Loris Cecchini (born 1969) is an Italian
contemporary artist. He works in various media, among them
sculpture,
installation and
photography. In 2014 he won the annual Premio Arnaldo Pomodoro per la Scultura awarded by the
Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro.
Cecchini was born in
Milan, in
Lombardy
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in northern Italy, in 1969. He studied in
Siena, in
Florence and in Milan. His work was shown at the
Museo Civico di Castel Nuovo in
Naples in 2000, at
MoMA PS1 in New York in 2006–2007, and at the
Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole in
Saint-Étienne
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in France in 2010. As winner of the 2014 Premio Arnaldo Pomodoro per la Scultura, he had a solo show at the premises of the Fondazione in Milan in March of that year.
References
Further reading
* Michele Costanzo (2002)
Loris Cecchini: La casa della Musica-Sonar(in Italian). ''L'Arca'' (174), October 2002.
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Living people
1969 births
Italian contemporary artists
Italian conceptual artists
Environmental artists
Brera Academy alumni
Artists from Milan