Alessio Mazzarulli - I'd come to him! (n.575) - I and I series

Artwork no.575
Dimensions: 85.00 x 85.00 cm

I create paintings using acrylic paints and thousands of small pieces of recycled paper: everyday paper is transformed into art instead of ending up in the trash. In my latest works I have focused on the theme of women treated as objects (dolls) and too often victims of violence, and these are the most recent pieces I have created.

"Not your doll" - "I am not your doll" is a series where I intend to represent the faces of women with features reminiscent of classic dolls, and the message is: "even though I look like a real doll, I am not a doll, your doll, and you can do whatever you want with me" with all that lies behind it, up to, unfortunately, violence.

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Born in 1974 I am self-taught.

After an initial period dedicated to sculpture there was a long pause lasting almost twenty years. Since December 2014 I resumed with the "two dimensions" for reasons of time and space, leaving sculpture aside and devoting myself to acrylic paintings.
I love painting abstract landscapes but recently I’m pushing myself to paint faces of people, both imaginary and real.

For me painting is "locking time" in that exact moment; my painting is often a faded memory and therefore my works are "consumed, eroded by time". Sometimes the subjects of my paintings are glimpses of walls also eroded by time, with moss and fungi that—over time—grow on the surface.
The passing of time is the main theme of my works.

Coming from a wonderful experience with clay manipulation, I love sculpture, the third dimension, the sense of touch, and my paintings are often characterized by reliefs that are easily perceivable by touch as well as to the naked eye.

Recently, after several years during which my works were produced from bits of recycled paper forming figures, I have started exploring Optical Art where I use painted wooden disks arranged in lines and grids with mathematical precision that up close may look like a colorful abstract painting, but as you step back a portrait emerges from the 768 painted wooden disks.

Violence against women is a theme that characterizes almost all of my works when I reproduce faces of women, precisely to give them a voice when they do not have the strength or courage to report that they are not their partners’ dolls and cannot be maltreated or, worse, victims of violence.

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Here are the recent exhibitions:

Solo shows:
2017
Solo exhibition / Maison des Arts - Pescara, Italy

Group shows:
Naarden The Art Fair / Amsterdam - Naarden, Netherlands
2026
Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam / De Kromhouthal, Gedempt Hamerkanaal 231, 1021 KP Amsterdam, Netherlands - Amsterdam, Netherlands
2025
X Edition of MumArt “Homage to Costantino Barbella” / Michetti Museum - Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2020
Andy Warhol And Friends / Art Events Mazzoleni Art Gallery - Alzano Lombardo (BG), Italy
2019
"Freedom in Visual Arts – Second Edition" / Mumi - Michetti Museum - Francavilla al Mare (CH), Italy
2019
Internationale Art Price - Tamara De Lempika / Milano Art Gallery - Milan, Italy
2018
Archipelago #2 / Galeri Sveva - Stockholm, Sweden
2018
Dialogue Across Generations / Castel dell'Ovo - Naples, Italy
2018
The Magic Shades of Time / Aurum Arts - Pescara, Italy
2017
In stubborn and contrary direction / Simultánea Spazi Arte - Florence, Italy
2017
World Wide Art Show – New York 2017 / 508/526 West 26th Street, Suite 315, New York, NY 10001 - New York, United States
2017
Freedom in Visual Arts / Michetti Museum - Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2016
Introspective Shades / Arte Borgo Gallery - Rome, Italy
2016
Caput Mundi Art / Palazzo Ferrajoli - Rome, Italy
2016
Art Salerno 2016 / Palazzo Fruscione - Salerno, Italy
2016
Art Rome / Flyer Art Gallery - Rome, Italy
2016
Artist’s Weaves / Merlino Art Gallery - Florence, Italy
2015