Giuseppe Inglese was born in Rivoli in 1978 and he currently lives and works in Settimo Torinese. In 1998 he enrolled at the University of Turin to pursue a degree in Philosophy. In the years spent at university, he mainly focused on topics concerning the ego, and the world and its reciprocal relations, from a psychological, sociological and philosophical perspective. All these brought about a solid knowledge of the sense of reality. He also focused on Freud and Jung’s psycho analytical theories, and by combining them with the most recent findings in cognitive psychology, he was able to analyse the relation between thought – understood as in conscious and unconscious experience – and human reactions on both emotional and behavioural levels. He also attended several courses on child drawings’ grapho-¬analytical interpretation, which allowed him to achieve a better understanding of the connection between the deep ego, graphic signs and colour.
In those years Inglese was also able to enhance his knowledge on aesthetics as the “science of the sensory perception”, and on foundation concepts such as the external world intended as “unemendable”, or the connection between conceptual schemes and emotional experience, and between experience and mnemic imprint.
Paramount to his academic development was the discovery of Kant’s theoretical and pragmatical criticism, together with Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Köhler, Max Wertheimer and Bozzi’s studies on perception. As a result, he was exposed to the existential writings of Beckett, Dostoyevsky, Kafka and Camus, which, in turn lead him to the rational ¬philosophical works of Sartre and Heidegger.
It was in this context that he developed his passion for art, conceived as an aesthetic moment of synthesis, in which all instances materialize and the “¬being” reveals itself in all its completeness. He practiced different painting techniques in various local artists’ studios and in 2011 he opened his first atelier, where he kept developing his personal research and artistic work. 2012 was a year of deep inner transformation for the artist, which lead to the birth, in 2013, of the first hand woven luminescent sculpture in stainless steal wire, which characterises the artist’s current production. In 2014 he started collaborating with several art galleries.
Many existential questions characterize the first, exclusively pictorial, phase of his work. In the early period he focused his research on topics such as the shape-¬background relation, the fullness of the being, its materiality, the world’s fragmentation, the confusion and the strain of living and interacting with the other. Every human being, “who exists because he is in the world”, lives in an ever¬changing condition, plunged into absurd existential problems, facing endless possibilities which enable him to make decisions and plans for himself based on an ethics of truth and authenticity. At the same time, the very same possibilities leave him obstructed and powerless.
Inglese’s research soon shifted from the “presence of the being” to that of the “non-being”. As Sartre wrote, “nothingness brings the being into one’s heart”. From matter to soul, from the fullness and crusty texture of material surfaces to emptiness, which gains meaning and value through the graphic mark and the dynamism of intertwined metal wires. In line with the belief that art is a representation of unity and a moment of synthesis between all aspects of being, the metal weaving becomes both the artist’s script, an unconscious expression of a deep self, and at the same time, movement and essence of the artwork.
Below are the details of the artist’s most relevant activities over the past few years:
2024
- "Nel cuore del mondo” (“In the heart of the world” – Permanent art installation at the Ecomuseo del Freidano in Settimo Torinese, Turin
- Beginning of the collaboration with the DavideCoffa Artecontemporanea art gallery in Casale Monferrato
- Artworks exhibited in Bari, Padova, Pietrasanta, San Gimignano, Casole D’Elsa and Casale Monferrato at the Damiani, Vecchiato Arte, Tedofra, iSculpture, DavideCoffa Artecontemporanea art galleries, and the l’Ecomuseo del Freidano in Settimo Torinese, Turin
2023
- Opening of new personal showroom in Settimo Torinese (Turin)
- Artworks exhibited in Turin, Bari, Padova, San Gimignano e Casole D’Elsa at the Damiani, Vecchiato Arte, Tedofra and iSculpture art galleries
2022
- "Fly" – Public installation at the Enrico Berlinguer Park in Settimo Torinese (Turin)
- ArtePadova 32° Mostra Mercato of modern and contemporary art, at the stand of Vecchiato Arte
- Opening of personal showroom in San Mauto Torinese (Turin)
- Milano Scultura, at the stand of the Damiani Art Gallery (Milan)
- “Un bacio ancora” (“Another kiss”) – Collective exhibition – Museum of Asolo (Treviso)
- "Switch" collective exhibition organised by Vecchiato Arte at the headoffice of the Law Firm "Greggio Avvocati d'Impresa" in Padua
- Lucca Art Fair, at the stand of Vecchiato Arte
- “Presence_Absence” – Collective exhibition – Vecchiato Art Gallery (Padova)
- Bergamo Arte Fiera, at the stand of Vecchiato Arte
- Artworks exhibited in Bari, Padova, Pietrasanta, San Gimignano and Casole D’Elsa at the Damiani, Vecchiato Arte, Tedofra and iSculpture art galleries
2021
- Italy 35x35 Art Project Copelouzos family Art Museum (Atene)
- “Serendipity” - Collective exhibition – Vecchiato Art Gallery (Padova)
- ArtePadova 31th MostraMercato of Modern and Contemporary Art at the stand of Vecchiato Arte
- “We are who we are” - Collective exhibition – Vecchiato Art Gallery (Padova)
- Artworks exhibited in Bari, Padova, Pietrasanta, San Gimignano and Casole D’Elsa at the Damiani,
Vecchiato Arte, Tedofra and iSculpture art galleries
2020
- Bergamo Arte Fiera at the stand of Vecchiato Arte
- Pubblication of my art work on the CD “Innehalten” of Prof. Dr. Lioba Werth (Münster, Germania)
- Some of my art works have been used in the “Dadi Rooms” project of the “Down Dadi”, in collaboration with Design2Taste and the Vecchiato Art Gallery
- Artworks exhibited in Bari, Padova, Pietrasanta, San Gimignano and Casole D’Elsa at the Damiani,
Vecchiato Arte, Tedofra and iSculpture art galleries
2019
- Vecchiato Art Gallery -"Unspotted" – Personal exhibition (Padova)
- Dissolvenze - Collective exhibition - Museo Diocesano di Padova
- Cibart 2019 - Collective exhibition - Seravezza (Lucca)
- ArtePadova 30th MostraMercato of Modern and Contemporary Art at the stand of Vecchiato Arte
- Artworks exhibited in Bari, Padova, Pietrasanta, San Gimignano and Casole D’Elsa at the Damiani, Vecchiato Arte, Tedofra and iSculpture art galleries
2018
- Official artist at the 4th edition of Art for Excellence
- Beginning of the collaboration with Galleria Damiani (Bari)
- ArtePadova 29th MostraMercato of Modern and Contemporary Art at the stand of Vecchiato Arte
- Lucca Art Fair and Bergamo Arte Fiera at the stand of Vecchiato Arte
- Artworks exhibited in Bari, Padova, Pietrasanta, San Gimignano and Casole D’Elsa at the Damiani, Vecchiato Arte, Tedofra and iSculpture art galleries
2017
- Collective exhibition of Premio Combat Price finalists at Vecchia Fortezza of Livorno
- Shortlisted for the 8th edition of Premio Combat Prize, in the “sculpture and installation” category
- Lucca Art Fair at the stand of Vecchiato Arte
- ArteFiera Bologna at the stand of Vecchiato Arte
2016
- ArtePadova 27th MostraMercato of Modern and Contemporary Art at the stand of Vecchiato Arte
- Artworks exhibited in Pietrasanta at the Vecchiato Art gallery
- Lucca Art Fair at Teodofra ArtGallery’s stand
- Beginning of the collaboration with iSculpture Gallery (San Gimignano and Casole d'Elsa)
- Beginning of the collaboration with Maelstrom Art Gallery (Milan and London)
- SETUP contemporary Art Fair 2016 at Teodofra ArtGallery’s stand
- Artworks exhibited in Bologna at Tedofra ArtGallery
- Artworks exhibited in Padua at the “Vecchiato Arte” art gallery
2015
- ArtePadova 26th MostraMercato of Modern and Contemporary Art, at the stand of Tedofra ArtGallery and Vecchiato Arte
- Artworks exhibited in Pietrasanta at the Vecchiato Art gallery
- Artworks exhibited in Bologna at Tedofra ArtGallery
- Euroluce – International lighting Fair, at LEUCOS SPA’s stand
- Affordable Art Fair Milano, at Teodofra ArtGallery’s stand
- Artworks exhibited in Padua at the Vecchiato Art gallery
- LEUCOS SPA acquires the monumental work “Un nuovo giorno” (A new day”), making it the symbol of the company’s rebirth and displays it on the cover of their catalogue containing its design products
2014
- ArtePadova 25th Mostra Mercato of Modern and Contemporary Art, at the Tedofra ArtGallery and Vecchiato Arte’s stands
- “Poetiche a confronto” (“Poetics in conflict”), at Galleria 20 in Turin
- “Memoria” (“Memory”), at Tedofra ArtGallery in Bologna
- Artworks exhibited in Asiago at the Vecchiato Arte stand
- “Incipit” (“The opening”) at Tedofra ArtGallery in Bologna
- Artworks exhibited in Padua at Vecchiato Arte’s gallery
- Artworks exhibited at “Elle Galleria” in Preganziol (TV)
- “Materia viva” (“Living matter”) exhibited at Galleria 2.0, Centro culturale Ariele and Galleria Aripa in Turin
- Artworks exhibited at “Merlino bottega d’arte” in Florence
2013
- “Prize Terna 05. Essere o non Essere. Con gli Altri. La rete Sociale a regola d’Arte”
- “Profili d’autore” (“Authors’ profiles”), at the Cultural Association “Nel centro di Settimo” in Settimo Torinese
- “Ordine al Caos” (“Order in Chaos”), at the Cultural Centre Zerouno and Giuseppe De Nittis’s foundation in Barletta
- Selected for the artistical¬cultural project “Presenze/assenze 2013” from the Cultural Centre Zerouno, Apulia region, Bari, national park Alta Murgia, municipality of Gravina in Apulia, Zeterna and Giuseppe de Nittis’s Foundations.
- Personal exhibition at Galleria Quadrarte in Settimo Torinese
- Prize Combat Prize – Blob ART; Tuscany, province and municipality of Livorno
