Damiano quaranta was born in rome in 1988, he first attended an artistic high school and then the academy of fine arts in rome, where he current- ly holds the position of assistant professor of design. He begins his career in 2014 with his first first solo exhibition in rome, at Palazzo Doria Pamphjli, in march 2014. In the same year the theatre review “adarte” entrusted him with the creation of the “manifesto. In 2015 the important solo exhibition ‘omaggio a burri’ at the galleria acquario in rome. In 2017 the first exhibi- tion in rome was curated by Alessandro Vitiello. In 2018 in Ravenna, the exhibition organised in the halls of Palazzo Bezzi and in the same year
he exhibits in the omni-de studio in london. Between 2020 and 2022 he creates a cycle of works in metal and plastic. In 2022 he exhibited at the prestigious ‘Arte in Nuvola’ exhibition in Rome. In 2023 solo exhibition at soho house in rome, and in the same year he exhibited at Frisson.
The latter is under the guidance of his curator Giulio Zoli, with whom he has been collaborating on his work since january 2022.
Damiano Quaranta is linked to material, like the sheath he uses, a medium that stimulates the impulse and relates it to his expressions. His investiga- tion of material does not consist in exasperating it. Never consumed, nev- er brutalised. On the contrary, it retains its most intimate aspect. A ma- terial so rich in its strength and so enigmatic, that it allows his sign to be expressed through form. In quaranta’s work, the central and inescapable feature is form, a constant element in which all his work develops, and the certain and unshakeable relationship between form and matter.
The latest cycle of works, still unpublished, is linked to an extremely poi- gnant memory of a trip to the mountains of the himalayan chain, a cycle that looks at what the press calls ‘the valley of the rainbow’.
The nylon jackets in various bright colours, firmly joined together, repre- sent the sacrifice and tragedy of hundreds of mummified mountaineers who still drive to the summit of everest. The artist is captivated by this strong contrast between tragedy and a colourful appearance, reminis- cent of natural elements influenced by light.