Riccardo Mayr

Riccardo Mayr born 1970 in Ferrara (Italy) is a self-taught painter.From the very beginning during the nineties he focused his attention on unusual materials as: rust, charcoal, ash, lead, iron and mirror debris.The subjects of his paintings while remaining in the domain of classical painting as landscapes and portraits are primarily searching for reasons behind the pure act of painting and art performance, which has, in view of new technologies and their frequent use, become questionable.

Discipline of the matter

Today, talking about creativity is tricky. Creativity has become strongly tied to the economics of the art market. It has become increasingly difficult to separate the creative process from the economic web within which an artist functions. Yet an artist may seek to express himself by distancing himself from the virtual dynamics of the market.

For Riccardo Mayr, such a distancing process involves both an active pursuit of the physical essence of a subject as well as a rejection of its marginal or perhaps accidental attributes.

How can the essential qualities of a subject be isolated and digested through the creative process? How can its countless elements be identified and selected in order to reveal the cor...

1998 Finalists of “Premio Arte Mondadori” in Milan . Italy
2004 “Connecting Elements”, Broadway Gallery Annex, 450 Broadway, New York .
2005 “Zapadna Igra”, Italian Culture Center, Belgrade. Serbia
2006 “ Danza Occidentale” galleria Omnia, Milano. Italy
2008 “Confronti sulla Pittura” Savelletri Bari. Italy
2010 “Tassidermie Vitali” MLB Home Gallery Ferrara. Italy
2010 “ Il Mito del Vero Il Ritratto il Volto” Palazzo Durini, Milano. Italy
2011 “ Post+Humans ” Marzia Frozen Gallery, Berlin. Germany
2012 " Lo stato dell'arte" 54.Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte - Padiglione Italia
La biennale di Venezia. Italy
2014 - Kolorit III - Loft8 Galerie Wien
2017 - Religious Paintings of the Expanded Galaxy - Gallery 30 South - Pasadena