Nicola De Maria
Nicola De Maria (born December 6, 1954 in Foglianise ) is an Italian painter .
life and work
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De Maria was born in Foglianise in Campania in 1954 and grew up in Turin in Piedmont . At first he studied medicine and specialized in psychiatry , but did not practice. As an artist, Nicola de Maria is self-taught . In the middle of the 70s he made pencil and pastel drawings, as well as watercolor paintings on writing paper and later canvas paintings. The first mural was created in 1977. Works by him can be seen at the Dante station in the Metropolitana di Napoli .
Nicola de Maria is a painter of the Italian transavant-garde . The term transavantgarde was coined by the art historian Achille Bonito Oliva . In contrast to Sandro Chia , Francesco Clemente , Enzo Cucchi , Mimmo Paladino and Carlo Maria Mariani , he works abstractly. De Maria lives and works in Turin.
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 2013: Retrospective Galleria civica d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Turin
- 1985: Van Abbemuseum , Eindhoven
- 1983: Retrospective Haus Lange , Krefeld
Group exhibitions
- 2005, 2012: Quadriennale di Roma , Rome
- 1982: documenta 7 , Kassel
- 1982: 4th Biennale of Sydney , Sydney
- 1981: 16th São Paulo Biennial , São Paulo
- 1980, 1988, 1990: Biennale di Venezia , Venice
- 1981: 16th São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catalog: documenta 7 Kassel ; Vol. 1: (visual biographies of the artists); Vol. 2: (Current works of the artists); S. 218, Kassel 1982 ISBN 3-920453-02-6
- ↑ artMag Nicola de Maria accessed on April 23, 2015 (Italian / English)
- ↑ The art section Nicola De Maria accessed on April 23, 2015 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Maria, Nicola |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Foglianise |