Fabio Zanino

Fabio Zanino builds an artistic language from one of the oldest human tensions: the desire to find order inside disorder. His practice begins with the recognition that time moves forward without pause, shaping every object it touches through weather, use, accident, and neglect. Rather than resisting that movement, he gathers its traces and gives them renewed visibility. Surfaces marked by rust, fading, abrasion, and erosion become evidence rather than damage. In his hands, discarded matter is not mute residue but a witness carrying memory. This attention to time places his work within a larger conversation about how societies value objects and how material histories survive after usefulness appears to end. He approaches sculpture as both observation and transformation, allowing viewers to consider what remains hidden in ordinary things. Through this method, he creates works that feel contemporary while also connected to enduring human habits of repair, adaptation, and reinvention. His art suggests that what seems exhausted may still contain fresh visual power and emotional resonance.

Central to Zanino’s process is cutting, a gesture he describes as simple yet essential. Through cutting, larger forms are reduced into elemental unit...

International Poster School (Advertising & Arts)
IAAD – Istituto d'Arte Applicata e Design (Advertising, Design & Communication)
Politecnico di Torino (Architecture – Graphic & Virtual Project)

Frammenti di Città solo Exhibition (April 1, 2025)
City fragments Art Talk (February 3, 2025)
TRIP collective Exhibition (October 13, 2024)
BABELE collective Exhibition at Spazio Musa (June 5, 2024)
Resurgence Exhibition with AEDRA FINE ARTS (July 24, 2023)

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