Ilaria Caputo

Transformation, light and the mixing of old techniques with new materials play a leading role in my recent production. The main link between my works is a quest for harmony, an attempt to describe the inner – and sometimes hidden – elegance of trivial matters. Ethereal female figures inspired by ancient Myths, flowers, fruits, peacocks and other pieces of reality are depicted in my bright figurative style that recalls the great tradition of European painting, especially the analytic approach in describing reality that was typical of both Van Eyck and the Pre-Raphaelites. My strokes are normally clean and the images neat, however I sometimes focus on a specific part of a painting, especially when an unexpected element - such as a Plexiglas layer - is inserted into the composition. In this way, the incredible potentiality of oil painting flourishes through the clear lines of a feature, in opposition to the blurriness of another one. My quest towards the soul of things pushes me often toward portraiture, this wonderful game of mirrors where the individuality of the artist merges into the inner self of the model.

2001
First Class Honours Degree in Sculpture at the Palermo Fine Art Academy

Solo and Two-Person shows

2022
In divenire. Opere pittoriche di Ilaria Caputo
Palazzo Baratta, Patti (Messina, Sicily)

De Arte Pingendi. Percorsi tra anima e materia
Sala delle Verifiche, Complesso di Palazzo Steri, Palermo

Al largo di Itaca. Arte, miti e narrazioni del femminile
Biblioteca “E. Vittorietti”, Complesso di Palazzo Steri, Palermo

2021
Al largo di Itaca. Arte, miti e narrazioni del femminile
Complesso Monumentale Guglielmo II, Monreale

2020-2021
La vetrina di Ilaria Caputo
IMQ Immobiliare, Palermo

2020
Oltre il giardino. Opere recenti
ElleArte, Palermo

2018
De rerum natura. Inusuali percorsi cromatici tra forma figurata e forma astratta (duo exhibition with Enzo Tardia)
StudioS, Palermo

Per ricordi, case e richiami. Presenze di memoria a Castania
Frantoio Cinquecentesco, Castania di Castell'Umberto (Messina, Sicily)

2017
Notturni, Fiori ed altre cose
Centro d'Arte Moderna "Agatirio", Capo d'Orlando (Messina, Sicily)

2016
The Garden. La palpabile anima dei fiori
StudioS, Palermo

Racconti di luce
Villa Airoldi, Palermo

Spring Flowers
Sisley Store, Palermo

2015-2016
Sinestesie del Natale. Essenze e presepi al Castello di Montalbano, with Salvatore Caputo
Castell...