Nicola De Maria (born 6 December 1954 in Foglianise, Italy) is an Italian painter living and working in Torino, Italy.[1] De Maria is known for his abstract figurative works, which have been characterized as lyrical and colourful.[2][3]

Biography

De Maria 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

In 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

References

  1. "Luci d'Artista Nicola De Maria "Regno dei fiori: nido cosmico di tutte le anime" - MuseoTorino". www.museotorino.it (in Italian). MuseoTorino, Comune di Torino.
  2. Larousse, Éditions. "Encyclopédie Larousse en ligne - Nicola de Maria". www.larousse.fr (in French).
  3. Moliterno, Gino (11 September 2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-75876-0.
  4. "Nicola De maria - Biography". ABC ARTE.
  5. "Nicola De Maria | Artists Mucciaccia Gallery". November 30, 2016.
  6. "Nicola De Maria | artnet". www.artnet.com.
  7. "Mazzoleni Art : Nicola De Maria". September 2, 2015.
  8. "Nicola de Maria | Artnet".
  9. "Nicola De Maria: From the Venice Biennale 1990". www.cortesigallery.com.
  10. "Nicola de Maria: From the Venice Biennale 1990". 3 May 2017.
  11. "Nicola De Maria". theartsection.
  12. "Nicola De Maria". www.stedelijk.nl (in Dutch).
  13. "Nicola De Maria". Centre Pompidou (in French).
  14. "Nicola De Maria". Castello di Rivoli (in Italian).
  15. "Il Paesaggio Bianco by Nicola De Maria". Part (in French). Palazzi d'ell Arte Rimini.
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