Gabriele Lombardo

I am Gabriele Lombardo, known as gabrilomb, an Italian artist based near Lucca. My work is rooted in a profound knowledge of materials: trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and specialized in the restoration of frescoes and statues, I spent over a decade working with historical pigments, animal and vegetable glues, plaster, and gold leaf. That period was not a detour — it was a school of humility toward matter.
I build and prepare my own supports by hand, selecting noble woods such as Paulownia. My grounds are laid down with ritualistic slowness — layering gesso, pigments, metallic powders, gold leaf. The figures arrive differently: painted in watercolor with Eastern brushes, following the discipline of Sumi-e and Shodo calligraphy. Each mark is irreversible, born complete or not at all.
The human body is the gravitational center of my painting — distorted, partial, in motion. Figures that fall, scream, bind, reach. I use the body not as subject but as language: an archetypal form that carries urgency, sacred iconography, and the weight of contemporary life.
Under the name gabrilomb, I sign each work with a red ink stamp — a quiet mark on something that, once finished, belongs to whoever encounters it.

• Master’s Degree in Art Therapy – Artedo, Italy.
• MFA (Master of Fine Arts) in Painting – Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna, Italy.
• Specialization in Restoration of Frescoes and Statues – European Project, Italy.
• Artistic Diploma – Istituto d'Arte, Mantua, Italy.

June 2024
ARTEXPO Basel – Switzerland
Group exhibition
April 2024
Spazio Lumen – Montramito (LU)
Solo exhibition
October 2007
Uncomfortable landscapes – Primo Piano
Livingallery, Lecce
Group exhibition
July 2007
Extasy-on – Primo Piano Livingallery
Lecce
Group exhibition
October 2006
Comune di Albavilla
Group exhibition
February 2005
Galleria Postart – Milano
Group exhibition
1992
Comune di Pozzolo – Mantova
Group exhibition
November 1991
Tensioni percettive – "Il Fienile"
Castel S. Pietro Terme (BO)
Group exhibition
October 1991
Artistico o comunicativo
Spazio Culturale "Navile" – Bologna
Group exhibition
September 1991
Sottotraccia – Mantova
Group exhibition
July 1991
Senigallia
Group exhibition
February 1991
Johns Hopkins University – Bologna
Group exhibition
November 1989
La vetrina del Sagittario – Mantova
Solo exhibition
May 1988
Caleidoscopio – 2nd Edition Visual Arts
Fierarte Forlì
Art Fair