b. Rome (1994)
bufalini_paolo@yahoo.it
Vimeeo
Bufalini’s work has been exhibited in institutional and independent spaces in Italy and abroad, including: Iuno, Roma: Fondazione Home Movies, Bologna; Palazzo Ducale, Genoa; NUB project space, Pistoia; Biennale di Gubbio, Palazzo Ducale, Gubbio; Museo di Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto; Marktstudio, Bologna; La Rada, Locarno; Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio, Bologna; Eataly Art House, Verona; Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbertide (PG); Dolomiti Contemporanee, c/o Castello di Andraz (BL); Fabbri-Schenker Projects, London; Localedue, Bologna; MASSIMO, Milan; Raum, Bologna; Neverneverland, Amsterdam.
Recent awards, commissions, and residencies include: SIAE – Per Chi Crea (2023); Carapelli for Art (2022); Acquisition Award from the Emilia-Romagna Region (2020); Nuovo Forno del Pane (residency), c/o MAMbo, Bologna (2020). He is currently a PhD student at the Fine Arts Academy of Naples.
Alongside his individual artistic practice, Bufalini has been actively involved in artist-run projects in Bologna for years. He was a co-founder of TRIPLA (2016-19), and since 2024 he is one of the members of the collective running Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio.
Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
2025-ongoing
MA - Visual Arts
Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna
2020
BA - Painting
Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna
2017
Fondazione Home movies, Bologna
curated by Sineglossa
2024
Argo
Fondazione di Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
curated by Sineglossa
2024
Cuore
Markt Studio, Bologna
with a text by Enrico Camprini&Chiara Spaggiari
2023
Data mining
w/ Lorenzo Lunghi
La Rada, Locarno
curated by Tommasi Gatti&Yimei Zhang
2023
beloved
Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio, Bologna
curated by Condylura
2023
//
Mon viewing room, Turin
with a text by Walter Guadagnini
2022
Forget me not
w/ Allistair Walter
Fabbri-Schenker projects, London
2022
eve
Massimo, Milan
curated by Condylura
2021
Martedì
Localedue, Bologna
curated by Filippo Tappi&Gabriele Tosi
2020
PALARAUM
w/ Filippo Cecconi
Raum, Bologna
2018
ù
w/ Filippo Cecconi
TRIPLA, Bologna
2018
Iuno, Rome
curated by Giulia Gaibisso
2025
Remote
NUB project space, Pistoia
curated by Condylura
2024
IMAGINA - XXVII Biennale di Gubbio
Palazzo Ducale, Gubbio
curated by Spazio Taverna
2023
Castello a orologeria
Castello di Andraz (BL) - Dolomiti Contemporanee
2023
La sostanza agitata
Museo di Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto
curated by Saverio Verini
2023
E.ART.H. Prize finalists exhibition
Eataly Art House, Verona
curated by treti Galaxie
2023
emERgenze contempoRanEE
Museo della città di Rimini, Rimini
curated by Cristina Ambrosini, Claudia Collina, Giovanni Sassu
2022
Casting the castle III - They repeat themselves constantly, but do not create a sense of habit
Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbertide (PG)
curated by Saverio Verini
2022
A paradise for the smiling alligators
Palazzo delle Mura Urbiche, Lecce
curated by Marta Orsola Sironi
2022
Peng on the beach
Circolo Tennis Italia, Bologna
curated by Xing
2021
Luccicanza
Localedue, Bologna
curated by Filippo Tappi&Gabriele Tosi
2020
Futuro. Arte e società dagli anni Sessanta a domani
Gallerie d’Italia, Vicenza
curated by Luca Beatrice&Walter Guadagnini
2020
Baitball (01)
Palazzo San Giuseppe, Polignano a Mare (BA)
curated by Like a Little Disaster
2020
Estate Autunno
State Of, Milan
curated by Irene Angenica, Giovanni Paolin, Giacomo Pigliapoco
2019
Nights: Prolog
Lapsus, Timisoara
2019
La Natura delle Cose
Museo Temporaneo Navile, Bologna
curated by Luca Caccioni
2019
Snoozin’ Gutssss
Neverneverland, Amsterdam
curated by MRZB
2019
White and black stripes and a red nose (the game)
Almanac Inn, Turin
within a project by Davide Sgambaro
2019
Carbonio e Silicio
Liceo Crescenzi-Pacinotti, Bologna
curated by Cuoghi Corsello
2019
Homo Sapiens
DAS, Bologna
curated by Davide Da Pieve
2019
Communal Leakings
Macao, Milano
curated by MRZB
2018
Ex-Centro
Otto Gallery, Bologna
curated by Luca Caccioni
2018
Tirarsi Fuori
P420, Bologna
curated by Lelio Aiello
2017
Playing Scenic
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna
curated by Carmen Lorenzetti
2017
Savoir Faire
Current, Milan
2017
Family Matters
Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio, Bologna
2017
(finalist)
2025
SIAE - Per Chi Crea
2023
Arte Circolare - Premio Conai
(finalist)
2024
E.ART.H. Prize
(finalist)
2023
Mint Fund Grant - Foundation for Art and Blockchain
2022
Carapelli for Art
2022
Emilia-Romagna region acquisition prize
2020
Combat Prize
2020
Ducato Prize
Academy Art Award
2019
ICA Milano, Milan
w/ Felice Cimatti
2021
Nuovo Forno del Pane*
MAMbo, Bologna
2020
Un certo numero di cose°
MAMbo, Bologna
w/ Cesare Pietroiusti
2019
Bocs Art*
Cosenza
2019
GAFF dabasso*
Milan
2017
Dioniso, un dio liquido e molteplice°
Fondazione Lac o Le Mon, San Cesario di Lecce
w/ Cesare Pietroiusti, Andrea Lanini
2014
Catalogue
2021
Matteo Patelli
in: Blink postfotografico. Teorie, pratiche e derive delle immagini ibride
edited by Mauro Zanchi
Postmedia books
2025
Arte Circolare - Premio Conai
Catalogue
2024
IMAGINA - XXVII Biennale di Gubbio
Exhibition catalogue
2023
La sostanza agitata
Exhibition catalogue
viaindustriae publishing
2023
EmERgenze contempoRaNee. I premi acquisto della Regione Emilia-Romagna Catalogue
2023
Espoarte #121 (interview)
Matteo Galbiati
2023
Artribune #68 (interview)
Studio Visit
Saverio Verini
2022
Live Arts Week X
Catalogue
2021
Inside Art #122 (interview)
Eleonora Bruni
2021
Condylura01
Artist book
edited by Condylura
2021
Nuovo Forno del Pane. A logbook
Edizioni MAMbo
2020
Futuro. Arte e società dagli anni Sessanta a domani
Edizioni Gallerie d’Italia | Skira
Exhibition catalogue
2020
Combat Prize
Catalogue
2020
Ducato Prize
Catalogue
2019
Live Arts Week VII
Catalogue
2018
Juliet, Giulia Gorella
2024
Remote: review
Juliet, Serena Trinchero
2024
Argo: review
ATP Diary, Erica Rigato
2024
Argo: review
Exibart, Andrea Rossetti
2024
Argo: interview
Mangrovia, Alessandra Navazio [ITA] [ENG]
2024
Studio Visit
Edoardo De Cobelli x La Quadriennale di Roma
2024
Studio Visit
Marco Scotti x La Quadriennale di Roma
2023
Essay
Phroom, Enrico Camprini
2023
Land of Nod,: review
Tropico del Cancro, Chiara Spaggiari
2023
beloved: interview
with Condylura and Treti Galaxie
Exibart, Giulia Turconi
2023
beloved: review
Segnonline, Benedetta Sala
2023
beloved: review
ATP Diary, Elena Bordignon
2023
Land of Nod: interview
About, Francesco Di Nuzzo
2022
Interview
Artribune, Saverio Verini
2022
Studio Visit
ATP Diary, Giulia Gaibisso
2022
eve: review
Flash Art Italia, Tommaso Gatti
2021
eve: review
Exibart, Carmen Lorenzetti
2021
eve: interview
ATP Diary, Tommaso Pagani
2021