Remi Picó, born Remigio Picone, is an Italian artist and researcher whose practice moves across biological, cultural, and computational systems, tracing the shifting boundaries between the natural, the artificial, and the human. Based between the United States, Italy, and Brazil, he exhibits internationally across installation, performance, video, and sound, with a sustained inquiry into how ecological, technological, and representational systems meet and exceed their own limits. His artistic practice is grounded in a scientific career in academia and industry spanning molecular and cell biology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence research. Doctoral and postdoctoral research at University College London and Harvard Medical School yielded publications in Nature and foundational contributions to the understanding of cellular mechanics and material science. Subsequent work as an AI research engineer in industry extended this trajectory into generative and cognitive systems. Recent projects have taken this inquiry into territories where ecological crisis, indigenous knowledge, and institutional memory. His work moves between laboratory and landscape, between scientific rigor and poetic proposition, without resolving the tension between them.

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS  | TALKS  |  AWARDS

2025 / Talk / Presented the VOICE project at the ‘Gender, Climate Change and Sustainable Development in the MENA Region and Africa: Advancing International Cooperation’ conference part of the UNESCO Chair “Education, Gender, Equality and Climate Action (20254IT3162)” / University of Naples L’Orientale / 16 September / Naples, Italy.

 

2025 / VOCE (VOICE) / production of an outdoor installation, exploring themes of climate change, public awerness and education / collaboration University of Naples L’Orientale and Daedalus social cooperative, part of the UNESCO Chair “Education, Gender, Equality and Climate Action (20254IT3162)” / May 2025 / Naples, Italy

 

2025 / VOZ / production of a temporary outdoor installation, exploring themes of climate change, public engagement and awareness / collaboration with Kaaysá Art Residency in Boiçucanga and the Rio Silveira Guarani Indigenous community/ January 2025 / São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil.

 

2024 / UMANO C / Concept and production of a site-specific dance performance featuring the Riace Bronzes, exploring themes of immigration, archaeology, and artificial intelligence / Presented at the Armonie D’Arte Festival in collaboration with Create Danza dance company / 3 September / National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria, Italy.

 

2024 / Sounds of Sybaris / Concept and production of a site-specific dance performance centered on climate change, archaeology, and artificial intelligence / Presented at the Armonie D’Arte Festival in collaboration with Chiara Giordano and Create Danza dance company / 3 August / Archaeological Park of Sybaris, Italy.

 

2024 / Talk/ Instagram live talk with Cherisse D’Souza and Kevin Andrew Heslop from the Parrot Art Platform / 3 June / Instagram: @parrotart.io, web: parrotart.io

 

2024 / Publication / Interview with Kevin Andrew Heslop / PARROI ART / 25 May / Instagram: @parrotart.io, web: parrotart.io / https://parrotart.io/article/1716457313649×447210103197401100

 

2024 / YVOTY / development of an ‘Indigenous AI Agent’, interviews with the Guarani Indigenous community, site-specific video projection installation in the Atlantic forest and ocean / collaboration with Kaaysá Art Residency in Boiçucanga and the Rio Silveira Guarani Indigenous community/ 10-28 January / São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil

 

2023 / Random Air / site specific video and sound installation + public video projections in nature / NAHR Eco-Laboratory of Multidisciplinary Practice  / 1-14 August / Sottochiesa – Val Taleggio, Bergamo, Italy

 

2023 / Pasolini Being Human / AI generated short video / group exhibition / Short Cuts, Film and Video Fest / curated by Shed Projects Gallery / 25 March / MilWuakee, WI, USA

 

2023 / Pasolini Being Human / AI generated short video / Boston Open Screen / curated by Coolidge Corner Theater / 14 February / Boston, MA, USA

 

2022 / Pasolini Being Human / generative AI video installation  / curated by Magurano M. / 5-11 Nov / Foiano Book Festival, Foiano della Chiana, Arezzo, Italy

 

2022 / Svmma Generativae / generative AI book and large site-specific video projections in nature /  Movimento D’Aquino exhibition curated By Magurano M. / 1-31 Aug / Grottaminarda, Italy

 

2021 / Gustav line 41° 33′ 38″ N 14° 03′ 24″ E / land art installation / artist in residence / Museum of Loss and Renewal / 15-28 Sep / Collemacchia, Isernia, Italy

 

2021 / The Invisible Shape of Us and Cerchio Quasi Tempo / 3d wall installation / juried group exhibition / Coded exhibition / Beacon Gallery / Boston, MA, USA

 

2020 / My Name is Red / painting  / juried group exhibition /  Red exhibition / Kathryn Schultz Gallery /  Cambridge, MA, USA

 

2019 / The Invisible Shape of Us / 3d wall installations from cell microscopy / artist in residence / Buinho Art Centre / Messajena, Portugal

 

2019 / Allegro Ma non Troppo & Fuga / large permanent 3d installation / commissioned by Berkley Investments / 3200 Washington st, Jamaica Plain, Boston, USA

 

2019 / I Need Your Hugs / video art / honorable mention award / juried group exhibition and art talk / Analog-Digital Exhibition / Beacon Gallery / jurors and curators Kimberly Johnson Panay, Gardner Museum,  Chris Lee, Boston Group, Christine O’Donnel, Gallery Director / Boston, MA, USA

 

2018 / Disorganisms 2 & 3 / Juried group exhibition / Winter Works Bromfield Gallery / Boston, MA, USA

 

2018 / Art Talk / Footlight Club Theatre / Boston, MA, USA

 

2018 / Untitled Reality 5 / painting / finalist Faye Chandler Emerging Art Prize / juried group exhibition / Boston City Hall Gallery / curated by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture / Boston, MA, USA


2018 / Untitled Reality 5 / painting / juried group exhibition / Moud Morgan Gallery / Cambridge, MA, USA

 

2018 / Catharsis and The Fearless Cloud / video and sculpture / juried group exhibition / curated by Elli Crocker , Clark University / Schiltkamp Gallery / Worcester, MA, USA

 

2017 / Untitled Reality series  / paintings / solo exhibition / At the Gate Gallery / Jamaica Plain,  Boston, MA, USA

 

2017 / Semiotics / paintings / juried group exhibition / Uforge, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, USA

 

2017 / Untitled Reality 10 / large painting / awarded best art proposal / acquired by Boston Public Library / Boston Library Galley, Jamaica plain branch / Boston, MA, USA

 

2017 / Semiotics / juried group exhibition / Projection-II Exhibition / Boston, MA, USA

 

2016 / Oops I Stepped on a Piece of Art / 3d installation / Juried group exhibitions / Art-100 Exhibition / Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA, USA

 

2016 / Untitled Reality / painting / finalist Faye Chandler Emerging Art Prize / juried group exhibition / Boston City Hall Gallery / curated by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture / Boston, MA, USA

 

2016 Corpo 1 / sculpture / juried group exhibition / Noir Exhibition / Uforge Gallery / Boston, MA, USA

 

2015 / The Beauty of Seeing Time / TEDx Talk / Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, USA2015 / Semiotics / 3d installation / Juried group exhibitions / Art-100 Exhibition / Piano Craft Gallery / Boston, MA, USA

 

2015 / Syntax / paintings / solo exhibition / Art Gallery at the Footlight Club Theatre / Boston, MA, USA

 

2010 / Elixir / 3d kinetic installation, collaboration with the artist Josh Baum / Future Map Prize Winner / juried group exhibition / Zabludowicz Collection and Central Saint Martins / London, UK