Adrian Pocobelli (1979) was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in Canada's midwest. He became interested in images at a young age when he began collecting postcards of Roman mosaics on his first trip to Italy and was given the stamp collection of his late Italian grandfather. As a teenager he became interested in sports cards, and later comics, eventually working his first job at a comic store in Saskatoon.
In his twenties he completed a Masters in English Literature at the University of Saskatchewan, writing a thesis on The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard, after which he moved to Montreal, where he worked as a graphic designer. He later moved to Toronto, where he spent four years as a news editor before moving to Berlin in September 2016. Pocobelli currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
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Education
2001-2004 - University of Saskatchewan, Master of Arts, English Literature
1997-2001 - University of Saskatchewan, Double Honours, Visual Arts and English Literature
Interviews and Presentations
2021 - “NFT Panel”, presentation and panel, Berlin Art Tours, Berlin, Germany
2021 - “NFTs for Beginners”, panel, Siemens Arts Program, Berlin, Germany
2019 - “The Peloponnesian War”, presentation, Motion Lab Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2019 - “The Peloponnesian War”, presentation, Ping Pong, Berlin, Germany
2018 - "J.G. Ballard and the Visual Arts", lecture, Mitte Media Festival, Berlin, Germany
Solo Shows
2021 - "Screen Memories", Leo Kuelbs Collection x KunstMatrix, Berlin, Germany
2020 - "Screen Memories", Fata Morgana, Berlin, Germany
2018 - "Digital Hallucinations", Fata Morgana (two-person show sponsored by Leo Kuelbs Collection), Berlin, Germany
2018 - "Related Images", Factory Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2017 - "Screenshots", Factory Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2017 - "Internet Pop", Fata Morgana (sponsored by Leo Kuelbs Collection), Berlin, Germany
2017 - "Promoted Stories", Fata Morgana, Berlin, Germany
Group Shows
2022- Musee Dezentral group show, curated by NFT Club Berlin, https://musee-dezentral.com/exhibitions
2020 - X-treme, curator Lily Furstenow, e-mergingartists.blogspot.com
2016 - Project Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2016 - Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2015 - Hashtag Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2015 - GAS Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Awards
2016 - ArtSlant Prize Round 5, Juried Winner