Damss Art

DAMSS: Fibers develop into Art.
DAMSS is the name with which Daniela Arnoldi, environmental engineer, and Marco Sarzi-Sartori, architect, since 2000 sign the exclusive works of Art that they create as a pair, with an unmistakable style. DAMSS use mainly natural or manmade fabrics, yarns and fibres to create sculptures, pictures and installations, focusing on industrial waste fabrics and theyr manipulation. The underlying theme of the works is the intrinsic value of the reuse and development of the medium connected to the strong technical textiles, maximum creativity and freedom of expression. The creative action of DAMSS aims to use art to promote industrial textile recycling using new languages. Their works, often monumental, transform fiber into structure, creating "material maps" that investigate the link between urban history and futuristic visions. Based in Milan, the heart of Italian design, DAMSS reinterprets classical iconography through a physical, instinctive, and technically extreme gesture, bringing textile matter into a new sculptural dimension. Among their most significant exibitions : The installation at the spazio Cruciani EXPO 2015 Milan, K&S London and Dublin, Biblioteca nazionale Braidense Brera Milan, Norma...

-Daniela Arnoldi.
classic high school and environmental engineering degree.
-Marco Sarzi-Sartori.
science high school and Architecture degree.

In the past we have attended a lot of art courses, expecially the School of Art in Milano which extended our creativity.

Our artistic training comes in graphics and composition, applying processes with different materials: paper (production, diying, treatments, creations), glass (blown, Tiffany, fused glass), metals (handling, welding, treatment), Wood (techniques processing, restoration of antique furniture), fabrics (manipulation, weaving, felt natural and synthetic).

SELECTED SHOW

2026

Artexture curated by Brigitte Langlais Musèe de la toile Jeuy en Josas from 30January to 1March
Quinto elemento curated by Roberta Lunardon, Vicenza, Fiera di Vicenza, as part of Abilmente – Salon of Creative Ideas, 15-18 October

2025

”Studio visit” curated by Ass. Vitruviano, Milano ART WEEK 1-6 April
‘’Air – from dawn to dusk” ’curated by Ass. Ad maiora, Verona 14-18 May
Solo exibition’curated by Federica Brugnoli, Sestri Levante Town Hall 18 July -8 August (exhibited work ACQUA-ORO BLU).
“Hearth-element 8.4”curated by Roberta Lunardon, Vicenza, Fiera di Vicenza, as part of Abilmente – Salon of Creative Ideas, 16-19 October 2025
“E’ questa architettura?” curated Gabriello Anselmi Verona 17-26 October

2024

Air – from dawn to dusk”curated by Roberta Lunardon, Vicenza, Fiera di Vicenza, as part of Abilmente – Salon of Creative Ideas, 2024 (exhibited work “Air – from”dawn to dask).
‘’Sestri Levante Damss and Five Lands ‘’curated by Federica Brugnoli, Sestri Levante Town Hall 2024(exhibited work “Earth Sky”).

2023

“Water – Blue Gold,” curated by Roberta Lunardon, Vicenza, Fiera di Vicenza, as part of Abilmente – Salon of Creative Ideas, 2023 (exhibited work “Water – Blue Gold”).
“Earth Sky,” curated ...