About me

Guglielmo Maggini’s work stands at the border between installation and sculpture.

His art captures the transition from one world to the next: a world of colours, sometimes exuberant, a world of epiphanies, of forms that no longer contain something but which themselves become bearers of something forgotten.

Natural plastic materials like clay, and synthetics like rubber, resins, and more generally the world of plastic polymers, blend together in a sensitive exploration of the relationship between life and death, a journey between historical and personal memory.

Space is conceived as a plastic volume, imaginary but above all psychosomatic. The relationships between the viewer, the artwork, and the architecture become the cornerstone of Maggini's artistic process: on one hand, the physical space inevitably affects the sensory perception of the visitor; on the other, the artistic intervention brings about profound and decisive changes in the objective perception of the external world.

After graduating in Architecture, he moved to London, where he undertook a Master's in Visual Arts at the University of the Arts London – Camberwell College of Arts.

He currently lives in Rome and he is represented by Z2O Sara Zanin Gallery.

SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

• Nel tuo affondare, la mia forma - curated by Giuseppe Armogida, z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome, IT (May – July 2026)

• Stairing - International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, IT (Oct. 2024 – ongoing)

• Come il vento nelle case - z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome, IT (May – June 2023)

• Intermezzo (adagio ma con brio) - Festival dei Due Mondi 66, Spoleto, IT

(June – July 2023)

• The Big Burnout – HYPERMAREMMA 2022, Porta Medina, Orbetello, IT

(July – September 2022)

• IOSANSEBASTIANO – curated by Isabella Vitale with a critical text by Claudio Zambianchi, pianobi, Rome, IT (Dec. 2021 – Feb. 2022)

• TROPICALDA - Una Vetrina, Operativa Arte Contemporanea, Rome, IT

(July – Sept. 2021)

• Qualquadra non cosa - Litografia Bulla, duo-show with Delfina Scarpa, Rome, IT (Dec, 2020– Jan. 2021)

• Transorganico - Galleria Sinopia, solo show, Rome, IT (June – Sept. 2018)

GROUP SHOWS (Selection)

• In the Name of Clay: 50 Years of Italian Ceramic Art – curated by Claudia Casali, Valentins Petjko and Aivairs Baranovskis, National Museum, Lubiana, SVN

(Sept. 2026 – Jan. 2027)

• In the Name of Clay: 50 Years of Italian Ceramic Art – curated by Claudia Casali, Valentins Petjko and Aivairs Baranovskis, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, LV (May – August 2026)

• Where do we end? - curated by Ludovica Cancellieri, Lorenzo Ilari and Boyana Raycheva, Bobbina Cultural Space, Sofia, BG (March – April 2026)

• 4th Blanc de Chine - ICAA, Winland, Xiamen, CN (Jan. – May 2026)

• The Talent Prize 2025, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, IT (Dec. 2025 – Jan. 2026)

• 5th Latvia Ceramics Biennale - Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, LV

(Sept. 2025 – Feb. 2026)

• When in Rome: beyond the periphery of the skin – curated by Adriana Polveroni, AlbumArte, Rome and Bologna, IT (Nov. 2024 – Jan. 2025)

• Le 10 Porte del Futuro, widespread exhibition along the Aurelian Walls - curated by Spazio Taverna, Rome, IT (June – August 2024)

• Contrappunti, z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome, IT (March – April 2024)

• IMAGINA: 27th Biennale di Gubbio - curated by Spazio Taverna, Palazzo Ducale, Gubbio, IT (Oct. 2023 – May 2024)

• PREMIO FAENZA: 62° Biennale of Contemporary Ceramic, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, IT (July – Nov. 2023)

• ArteCircolare – curated by Ludovico Pratesi, MAXXI, Rome, IT (Jan. – Feb. 2023)

• MATERIA NOVA – curated by Massimo Mininni, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Rome, IT (March 2022)

• La Comunità Inoperosa - curated by Giuseppe Armogida, Palazzo Ducale, Tagliacozzo, IT (July – Sept. 2021)

• OPEN - Peckham Platform Gallery; London, UK (Dec. 2015 – Jan. 2016)

• MA Designer Maker – Degree Show, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK

(July 2017)

COLLECTIONS

• Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, LV (September 2025)

• Stairing, permanent installation, International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, IT (October 2024)

AWARDS

• Finalist 4th Blanc de Chine International Art Award – 2025

• Winner of the 18th edition of The Talent Prize, InsideArt – 2025

• Honourable Mention and Residency Prize - Martinsons Award: Latvia Ceramic Biennale - 2025

• Winner of the Award “Per chi Crea” SIAE/Ministry of Italian Culture – 2023

• Finalist 62° Premio Faenza- 2023

• Finalist 14° Combat Prize - 2023

• Finalist Exibart prize 2021

EDUCATION

MA Visual Arts: Designer Maker; First Class with Honours

University of the Arts London –Camberwell College of Arts, UK

(2015-2017)

BA Architecture and Interior Design, First Class with Honours

Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, IT

(2010-2014)

Scuola D’Arte Educatrice Museum,

Ceramic classes, Rome, IT

(2008-2013)