Marta Palmieri (Italian, b. 1973) is an artist based in Senigallia, Italy, in the Marche region. Working primarily in ceramics, Palmieri makes sculptures that are seemingly ancient and modern in equal measure. She draws inspiration from an expansive set of sources, such as ruins from past civilizations, Italy’s conceptual Arte Povera movement of the 1960s and 70s as well as modernist Brutalist architecture of the Post War era. Often composed from multiple distinct elements, each work’s surface is carefully executed by layering glazes, and employing etching solutions and oxidation compounds. Individual objects are often placed together in lyrical arrangements of precariously stacked upon one another challenging the viewer’s perceptions of balance and gravity. In her glazes, Palmieri creates rich hues that provide a sense of timelessness, recalling the past as they exist very much in the present.
Palmieri has an extensive background in the arts; she studied visual art and architecture before attending the Fine Art Academy of Urbino, where she focused on painting, drawing, and sculpture. She is the recipient of several awards and grants, and her work has been exhibited widely throughout Italy and internationally. Palmieri’s sculptures are also featured in many private and public collections.
MARTA PALMIERI
Italian, b.1973
EDUCATION
1997 Fine Arts Academy of Urbino, Italy Degree in Sculpture
1994 Vocational postgraduate course certificate in Art Printer (lithography,
silk screen, xylography, punta secca, technique), Ancona, Italy
1992 Highschool of Arts Edgardo Mannucci, Italy Artistic high School
1990 Highschool of Arts Edgardo Mannucci, Italy master's degree in art,
architecture and furnishing section
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Kum Festival, Re_St, La Mole, Ancona, Italy
Archetipi, Gallery Del Monte, Fano, Italy
2017 Marta Palmieri – Ceramiche, Design Art Gallery Brocanelli, Serra
Dei Conti, Italy
Marta Palmieri – Installations, Festival NotteNera, Serra Dei Conti, Italy
2014 PIETRE TRASPARENZE VOLUMI IN TERRACOTTA, Società della pietra,
Senigallia, (AN) Italy
2012 Marta Palmieri - SCULTURE, curated by Giancarlo Bojani,
Societadellapietra, Senigallia (AN), Italy
2010 Marta Palmieri, Contemporaneo Design Art Gallery, Jesi (AN), Italy
2008 Marta Palmieri, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona(AN), Italy
2007 CERAMICHE rettorato, Ancona, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 KERAMIKOS, curated by Lorenzo Fiorucci, Napoli, Italy
Il Colore Interiore, curated by Matteo Zauli, Firenze, Italy
La Ceramica E Le Donne, Firenze, Italy
2018 To Ideal Lamd of Ceramics: Exhibition of International Contemporary
Ceramic Works, Tsinghua University Art Museum, China
Designing Women 2, Egg Collective, New York, NY
Zanotta: Achille Castiglioni 100th, Museo della città and Zanotta,
Ancona, Italy
Salone del Mobile Milano, Flexform Stand, Milano, Italy
FOG Design + Art, Hostler Burrows, San Francisco, CA
2017 New Ceramic Artists, Hostler Burrows, New York, NY
ExtraMurum curated by Marco Maria Polloniato e Fabiola Scremin,
Asolo (TV), Italy
ExtraMurum, 15th Ceramic fair, Montelupofiorentino, Italy curated by
Marco Maria Polloniato e Fabiola Scremin
ExtraMurum, contemporary art in villa, curated by Marco Maria
Polloniato e Fabiola Scremin, Villa Caldogno Andrea Palladio,
Vicenza, Italy
2016 OMAGGIO AD ALBISSOLA X Review international artists
contemporary, Albissola Marina, Italy
2015 TERRAE, La ceramica nell’informale e nella ricerca contemporanea,
curated by Lorenzo Fiorucci, Municipal Art Gallery, Vitelli Palace,
Città di Castello (PG), Italy
ON THE SPOT/ROVINE,installations of contemporary art site specific,
curated by Michele Gentile, Archeological Area Helvia Ricina, Villa
Potenza, Macerata (AN), Italy
2010 OTTO SCULTRICI IN FORTEZZA, Bastione San Gallo, curated by
Giancarlo Bojani, Fano (PU), Italy
CREATIVITA’ CERAMICA ITALIANA, TANTE TRADIZIONI
E PRATICHE IN UNA, Dailininku Sajungos Gallery,
Vilnius LITUANIA, Sponsored by the Italian Institute of
Culture in Vilnius curated by Giancarlo Bojani
AR(t)CEVIA international art festival, Arcevia (AN), Italy
2009 AR(t)CEVIA international art festival, Arcevia (AN), Italy
2008 Metodo Effe, Mole Vanvitelliana (AN),Italy
1999 Art Gallery Gioacchini, Ancona, (AN), Italy
1997 Laboratori paralleli, exhibition designer Raffaello Scianca Professor of
sculpture at the Fine Arts Academy of Urbino, Cattolica, (PS), Italy
1996 Cavoleto 96, exhibition designer, curated by Giovanni Prosperi,
Treia, (MC), Italy
SELECTED COMPETITIONS
2019 New Image of the Era, Taoxichuan Public Sculpture International Exhibition,
Jingdezhen, China
CERAMICAPPIGNANO 4 Competition Ceramics, Appignano, Italy
Young European Ceramic, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, France
WESTERNWALDPRIZE, Hohe-Grenzhausen, Germany
Blanche De China, Musée Messèna, Beijing, China
2017 CERAMICAPPIGNANO 3th Competition Ceramics, Appignano(MC), Italy.
MANISES 13th International Biennial of Ceramic’s, Valencia,Spagna (catalog).
AVEIRO 13th Biennial Ceramics. Aveiro, Portugal (catalog).
CERCO-ARAGON 15th International Prize of Contemporary Ceramics,
Zaragoza, Spagna (catalog)
2015 Prize Baccio da Montelupo, Prize International Art Ceramics, Montelupo
Fiorentino, (FI) Italy.
59th PREMIO FAENZA, International Ceramics Museum, Faenza,
Italy (catalog)
5th COMPETITION LUCIO DE MARIA, Torino, ITALY (catalog)
2013 58th PREMIO FAENZA, International Ceramics Museum, Faenza,
Italy (catalog)
2012 CELESTE PRIZE, Italy (signalled)
32th CICA, International Competition de Ceramica, Alcora, Spain (Catalog)
1998 “Arti visive2” Genova, Italy
1997 SPINETOLI 97 Sculpture competition, Macerata, Italy (highly acclaimed)
PRIZES
2017 Encouragement prize, ICAA Competition, BLANCHE DE CHINE,
International Ceramic Prize, Lyon, France
2016 Special citation 10th International Contemporary Artists Review,
Albissola, (SV), Italy
2014 Winner of XXI CONCORSO DI CERAMICA MEDITERRANEA
Grottaglie, (TA), Italy
2013 Honorable mention, 2th KINA KAOLIN GRAN PRIX Jingdezhen, China
2013 Winner of 5th TRIENNALE DELLA CERAMICA D’ESTE, Este, (PD) Italy.
2009 Second prize, 4th Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Pesaro, Italy.
1995 Winner of sculpture, PRIZE Edgardo Mannucci, Arcevia, Italy.
1994 Winner of PRIZE PIERO GUIDI, Pesaro, Italy.
COLLECTIONS
Ceramics Tsinghua University Art Museum, China
Quanzhou porcelain Road Art Development Center, Beijing, China
Ceramics Museum Aveiro, Portugal
Ceramics industrial Heritage Museum, Jingdezhen, China
Ceramic Museum of Alcora, Alcora, Spagna
Museum Palazzo Toschi of Pesaro, Italy
Episcopio Castle, ceramics museum Grottaglie (TA), Italy
Handicraft academy foundation Este (PD), Italy
Brunori Palace, collection art works Giancarlo Bojani, Corinaldo, Italy
