Davide Ronco (IT), is a graduate of the Ceramic MA at the Royal Danish Academy and holds a postgraduate from Konstfack University: Research Lab Craft. He lives and works in Copenhagen.
His artistic practice is rooted in extensive material research and a commitment to solid craftsmanship. Through his work, he challenges conventional tools and methodologies, using site-specific installations and temporary interventions to explore the dichotomy between the natural and the artificial. Among others, he utilizes locally sourced clay and challenges the limitations of the material by embracing its inherent cracks and imperfections, and rammed earth in a manner that accentuates its temporal and decaying nature, rather than attempting to shield it from the effects of weather conditions.
His ongoing research centers on the concept of Ad Extremum, or “until the end; death,” (the human presence’s narrowness) as a reflection of the precarious existence of humankind. Through this lens, he examines themes of transience, fragility, and decay, and the opposition and discrepancies between humanity and nature.
At present, he is working on a new research format based on simple principles and study cases. Sustainable Art Practices: Towards a Socio-Ecological Methodology within Site-Specific, Land and Installation Art.
Whether with sculpture, furniture, or site-specific installations, his diverse work revolves around found local materials, vernacular and traditional artisanship, and construction methods, involving sustainable and up-cycling processes.
UPCOMING
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Feb. - Sept. 2025, Diffuse Residency, Terraformæ, Loreggia, IT
May. 2025, Spazi Aperti, Accademia di Romania, Rome, IT
Oct. 2025, Exhibition, Til:Værks, Copenhagen, DK
CONTACT
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hello@davideronco.com
+45 91983838
@davideronco
SOLO EXHIBITIONS + SITE-SPECIFIC WORK
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2024
Untitled (Between The Two), Villa Filanda Antonini, Villorba, IT
The Gate, Taattisten Tila, Merimasku, FI
2023
The Floor, The Garden Caretaker, NXT, Desire, Stedets Væsen, Herlev, DK
2022
Studio del Presente: Atto Terzo, Himmelbjerggaarden, Ry, DK
2021
Studio del Presente: Atto Secondo, REFORM Design Biennale, Social Service Club, Store Heddinge, DK
Studio del Presente: Intermezzo, Artenatura, Villaga, IT
2020
Studio del Presente: Atto Primo, Ifö Center, Bromölla SE
2019
Studio del Fragile, Four Boxes, Krabbesholm, Skive DK
L'illusion des sosies, Tableau, Copenhagen DK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2024
European Ceramic Context, Bornholm, DK
Award 5, Officine Saffi, Milan, IT
Tablescapes, Collectible Fair, Vanderborght, Brussels, BE
Terrafina, Terraformæ, Product launch, Milano Design Week, Milan, IT
2023
MK&G Messe, Young Talent, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, DE
Biennalen for Kunsthåndværk & Design, Copenhagen, DK
62° Faenza Prize, Museo Internazionale delle ceramiche, Faenza, IT
2022
Sharp Projects, Copenhagen, DK
Talente, Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern, Munich, DE
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 2022, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen DK
2021
Keramik Udstilling, Galerie Nijenkamp, Odense DK
Ukurant Perspectives, Muuto, 3 Days of Design, Copenhagen DK
Interactions, An Apartment Installation, Karakter + Cassina + Ark Journal, 3 Days of Design, Copenhagen DK
Imprint as Expression, Tina Austen Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2020
Palazzo Monti: Transatlantico, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City NJ, USA
Art of Giving, Sirin Gallery, Copenhagen DK
Adorno, Online
Ukurant Objects, 3 Days of Design, Copenhagen DK
Material Matters, 3 Days of Design, Den Frie Undstilling, Copenhagen DK
Stereo Exchange, Frederiksberg, DK
2019
Close Call, Kunstscenen, Copenhagen DK
GREATEST HITS, Carlsberg Byen, Copenhagen DK
1000 Vases X Paris Design Week, À Rebours, Paris FR
The Growing Stool, Performance, Udine Design Week, Udine IT
Galline Bellissime, Villafredda, Tarcento IT
Pazzo Palazzo, Palazzo Monti, Brescia IT
Variabile M, A chairs' collective monologue about materials, Udine Design Week 2019, Udine IT
Aperto alla Riflessione, Galleria La Loggia, Udine Design Week 2019, Udine IT
2018
Afgangsudstilling Sommer 2018, KADK, Copenhagen DK
2017
Caldas Design Week, Espaço Schengen, Centro de Artes, Caldas PT
West Indian Tracks - Frederik Ferdinand Hansen's Imprint, Curated the exhibition at Flynderupgard Museum, Espergærde DK
Journey to the vast Unknown, Collaboration with CATCH, Click Festival, Helsingør DK
Interpretations / Fortolkninger, Clay Keramikmuseum Denmark, Middelfart DK
EDUCATION
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Aug. 2023 / June 2024 Postgraduate, Research LAB Craft!, Konstfack, Stockholm SE
Sept. 2016 / June 2018 MA Ceramic Design, The Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen DK
Sept. 2012 / Mar. 2016 BA Product and Visual Design, I.U.A.V, Venice IT
RESIDENCIES
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Apr. - May 2024, The Danish Institute, Rome, IT
Sept. - Nov. 2024, Villa Filanda Antonini, Treviso, IT
June 2024, Taattisten Tila, Merimasku, FI
Oct. - Nov. 2023, The Garden Caretaker, NXT, Desire and New European Bauhaus, Stedets Væsen, Herlev, DK
July - Sept. 2023, Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen, DK
Apr. - June 2023, ID Pool Vista Alegre, Aveiro, PT
Aug. 2021, Social Service Club, Store Heddinge, DK
Apr. 2021 Artenatura, Villaga, IT
Sept. - Oct. 2020 Ifö Center, Brömolla, SE
Aug. - Dec. 2019 Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive DK
Dec. 2018 Palazzo Monti, Brescia IT
PUBLICATIONS
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in the making: the crack that lets the light shine in, published by Konstfack, 2024
CONTRIBUTIONS
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Apr. 2025, Panel Talk, Growing matter(s), Henning Larsen, Milano Design Week, Milan, IT
Mar. 2025, Film, The Garden Caretaker, CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, DK
Feb. 2025, Lecture, Sustainable Methodologies in Artistic Practices, Royal Danish Academy, Nexø, DK
June 2024, Seminar / Book Release, IASPIS, Stockholm, SE
May 2024, Seminar, Craft Days, HDK-Valand, Gothenburg, SE
Apr. 2024, Lecture, Rammed Earth Implementation in Artistic Practices, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen DK
Jan. 2024, Lecture, Sustainable Art Practices: towards a socio-ecological methodology within site-specific, installation and land art, Research Week, Konstfack, Stockholm, SE
222 Artisti Emergenti su cui Investire 2024 (222 Emerging Artists to Invest in 2024), published by Exibart 2023
Oct. 2023, Panel Discussion, Sustainable art practices at the age of ecological collapse: what to produce? Part of Gathering Spells organized by DE.A.RE – DEconstruct And REbuild, FLUKS - Centre for Young Art, University of Agder, Kristiansand, NO
June 2022, Building the Symbiocene, Djernes & Bell
GRANTS & AWARDS
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2024 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Billedkunst Ophold på udenlandske residencies
2024 Officine Saffi Award 5 - Winner Young Artist Prize
2024 Estrid Ericsons Foundation - Publication
2024+23+21 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Kunsthåndværk og Designprojekter i Danmark og udlandet
2024+22+21 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Arbejdslegater
2023 62º Premio Faenza - Finalist
2023 Arte Laguna Prize - Winner Special Prize BJCEM
2023 Danmarks Nationalbankens Jubilaeumsfond - Residency Support
2020 Sveriges Konstföreningar - Utställningsersättning
2020 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Arbejdslegater til nye talenter
2020 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Rejser og Residencies
2018 Spirekassen - Boligfondenkuben
Dec. 2016 Finalist Hack4Norden - SLUSH Festival, Helsinki FI
Sept. 2016 Winner HACK4DK - Copenhagen DK
AFFILIATIONS
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Member of The Royal Academy of Art, Denmark
Member of UKK
Member of BKF, Danish Visual Artists Association
Member of Gallery Climate Coalition
COMMISSIONS
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Sept. 2023, Steinbesser, with Zizi Hattab & Karime López, Basel, CH
Aug. 2023 New Balance CPHFW 2023, Copenhagen, DK
June 2022 Syd for Solen, Søndermarken, Copenhagen, DK
Dec. 2021 Dinesen X Tableau X CC, Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen DK
June 2021, Henrik Vibskov SS22, Copenhagen, DK
Davide Ronco (IT), is a graduate of the Ceramic MA at the Royal Danish Academy and holds a postgraduate from Konstfack University: Research Lab Craft. He lives and works in Copenhagen.
His artistic practice is rooted in extensive material research and a commitment to solid craftsmanship. Through his work, he challenges conventional tools and methodologies, using site-specific installations and temporary interventions to explore the dichotomy between the natural and the artificial. Among others, he utilizes locally sourced clay and challenges the limitations of the material by embracing its inherent cracks and imperfections, and rammed earth in a manner that accentuates its temporal and decaying nature, rather than attempting to shield it from the effects of weather conditions.
His ongoing research centers on the concept of Ad Extremum, or “until the end; death,” (the human presence’s narrowness) as a reflection of the precarious existence of humankind. Through this lens, he examines themes of transience, fragility, and decay, and the opposition and discrepancies between humanity and nature.
At present, he is working on a new research format based on simple principles and study cases. Sustainable Art Practices: Towards a Socio-Ecological Methodology within Site-Specific, Land and Installation Art.
Whether with sculpture, furniture, or site-specific installations, his diverse work revolves around found local materials, vernacular and traditional artisanship, and construction methods, involving sustainable and up-cycling processes.
CONTACT
-
hello@davideronco.com
+45 91983838
@davideronco
UPCOMING
-
Feb. - Sept. 2025, Diffuse Residency, Terraformæ, Loreggia, IT
May. 2025, Spazi Aperti, Accademia di Romania, Rome, IT
Oct. 2025, Exhibition, Til:Værks, Copenhagen, DK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS + SITE-SPECIFIC WORK
-
2024
Untitled (Between The Two), Villa Filanda Antonini, Villorba, IT
The Gate, Taattisten Tila, Merimasku, FI
2023
The Floor, The Garden Caretaker, NXT, Desire, Stedets Væsen, Herlev, DK
2022
Studio del Presente: Atto Terzo, Himmelbjerggaarden, Ry, DK
2021
Studio del Presente: Atto Secondo, REFORM Design Biennale, Social Service Club, Store Heddinge, DK
Studio del Presente: Intermezzo, Artenatura, Villaga, IT
2020
Studio del Presente: Atto Primo, Ifö Center, Bromölla SE
2019
Studio del Fragile, Four Boxes, Krabbesholm, Skive DK
L'illusion des sosies, Tableau, Copenhagen DK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
-
2024
European Ceramic Context, Bornholm, DK
Award 5, Officine Saffi, Milan, IT
Tablescapes, Collectible Fair, Vanderborght, Brussels, BE
Terrafina, Terraformæ, Product launch, Milano Design Week, Milan, IT
2023
MK&G Messe, Young Talent, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, DE
Biennalen for Kunsthåndværk & Design, Copenhagen, DK
62° Faenza Prize, Museo Internazionale delle ceramiche, Faenza, IT
2022
Sharp Projects, Copenhagen, DK
Talente, Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern, Munich, DE
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 2022, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen DK
2021
Keramik Udstilling, Galerie Nijenkamp, Odense DK
Ukurant Perspectives, Muuto, 3 Days of Design, Copenhagen DK
Interactions, An Apartment Installation, Karakter + Cassina + Ark Journal, 3 Days of Design, Copenhagen DK
Imprint as Expression, Tina Austen Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2020
Palazzo Monti: Transatlantico, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City NJ, USA
Art of Giving, Sirin Gallery, Copenhagen DK
Adorno, Online
Ukurant Objects, 3 Days of Design, Copenhagen DK
Material Matters, 3 Days of Design, Den Frie Undstilling, Copenhagen DK
Stereo Exchange, Frederiksberg, DK
2019
Close Call, Kunstscenen, Copenhagen DK
GREATEST HITS, Carlsberg Byen, Copenhagen DK
1000 Vases X Paris Design Week, À Rebours, Paris FR
The Growing Stool, Performance, Udine Design Week, Udine IT
Galline Bellissime, Villafredda, Tarcento IT
Pazzo Palazzo, Palazzo Monti, Brescia IT
Variabile M, A chairs' collective monologue about materials, Udine Design Week 2019, Udine IT
Aperto alla Riflessione, Galleria La Loggia, Udine Design Week 2019, Udine IT
2018
Afgangsudstilling Sommer 2018, KADK, Copenhagen DK
2017
Caldas Design Week, Espaço Schengen, Centro de Artes, Caldas PT
West Indian Tracks - Frederik Ferdinand Hansen's Imprint, Curated the exhibition at Flynderupgard Museum, Espergærde DK
Journey to the vast Unknown, Collaboration with CATCH, Click Festival, Helsingør DK
Interpretations / Fortolkninger, Clay Keramikmuseum Denmark, Middelfart DK
EDUCATION
-
Aug. 2023 / June 2024 Postgraduate, Research LAB Craft!, Konstfack, Stockholm SE
Sept. 2016 / June 2018 MA Ceramic Design, The Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen DK
Sept. 2012 / Mar. 2016 BA Product and Visual Design, I.U.A.V, Venice IT
RESIDENCIES
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Apr. - May 2024, The Danish Institute, Rome, IT
Sept. - Nov. 2024, Villa Filanda Antonini, Treviso, IT
June 2024, Taattisten Tila, Merimasku, FI
Oct. - Nov. 2023, The Garden Caretaker, NXT, Desire and New European Bauhaus, Stedets Væsen, Herlev, DK
July - Sept. 2023, Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen, DK
Apr. - June 2023, ID Pool Vista Alegre, Aveiro, PT
Aug. 2021, Social Service Club, Store Heddinge, DK
Apr. 2021 Artenatura, Villaga, IT
Sept. - Oct. 2020 Ifö Center, Brömolla, SE
Aug. - Dec. 2019 Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive DK
Dec. 2018 Palazzo Monti, Brescia IT
PUBLICATIONS
-
in the making: the crack that lets the light shine in, published by Konstfack, 2024
CONTRIBUTIONS
-
Apr. 2025, Panel Talk, Growing matter(s), Henning Larsen, Milano Design Week, Milan, IT
Mar. 2025, Film, The Garden Caretaker, CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, DK
Feb. 2025, Lecture, Sustainable Methodologies in Artistic Practices, Royal Danish Academy, Nexø, DK
June 2024, Seminar / Book Release, IASPIS, Stockholm, SE
May 2024, Seminar, Craft Days, HDK-Valand, Gothenburg, SE
Apr. 2024, Lecture, Rammed Earth Implementation in Artistic Practices, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen DK
Jan. 2024, Lecture, Sustainable Art Practices: towards a socio-ecological methodology within site-specific, installation and land art, Research Week, Konstfack, Stockholm, SE
222 Artisti Emergenti su cui Investire 2024 (222 Emerging Artists to Invest in 2024), published by Exibart 2023
Oct. 2023, Panel Discussion, Sustainable art practices at the age of ecological collapse: what to produce? Part of Gathering Spells organized by DE.A.RE – DEconstruct And REbuild, FLUKS - Centre for Young Art, University of Agder, Kristiansand, NO
June 2022, Building the Symbiocene, Djernes & Bell
GRANTS & AWARDS
-
2024 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Billedkunst Ophold på udenlandske residencies
2024 Officine Saffi Award 5 - Winner Young Artist Prize
2024 Estrid Ericsons Foundation - Publication
2024+23+21 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Kunsthåndværk og Designprojekter i Danmark og udlandet
2024+22+21 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Arbejdslegater
2023 62º Premio Faenza - Finalist
2023 Arte Laguna Prize - Winner Special Prize BJCEM
2023 Danmarks Nationalbankens Jubilaeumsfond - Residency Support
2020 Sveriges Konstföreningar - Utställningsersättning
2020 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Arbejdslegater til nye talenter
2020 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Rejser og Residencies
2018 Spirekassen - Boligfondenkuben
Dec. 2016 Finalist Hack4Norden - SLUSH Festival, Helsinki FI
Sept. 2016 Winner HACK4DK - Copenhagen DK
AFFILIATIONS
-
Member of The Royal Academy of Art, Denmark
Member of UKK
Member of BKF, Danish Visual Artists Association
Member of Gallery Climate Coalition
COMMISSIONS
-
Sept. 2023, Steinbesser, with Zizi Hattab & Karime López, Basel, CH
Aug. 2023 New Balance CPHFW 2023, Copenhagen, DK
June 2022 Syd for Solen, Søndermarken, Copenhagen, DK
Dec. 2021 Dinesen X Tableau X CC, Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen DK
June 2021, Henrik Vibskov SS22, Copenhagen, DK
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Design by Davide Genovese
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