Bianca De Maio

I use linocut printmaking to explore what terrifies me: the unpredictable beauty of organic forms. Based in London, I've spent the past six years developing a conceptual approach to printmaking that challenges traditional notions of technical perfection.
My background in Art History and Conservation taught me to see imperfection differently. Where conventional printmaking celebrates clean lines and flawless editions, I deliberately embrace irregularity—because organic form is life, and perfection is death. This philosophy drives my current series exploring transformation, mythology, and the body.
Through works like "Swimmers" and "Artemis/Atteone," I investigate moments of metamorphosis: bodies dissolving into water, mythological transformations, forms that resist geometric order. I call myself a "researcher of the invisible"—searching for the mysteries that structured perfection cannot contain.
Each print is hand-carved and printed on fine Japanese and European papers using traditional techniques, but with an intentional departure from technical precision. The result is limited edition prints that capture the complexity and unpredictability of life itself.
I create from my studio in London, where I live and work. My prints have be...

Degree in History of Art

18-28 September
- Small but Mighty 2025, Bankside Gallery, London, UK

21-24 November
- Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Woolwich Works, London, UK

7-17 November
- International Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London

March 2021 Shortlisted for Visual Art Open, UK and
International Emerging Artist Awards
August 2021 selected for International Michelangelo prize,
curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Italy

Group exibitions
1 July – 27 August 2021,. Qube Art Competition, online
exibition
December 2016, The Artbox Project Miami 1.0. Guisan
Strasse 8, 6303, Zurich, Switzerland.
25 May – 25 June, “Maggio d'Arte”. Palazzo Tocco di
Montemiletto, Via Toledo, Naples, Italy.
21 – 30 April 2012, “all'orizzonte”, Castel dell’Ovo,
Naples, Italy.
17 -30 March 2012 “più falso del vero”, group exibition,
Castel Nuovo, Naples, Italy.
17 – 30 March 2012, “I colori dell'anima”, Chiesa di
Santa Maria delle Periclitant, Naples
SOLO EXHIBITION

Solo show
25 September - 31 December 2015, Dedalo Studio, Vico
Medici n. 9, Materdei, Naples, Italy
02 - 22 December 1999, Parco Viviani, Via Girolamo
Santacroce, Naples, Italy