly in 1988.
His love for drawing developed from childhood visiting the workshop of his woodcarver father. After having finished his studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan (1990), he began his work as a creative designer, which would bring him to learn about particular working environments, from a technological and mechanical point of view (automobiles and industry).
His artistic and work activities were kept separate for a long time, until in 1997 he decided to sign his works with the pseudonym “Fuelpump”, after having completed a particular painting (a self-portrait) in which two realities (working and artistic) finally come into contact.
He made several trips in Europe and since 2002 has travelled several times to Peking (China), where he had already been collaborating as Art Director and Project Designer with local organisations (Chinese publishing houses among others) from his Milan studio. After long stays in China, he felt ever more the need to dedicate himself mainly to art and consider his work obligations as consequential and lesser than his artistic activity; a sort of contemporary vision of that which was the Italian Renaissance, reconsidered in relationship to new media.

Since 2012, his artistic production has also included sculpture.
Since 2017, his artistic production has also included photography.

He lives and works in Milan.

Exhibitions

2024, CORRISPONDENZE, Künstler der Galerie - Artiste e artisti della galleria, Frankfurter Westend Galerie, Frankfurt am Main - Germany
2023, 20th AAmA, Luo Qi International Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China
2023, BIANCO e NERO, Künstler der Galerie - Artiste e artisti della galleria, Frankfurter Westend Galerie, Frankfurt am Main - Germany
2022, 19th Asian, African & Mediterranean International Modern Art Exhibition, Luo Qi International Art Gallery, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province - China
2021, ... E TORNEREMO AD AVER LA TESTA TRA LE NUVOLE / ... UND WIR WERDEN WIEDER TRÄUMEN, Frankfurter Westend Galerie, Frankfurt am Main - Einzelausstellung / Personale - Germany
2021, 18th Asian, African & Mediterranean International Modern Art Exhibition, Luo Qi International Art Gallery, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province - China
2021, EX - Antologica 1987-2021, Chiesa sconsacrata, Como - Italia
2020, UNA NUVOLA NEL MIO GIARDINO, Künstler der Galerie, Frankfurter Westend Galerie, Frankfurt am Main - Germany
2020, 17th Asian, African & Mediterranean International Modern Art Exhibition, Luo Qi International Art Gallery, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province – China
2019, VERSTAND & GEFUHL Ratio / Emotio, Künstler der Galerie, Frankfurter Westend Galerie, Frankfurt am Main - Germany
2017, Collettiva, Palazzo Bovara, Confcommercio, Milano – Italia
2016, Cina, Francia, Italia, Luo Qi International Art Gallery, Canton - China
2016, SPECCHIO ITALIA, 50 Jahre - 50 Künstler / 50 artisti per 50 anni, Frankfurter Westend Galerie, Frankfurt am Main - Germany
2016, Immagine al femminile, viaggio senza fine, Palazzo Bovara, Confcommercio, Milano – Italia
2015, 12th ASIAN, AFRICAN and MEDITERRANEAN INTERNATIONAL MODERN ART EXHIBITION, Luo Qi International Art Gallery, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province – China
2015, A sua immagine e innaturale evoluzione – Personale – Area35, Milano – Italia
2015, Quattro artisti di Milano a Berlino, Galerie Kuhn & Partner, Berlin – Germany
2015, A sua immagine e innaturale evoluzione – Personale – IIC Colonia, Köln – Germany
2014, 11th ASIAN, AFRICAN and MEDITERRANEAN INTERNATIONAL MODERN ART EXHIBITION, Luo Qi International Art Gallery, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province – China
2014, LINK, Biffi Arte, Piacenza - Italia
2014, 40 artisti per San Patrignano, Spazio SanPa, Milano - Italia
2014, MICHELANGELO heute/oggi, Frankfurter Westend Galerie, Frankfurt am Main - Germany
2014, MATERIE, Materie anomale e di nuova generazione nell'arte contemporanea, Castello di Trezzo d'Adda (MI) e Olgiate Olona (LC) - un progetto a cura di Heart
2013, 40 internationale künstler zeigen 120 kleinformate Galerie Kuhn & Partner, Berlin – Germany
2013, 10th ASIAN and AFRICAN MODERN ART EXHIBITION, Luo Qi International Art Gallery, Zhejiang Province – China
2012, Noi, animali modulari – Personale – Palazzo Comunale, Sesto Calende (Va) – Italia
2012, 35 internationale Künstler zeigen 105 Kleinformate, Galerie Kuhn & Partner, Berlin – Germany
2012, Museo del Ciclismo, Ghisallo (CO) – Italia
2012, Classici & Moderni, Galleria Lazzaro by Corsi, Milano – Italia
2012, Paesaggi, oggetti e soggetti, Galleria Berga, Vicenza – Italia
2011, 54ª Biennale di Venezia – Padiglione Italia, Sala Nervi, Torino – Italia
2011, Freunde der Galerie, Galerie Kuhn & Partner, Berlin – Germany
2011, 5 per Masolino, Museo Branda Castiglioni, Castiglione Olona, Varese – Italia
2011, Identificazione e Verità – Personale – Cortina Arte, Milano – Italia
2011, Guardando verso nord, Spazio Taccori, Milano – Italia
2010, Impreviste presenze, Galleria Alba d'arte, Brescia – Italia
2010, Interni d'artista, Galleria Accademia contemporanea, Milano – Italia
2010, Il disegno italiano, Galleria Accademia Contemporanea, Milano – Italia
2004, Il volume delle labbra, Luciano Ingapin, Milano – Italia
2003, Wonderful World, Folini Arte Contemporanea, Chiasso – Svizzera
1996, Venature, Treviglio, Bergamo – Italia
1991, Arte giovane, Galleria il Castello, Milano – Italia
1990, Dal Legno al Segno, Spazio Baj, Palazzo Dugnani, Milano – Italia

Altro

2022, Articolo - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Deutschland)
2021, Articolo - Frankfurter Neue Presse (Deutschland)
2021, Articolo - Intervista sulla rivista DONNA (Svizzera)
2020, Articolo - Intervista sulla rivista Ticino Management (Svizzera)
2018, Articolo pubblicato sulla rivista LIST (Rep. Ceca)
2015, Articolo con foto sulla rivista DDN n.216
2014, Opera pubblicata sul libro di scultura MATERIE
2011, Articolo con foto sulla rivista DDN n.179
2011, Dipinto utilizzato come Cover del mese di dic-gennaio 2011 della rivista ItaliaImballaggio
2010, Avvenire, in occasione della mostra "Impreviste presenze"
2010, Avvenire, in occasione della mostra "Il disegno italiano"
2006, Foto su Casa International
2005, Foto con opera pubblicata su CASA International, rivista di Design, Architettura, Arte e Life Style, con sede a Beijing in Cina
2004, Breve intervista su Casa International (Beijin, China)
2004, Intervista con foto studio/opere sulla rivista AMICA
2004, Breve intervista su Casa International (Beijin, China)
2004, Opera pubblicata su DDN (rivista internazionale di Design)

The following have written

Paola Tavella, Mauro Corradini, Giovanni Cerri, Giulia Bruno, Andrea B. Del Guercio, Rolando Bellini, Elena Perucco, Barbara Thurao, Simona Bartolena, Lucio Izzo, Stefano Crespi, Manuela Di Mari, Simona Manzione, Edda Rössler, Christoph Schütte