Davide Ronco (IT), is a graduate of the Ceramic MA at the Royal Danish Academy and currently undergoing a postgraduate program at Konstfack: 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.
Whether with sculpture, furniture or site-specific installations, his diverse work revolves around found materials, unconventional methods and up-cycling processes.
UPCOMING
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Oct. 2023, Biennalen for Kunsthåndværk & Design, Copenhagen, DK
Oct. 2023, Residency The Graden Caretaker, part of NXT, Desire and New European Bauhaus, Stedets Væsen, Herlev, DK
Oct. 2023, Conference, DE.A.RE – DEconstruct And REbuild & FLUKS - Centre for Young Art, University of Agder, Kristiansand, NO
Nov. 2023, MK&G Messe, Hamburg, DE
CONTACT
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hello@davideronco.com
+45 91983838
@davideronco
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2022
Studio del Presente: Atto Terzo, Himmelbjerggaarden, Ry, DK
2021
Studio del Presente: Atto Secondo, REFORM Design Biennale, Social Service Club, Store Heddinge, DK
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
The Growing Stool, Performance, Udine Design Week 2019, Udine IT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2023
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
Dinesen X Tableau X CC (Commission), Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen DK
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
Studio del Presente: Intermezzo, Artenatura, Villaga, IT
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
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 / On going Postgraduate, Research LAB Craft!, Konstfack, Stockholm SE
Sept. 2016 / June 2018 MA Ceramic Design, KADK The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen DK
Sept. 2012 / Mar. 2016 Bachelor of Industrial Design and Multimedia, I.U.A.V, Venice IT
RESIDENCIES
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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
GRANTS & AWARDS
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2023 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Kunsthåndværk og Designprojekter i Danmark og udlandet
2023 Statens Værksteder for Kunst - Working grant
2023 62º Premio Faenza - Finalist
2023 Arte Laguna Prize - Winner Special Prize BJCEM
2023 Danmarks Nationalbankens Jubilaeumsfond - Residency Support
2022 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Arbejdslegater
2021 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Arbejdslegater
2021 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Kunsthåndværk og Designprojekter i Danmark og udlandet
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
COMMISSIONS
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Steinbesser, with Zizi Hattab & Karime López, Basel, CH
Aug. 2023 New Balance CPHFW 2023, Copenhagen, DK
June 2022 Syd for Solen, Søndermarken, 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 currently undergoing a postgraduate program at Konstfack: 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.
Whether with sculpture, furniture or site-specific installations, his diverse work revolves around found materials, unconventional methods and up-cycling processes.
CONTACT
-
hello@davideronco.com
+45 91983838
@davideronco
UPCOMING
-
Oct. 2023, Biennalen for Kunsthåndværk & Design, Copenhagen, DK
Oct. 2023, Residency The Graden Caretaker, part of NXT, Desire and New European Bauhaus, Stedets Væsen, Herlev, DK
Oct. 2023, Conference, DE.A.RE – DEconstruct And REbuild & FLUKS - Centre for Young Art, University of Agder, Kristiansand, NO
Nov. 2023, MK&G Messe, Hamburg, DE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
-
2022
Studio del Presente: Atto Terzo, Himmelbjerggaarden, Ry, DK
2021
Studio del Presente: Atto Secondo, REFORM Design Biennale, Social Service Club, Store Heddinge, DK
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
The Growing Stool, Performance, Udine Design Week 2019, Udine IT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
-
2023
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
Dinesen X Tableau X CC (Commission), Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen DK
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
Studio del Presente: Intermezzo, Artenatura, Villaga, IT
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
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 / On going Postgraduate, Research LAB Craft!, Konstfack, Stockholm SE
Sept. 2016 / June 2018 MA Ceramic Design, KADK The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen DK
Sept. 2012 / Mar. 2016 Bachelor of Industrial Design and Multimedia, I.U.A.V, Venice IT
RESIDENCIES
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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
GRANTS & AWARDS
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2023 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Kunsthåndværk og Designprojekter i Danmark og udlandet
2023 Statens Værksteder for Kunst - Working grant
2023 62º Premio Faenza - Finalist
2023 Arte Laguna Prize - Winner Special Prize BJCEM
2023 Danmarks Nationalbankens Jubilaeumsfond - Residency Support
2022 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Arbejdslegater
2021 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Arbejdslegater
2021 Statens Kunstfond, Danish Art Foundation - Kunsthåndværk og Designprojekter i Danmark og udlandet
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
COMMISSIONS
-
Steinbesser, with Zizi Hattab & Karime López, Basel, CH
Aug. 2023 New Balance CPHFW 2023, Copenhagen, DK
June 2022 Syd for Solen, Søndermarken, Copenhagen, DK
June 2021, Henrik Vibskov SS22, Copenhagen, DK
Design by Davide Genovese
© Davide Ronco 2022
Design by Davide Genovese
© Davide Ronco 2021