Ilaria Caputo

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

About 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.

Education:

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

Exhibitions:

Solo and Two-Person shows

2017
Notturni, Fiori ed altre cose (Nocturnal Views, Flowers and Other Things), Centro d'Arte Moderna "Agatirio", Capo d'Orlando (Messina, Sicily)

2016
The Garden. La palpabile anima dei fiori (The Garden. The Palpable Soul of Flowers), StudioS, Palermo

Racconti di luce (Tales of Light), Villa Airoldi, Palermo

Spring Flowers, Sisley Store, Palermo

2015-2016
Sinestesie del Natale. Essenze e presepi al Castello di Montalbano (Christmas Synaesthesias. Essences and Cribs at Montalbano Castle), with Salvatore Caputo
Castello di Federico, Montalbano Elicona (Messina, Sicily)

2015
Di fragili fiori e giardini incantati. Natura e mito nelle opere di Ilaria Caputo (Frail Flowers and Enchanted Gardens. Nature and Myth in Ilaria Caputo's Works)
Fondazione Famiglia Piccolo di Calanovella, Capo d'Orlando (Messina, Sicily)

Natura e mito a Villa Airoldi (Nature and Myth at Villa Airoldi), Villa Airoldi, Palermo

Nel volto, nello sguardo. Ritratti (Faces, Looks. Portraits)
E. Vittorietti Library, Palermo

2014
Di caduche bellezze e fugaci forme (Ephemeral beauties and fleeting forms)
E. Vittorietti Library, Palermo

Tra cielo, fronde e mare-Tavole e acquarelli per volumi d’arte (Among sky, branches and sea. Illustrations and watercolours for Art Books)
E. Vittorietti Library, Palermo

Trame di carta di carta ed altro ancora… Corredi iconografici per volumi d’arte (Paper plots and many more… Artistic materials for Art Books)
E. Vittorietti Library, Palermo

2013
Tra realtà sognate e placidi ricordi (Between Dreamt Realities and Placid Memories), with Salvatore Caputo
Galleria Lupo’Art, Palermo

2013-2012
Tra sogni, miti e ricordi (Amongst Dreams, Myths and Memories), with Salvatore Caputo
Palazzo Sant’Elia, Palermo

2011
Mitici appunti (Mythical notes), with Salvatore Caputo
Complesso monumentale Guglielmo II, Monreale, Palermo

2006
Di tempi, luoghi e figure (About Times, Places and Figures)
Galleria Agorà-spazio contemporaneo, Palermo

Ilaria Caputo

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