Alessio Mazzarulli - My explanations (n.574) - I and I series

Artwork no. 574
Dimensions: 85,00 x 85,00 (cm)

I create paintings using acrylic colors and thousands of small pieces of recycled paper: everyday paper turns into art rather than 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 latest 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 if I look like a real doll, I am not a doll, I am your doll and you can do with me what you want, with everything 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 prolonged pause lasting almost twenty years. Since December 2014 I resumed with the "two dimensions" for reasons of time and space, leaving sculpture aside and dedicating myself to acrylic paintings.
I love painting abstract landscapes but recently I have been pushing myself to paint faces of people, both imagined and real.

For me painting is "freezing time" in that exact moment; a painting of mine is often a faded memory and therefore my works are "worn, eroded by time". Sometimes the subjects of my paintings are gaps of walls also eroded by time, with moss and fungi that – over time – grow on the surface.
Time that passes inexorably 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 clearly perceived both by touch and to the naked eye.

In recent times, after several years in which my works were made from little pieces of recycled paper forming figures, I am venturing into Optical Art where I use wooden discs painted and arranged in lines and grids repeated with mathematical precision that, seen up close, seem to form a colored abstract painting, but the further you step back, the more a portrait emerges from the 768 painted wooden discs.

Violence against women is a theme that characterizes almost all of my works when I reproduce the 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 partner's dolls and cannot be mistreated or, worse, victims of violence.

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Below 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” / Museo Michetti - Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2020

Andy Warhol And Friends / Art Events Mazzoleni Art Gallery - Alzano Lombardo (BG), Italy
2019

“The Freedom in Visual Arts – Second Edition” / Mumi - Museo Michetti - 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

The freedom in visual arts / Museo Michetti - Francavilla Al Mare, Italy
2016

Introspective Shades / Arte Borgo Gallery - Rome, Italy
2016

Caput Mundi Arte / Palazzo Ferrajoli - Rome, Italy
2016

Art Salerno 2016 / Palazzo Fruscione - Salerno, Italy
2016

Art Rome / Flyer Art Gallery - Rome, Italy
2016

Artist’s Weavings / Merlino Bottega d'Arte Gallery - Florence, Italy
2015