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Born in Naples in 1962 , lives and works in Rome (Italy).
Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome he exhibits since 1988. He has realized many permanent installations in private and public spaces. He has lived and worked in New York, Berlin, Naples and southern India. In 2010 he realized permanent installations in Milan and Berlin and participated in the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale with the project "E-picentro". In 2011 he realized a personal exhibition in "Castello di Rivara" Centre for Contemporary Art (Turin), and partecipated in the group show "Over Black Black" curated by Franz Paludetto. Works of Oreste Casalini are in private collections in Rome, Milan, Turin, London, Berlin, New York, Dublin, Dubai, Mumbai, Tokyo, etc. .
 
Selected expositions:
   
2012 Pure Power - (Solo show) - Mercuria, Almas Tower, Dubai
  Oreste Casalini - Flowers - (Solo show) - Livio Nardi Galerie, Nurnberg
  Black Hole - (Solo show) - Studio Falciano, Napoli
2011 Su nero nero/Over black black - Mattia Biagi, Oreste Casalini, Pepe Heykoop, Claudia Rogge
(Group show) - Galleria Franz Paludetto Roma
  Dal Bianco al Nero/From white to black
(Solo show) - Castello di Rivara, curated by Franz Paludetto, texts by Paolo Balmas, Clara Tosi Pamphili
  Su nero nero/Over black black
(Group show) - Castello di Rivara, curated by Franz Paludetto, texts by Marisa Vescovo, Alessandro Carrer, Diletta Benedetto, Ugo Castagnotto, Daniela Berta
  Road to contemporary art - Art fair, Franz Paludetto Gallery
2010 Sacrifice
(Group show) in "Polvere negli occhi, nel cuore sogni" - Collezione Permanente Arte Contemporanea Liceo Bafile, L'Aquila – texts by Michela Scolaro , curated by Licia Galizia
  Zone
(Group show) - 12a Biennale Architettura, Venezia – E-picentro Project, Spazio Thetis - curated by Guendalina Salimei e Cristiano Lepratti
  Mauer
(Permanent installation) - Speziale, Berlin
  Re-composition
(Permanent installation)
- SILT Studio, Milano
2008 Antico e Novissino
(Group show) - Maurizio Pierfranceschi, Alfredo Zelli, Claudio Givani, Vincenzo Scolamiero, Laura Barbarini, Oreste Casalini - Cagli, Palazzo Mochi-Zamperoli - texts by Vittorio Emiliani, Michela Scolaro e Francesca Bottari
  Visibile InVisibile
(Solo show) - Studiodue, Roma
  Sottoesopra
(Group show) - Maurizio Pierfranceschi, Alfredo Zelli, Claudio Givani, Vincenzo Scolamiero, Laura Barbarini, Oreste Casalini - Rampa Prenestina, Roma
  La settima parete
(Group show) - Maurizio Pierfranceschi, Alfredo Zelli, Claudio Givani, Vincenzo Scolamiero, Laura Barbarini, Oreste Casalini - Scolamiero Studio, Roma
  My people
Winner of LUAS Art Competition, Dublin
2007 Fotosintesi
(Project) - Metropolitana di Napoli, Regione Campania
2005 Oki - Sud
(Installation) - S.Francesco al Monte, Napoli
2004 In cantiere
(Solo show) -
Galleria A.A.M.- Architettura Arte Moderna, Roma - curated by Francesco Moschini
texts by Emanuele Trevi
2003

Animal House
(Group show) - DAG Gallery, Livorno - curated by Patrizia Ferri

  Americana
(Group show) - Galleria A.A.M.- Architettura Arte Moderna, Roma - curated by Francesco Moschini
  On paper
(Group show) - Galleria A.A.M.- Architettura Arte Moderna, Roma - curated by Francesco Moschini
1998 I.M. Transformations
in "Cortocircuito" - Palazzo Reale, Napoli - curated by Franz Cerami e Simona Barucco
1997 Dal Reale al Virtuale
(Group show) - Temple Gallery, Roma - curated by Ludovico Pratesi e Sarah Wasserman
1991 Paragraph
(Solo show) - in "The disappearing pheasant" - Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, New York
curated by Fabio Mauri e Petro Pedace
1990 Ipotesi Arte Giovane
(Group show) - Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano - curated by Patrizia Ferri
  Ancora i giovani
(Group show) - Galleria Rondanini, Roma - curated by Ludovico Pratesi
  Akribia
(Solo show) - Domah Mladih Gallery, Sarajevo - curated by Dragan Stenek, texts by Patrizia Ferri
  Talking Heads
(installation) in "Pulcinea" - Festival delle Ville Vesuviane, Napoli
1989 Arte a Roma 1980/89
(Group show) - Galleria Rondanini, Roma - curated by Ludovico Pratesi
  Expo Arte
Fiera del Levante, Bari
  Casalini - Chiricozzi
Palazzo Serlupi, Roma - curated by Ludovico Pratesi, Gianni Mercurio e Stefano Petricca
1988 In Movimento
(Group show) - Parco del Turismo, Roma - curated by Ludovico Pratesi