Sidival Fila, Franciscan friar minor, artist and President of the philanthropic foundation that carries his name, roots his artistic research on disused materials, mostly fabrics, including linen, cotton, silk, hemp, brocade, and other used materials. His idea is to free the object from its “material” condition and give it the possibility to express itself. In short, starting from the fabric functionality, Sidival Fila manages to make it useless in an unusual way, freeing it from its condition. His aesthetic journey is a constant quest for the contact with the matter, and his art aims at giving it back its “voice.” The artwork gives the matter the chance to tell us its past, a past that is often made of centuries of history.
Main projects and exhibitions
2025 – Art fair participation, Mennour’s booth @ART BASEL, 5–7 December – Miami Beach (United States of America)
2025 – Art fair participation, Mennour’s booth @ART BASEL, 24–26 October – Paris (France)
2025 – Art fair participation, Mennour’s booth @FRIEZE, 3–6 September – Seoul (South Korea)
2025 – Art fair participation, Mennour’s booth @Art Monte-Carlo, 7–9 July – Monte Carlo (Monaco)
2025 – Art fair participation, Mennour’s booth @ART BASEL, 19–22 June – Basel (Switzerland)
2025–2026 – Group show, “Copistes” @Centre Pompidou-Metz, from 14 June 2025 to 2 February 2026 – Metz (France)
2025 – Group show, “Aberto4. Le Brésil après Le Corbusier” @Maison La Roche – Fondation Le Corbusier, from 14 May to 7 June – Paris (France)
2025 – Group show, “Dimanche sans fin. Maurizio Cattelan et la collection du Centre Pompidou” @Centre Pompidou-Metz, from 8 May 2025 to 2 February 2027 – Metz (France)
2025 – Art fair participation, Mennour’s booth @ART BASEL, 28–30 March – Hong Kong (China)
2025 – Art fair participation, Mennour’s booth @TEFAF, 15–20 March – Maastricht (The Netherlands)
2024–2025 – Group show, “In una Brezza Leggera” @Fondazione Memmo, from 14 December 2024 to 30 March 2025 – Rome (Italy)
2024 – Art fair participation, Mennour’s booth @ART BASEL, 6–8 December – Miami Beach (United States of America)
2024 – Art fair participation, Mennour’s booth @ART BASEL, 18–20 October – Paris (France)
2024 – Solo show, “Paesaggio Inedito” @Scuola Grande di San Marco, from 14 September to 13 December – Venice (Italy)
2024 – Solo show, “A rose is a rose is a rose” @Mennour, from 7 September to 5 October – Paris (France)
2024 – Art fair participation, Mennour’s booth @FRIEZE, 4–7 September – Seoul (South Korea)
2024 – Art fair participation, Mennour’s booth @ART BASEL, 13–16 June – Basel (Switzerland)
2023 – “(RE)VERSUS. RIUSO E RISCATTO NEL PATRIMONIO DELLA BIBLIOTECA VATICANA E NELL’ARTE DI SIDIVAL FILA” @Vatican Apostolic Library, from 28 April to 15 July – Rome (Italy)
2023 – Art fair participation, Galeria Barò’s booth (solo show), “Natura Artificiale” @ARCOLisboa International Contemporary Art Fair, from 25 to 28 May 2023 – Lisbon (Portugal)
2021–2022 – Solo show, “Tessere la vita” @Fondazione Raccolta Lercaro, from 23 October 2021 to 30 January 2022 – Bologna (Italy)
2021 – Solo show, “Sidival Fila” @Casa Museo Can Marquès | Galleria Barò |Church of Sant Antoniet, from 2 September to 3 October – Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
2019 – Art fair participation, Jerome Poggi’s booth (solo show), “Amazonia” (solo show) @ART BASEL Miami, from 4 to 8 December – Miami Beach (United States of America)
2019 – Solo show, “La materia svelata” @Fondazione Cerasi – Palazzo Merulana, from 6 September to 5 October – Rome (Italy)
2019 – VENICE ART BIENNALE (Venice Pavilion), from 11 May to 24 November – Venice (Italy)
2018 – Solo show, “Sidival Fila – Prospettive Relative” – on the occasion of the “Festival della Filosofia” @Gallerie Estensi | Palazzo Ducale di Sassuolo | Piazzale della Rosa, from 15 September to 4 November – Sassuolo (Italy)
2018 – Solo show, “Sidival Fila: Il filo della grazia” @Galleria San Fedele, from 21 February to 4 April – Milan (Italy)
2017 – Solo show, “Sidival Fila” @Sankt Peter Kunst-Station, from 5 May to 9 July – Cologne (Germany)
2016 – Group show, “DRÔLES DE TRAMES!” (in dialogue with various artists including Dan Flavin, Sheila Hicks, Sol LeWitt, François Morellet) @Studio national des arts contemporains, from 4 March to 8 May – Le Fresnoy (France)
2015 – Group show, “TrasFormAzione” (in dialogue with Yves Klein and Tito) @Museo Carlo Bilotti – Aranciera di Villa Borghese, from 8 July to 11 October – Rome (Italy)
2012 – Solo show, “Sidival Fila. Le pieghe della luce” (under the patronage of the Lazio Region) @Ex GIL, from 4 to 20 April – Rome (Italy)
2009 – Solo show, “Oltre la trama” – on the occasion of “Life in Gubbio” @Palazzo dei Consoli – Museo Civico, from 26 to 29 August – Gubbio (Italy)
2009 – Solo show, “Sidival Fila” @Galleria Helen Pastor – Monte Carlo (Monaco)
2007 – Solo show, “L’eloquenza della materia”, San Bonaventura Convent – Frascati (Italy)
