Gianfranco Amodeo

Gianfranco Amodeo is a visual artist of Salerno, Italy. His work emerges from an inner necessity to explore the intimate and symbolic dimensions of the human psyche. Over time, this investigation gave birth to a coherent theoretical vision he defines as Archetypal Liminal Painting: a painting of thresholds, where gesture becomes a passage and matter resonates with primordial symbols—forms surfacing from the collective unconscious.
Amodeo’s paintings are not meant to illustrate; they reveal. They invite the viewer into a space where the visible becomes a silent question. His language extends beyond painting through a photographic manifesto called Mirror of the Echo—images that act as mirrors, traversed by resonance, where seeing becomes inner listening.

Although largely self-taught, Gianfranco Amodeo’s artistic development is grounded in rigorous philosophical and symbolic research. Drawing on Jungian psychology, myth, and anthropology, he has developed a unique visual and theoretical path that fuses image, gesture, and archetype into a unified symbolic act.

Gianfranco Amodeo has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows across Italy and Europe. Highlights include:

2010 – Inauguration of the Magma Museum, Caserta

2013 – International Art Fair, Genoa (Queen Art Studio, Padua)

2014 – Second Art Biennial of Palermo

2016 & 2018 – International Arte Salerno

2017 – Berlin exhibition at Malzfabrik with Jelmoni Gallery

2018 – Interdisciplinary Visual Arts Exhibition, Giffoni, curated by Maurizio Barrés

He has shown his work in cities such as Rome, Paris, Lecce, Padua, Palermo, Berlin, and Salerno.
While highly productive, Amodeo has chosen in recent years to limit his participation in collective exhibitions. His selection reflects a deliberate desire to align the exhibition space with his spiritual and symbolic vision.