Massimo Motta

All my photos are certified from my self.
My artwork is the outcome of different and various steps: I dedicate a lot of time to think about the topic: weeks, months, I think about people, about their troubles, I imagine a project, the way I can translate and interpret my thoughts into a picture, then I begin to make a plan to go out and photograph. I select the pictures and I finally choose the most suitable: the first creative step is completed. Now what? The painting process is very much an unpredictable one, I don’t know the final result, this is the creative transposition of my thoughts, somewhat irrational; the materic colour is my sensations, my emotions. I am alone, in my studio, just me, my pictures and many bottles of coloured paint. I can use the colours with a paintbrush, my hands and other objects: it all depends from what the picture is telling me and how it makes me feel inside. I mix the colours, I place them on the picture, I take them off it, I repeat and I only stop when I am satisfied; sometimes, when I am not happy about the result, I throw everything away. I find this to be a very tiring process, and the final result has yet to come! Photographing the painted picture is the last step; choosing the right light,...

After classical studies, five years of ancient Greek and Latin literature; I started studying biology, a fascinating subject. I got my biology degree. I've always been interested in photography.

Awards
The Project Light and Night is included in the archive of MALERBA Foundation for photography as evidence of the artistic trends that have developed and continue to develop in the twenty-first century Italian photography scene.

Exibitions

2017

El Sombrero de Tres Picos- grattacielo Pirelli Milano
-Three solo show
Review on the emblematic figures of Lombard art Alvaro,Motta,Pietrantoni. Curated by
Alì abu Ganimeh, Aldo Gerbino, Carmelo StranoStrano.

2015
Janus Bifrons
-Solo show
Evolving figures between stillness and vortices Photographic works 2012/2014 curated by Carmelo Strano
Mariani civic gallery, Seregno

UP-UP
-Group exhibition
20 worldwide artists updating-upgrading photography curated by Carmelo Strano
Vignoli Museum, Seregno

Figuraaqua
-Group exhibition
Water: form, light, sound, memory, absence. Curated by Maria Rosa Pividori
Spazio Seicentro e Spazio Soderini sponsored by the City of Milan and EXPO 2015

Event inserted in Photofestival 2015

2014

Pattern of Media
-Solo show
Scoglio di Quarto gallery Milano. Curated by Carmelo Strano
Event insert in Photophestival 2014

2013

On this Side of Time
-Solo show
Civic Zara library Milano. Curated by Carme...