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Biography

Born in Terni in 1981, currently lives and works in Rome.
Cristiano Carotti works with painting, sculpture and installation focusing on the influence of symbols on social
dynamics.
In his latest research he investigated the conflict between Homo Naturalis and Mechanicus. This new corpus
of works started with “Cella”, the installation presented in the Pietrasanta Baptistery.
This new cycle celebrates the recovery of stolen spaces accomplished by nature: natural geometries, beehives
and nests grow free on abandoned artefacts. They create contrasting visions for humans to face. For Carotti
these images represent the symbol of the relationship between human beings and nature; it’s in this regained
bond that we should find the curative energies to overcome the current crisis.
The moulding of beehives in clay acquires a ritual, almost shamanic value. It symbolises the reconciliation of
the artist with its natural side.
Many of the artworks are made of a mechanical element with a sculptural intrusion. The starting parts are
objet trouvé that the artist finds in scrapyards. These once avant-garde vehicle parts were designed to follow
the speed myth but today they lay abandoned, replaced by better version of themselves.
These empty images of a frenzy life-style host ceramic sculptures, moulded on wild beehives. The contrast
between the two different parts comes not only from their contexts, but also from the diverging idea of time
that they belong to. The first one was born to compress time through speed, while the second naturally
hatched from the slow passing of the seasons. It is a clash between artefacts and nature.
The choice of ceramics is strictly connected to the idea the artist has of time, especially the relation it should
have with human activities and art. The creation of these works is a long process that cannot ignore bees
and their time of work. The sculptures are later glazed with flashy colours, often iridescent like supercars, the
fastest vehicles.

Selected solo shows:

2022

If the eye not of the Sun, how could we behold the light? White Noise, Rome, IT
2020
Cella – Site specific, Battistero del Duomo di Pietrasanta, Pietrasanta, IT
2018
Stessa Spiaggia Stesso Mare – White Noise, Rome, IT
2017
Dove sono gli ultras – White Noise project at One Contemporary, Venice, IT
2016
Dove sono gli ultras – White Noise, Rome, IT
Redux – Blu di Prussia Gallery, Naples, IT
2015
Blackswallow V14 – Site specific, Venice, Squero di San Trovaso – All around art and Galleria Al Blu di Prussia,
Naples, IT
2013
Waterloove – Galleria Al Blu di Prussia, Naples, IT
Nothing But the Rainbows – Galleria Canovaccio, Terni, IT
2012
PGR (Per Grazia Ricevuta) – Quattrocentometri Gallery, Ancona, IT
The Fairytale Machine – BT’F Gallery, Bologna, IT
Golyat – Sala degli Almadiani, Viterbo, IT
2010
Sospesi tra il circo e la notte – Galleria Miomao, Perugia, IT

Selected group shows:
2021
Let’s call for arts for Afghanistan, Ambasciata della Repubblica Islamica dell’Afghanistan, Rome, IT
ORA, Ambasciata d’Italia presso la Santa Sede, curated by White Noise, Rome, IT
Post Apocalyptic Renaissance, Palermo Art Weekend, Museo Riso, Palermo, IT
Selvatico – White Noise, Rome, IT
2018
La Vespa nella Storia e nell’Arte, M.A.C.I.S.T, Biella, IT
2016
Jungle Jim of Mind – Halle 14, Spinnerai Center of Contemporary Art, Lepizig, DE
Terapie d’urto – LUISS University, Rome, IT
2017
Miracle of Love, Gc2 Contemporary, Terni, IT
2015
Permanent Collection – M.A.C.I.S.T., Biella, IT
2013
Hai Paura Del Buio Festival – Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, IT
Tell Mum Everything it’s Ok – Palazzo della Penna, Perugia, IT
2012
+50, Sculture in città – Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto, IT
2011
54.Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Italia, Umbria, IT
2010
For your eyes & not only – Infantellina Contemporary, Berlin, DE
Humans & Gods – Infantellina Contemporary, Berlin, DE