Tommaso Ottieri Biography
Tommaso Ottieri, born in Naples in 1971, studies at the Faculty of Architecture of the Federico II University of Naples and at the Robert Gordon School of Architecture in Aberdeen (UK). In 1996 he obtained a degree in Architecture at the Federico II University of Naples with a thesis on bio-architecture applied to the recovery of the Port of Naples 1990-1995. In 1996 he won a Leonardo da Vinci scholarship at MIT, thanks to which he moved to the Cyclades islands, in Greece, to study the canons of biocompatible art and architecture. He settled in Santorini for two years where he worked as an architect for the Sintesi studio and opened his own painting studio in Oia. In 1998 he founded the MERO architecture studio, Palazzo Montemiletto, with Pietro Renna. In 1998 he obtained the Master's degree for executive planning of bio-architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the Federico II University of Naples, where he collaborated on the project for the recovery and valorisation of the religious routes of Campania and southern Italy: the great architects are a source of inspiration and artists of the time, in addition to the classics whose example he tries to follow. His research is oriented towards the definition of very aesthetically and chromatically saturated scenarios, to propose a vision of the urban landscape and seek a role in its construction. In 2003 he inaugurated the first two solo exhibitions in Naples: Zenzen, at the Council Hall in the Santa Maria la Nova Complex (sponsored by the Province of Naples) and Suonno, at the Hypogean Halls of the Annunziata Monumental Complex (sponsored by the Campania Region ). The following year he presented the solo exhibitions Giovanni 19;41, at the Multicinema Modernissimo organized as part of the exhibition Pezzi Unici Modernissimi-Meetings with Contemporary Art curated by Luciano Stella and Ciro Cacciola and Do ble, at the headquarters of the Seterie Angelo I fly to Milan. In 2006 the solo show Sirene curated by Massimo Bignardi was presented first at the Rubin Gallery in Milan and subsequently - sponsored by the Municipality of Naples, the Campania Region, the Order of Architects and with the support of the Banco di Napoli Foundation - was presented at Castel dell'Ovo edited by Giovanna Procaccini. In 2007 he created the exhibition Cento Orizzonti (Palazzo della Ragione and Piccola Galleria Arte Contemporanea of Asolo) sponsored by the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Asolo, followed the following year by Grace curated by G. Procaccini at the Overfoto Gallery in Naples and Al passo dei Giganti curated by A. Zanchetta at Nuovospazio Arte Contemporanea in Piacenza. Between 2009 and 2014 there were numerous solo shows in Italy and abroad: Tommaso Ottieri – Progetto (2009, Galleria Rubin, Milan) Dieci encausti curated by Arianna Micheli (2010, Galleria Il Divano di George, Modena) , Landscapes of the mind, internal-external curated by Giorgio Pajetta (2010, Galleria Forma e Colore, Brescia), Tommaso Ottieri, Grand Tour curated by Daniel Sluse (2010, Acadèmie Royale des Beaux Arts, Liège), Cento Luci (2011 , Piccola Galleria Arte Contemporanea, Bassano del Grappa), For Examples (2011, Galleria Rubin, Milan), Lumi (2012, Galleria Forni, Bologna), Half of Two (2012, Galeria Mada Primavesi, Madrid), All'Opera (2012 , Behind the Scenes Gallery; Catania), Inside In sight. Tommaso Ottieri. Works (2012, Palazzo della Cultura, Catania), Terza Parte (2013, Galeria Patricia Acal, Madrid), Opera (2013, Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris), The Metaphysics of Space (2013, Gallery 1905, Moscow), Prima Notte ( 2013, Galleria Rubin, Milan, Prima Notte (2013, Galeria Patricia Acal, Madrid), Brace (2014, Galleria Forni, Bologna), Opera Prima (2014, Stephanie Hoppen Gallery, London) and Purgatorio (2014, PRAC Contemporary, Naples) In 2015, the first Roman solo show, The Function of Black, curated by Marco di Capua, was held at the Russo Gallery and the solo shows at the CK Gallery in San Francisco and the Mark Ransom Gallery in London. The exhibition opened in June 2017 he published a solo exhibition Stabat Mater, curated by Maurizio Vanni, at the MARCA in Catanzaro, an exhibition subsequently inaugurated at the Galleria Russo in Rome and accompanied by new works. In 2011 he was among the artists selected to exhibit at the 54th Venice Biennale Lo stato of art in the regional pavilion of Campania, Ex Tabacchificio Centola complex in Pontecagnano Faiano. Over the course of his career, he has participated in numerous collective exhibitions: Group Show (2006, Galleria Rubin, Milan), Fuori Luogo 12. Urgency of the City. The urban in the new Italian painting curated by M. Bignardi (2007, Grandi Magazzini Teatrali, Campobasso, exhibition in collaboration with the University of Siena), Twentyfive (2007, Banca Akros, Milan), Elba Arte (2008, Galleria Nuovo Spazio Arte Contemporanea, Portoferraio), Summer Group Show (2008, Galleria Rubin, Milan), Città Panico curated by Francesca Baboni and Stefano Taddei (2008, Galleria Arte in Movimento, Pietrasanta), Architetture Sensibili curated by L. Giusti (2008, Castello di Rivara, Turin), Campioni d'Arte-33 artists for the Cannavaro Ferrara Foundation curated by Achille Bonito Oliva (2009, Madre Museum, Naples), Sublimations curated by Claudio Proietti (2009, Casa d'Arte Artribù, Rome) , Persistences on the Border of the Image edited by Massimo Bignardi (2009, Museo dell'Alto Tavoliere di San Severo, created with the patronage of the Department of Culture and School Policies of the Province of Foggia, at the Municipality of San Severo (Fo) and with the support of the Baronissi Regional Contemporary Art Fund), 70 works of contemporary art for Adisco Lombardia in collaboration with Sotheby's Milan (2009), Colectiva de Verano (2010, Galleria Mada Primavesi, Madrid), A Midsummer night ́s dream (2011, Galleria Mada Primavesi, Madrid), La Costante Cosomologica curated by Gianluca Marziani with the collaboration of the Rocco Guglielmo Foundation (2011, Complesso Monumentale di San Giovanni, Catanzaro), Rarity Summer Salon Show (2011, Rarity Gallery, Mykonow), Landscape Visionen der Veränderung Visions of a changing world (2011, Stadtmuseum Klausen, Museo Civico di Chiusa), Group Show (2012, Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris), The Italian Job (2012, Galería Patricia Acal, Madrid), Out of the Blue (2012, Galleria Forni, Bologna), Cranioscopy (2012, Galleria Rubin, Milan). Since 2013, the collaboration has continued with various galleries in Italy and abroad: Galería Patricia Acal (Madrid), Galerie Ariel Sibony (Paris), Galería Patricia Acal (Seville), Galleria Russo (Rome), Russo Art Gallery (Istanbul). He also participates in two events organized by Prac Contemporary of Naples – Opening (2013) and Città (2014) – and in 2015 he was among the artists of the Linee di Confine exhibition. Nature, the body, the cities curated by Marco di Capua at the Carlo Bilotti Museum in Rome. In 2016 he participated in the collective exhibition Shakespeare in Rome organized by the Galleria Russo in Rome with the patronage of the British Council, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. He has also participated in numerous national and international fairs: Kunst Zürich (2006, 2007, 2008), Artefiera Bologna (2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), MiArt (2007, 2008, 2009), Art Cologne (2007, 2008), Scope New York (2008), KunstArt Bolzano (2008), Scope Art Show Basel (2009), Art Verona (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), Road to Contemporary Art Roma (2012), Arte Cremona ( 2012), Bergamo Arte Fiera (2012), ArtFactory Catania (2012, 2013), St-Art Strasbourg (2012, 2013, 2014), Art Up Lille (2014), Contemporary Istanbul (2014, 2015), Art Karlsruhe Germany (2014 , 2015), ArtLondon (2015) and Art Madrid (2015). Among the awards obtained are the Cairo Prize VIII edition organized at the Palazzo della Permanente in Milan (2007), the Celeste Prize, curated by Julia Draganovic and Gabi Scardi, Brodbeck Foundation, Catania (2010), the Michetti Prize (2013, Francavilla al Mare) and the second edition of the Eccellenti Pittori – Brazzale award, conceived by Camillo Langone and supported by the Brazzale Group (2015). Tommaso Ottieri's works portray opulent, modern and at the same time historical buildings and urban landscapes, painted in of red, blue and golden yellow. His work seeks to achieve an expressive and emotional quality. He lives and works between Rome and Naples.
