Jermay Michael Gabriel

Jermay Michael Gabriel

BornNationalityBased In
1997Italian - Ethiopian - EritreanMilan
Biography

Jermay Michael Gabriel is an Italian-Ethiopian-Eritrean trans-disciplinary artist. His work is based on an experimental, and often extreme, effort to resist the permanence and elusiveness of the Italian colonial archive through the subversion of its symbols of power. Gabriel’s artistic practice embraces both sound and contemporary art. He starts from the assumption that spaces at the intersection of multiple forms of marginalisation, visibility or representation do not produce liberation. Colonial trauma does not have a linear trajectory, nor does memory. It sinks into the fibres without a temporal pattern and crosses generations, going back and forth between past, present and future. Gabriel’s process chronicles the multifaceted dimensions of these journeys, exorcising trauma through sound, installation and performance, embracing cultural legacies and collective memories as a form of healing. Jermay Michael Gabriel is also a member of the music duo Plethor X together with sound designer Giovanni Isgrò. He is also the founder and director of BHMM (Black History Month Milan) and the founder of Kirykou (Milan). EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES 2024 - Cose Bizzarre, solo exhibition curated by Elisa Giuliano, ArtNoble Gallery, Milan 2024 - The Recovery plan: alle porte coi sassi, group exhibition, Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto, Canada 2024 - Meskel, solo exhibition curated by Justin Randolph Thompson, Band Gallery,Toronto, Canada 2024 - Biennale of Malta, Valletta, Malta 2024 - Members Don’t Get Weary, performance at Lagos Biennial, Lagos, Nigeria 2024 - Water talk, video-screening curated by Andrea Conte, Mercato di Traiano, Rome, Italy 2024 - Ground break, performance during Nari Ward’s exhibition, Fondazione Pirelli Hangar-bicocca, Milan, Italy 2023 - Noocene, curated by Silvia Vannacci, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Carrara, Palazzo Binelli, Carrara, Italy 2023 - E il clamore è divenuto voce, performance curated by Ooh Sound and BHMF at Teatro Nazionale Virgilio Sieni, Florence, Italy 2023 - No More Tokenism, Chapter III, performance curated by Black Art School, Museo delle Culture (Mudec), Milan, Italy 2023 - Minted in Enemy Bronze, performance during Justin Randolph Thompson’s exhibition, British School of Rome, Italy 2023 - Une autre histoire du monde, performance in collaboration with Justin Randolph Thompson, MuCEM, Marseille, France 2023 - Stratificazioni, group exhibition with a critical text by Janine Gaëlle Dieuji, ArtNoble Gallery, Milan, Italy 2023 - Museo delle Opacità, group exhibition curated by Matteo Lucchetti, Museo delle Civiltà di Roma, Rome, Italy 2023 - Coloriange, performance at Fondazione Sozzani, Milan, Italy 2023 - Meccanismo di difesa, group exhibition curated by The Recovery Plan, Florence, Italy 2022 - Il Cono d’Ombra, group exhibition curated by Marco Scotini, Maschio Angioino, Naples, Italy 2022 - Ceremony (Burial of an Undead World), group exhibition curated by Elisa Giuliano and Anselm Franke, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany 2022 - David and other feats, bi-personal exhibition, Villa Romana, Florence, Italy 2022 - Parade électronique, performance, Teatro Arsenale, Milan, Italy 2021 - Il mondo visto da qui, group exhibition, Museo delle Culture (Mudec), Milan, Italy 2021 - Plethor X - what you mean, man, performance curated by Chiara Figone, Archive, Milan, Italy 2019 - Still, performance, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain 2017 - Menelikke, Rome Europe Festival, performance in collaboration with Invernomuto, Gallerie d’Italia, Rome, Italy 2017 - Still, performance curated by Terraforma, Teatro Burri, Milan, Italy 2015 - Ethiopian Pavillion, World Expo, Milan, Italy RESIDENCIES 2024 - Biennale Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 2023 - Atlas Residency, Obidus, Portugal 2023 - Hangar Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 2023 - Villa Romana, Florence, Italy 2022 - Fondazione Jorio Vivarelli, Pistoia, Italy 2020 - YGBI Research Residency, The Recovery Plan, Florence, Italy ...

Selected Artworks
Italy Sightseeing
Jermay Michael GabrielItaly Sightseeing, 202499 x 19 x 5cm5000 EUR
Via Dogali
Jermay Michael GabrielVia Dogali, 202320 x 45 x 2cm5000 EUR
Via Adwa
Jermay Michael GabrielVia Adwa, 202320 x 45 x 2cm5000 EUR
Via Ambara
Jermay Michael GabrielVia Ambara, 202320 x 45 x 2cm5000 EUR
AO
Jermay Michael GabrielAO, 202450 x 70cm4000 EUR
1882
Jermay Michael Gabriel1882, 202450 x 70cm4000 EUR
1896
Jermay Michael Gabriel1896, 202450 x 70cm4000 EUR
1936
Jermay Michael Gabriel1936, 202450 x 70cm4000 EUR
Semplicemente deserto
Jermay Michael GabrielSemplicemente deserto, 202470 x 100cm7000 EUR
Tigray - ትግራይ
Jermay Michael GabrielTigray - ትግራይ, 202450 x 70cm5000 EUR
Adwa - ዓድዋ
Jermay Michael GabrielAdwa - ዓድዋ, 202450 x 70cm5000 EUR
Meskel - መስቀል
Jermay Michael GabrielMeskel - መስቀል, 2024160 x 240 x 240cm20000 EUR
Città Fantasma
Jermay Michael GabrielCittà Fantasma, 202470 x 100cm7000 EUR
Palazzo Fantasma
Jermay Michael GabrielPalazzo Fantasma, 202470 x 100cm7000 EUR
1 - ፩
Jermay Michael Gabriel1 - ፩, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
2 - ፪
Jermay Michael Gabriel2 - ፪, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
3 - ፫
Jermay Michael Gabriel3 - ፫, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
4 - ፬
Jermay Michael Gabriel4 - ፬, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
5 - ፭
Jermay Michael Gabriel5 - ፭, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
6 - ፮
Jermay Michael Gabriel6 - ፮, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
7 - ፯
Jermay Michael Gabriel7 - ፯, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
8 - ፰
Jermay Michael Gabriel8 - ፰, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
10 - ፲
Jermay Michael Gabriel10 - ፲, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
11 - ፲፩
Jermay Michael Gabriel11 - ፲፩, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
12 - ፲፪
Jermay Michael Gabriel12 - ፲፪, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
13 - ፲፫
Jermay Michael Gabriel13 - ፲፫, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
14 - ፲፬
Jermay Michael Gabriel14 - ፲፬, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
15 - ፲፭
Jermay Michael Gabriel15 - ፲፭, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
16 - ፲፮
Jermay Michael Gabriel16 - ፲፮, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
17 - ፲፯
Jermay Michael Gabriel17 - ፲፯, 202420 x 15 x 3.5cm1900 EUR
Gallery Representation