Matteo Montani è nato a Roma nel 1972Nel corso della sua carriera ha collaborato in maniera continuativa con la Galleria L’Attico di Fabio Sargentini (2005/2017), esponendo anche con altre gallerie quali Marilena Bonomo a Bari, Sergio Casoli a Milano, Valentina Bonomo a Roma, Otto Gallery a Bologna e Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea.Nel 2001 è vincitore del XL Premio Suzzara. Nel 2008 partecipa alla Quadriennale di Roma e tiene la sua prima mostra museale al MAR di Ravenna. Del 2011 è la sua prima mostra personale all’estero al Museum Am Dom di Wuerzburg in Germania, città che ospita anche una sua grande opera all’interno del Duomo. Nel 2013 è vincitore del premio speciale Orenio Michetti. Espone a New York nel 2010 e nel 2016, presso la Elkon Gallery. Nel 2015, a seguito della mostra personale Andarseneal Museo Andersen di Roma, la Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea acquisisce una sua opera sperimentale: una scultura che, sciogliendosi, diventa un’opera bidimensionale.Sue opere si trovano in prestigiose collezioni quali la Collezione Artefiera di Bologna, la collezione Unicredit e la collezione Vaf, oltre che in importanti collezioni private in Europa e negli Stati Uniti. Matteo Montani was born in Rome in 1972. Following his classical studies in Rome, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino and Rome, graduating in 1997 with a thesis on the expressive function of the colour blue.His oil works on sandpaper refer back to rarefied and precarious mental landscapes, suspended between a context of meditative intimacy and apparitions articulated in a revealing dimension. This revelation leads back to the landscape as well as to the condition of man, since it is always in a direct relationship with the epiphany of vision.His exhibition experience has seen him collaborate in a continuous and privileged way with Fabio Sargentini’s gallery L’Attico (2005/2017), as well as exhibit with other established galleries like Marilena Bonomo in Bari, Sergio Casoli in Milan, Valentina Bonomo in Rome, Otto Gallery in Bologna and the youngest Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea in Milan and Nicola Pedana in Caserta.In 2000 he was awarded the XL Premio Suzzara, in 2008 he participated in the Rome Quadriennale and held his first museum solo show at the MAR in Ravenna. His first solo show abroad was in 2011, at the Museum Am Dom in Wurzburg, Germany, where one of his large works is displayed in the cathedral.He exhibited in New York in 2010 and 2016, at the Elkon Gallery. In 2015, following his solo show Andarsene at the Museo Andersen in Rome, the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAM) in Rome acquired one of his experimental works: a sculpture that melts down and becomes a two-dimensional work.His works can be found in renowned collections such as the Artefiera Collection in Bologna, the Unicredit Collection and the Vaf Collection, as well as in significant private collections in Europe and the United States. SOLO EXHIBITIONS2018 – Invitation To A Disaster #15, (with Antonio Trimani), Le Stazioni Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy2017 – Unfolding, curated by Alessandra Troncone, Nicola Pedana Arte Contemporanea, Caserta, Italy2017 – Unfolding, Una scultura, Reggia di Caserta, Caserta, Italy2017 – The Glow and the Glare, presentation by A. Zanchetta,Museo d'arte Contemporanea, Lissone - Milan, Italy2017 – The Glow and the Glare, presentation by A. Zanchetta, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy2016 – Racconto Rosso, Galleria L’Attico-Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy2016 – Once Upon A Time Life, Again, The Elkon Gallery, curated by I. del Frate-Rayburn, New York, USA2015 – Things Behind, presentation by E.Viola, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy2014 – Andarsene, Museo H.C.Andersen, curated by G.Simongini, Rome, Italy2014 – Matteo Montani and Peter Flaccus, OTTO Gallery, Bologna, Italy2012 – Bendini–Montani, Così vicini così lontani, curated by G.Simongini, Museo Carichieti, Chieti, Italy2012 – I Luoghi dell’immagine (con Marco Grimaldi), Nuova Galleria Morone, Milan, Italy2011 – Seelenlandschaft, curated by D.Sarchioni, Museum Am Dom, Würzburg, Germany2011 – Ausstellung, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Köln, Germany2011 – Ausstellung, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Wolfsburg, Germany2010 – Il Guardiano della soglia, Kalfayan Galleries, Athenes, Greece2010 – Matteo Montani, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, curated by I. del Frate, New York, USA2010 – A Cielo aperto, OTTO Gallery, Bologna, Italy2010 – Parole sulla montagna, Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti, Milan, Italy2010 – Naturaldurante, Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, Italy2009 – Abbassare il cielo agli occhi, Paci Contemporary, curated by M.Cavallarin, Brescia, Italy2009 – Discorso, Palazzo Grazioli, curated by C.D’Orazio, Reti, Rome, Italy2008 – Il Bacio ed altre strade per le stelle, Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Italy2008 – Matteo Montani, Museo d’Arte, curated by M.Tonelli, Ravenna, Italy2007 – Fostèr, Galleria L’Attico-Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy MAIN GROUP EXHIBITIONS2018 – Colore non Colore, Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Rome, Italy2018 – Incontri, presentation by V.Catricalà, ex Chiesa dell’Annunziata, Teano (CE), Italy2018 – Premio Michetti, 69th edition, curated by Renato Barilli, Francavilla al Mare, Italy2018 – Small Formats, Elkon Gallery, New York, USA2018 – Scorribanda, La Galleria Nazionale, Roma2018 – Elogio della Carta, Museo H.C.Andersen Rome, Italy2017 – Large Formats, The Elkon Gallery, New York, USA2017 – Works on paper, The Elkon Gallery, New York, USA2016 – Anni Zero, The Temple University, curated by A.Dambruoso, Rome, Italy2016 – Unioni Civili, Galleria L’Attico-Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy2016 – La Pelle, issued by Fondaco, Officina, Brussels, Belgium2016 – Abstraction, The Elkon Gallery, New York, USA2015 – Unioni Civili, Galleria L’Attico, Rome, Italy2015 –  Duets, Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy2015 – Imago Mundi, curated by L.Beatrice, Fondazione Cini, Venice, Italy2015 – C’è chi dipinge…, Galleria L’Attico-Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy2015 – In Abstracto, curated by M.Rossi, Galleria Alessandro Casciaro, Bolzano, Italy2014 – Biennale Cina - Italia, curated by Mian Bu, 798 Art District, Beijing, China2014 – Premio Vasto, curated by G.Simongini, Vasto, Italy2014 – Biennale d’Arte, curated by G. De Feo and L. Lucibello, Palazzo dei Papi, Viterbo, Italy2014 – Non solo fotografia, Paci Contemporary, Brescia, Italy2013 – Blue, Kalfayan Galleries, Athenes, Greece2013 – Premio Michetti 64th edition, Francavilla al Mare, Italy2012 – Al principio del vedere, curated by M.Galbiati, Castel Arquato, Italy2012 – Quaterna, Galleria L’Attico - Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy2012 – Neue Sammlung, Mittelberg, Burg Museum, Germany2011 – Il Santo Momento, curated by D.Sarchioni, Museum Am Dom, Würzburg, Germany2011 – Liquid Flags, curated by G.Simongini, Sassoferrato, Italy2011 – Scritture, Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, Italy2011 – Nuova creatività italiana, Officina Italia2, curated by R.Barilli, Bologna/Milan, Italy2010 – Oltre il trompe l’oeil, Galleria L’Attico - Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy2010 – Puglia Contemporanea: Artisti a Palazzo, curated by L.Pratesi, Gagliano del Capo, Italy2010 – Un mosaico per, curated by G.Simongini, Tornareccio, Italy2010 – Crossroads, Il Frantoio, Capalbio, Italy2010 – A perdita d’occhio, Galleria L’Attico Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy2009 – Da qui, Galleria 3)5, Rieti, Italy2009 – Clicking the cosmos, Museo di Arte Contemporanea, Vespolate, Italy2009 – 1+1, Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, Italy2009 – La testa tra le nuvole, a cura di M.Carriero, Convento dei Carmelitani Scalzi, Viterbo, Italy2009 – Falsi Astratti, Galleria L’Attico- Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy2008 – XV Quadriennale d’Arte, , Palazzo delle Esposizioni, curated by L.Canova, D.Lancioni, C.Spadoni Rome, Italy2008 – Spore, Atomi, Stelle, Galleria L’Attico Fabio Sargentini, Rome, Italy2008 – Premio Cairo, Triennale di Milan, Milan, Italy PRIZES AND AWARDS2018 - Winner of the 69th edition of Premio Michetti, Italy2013 - Winner of the Special Jury Prize of the Premio Michetti, Italy2009 - Finalist for Terna Award 02, Italy2008 - Finalist for the Cairo Award, Milan, Italy2008 - Finalist for Talent Prize, Rome, Italy2007 - Finalist for Lissone Award, Lissone, Italy2001 - Winner of the national selection for the Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina2000 - Winner of XL Suzzara Prize, Italy COLLECTIONSGalleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, ItalyCollezione Unicredit, Milan, ItalyCollezione Artefiera, Bologna, ItalyCollezione Benetton, Treviso, ItalyFondazione LA QUADRIENNALE, Rome, ItalyMAR, Ravenna, ItalyMuseo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, ItalyCollezione Longo, Cassino, ItalyVAF Foundation, Frankfurt Am Mein, GermanyMuseum Burg, Miltenberg, GermanyMuseum Am Dom, Würzburg, GermanyNovartis Corporated, Whippanny (New Jersey), USA MAIN GALLERIESL’Attico – Fabio Sargentini, Rome, ItalyGalleria Luca Tommasi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, ItalyOtto Gallery, Bologna, ItalyGalleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, ItalyGalleria Valentina Bonomo, Rome, ItalyKalfayan Galleries, Athenes, GreeceThe Elkon Gallery, New York, USA