Fabio Pietrantonio

My work begins where boundaries dissolve. I use organic and reclaimed materials -paper, rope, pigments, resin, even fire -to shape forms that feel at once fragile and enduring. Each piece carries a memory of nature’s intelligence and the human desire for connection.

The Hug Me series grew from a need for closeness in a world of distance. The Confini works explore borders -geographic, emotional, spiritual -and what it means to cross or soften them. And Acupuncture for the Planet is my call to treat Earth itself as a living body, one that requires care and attention.

I believe art is not an object to possess but an experience to share. Collecting a work means becoming part of this dialogue, between humanity and nature, between presence and memory, between what we hold onto and what we must release.

Formed outside the academic system, Fabio Pietrantonio has built a distinctive practice through three decades of full-time artistic work. His journey as a self-taught artist was celebrated with a 30-year career retrospective at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in London.

Exhibitions (selected)

2025 – Beyond Borders, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, London (30-year career retrospective)

2025 – Gioco di Luce tra le Foglie, Space Komorebi, Milan (Salone del Mobile)

2025 – Borders, Withers, Milan (MIART)

2024 – Hug Me, Gallerie d’Italia, Milan

2024 – The Fall, Civic Aquarium of Milan

2024 – Circle of Life, Germinale Art Festival, Monferrato

2023 – Hug Me, Gallerie d’Italia, Naples

2023 – Confini – Towards Tomorrow, Trade Art Gallery / Italian Chamber of Commerce, London

2019 – Fendi Home, Luxury Living Group, Milan

2016 – Over the Gate, Pinacoteca Comunale, Città di Castello

2013 – Fish in Miami, Fendi Casa / Luxury Living, Miami Art Basel events

2013 – Playstation, Costa Rica Pavilion, Venice Biennale

2011 – Risorgimento Attuale, MB Home Gallery, Ferrara

2006 – Sacred Art, Accademia Culturale Europea, Rome

2005 – Toro, AKA Gallery, Rome

2004 – La siesta del Toro, East West Gallery, Milan

1999 – Tramiti, Spazio Consolo Gallery, Milan

1999 – Acupuncture for the Planet, Metropole Shopping Center, Monte Carlo