Mauro De Giorgi

'Il faut être absolument moderne!' (one must be absolutely modern).

Well, I couldn't disagree more.
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If you’re anything like me then you’ll find modern life pretty hard. It can actually make you sick. It's funny how reality doesn’t care. Have you noticed that today you’re only judged by the volume of people you can impact? Get naked for one person and you might just make them smile, get naked for fifty million people and you might just be Kim Kardashian. If you don’t accept this, then the judgement of the world will seem very unfair indeed.

No, I don't want to be absolument moderne.

Why? Because I've realised that being modern today cannot escape accepting technology unquestioningly. If you’re anything like me then you’ll find that technology is actually proceeding too fast and is eroding human character.

Here's my story.

After ten years working in advertising, mostly creating campaigns for corporate companies, I came to the conclusion  that I wanted to create something meaningful and tangible. I started to feel the urge to commit myself to a career in which I could use my creativity to make a positive difference for the people around me.

I wanted to become an artist.
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I've been drawing, painting and even co...

20/07/2012 – Testbed1, London
11/10/2012 – Vibe Gallery, London
15/11/2012 – Tower 42, London
13/12/2012 – Tower 42, London
20/03/2013 – City Showcase, London
31/05/13 – Battersea Art Centre, London
15/06/2013 – Enclave Gallery, London
9/05/2015 - 56th International Art Exhibition in Venice - La Biennale, Italy
18/05/2015 -  Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
31/08/2015 - Fondazione Cini (Benetton Art Foundation), Venice, Italy
23-28/05/2016 - Pratt Institute The Rubelle and Norman Schfler Gallery, New York
19/02/2016 – Ogu Mag Gallery, Tokyo
02/03/2016 – Inspired (by Starbucks), Tokyo
05/05/2016 – Daisawa Art Festival, Tokyo