Cosimo Di Leo Ricatto was born in Catania, Italy.

EDUCATION
1973 - Academy of Brera, Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Art, Milano, Italy
1968 - State Institute of Art of Siracusa, Italy

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
- Viaggio in Sicilia, photographs
Italian Cultural Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2006
- Storypost #13
curated by Piero Cavellini
Nuovi strumenti- show room, Brescia, Italy

2001
- Suspended, Velan Centro D'Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
- Suspended, Seno Gallery, Milano, Italy

2000
- Photo Theory of Making Art - They Cover Themselves with Layers of Meaning and Metaphor
Graziano Vigato Gallery, Alessandria, Italy

1999
- Crossing, Hospitalhof Stuttgart, Germany
- Oh! No! Please! Please! Please!, Galeria A.M.S. Marlborough, Santiago, Chile

1998
- Photo Theory of Making Art, Recalcati Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
- Oh! No! Please! Please! Please!, Marco Noire Arte Contemporanea, San Sebastiano Po, Torino, Italy
- Oh! No! Please! Please! Please!, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY, USA

1997
- Photo Theory of Making Art, Museo Ken Damy, Brescia, Italy
- Photo Theory of Making Art, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY, USA

1996
- Hidden and Hiding, Achim Kubinsky Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany

1995

- The Catch of the Day, Studio Oggetto, Milano, Italy

1994
- The Catch of the Day, Gallery Lok, New York, NY, USA
- Female/Female Male/Male Female/Male Male/Female, Casa Cultura Bellreguard, Bellreguard, Valencia, Spain

1993
- Female/Female Male/Male Female/Male Male/Female, Pascual Lucas Espai, Valencia, Spain
- The Bedroom… Source of Symbol and Synergy, Studio Tommaseo, Trieste, Italy
- he Bedroom… Source of Symbol and Synergy, Galleria Alto Garda, Arco Di Trento, Italy
- They Cover Themselves with Layers of Meaning and Metaphor, Galerie Equilibrist, St, Niklaas, Antwerp, Belgium

1991
- Human Corporeality, Galleria Oddi Baglioni, Roma, Italy
- God’s First Attempt in the Creation of Man, Museo Del Parco, Portofino, Italy

1990
- Confess your Sins, Piero Cavellini Gallery, Milano, Italy
- Relics: New Sculptures, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY, USA

1989
- Untitled: New Sculptures, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY,USA

1986
- Untitled: New Paintings, Albert Totah Gallery, New York, NY, USA

1984
- Between Eros and Thanatos, White Columns, New York, NY, USA

1982
- (Persona), P.S.1, Winter '82, New York, NY, USA
- Installation, The Parallel Window, New York, NY, USA

1980
- Installation, Mulino Feyles, Torino, Italy
- Untitled, Arte Incontri, Fara D'adda, Italy
- (Persona), Arte Club, Catania, Italy

1979
- Anima-animus, Centrosei, Bari, Italy
- Anima-animus, Galleria Unimedia, Genova, Italy

1978
- (Persona), Centro Attività Visive, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy

1977
- Ricordo, Galleria Il Milione, Milano, Italy
- Ricordo, Galleria Barozzi, Milano, Italy
1976
- Untitled, Centro Di Attività Culturali Simaryp, Valenza, Italy
- Untitled, Galleria Carrobbio, Vigevano, Italy
- Untitled, Studio d'Arte La Comune, Lonato, Italy

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
- Le Stanze Della Fotografia Art Verona, Verona, Italy
curated by Fabio Castelli

2002
- entr'acte, Palazzo Albiroli, Bologna, Italy
Curated by Associazione Neon and Circolo di Palazzo Giovine
- Selezione N. 1 fotografia italiana, Farsetti Arte, Milano, Italy
Curated by Fabio Castelli
- The Freight Elevator Project II - d.u.m.b.o. Art Under the Bridge Festival -
Curated by Ombretta Agro`

2001
- The Freight Elevator Project I - Chelsea and the Meat market, New York, NY, USA
Curated by Ombretta Agro`

2000
- Neue Kunst in altem Gemauer, Galerie Studio 10, Chur, Switzerland
- Drawing, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY, USA - Curated by Joseph Szoecs
- Duchamp Traveling Exhibition Curated by NY Arts Magazine
Kulturbahnhof, Bremen, Germany;
Emmanuel Heller Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The Artists' Musuem, Lodz, Poland

1999
- Memento Mori, Star 67 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA - Curated by Erik Bakke
- Sex, Death, and Religion, The Gershwin Hotel, New York, NY, USA - Curated by Jack White

1998
- Extended Borders, Poltrona Frau, New York, NY, USA
- Aufstehen. Auferstehen., Hospitalhof/Hospitalirche Stuttgart, Germany

1997
- Antologia: The Power of Words and Signs, Sala Franco, Trieste, Italy
- 2nd NY Biennial, sponsored by NY SoHo Arts Magazine, Eighth Floor Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- The Power of Words and Signs, Index Gallery, Osaka, Japan and Casa, Tokyo, Japan
Traveling exhibition, Curated by Abraham Lubelski

1996
- Projected, Eric Stark Gallery, New York, USA
- The Comic Depiction of Sex in American Art, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany
- Fotoform, Union League Club, New York, USA - Curated by Backer, Senouf, Sokoloff
- Urban Structures, Kunstlerwerkstatt Lothringerstrasse, Munich, Germany - Curated by Matthias Held

1995
- Tribeca Group Show, New York, NY, USA - Curated by Backer, Senouf, and Sokoloff
- XII Premi Alfons Roig, Casa Cultura Bellreguard, Bellreguard, Spain

1994
- Mirabilia II, Piero Cavellini Gallery, Brescia, Italy
- Fet A Europa, Centre Cultural D'Alcoi, Valencia, Spain - Curated by J.A. Blasco Carracosa
- By a Hair's Breadth, Elsa Mott Yves Gallery, New York, NY, USA - Curated by Jane Dickson

1993
- Autumn Salon, Arena Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
- What To Say What Not To Say, Caren Golden Fine Arts, Water Mill, NY, USA
- What To Say What Not To Say, Achim Kubinski Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- Hybrid Sculpture, Marsha Fogel Gallery, East Hampton, NY, USA
- Transient Décor, Room 311, The Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY, USA - Organized by Horodner Romley Gallery, Curated by Saul Ostrow
- Concurrencies II, Ben Shahn Gallery at William Paterson College, New Jersey, USA - Curated by Nancy Einreinhofer and Lucio Pozzi
- Survival in the Technological World, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA - Curated by Philip A. Ladouceur

1992
- Lo Spirito: New Art from Italy, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY, USA - Curated by Olivia Georgia
- Voices and Visions, The College of Staten Island of the City University of New York, Staten Island, NY, USA, Curated by Diane Kelder
- Art Finds of Our Times, Marsha Fogel Gallery, East Hampton, NY, USA
- Through Italy, United Nations, New York, NY, USA - Curated by Maura Garau

1991
- Certain Uncertainty, The Lobby Gallery, Deutsche Bank, New York, NY, USA - Curated by Sandra Gering
- Painting into Object, Stark Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- Gullivers Travels, Galleria Sophia Ungers, Koln, Germany

1990
- Effetto Man Ray, Museo Ken Damy, Brescia, Italy - Curated by Piero Cavellini
- Integral Tables, Graham Modern, New York, NY, USA - Curated by Alain Kirili
- Fax-Art 1, Torino, Italy - Curated by Paola Gribaudo
- The Art of Summer, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY, USA

1989
- Specific Metaphysics, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY, USA

1988
- Annual Small Works Show, Sculpture Center, New York, NY, USA

1987
- Contemporary Perspectives, Sandra Gering Fine Arts, Oyster Bay, NY, USA

1985
- Invitation Past-Present, Kelleher Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- Nico Smith Gallery, New York, NY, USA

1984
- Soon to be a Major Motion Picture, Greathouse Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- Investigation, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Up-date, White Columns, New York, NY, USA
- The New Portrait, P.S. 1, New York, NY, USA - Curated by Jeffrey Deitch

1983
- The Family of Man, 1955-1984, P.S.1, Winter '84, New York, USA - Curated by Marvin Heiferman

1982
- Faces Photographed, Grey Art Gallery, New York, NY, USA
- Photographs/ By/ Photographs/ In, Daniel Wolf Gallery, New York, NY, USA

1981
- Air Mail, Galleria Appolinaire, Milano, Italy

1980
- Fiat Lux, Palazzo Cuttica Di Cassine, Alessandria, Italy - Curated by Marisa Vescovo
- Nuova Immagine, Galleria Del Disegno, XVI Triennale, Palazzo della Triennale, Milano, Italy - Curated by Flavio Caroli
- Studio Cesare Manzo, Pescara, Italy
- Il Tempo del Museo Venezia, La Biennale Progetto Speciale 1980, Venice, Italy

1979
- Post No Bills, Centro Internazionale di Brera, Milano, Italy
- Premio Lubiam, Sabbioneta, Italy - Curated by Flaminio Gualdoni

1978
- Et Postea Dixit, Galleria Unimedia, Genova, Italy

1977
- Mostra incessante per il Cile, Rotonda Della Besana, Milano, Italy
- Arte per la libertà di informazione, Syracuse, Italy
- Asta Brerarte, Milan, Italy


1976
- 27th Salon Jeune Peinture, Paris, France
- Galleria D'Arte Porta Ticinese, Milano, Italy
- Biennale '76, Venezia, Italy
- 68: L'azione nella strada, Galleria Porta Ticinese, Milano, Italy

1975
- Art Extension, Paris, France
- X Quadriennale di Roma, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, Italy
- XXX della resistenza, Museo Civico, Lodi, Italy
- S.I.C.O.F., Milano, Italy
- Per la stampa libera, Galleria Schubert, Milano, Italy
- Mostra per il sindacato degli artisti, Centro Internazionale di Brera, Milano, Italy
- Mostra di Grafica, Comune di Nao, Italy
- Mostra incessante per il Cile, Circolo dei Portuali, Livorno, Italy

1974
- Mostra incessante sul Cile, Galleria Porta Ticinese, Milan, Italy

- God's First Attempts in the Formation of Man
Museo del Parco Portofino, Italy, catalogue essay by Robert Mahoney

- Tema Celeste, No. 29, Italy
Cosimo di Leo Ricatto”Cosimo Di Leo Ricatto by Roberto Caracci

1990
- Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy
"Immaginario Mediterraneo by Enrico Brivio

- Confess Your Sins
catalogue essay by Elio Grazioli - Cavellini Gallery, Milano, Italy

- Junge Kunst, Germany
"Galerien im Gesprach, Sandra Gering Fine Art"
by Gerard Goodrow, Andreas Fritsch

- New Work
Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY, USA, critical essay by Saul Ostrow

1989
-
Specific Metaphysics
Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY, USA, critical essay by Pat McCoy

- Making Philosophy
Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY USA - critical essay by Judy Collishan Van Wagner

1986
- L'Italiano, New York, NY
Un pittore fotografo o un fotografo pittore? by Livia Monaco

- Reporter, Italy
Cosimo Di Leo Ricatto by Edoardo Di Mauro

- Juliet Art Magazine, Italy
Cosimo di Leo Ricatto”Cosimo Di Leo Ricatto by Dan Cameron

1985
- Il Progresso, New York, NY
Cosimo di Leo Ricatto”Cosimo Di Leo Ricatto by Mario Albertazzi

- East Village
Pelham Press, New York, NY

1984
- Arts Magazine, September
The New Portrait by Valentin Tatransky

1983
- Art Forum, February
Faces Photographed by Charles Hagen

1982
- New York Arts Magazine, November
A Dog's Life by Kay larson

- The New York Times
Portraits Reflecting a Certain Sensibility by Gene Thornton

- The New York Times
In Camera by Ichard F. Shepard

1981
- Progresso Fotografico, Italy
Cosimo di Leo Ricatto by G. Bonini

1980
- (Persona) Portfolio Limited Edition
Text by Demetrio Paparoni, Arte Club, Catania, Italy

- Il Giorno, Italy
Cosimo di Leo Ricatto by Flaminio Gualdoni

- Corriere della Sera Illustrato, Italy
E sulla terra torna la figura by Flavio Caroli

- Corriere d'Informazione, Italy
article by M. Perazzi

- Bolaffi Art Magazine, Italy
article by Flavio Caroli

1979
- Il Lavoro, Italy
Anima-animus by Germano Berlinghieri

- Corriere della Sera, Italy
Quando l'immagine esiste by Flavio Caroli

1978
- Fotografia Italiana, Italy
Cosimo di Leo Ricatto by Adriano Altamira

- Il Diario, Italy
Cosimo di Leo Ricatto: tocca alle Amministrazioni Locali by Demetrio Paparoni

1977
- Corriere della Sera, Italy
Cosimo di Leo Ricatto by G. Turrone

- Corriere d'Informazione, Italy, article by L. Griglie

- Il Fotografo, Italy, article by M. Malli

- Il Diario, Italy
Di Leo Ricatto: una realtà fuori dal contesto by Demetrio Paparoni


1976
- Flash Art, Italy
Cosimo di Leo Ricatto
- Prospettive d'Arte, Italy
Presenza Ossessiva per Cosimo di Leo Ricatto by G. Chiung Ching

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