Mauro De Giorgi

Mauro De Giorgi is an international artist whose works have been displayed in Italy (Venice Biennale), United Kingdom (London), Japan (Tokyo) and now Singapore, where he currently resides. Mauro has been always fascinated by Asian and Japanese aesthetics, and has been painting since he was a child. ​He has also worked as a creative director working for brands such as Michelin, L’Oreal, FIAT and Nestle’. In 2010 he moved to London, where he also kept producing and displaying his own artwork at various London galleries and across Europe (Italy, France). In 2015 he was selected by the Benetton Art Foundation to exhibit at the Venice Biennale. One of his artworks has been published in Benetton Collection book ‘Preastigium’.​​Later the same year he moved to Tokyo (Japan) in order to carry out and extend his research into Japanese aesthetics and art, working with various Japanese artists including well-known sumi master Shukou Tsuchiya, and exhibiting across Tokyo. One of his artworks was sold to international jazz singer Aki Yashiro.Art Practice​Mauro’s practice of art is a constant attempt to achieve balance and purity through a minimal yet creative approach which also includes ancient techniques such as sumi (calligraphy ink), gyotaku (fish printing) and iwa enogu (mineral pigments).This new series is a representation of gods and mythical creatures, it includes the use of elements from sacred geometry and is partly inspired by Peranakan colour palette as seen in their traditional tiles.Main Exhibitions20/07/2012 – Testbed1, London11/10/2012 – Vibe Gallery, London15/11/2012 – Tower 42, London13/12/2012 – Tower 42, London20/03/2013 – City Showcase, London31/05/13 – Battersea Art Centre, London15/06/2013 – Enclave Gallery, London9/05/2015 - 56th International Art Exhibition in Venice - La Biennale, Italy18/05/2015 -  Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy31/08/2015 - Fondazione Cini (Benetton Art Foundation), Venice, Italy23-28/05/2016 - Pratt Institute The Rubelle and Norman Schfler Gallery, NY19/02/2016 – Ogu Mag Gallery, Tokyo02/03/2016 – Inspired (by Starbucks), Tokyo05/05/2016 – Daisawa Art Festival, Tokyo10/7/2016 – Millio Art Gallery (Yashiro Aki), Tokyo25-31/05/2017 – Visual Arts Centre, Singapore3/6/2017 – ArtBasel, Switzerland17/10/2017 – Global Art Awards, Dubai (finalist)24/10/2017 – DECK, Singapore10/1 to 10/4/2018 - Art residency and Exhibition at NPE Gallery, Singapore (endorsement: Italian Embassy)27/11/2020 - Copelouzos Museum, Athens