Gianni Depaoli

Gianni Depaoli is a material, eclectic, and visionary artist born in Ivrea on March 4, 1961. He lives and works in Candia Canavese, where he transformed a former cold-storage warehouse into his personal gallery, Spazio Menotrenta, using the cold rooms as exhibition spaces.
He processes the skin and ink of fish and cephalopods, treating them with scalpels and steel needles to stabilize and sublimate them into visual works. His research ennobles organic waste—conceived as the memory of human nourishment—while tackling environmental degradation and social issues.
Personal projects such as "Rossomare" at the GAM in Genoa Nervi, "Mare Nero" at the Caffi Museum in Bergamo, "Allarme Ambiente" at the Natural History Museum of Genoa, "Hope" at the Sala Trasparenza of the Piedmont Region, "Quattro volte tutte le stelle della Via Lattea" at the Castle of Govone and GART Gallery in Neive, and "Affables abîmes" at the Musée Martac in Menton are just a few of the exhibitions that testify to his ecological and social commitment.
He works directly on matter, highlighting chromatophores, transparencies, and shapes through series depicting marine egg clutches, concrete, and other materials recovered from nature. Since 2007, he has exhibited in prest...

Private studies of art history, philosophy, natural sciences and food.

Solo Exhibitions
• 2026: Fragile Monte Carlo.
• 2025: Quattro volte tutte le stelle della Via Lattea, Govone Castle
• 2024: Affables Abîmes, Musée Marabini Martac Menton.
• 2023:
o Transparence Monte Carlo.
o Trasparenza, Bart, Agliano Terme.
• 2022:
o Hope, Piedmont Region Turin.
o Vernice Art Fair, Hope, Press Award, Forlì.
o Materia e Tecnica Galleria Malinpensa, Turin.
o ArteGenova, representing Circolo Artisti Torino, Genoa.
• 2021:
o Abissi, ArtePadova, representing Circolo Artisti Torino.
o Liquid Reality, Paratissima N.I.C.E.Turin.
o Abissi, Paratissima special project,Turin.
• 2020:
o Crac, Paratissima, Best Artist N.I.C.E. Award Turin.
o 17th Monte Carlo Film Festival
o Hope M.A.C.I.S.T.Biella.
• 2019:
o Oceani 2.0, Permanent collection, Portofino Park Museum.
o GemLucArt, Rainier III Auditorium, Monte Carlo.
o Abyss, Montreux Art Gallery, 2M2C, Montreux, Switzerland.
• 2014:
o GemLucArt, First Place with "Le jardin des caresses", Monte Carlo.
o EkoVespa, G. A. Agnelli Museum and Piaggio Foundation, Pontedera.
• 2013: Eko500 Project, AAM Spazio Eventiquattro, Milan.
• 2011: Rossomare, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, curated by Maria Flora Giubilei, Genoa.
• 2009: Allarme Ambiente, Museo Civico Garda, Ivrea.
• 2008:
o CentoOlive...