Diego Tonus

Diego Tonus (b.1984, Italy) lives and works in The Hague (NL).
He studied Visual Arts at IUAV University, Venice, and at the Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam. Solo shows and presentations include those at the CSAC Museum and Archive Parma (2023); Whitechapel Gallery London (2020); STROOM Den Haag (2019); Van Eyck Maastricht (2019); Ellen de Bruijne Projects (2018); ar/ge kunst Bozen (2017); Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (2013). He has participated in numerous group exhibitions including at TENT Rotterdam (2020); Kasteel Oud-Rekem (2019); MAMbo Bologna (2018); Rome Quadrennial (2016); WIELS, Brussels (2015); De Appel (2015); CCA Singapore (2014); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2013); Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (2013) and Kunstverein Nürnberg (2013). His films have been presented internationally including at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2016) and Kunsthalle Gwangju (2011). Tonus has been awarded residencies at Van Eyck Maastricht; WIELS Brussels; Fondazione Spinola Banna, Poirino; Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice and Real Presence Belgrade. Tonus has been nominated for awards including the PAC - DGCC (2022); Italian Council (2018); Centrale Fies (2015) and the Furla Award (2012). Among his publications: From State To State (Electa 2023); Never Again (Mousse Publishing, 2020); Fragments of a Conversation with a Counterfeiter (Roma Publications Amsterdam, 2019); The Presidents’ Hammers (Roma Publications Amsterdam, 2018); I, the Dog of my Master (MER.Paper Kunsthalle 2015) and Five Cases of Intrusion (Archive Books Berlin, 2014). Diego Tonus’s works entered public collections such as CSAC Museum and Archive Parma (IT); MAMbo Museum Bologna (Italy); MAXXI Museum Rome (Italy) and MMOMA Moscow (Russia).