Roberto Cuoghi was born in Modena, Italy, in 1973, and lives and works in Milan. Solo exhibitions of his work have been presented at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2011), Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2008), the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, and Centre International d’Art et du Paysage de l’Île de Vassivière, Baumont du Lac, France (2007). His work has also been included in a number of important international group exhibitions, including: “The Encyclopedic Palace,” 55th Venice Biennale (2013); “10,000 Lives,” Gwangju Biennial, South Korea (2010); “21 artists for the 21st century,” Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (2010); “Making Worlds,” 53rd Venice Biennale (2009); “Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution, 1968-2008,” Palazzo Grassi, Venice, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2008–10); “After Nature,” New Museum, New York (2008); “Fractured Figure: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection,” DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens (2007); and “Of Mice and Men,” 4th Berlin Biennial (2006).