Guglielmo Castelli Lives and works in Turin, b. 1987 in Turin, Italy

Guglielmo Castelli’s iconographic universe questions the relationship between inner and outer space, between bowels and environment, in a close relationship with literature and the world of theatre and scenography, from which he comes. Released from any constraint, figures slip and overlap on either 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, Italy.

 

He has a forthcoming exhibition, Improving songs for anxious children, at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (2024). His recent solo shows include Show | Guglielmo Castelli - Art Club #38, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy (2024); A Lover's Discourse, Aspen Museum, Colorado (2023); Calm act in closed room, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels (2021); Ornate Impotence, The Cabin, Los Angeles (2020), Sia inteso come tutto ciò che non pesa, Fondazione Coppola, Vicenza (2019), Goodmorning Bambino, KünstlerhausBethanien, Berlin (2018). Selected group exhibitions include Andrew Kreps, New York (2021); Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Rome (2020), Atina (2020), Berlin, 2019. His work was featured in several institutional exhibitions and biennials including Pittura Italiana Oggi, Triennale Milano, Milan (2023); mutanti, sotto un cielo che implode, OGR Torino, Turin (2023); Diario Notturno, Maxxi L'Aquila, L'Aquila (2023); Expressioni at the Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli (2022); the 17a Quadriennale di Roma (2020); Stasi Frenetica, GAM, Turin (2020); the Biennale Internazionale d’Art Contemporain de Melle (2018); Challenging Beauty, Parkview Museum, Singapore (2018); Recto/ Verso 2, Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2018); Intriguing Uncertainties, Museum Of Contemporary Art of Saint-Étienne (2016); and Lo sguardo delle gallerie sulla grande arte italiana, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna (2016). In 2017, he was mentioned in the “30 Under 30, Europe” list by Forbes Magazine.