Davide Zappia

A tale of a silent kid that that became a painter… There’s more to it. You see, this is not a fairytale, but a real story.

My name is Davide Zappia and I was born in 1983 in the surroundings of Turin, Italy. Zappia of course starts with Z, which is the last letter of the alphabet and the reason I always got picked last. This didn’t help of course, because I was shy and always in the back of everything. I then became a man, and all of those traits followed. I always worked as good graphic designer, for over fifteen years working in the same corporate computer company. To sum it up I was never the hero, I never really had a super cool story line.


Yet something happened that would completely change the trajectory of my story. One morning in July, I was called into my bosses office, and yes… You can guess what happened next. I was fired…Corporate restructuring.
Right now you might be thinking that there has to be a turning point. Something big is bound to happen, but nope… Nothing.

The good thing is the story of course didn’t end there. Life did not throw anything to me, or I didn’t stumble upon a secret that would change everything, but I always fell back to one thing, and that one thing is painting… As a child, I was shy ...

2019
Paratissima Art Fair | Multiversity Exhibition
Torino, Italia

2019
Arte Genova
Genova, Italia

2018
Paratissima 14 | Feeling different
Torino, Italia

2017
Paratissima 13 | Superstition
La caserma "La Marmora" - Torino, Italia