Piergiorgio Balocchi

Solo Exhibitions

1981

• Galleria Toninelli, Rome

1982

• SHOP-ART, Milan

2006

• Fosdinovo Castle, curated by Massimo Bertozzi

2016

• “Guardare Oltre”, curated by Filippo Rolla, Galleria Duomo, Carrara

2023

• “A tu per Tu” — Piergiorgio Balocchi & Beatrice Taponecco, Palazzo Binelli, Carrara

Group Exhibitions

1996

• “Scultori in Carrara” (Balocchi, Cremoni, Rocchi, Massari, Grazzi), curated by Mariano Apa, Carrara

1997

• FaxArt, curated by Enrico Crispolti and Marco Pierini, Santa Maria della Scala, Siena

2000

• “The Primacy of Sculpture”, X Carrara International Biennale, curated by Anna Laghi and Antonio Paolucci, Carrara

2003

• Toyamura International Sculpture Exhibition, Japan

2006

• “The Colours of White”, Italian Cultural Institute, Berlin

2007

• “Athens and Carrara, between Present and Past”, under the patronage of the Italian Embassy, Trigono Gallery, Athens

2008

• “Arab Artists between Italy and the Mediterranean” (Damascus–Beirut–Cairo), curated by Martina Corgnati, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italian Cultural Institutes and League of Arab States
• “Working Marble”, curated by Lodovico Gierut, Pietrasanta
• “ApertoSpazioGiove”, Nicoli Workshop, XIII Carrara Biennale, curated by Francesca Nicoli

2009

• “The Master Presents the Pupil”, Villa Schiff-Giorgini, Montignoso (MS)
• Starke Stücke 2, Bamberg, Germany

2010

• Aruntica, curated by Anna Laghi, Carrara
• The Twentieth Century at the Museum, Palazzo della Ragione, Padua
• LX International Art Review / G.B. Salvi Prize, Sassoferrato

2011

• Terracotta Museum, Petroio, Siena
• “Nel Chiostro” — Artists in a Sacred Space in Val di Merse, Monticiano, Siena
• “Siena New York — Four Artists Travelling”, Palazzo Pubblico, Piazza del Campo, Siena
• Church of San Michele Arcangelo, Paganico, Grosseto

2012

• “Roberto's Garden”, Peano Foundation, Cuneo
• “Contemporary”, PTHA Gallery, Florence

2013

• “The Colours of the Soul”, St. Jean de Védas, France
• “Nuova Consonanza — Visual Arts Section”, American Academy, Villa Aurelia, Rome

2014

• “Librartis”, Chiusi, Poggibonsi
• “Drawing the 18th Century between Naples and Paris”, Maschio Angioino, Naples

2015

• Santa Maria della Scala, Siena

2016

• “Librartis”, New York, USA
• “Nuvolario”, curated by Gerardo De Simone, Castelfalfi, Florence

2017

• “From Carrara to Hui An”, China

2018

• “Matter and Creativity”, Academy of the Arts of Drawing, Florence
• “Librartis in Siena”, Briganti Library, Santa Maria della Scala, Siena

2022

• “Hortus Pacis” — Forme nel Verde, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena

2023

• “Let's Go!”, curated by Maria Mancini, Pietrasanta
• “Under the White”, curated by Maria Mancini, Carrara

2024

• “Form and Soul”, Academy of the Arts of Drawing, Florence
• “Thoughts in the Heart”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing

2025

• “The Ways of Form”, Academy of the Arts of Drawing, Florence

Biennials

1984

• Venice Biennale

1995

• Bronzetto Biennale, Padua

2000 – 2002

• Carrara International Sculpture Biennale

2008

• Carrara Sculpture Biennale, Nicoli Workshop space
• XIII Stauròs Biennale of Sacred Art, San Gabriele, Teramo

Sculpture Symposia

1994

• Fanano, Italy · Pusan, Korea

1996

• Oghungri, Korea

1997

• Follonica, Italy

1999

• Pescocostanzo, Italy · Carrara, Italy

2000

• Montepulciano, Italy · Minucciano, Italy

2001

• Peschici, Italy · Chianciano, Italy
• Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul — International Proconnesos Symposium, Marmara Island, Turkey

2005

• Mimar Sinan University — Istanbul International Symposium, Turkey

2009

• International “Road of Sculpture” Symposium, Litzendorf, Bamberg, Germany
• Mersin International Symposium, Turkey
• Damascus International Symposium, Syria

2014

• “Flussparadies Franken” International Sculpture Symposium, Hallstadt–Bamberg, Germany
• Almería International Sculpture Symposium, Spain

2015

• International Sculpture Symposium, Belpasso, Catania, Italy

2017

• Fanano Symposium “The Missing Court”, Fanano, Italy

2023

• “Scultura Viva” International Sculpture Symposium, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy

Works for Public and Private Institutions

• Monte dei Paschi di Siena (statues for the Montecatini, Prato and Carrara branches)
• Banca Toscana (statues for the Livorno and Carrara branches)
• Cassa di Risparmio di Parma
• Cassa di Risparmio di Roma
• Chamber of Commerce, Grosseto
• Sculpture Museum of Fontanarosa
• Cassa di Risparmio di Carrara Foundation
• Municipality of Carrara

Monuments

• Fountain for the Piazza of San Quirico d'Orcia (SI)
• Fountain for the Municipality of Fanano (MO)
• Fountain for the Municipality of Magliano in Toscana (GR)
• Fountain for the Municipality of Carrara (MS)
• Fountain for the Garfagnana Cooperative Credit Bank (LU)
• Monument for the Municipality of Vico Pisano (PI)
• Monument to the Fallen Police Officers, Siena
• Monument to the Resistance, Follonica
• Monumental work for the Pavarotti International, Modena
• Monument to the Fallen in Peace Missions, Casola in Lunigiana (MS)
• “Tree of Peace” Monument for Laâyoune, Kingdom of Morocco (commissioned by the Municipality of Carrara)
• Marble work (3.70 m) for the Namhae Sculpture Park, South Korea (2002)
• Monumental plaque for the Gold Medal of Civil Merit of the Municipality of Carrara (2007)
• Marble fountain “The Spring of Ephesus”, Church of Maria SS. Mediatrice, Carrara (2008)
• Consultant for the monumental Shiva Lingam in Carrara marble for Bakreshwar, Calcutta, India (2008)
• Public work, city of Tumen, Korea (2010)
• Monument to the “Fallen in the Quarries”, Torano, Carrara (2011)

Museums and Collections

• Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, San Gimignano
• Virtual Collection of Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena
• Museum collection of the Liceo Artistico, Siena
• Sculpture Museums of Pusan, Namhae, Oghungri and Tumen, Korea
• Taiwan Museum
• Marble Museum, Carrara
• Museum of Fontanarosa
• Mario Ciulli Open-Air Sculpture Museum, Monticiano
• Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Istanbul
• Bosphorus Sculpture Park, Istanbul
• Ortus Artis Collection, Carrara
• Sculpture Park of Bamberg, at the Memmelsdorf Schloss
• Sculpture Park of Yeonbeon University, South Korea
• Terracotta Museum, Petroio, Siena
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Padua
• Permanent Collection of the Academy of the Arts of Drawing, Florence
• Ragghianti Foundation Collection, Lucca
• Cassa di Risparmio di Carrara Foundation Collection
• University of Almería
• Bischberg, Bamberg, Germany
• Sculpture Park, Fanano
• MoCA — Museum of Montecatini Terme
• MUDAC — Museum of the Arts of Carrara
• MAM — Museum of Art by the Sea, San Benedetto del Tronto
• National Art Museum of China, Beijing