Guglielmo Castelli

Art gives me the possibility to move on with each attempt, to straighten out doubts in order to create new ones. In those depths, I find myself, digging in. To me, this is what it means to be an artist, having the luxury of uncertainty towards ourselves, and therefore towards others. – Guglielmo Castelli

Guglielmo Castelli’s iconographic universe questions the relationship between inner and outer space, between inner depths and environments, in a close relationship with literature and the world of theater and scenography from which he emerges. Released from any constraint, figures slip and overlap on neutral backdrops or unfamiliar landscapes, challenging the blurred boundaries of the self and resisting a strict notion and distinction between subject and object. From fluid and wide, brushstrokes coagulate into thick knots portraying melancholy, astonishment, and wonder while characters melt into gentle chromatic accents suspended in uncertain postures that reflect an unsteady grip on reality. 

Guglielmo Castelli (b. 1987, Turin, Italy) lives and works in Turin.

Recent solo shows have taken place at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy (2024); Villa Medici, Rome (2024); Mendes Wood DM, New York (2023); Aspen Museum, Colorado (2023); Mendes Wood DM, Brussels (2021); The Cabin, Los Angeles (2020); Fondazione Coppola, Vicenza (2019); Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2018). Recent institutional group shows include Triennale Milano, Milan (2023); OGR Torino, Turin (2023); Maxxi L’Aquila, L’Aquila (2023); Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli (2022); 17th Quadriennale di Roma, Rome (2020); GAM, Turin (2020); Biennale Internazionale d’Art Contemporain de Melle (2018); Parkview Museum, Singapore (2018); Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2018). 