Agostino

Bergo

One of the most inexplicable and, at the same time, most sensational things I’ve ever witnessed was the response of a mentally disabled, apparently middle-aged, man to a banal question. I asked him, “How old are you?” He replied, “I don’t know.” This man hasn’t simply understood, but lives what, for me, should be Contemporary Art.

Biography, Projects, and Available Works

Agostino Bergo

Agostino Bergo (1983) is a self-taught painter suffering from Spina Bifida. In 2012, he graduated in Law, completed the triptych “Bosnia”, which became a concept in which R. Biagiarelli (documentarian) and D. Dzinic (soprano) participated, and was a finalist for the Donkey Art Prize. In 2013, through the Dante Alighieri Society (Nis – SRB), he completed the cycle “Serbia” (2013) with K. Ivankovic (soprano), worked with D. Dzinic (soprano) on the project “Once upon a time” (2011), and was invited to Knjazevac (SRB) for an artist residency.

In 2014, he received a Special Mention from the Jury at the Basilio Cascella Prize and met Monica (his partner, muse, and role model). In 2015, he was selected for “Gea – It’s a (wo)man world” for MostraMi. In 2018, his “Doctor Fausts: la Ribellione,” which saw the kind participation of G. Gordon (Composer and Copland Prize), won the Basilio Cascella Prize (Critical Jury). In 2020, he won the “Solid Identity: Art Sharing Armenia” selection (Yerevan Biennial 2021). In 2021, he was a finalist for the Rosso Passione and Marchionni Prizes and opened a solo exhibition in Turin (Il Firmamento Terreno).

In 2022, his “Madonna della Tenerezza” (2022) was consecrated at the Convent of San Domenico in Chieri (Turin), where, in 2023, his Personal Exhibition (In Sen del Vero) was inaugurated, which was thematically linked to a series of conferences, with the participation of P. Torsi (cellist), Father F. Rubini (pianist and composer), and Father A. Barzaghi (theologian and writer). In 2024, he was selected for the International Exhibition “Les Italiens ei Francese: Maestri della Collezione Cà la Ghironda anche presenti al Louvre” (Quartu Sant’ Elena, SU, MAGMMA Museum). In 2025, he won the Rossopassione International Prize.

Selected Exhibitions and Awards
  • “Bosnia nice to meet you,” Exhibition Spaces of the Dynamic Circuits Association, Milan, 2018
  • Illustration, Torre della Loggia, Vico Bonelli, Ortona (CH), 2018
  • “Art Beat Collection Fund – The Heart of Art Beats for Central Italy,” Yoroom, Milan, 2016
  • Once Upon a Time … In Serbia,” Exhibition Spaces of the Dynamic Circuits Association, Milan, 2015
  • “Gea – It’s a (wo)man world,” MostraMi Event-Exhibition, Factory Folli 50.0, Milan, 2015 
  • “Paratissima 09,” Artissima 2014 Off-Show, Turin Exhibitions, Turin, 2015
  • “Lives in Transit,” Exhibition Spaces of the Dynamic Circuits Association, Milan, 2014
  • “Likovna Kolonija: Pod Krovom Srbije”: Artist residency at the Knjazevac Cultural Center (SBR) – Stara Planina – Hotel Falkensteiner, Serbia, 2013

Work

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