Nicola De Maria (born 6 December 1954) is an Italian painter living and working in Turin, Italy.[1] He is known for his abstract figurative works, which have been characterized as lyrical and colourful.[2][3]
Biography
editDe Maria was born on 6 December 1954 in Foglianise. He earned a master's degree in medicine[4] but then in 1977 he executed his first wall painting in Milan. In the same year of 1977 DeMaria exhibited at the Paris Biennale.[5]
He is most often associated with the art group termed the Transavanguardia, a movement named and first exhibited by the Italian art critic and curator Achille Bonito Oliva at the "Aperto 80" section of the 39th Venice Biennale in 1980.[6] Along with De Maria the principal transavantgarde artists were; Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Nino Longobardi, Luigi Ontani, and Mimmo Paladino.[7]
Exhibitions
editIn 1982 De Maria's work was included in documenta 7 in Kassel, Germany.[8]
In 1990 De Maria once again exhibited at the Venice Biennale to which he contributed five "Space Paintings".[9] His work was shown in the Italian Pavilion in an exhibition curated by Laura Cherubini, Flaminio Gualdoni and Lea Vergine.[10]
In 2013 there was a retrospective of his work held at the Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, "The Madness to Come" curated by Danilo Eccher.[11]
Collections
edit- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam[12]
- Pompidou Centre, Paris[13]
- Castello di Rivoli in Turin, Italy[14]
- Palazzi dell'Arte, Rimini, Italy[15]
References
edit- ↑ "Luci d'Artista Nicola De Maria "Regno dei fiori: nido cosmico di tutte le anime" - MuseoTorino". museotorino.it (in Italian). MuseoTorino.
- ↑ "Nicola de Maria". Larousse (in French).
- ↑ Moliterno, Gino (11 September 2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-75876-0.
- ↑ "Nicola De maria - Biography". ABC ARTE.
- ↑ "Nicola De Maria | Artists Mucciaccia Gallery". November 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Nicola De Maria | artnet". artnet.com.
- ↑ "Mazzoleni Art : Nicola De Maria". 2 September 2015.
- ↑ "Nicola de Maria | Artnet".
- ↑ "Nicola De Maria: From the Venice Biennale 1990". cortesigallery.com.
- ↑ "Nicola de Maria: From the Venice Biennale 1990". 3 May 2017.
- ↑ "Nicola De Maria". theartsection.
- ↑ "Nicola De Maria". stedelijk.nl (in Dutch).
- ↑ "Nicola De Maria" (in French). Centre Pompidou.
- ↑ "Nicola De Maria" (in Italian). Castello di Rivoli.
- ↑ "Il Paesaggio Bianco by Nicola De Maria". palazziarterimini.it (in French). Palazzi d'ell Arte Rimini.