Nicola DE MARIA
Born in 1954 in Foglianise (Italy). He lives and works in Turin.
Based in Turin, Nicola de Maria is one of the founding members of the Italian Trans-avant-garde, theorized by Achille Bonito Oliva in 1978, but unlike other representatives of the group, such as Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi and Mimmo Paladino, his work has focused mainly on abstractionism and a pictorial approach in which the limits of the canvas were overcome in order to enter into a relationship with the surrounding space. Known for his playful abstractions painted in consistently vivid and intense primary colors, they tend to be used as a means of striking the viewer’s emotional chord in both small-format works and those covering entire walls. His works have been exhibited at three Venice Biennales (1980-1988-1990), Documenta 7 in Kassel, the 16th São Paulo Biennale, the 4th Sydney Biennale and the Rome Quadriennale (2005-2012).
Education
Solo Exhibitions
2016 La libertà, Giorgio Persano Gallery, Turin, Italy
2013 I Fogli Che Il Vento Mi Sparge Sono Disegni Di Vento E Di Animali, Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy
2011 Nicola De Maria, Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art, Prato, Italy
2010 Nicola De Maria, Cardi Gallery, Milan, Italy
2008 Nicola De Maria, Giorgio Persano Gallery, Turin, Italy
2006 New Works, Cardi Gallery, Milan, Italy
2005 O Vita, Nell’Arte Mantieni Intatto Il Tuo Mistero, Lelong Gallery, Paris, FR
2004 Nicola De Maria, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome, Rome, Italy
2003 Infinito regno dei fiori: Universo senza bombe, Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, Appenzell, Switzerland
2003 Nicola De Maria, Rizziero Arte, Pescara, Italy
2003 Petali di ciliegio cosmico, Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2000 Nicola De Maria, Lelong Gallery, Paris, FR
1999 Primavera, Lelong Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
1998 Gemälde 1996, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
1993 Nicola De Maria, Lelong Gallery, New York, US
1990 Fiori ed usignoli miei, Saarland Museum, Sarrebruck, Germany
1986 Nicola de Maria, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
1986 Cinque o sei lance spezzate a favore del coraggio e della virtù, Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy
1985 Nicola De Maria, Stedeljik van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Group Exhibitions
Biennale
1990 XLIV. Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d’Arte della Città di Venezia, The Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1986 6th Biennale of Sydney: Origins, Originality + Beyond, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
1982 Documenta 7, Documenta, Cassel, Germany
1977 X Biennale de Paris, Paris Biennale, Paris, FR
Fairs
Bibliography
Public Collection
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Monchengladbach, Germany
Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto (MART), Rovereto, Italy
Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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