MASSIMO CATALANI is a Roman artist born in 1960. He graduates in architecture in 1988, with a thesis that first sees him experimenting at the intersection of painting, masonry and architectural models. Marble dust, sand and pigments that the artist has later used to bring life to much of his art.
In his first works, Catalani chooses subjects that are ‘irreverent’ for the art world and “reverent” for the public, aiming to reestablish a shared language: a dish-full of saucy pasta, romanesque artichokes and chili pepper triptychs.
His early success leads to a long series of exhibitions at first across Italy, and later abroad, during which the artist offers his view on a wide range of themes, playing with architecture, nature and the diversity of the Animal world. In the past five years, Catalani’s artworks have become part of important private and public collections, and have been exhibited in most European cities, the US, Korea, Russia and Japan, the UAE and a number of South American countries. In 2018 Triennale di Milano appointed him “Ambassador of Italian Design”.
Exhibitions
2018 THAIITA – River City Bangkok, Bangkok – Linda Cheng
2018 Atlantide – Galleria Il Sole, Roma – Fabio Ortolani
2018 The Flow – Contemporary Monaco, Monaco – Clara Natoli
2018 Atlantis – Palazzo Guicciardini, Firenze – Francesco Giani
2016 Rome et les étoiles – Le Pavé d’Orsay , Paris – Alessia Bennani
2014 Roma, peintures photoluminescentes, Clara Natoli et Stéphane Mascarenhas, Monaco – Clara Natoli
2014 El lenguaje de la arquitectura – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Chile – F.T. Brugnoli
2013 Not Passengers, Just Crew Sala Santa Rita, Roma – Roberta Perfetti
2012 La féminité de la terre – Clara Natoli et Stéphane Mascarenhas, Monaco – Clara Natoli
2011 ContemplAzioni – Galleria Artsinergy, San Benedetto del Tronto – Mirella di Peco
2010 Massimo Catalani – Uffici Mazzi Spa, Milano – Alberto Mazzi
2009 La Femminilità della Terra, Studio d’Arte Campaiola, Roma – Emiliano Campaiola
2009 Le Radici del Gusto Italiano – Nigata, Nigata – Umberto Donati
2009 Di Terra e di Mare – Galerie Lacke Farben, Berlino – Alessandro Mannozzi
2008 Nihil Nihilism – Galleria Bosi, Roma – Fabrizio Bosi
2008 Le Radici del Gusto Italiano – Arte Piazza Bibai, Hokkaido – Umberto Donati
2007 Le Radici del Gusto Italiano – IIC Tokyo, Tokyo – Umberto Donati
2006 Sapori Italiani – Marriot Hotel, Moscow – Margarita Kotztris
2006 H.P.E.B.? – Studio d’Arte Fedele, Monopoli – A.M. Sette
2005 Rose&Eros – Sottocornonove, Milano – Alberto Proia
2005 Antoillogica – Galerie Nota Bene, Genève – Jacqueline Niccolin
2005 Rose&Architetture, Galleria Jorge Alcolea, Madrid – Jordi Marsal
2004 Massimo Catalani 04 – PICI Galerie, Seoul – IIC Seoul
2004 La mia Italia – Qui Gallery, Chelsea , New-York – IIC New York
2004 Antologica – Studio d’Arte Campaiola, Roma – Emiliano Campaiola
2023 Bologna Arte Fiera – Bologna – Emiliano Campaiola
2022 Duet – Galleria Il Sole Roma – Fabio Ortolani
2022 Arte in Nuvola – Art Hotel Gallery, Roma – Alessia Bennani
2022 Sport Illustrato – Galleria Il Sole , Roma – Fabio Ortolani
2021 Art Miami – Galleria Ca’d’Oro, Miami – Gloria Porcella
2021 Arte in Nuvola – Art Hotel Gallery, Roma – Alessia Bennani
2021 Arte Padova – Padova – Massimiliano Savaiano
2021 FlashBack – Fiera d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino – Emiliano Campaiola
2020 Citico – Galleria Ca’d’Oro, Miami – Gloria Porcella
2018 #backtoitaly – ArtVerona, Verona – Art Verona
2018 Wopart – Wopart, Lugano – C. Natoli & E. Campaiola
2017 Group Show – nm>contemporary, Monaco – Clara Natoli
2017 Wopart – Wopart , Lugano – C. Natoli & E. Campaiola
2016 Bologna Arte Fiera – Bologna – Emiliano Campaiola
2016 Bologna Arte Fiera – Bologna – Emiliano Campaiola
2016 Archeologia a venire – XLIX Premio Vasto, Vasto – Silvia Pegoraro
2015 Bienal del Fin del Mundo – Parque Cultural, Valparaiso – A. Grottesi Errazu
2014 Bologna Arte Fiera – Bologna – Emiliano Campaiola
2014 Visioni – Studio d’Arte Fedele, Monopoli – Biagio Fedele
2013 Un artista per una rosa – Sala Santa Rita, Roma – Roberta Perfetti
2012 Quadratonomade – Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma – D.Pinocci & D. Giordano
2011 The Road to Contemporary Art – Macro, Roma – Emiliano Campaiola
2011 Lacke Farben Mixed-up – Galerie Lacke Farben, Berlino – Alessandro Mannozzi
2010 Il Lusso Essenziale – Terme di Diocleziano, Roma – Roberta Perfetti
2009 L’Arte nell’Uovo di Pasqua – Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma – Sergio Valente
2009 Dove eravamo rimasti? – EB Gallery, Roma – P. & M. Cucinella
2008 L’Arte nell’Uovo di Pasqua – Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma – Sergio Valente
2007 L’Anima del Corpo – Aria Art Gallery, Pietrasanta -Armando Pavone
2006 ArteVerona 06 – Verona – Emiliano Campaiola
2006 KunStart 06 – KunStart 06, Bolzano – Emiliano Campaiola
2005 Expo 2005 – Padiglione italiano Aichi Aichi – Expo 2005
2004 Gran Formato – Galería Jorge Alcolea Madrid – Jordi Marsal
