Nicola De Maria Art

Nicola De Maria (Born on 6th December, 1954) is an Italian artist and painter. He’s one of the 5 artists of the Italian Trans but, unlike the other members of the group, such as Francesco Clemente, Sandro Chia, Mimmo Paladino, and Enzo Cucchi, his work is mainly focused on a pictorial approach and on abstraction in which the limits of the canvas were exceeded to enter into a relationship with the surrounding space. De Maria has exhibited at Documenta 7, the Venice Biennale, the XVI Bienal de São Paulo, the Quadrennial in Rome and the IV Biennale of Sydney. In largely glowingly colorful, abstract pictures, he gives visual expression to what he longs for, as well as to his deep respect for nature. De Maria wants to paint the beautiful. His style of painting is constantly changing and yet ever true to itself, full of optimism and ease, and full of vitality and joie de vivre. He composes and improvises with color fields and splotches of paint on canvas, brilliantly radiant streaks, velvet and even paper. Since 1975 he has been creating a wealth of drawings on paper, first in pencil but later in watercolor oil and pastel. With increasing success he began to apply paint directly onto walls and produced small canvas paintings. Framed Nicola De Maria art are among the most sought after pieces of artwork. Some of his selected solo exhibitions include Galleria Karsten–Greve, Colonia, Galleria Gallerie Sperone Westwater, NY, Galleria Col, Osaka, Galleria Lelong, Parigi, Galleria Cardi, Milano, LXVIV Biennale di Venezia, and Galleria Toselli, Milano.