Federico Mazza (Rome, 1976) is an Italian visual artist based in central Italy.
His artistic practice focuses on landscape as a mental and symbolic space, exploring themes of memory, time and transformation through painting and image-based practices.
As a painter, he has exhibited in Italy and abroad, in private galleries and public institutions, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lissone and the Permanent Collection Arti del Fuoco at Villa Vertua Masolo, Nova Milanese.
Alongside his artistic research, Mazza has developed a parallel professional activity in visual communication, working on visual identity, editorial design and movie posters for cultural and film-related projects.
His poster for No Bears by Jafar Panahi was selected in MUBI’s Best Movie Posters of 2022:
https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/the-best-movie-posters-of-2022.
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Federico Mazza (Roma, 1976) è un artista visivo italiano attivo in Italia centrale.
La sua ricerca artistica indaga il paesaggio come spazio mentale e simbolico, esplorando i temi della memoria, del tempo e della trasformazione attraverso la pittura e pratiche basate sull’immagine.
Come pittore, ha esposto in Italia e all’estero, in gallerie private e istituzioni pubbliche, tra cui il Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Lissone e la Collezione Permanente Arti del Fuoco di Villa Vertua Masolo, Nova Milanese.
Parallelamente alla pratica artistica, svolge un’attività professionale nel campo della comunicazione visiva, occupandosi di identità visiva, design editoriale e poster cinematografici per progetti culturali e filmici.
Il suo poster per No Bears di Jafar Panahi è stato selezionato da MUBI tra i migliori manifesti cinematografici del 2022:
https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/the-best-movie-posters-of-2022.
Selected exhibitions
- 2023 — Coordinates system — Yudian Art Gallery, Hangzhou (CHN) / G
- 2023 — Liminaris — Plasteel Gallery, Seattle (USA) / S
- 2023 — Ciò che rimane — curated by Mattia Lapperier — Tubocubo, La Spezia (IT) / S
- 2022 — A Collector point of view — project by Matteo Novarese — Sof:Art, Bologna (IT) / G
- 2022 — Infinity / Eternity. Mazza, Summers, Arp-Hansen, Sundermeyer — Yudian Art Gallery, Hangzhou (CHN) / G
- 2022 — Different views. Recent work by J. Macdonald, D. Peikon, F. Mazza — Plasteel Gallery, Seattle (USA)
- 2020 — Gravitas — Apocryphal Gallery — text by Luca Arnaudo / S
- 2012 — Attraverso, aperto — curated by Luca Arnaudo — Artsinergy, Roma (IT) / S
- 2011 — Arte a Sud — curated by Francesca Londino — Varie sedi (CZ) / G
- 2010 — Premio Lissone — curated by Luigi Cavadini — Museum of Contemporary Art, Lissone (MB) / G
- 2009 — One Planet — curated by Simone Fappanni — Palazzo Marcotulli, Rieti (IT) / G
- 2008 — Aqua – Le proposte del Premio Vasto, Palazzo d’Avalos, Vasto (CH) 6 luglio – 3 agosto 2008 / G
G: Group exhibition / S: Solo exhibition
Prizes
- 2013 — Bice Bugatti Segantini International Art Prize (Winner of Premio Città di Nova Milanese)
Publications
- Exibart — Federico Mazza
- 2010 — Premio Lissone, finalist, catalog
- 2011 — Cobat Prize, shortlist, catalog
- 2009 — Celeste Prize, shortlist, catalog
- 2008 — Celeste Prize, shortlist, catalog
Contact
info@federicomazza.it
Instagram (painting): @federicomazza_painting
Instagram (graphic): @federicomazza_graphic
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