Edoardo Piermattei – Il suo lavoro nasce dalle forme – pittoriche prima, architettoniche poi – che appartengono all’immaginario della storia dell’arte medievale e barocca, a partire dai frammenti mancanti degli affreschi della Basilica di Assisi. Le forme che caratterizzano i lavori di cemento e pigmento sono un’ipotesi di ricostruzione dell’immagine cancellata o invisibile: i vuoti diventano pieni, le assenze diventano presenze.

I work on thresholds: the point where painting ends and space begins. I spatialize painting to turn it into a theatrical experience where art and life collide. My work transforms architectural volumes into habitable bodies, making the space between interior and exterior disappear.

I was born in Ancona in 1992 and I live and work in Turin. My work has been shown at institutions including Art Basel Hong Kong and Triennale Milano.
I collaborated with Fendi on the collection presented at the 2025 Fashion Week, and with CC-Tapis on the project presented during the 60th edition of Salone del Mobile.

Beyond the wall

Intervening in space

Structures that act as a mobile skeleton for the painting, bringing the theatricality of my work into any domestic or gallery setting.

Direct interventions that redefine the architecture they inhabit, creating a total immersion between the viewer and the space.

Material

I move between the industrial weight of concrete to the organic fragility of wax, and paper. Materials that become the language of pictorial research capable of transforming space.

References

From the gaps in medieval frescoes to baroque sugar sculpture devoured by the audience, my practice functions as a journey that transforms symbols of power into something, desacralized, ephemeral and shared.

I create portable architectures and on site interventions that act as a skeleton for the space.

My supports allow painting to detach from the wall and become a three-dimensional, monumental force. Each piece is designed to redefine the volume it inhabits, making the structure itself part of the narrative.

On site

Talamo

Talamo is a modular installation, a wooden structure measuring approximately 118 x 49 inches, coated with pigmented concrete.

Pietrasanta, (LU) Italy

On site

Qubbah

Qubbah is a site-specific project designed for the space of Masseria Cultura, in the Valle d’Itria.

Masseria Cultura, Noci (BA), Italy

On site

Trapasso Tropicale

Trapasso Tropicale is a site specific and permanent installation for a cellar in the heart of the Irpinia region, close to Naples but far from the richness palaces of the king Borboni.

Roccabascerana (AV), Italy

On site

Italian Villages project

There is nearly nothing nearby Sambuca di Sicilia. Located 89 km from Agrigento and 78 km south from Palermo, it barely counts 6000 people. It is considered one of the most beautiful small villages of Italy and now there is a reason more to go there.

Palazzo Panitteri, Sambuca di Sicilia (AG) Italy

On site

Porziuncola

Though appreciating the habit of domesticating art to the point of being able to bear it in our hands before hanging it on our homes, the true nature of art invades and pervades the walls, from the ceiling to the floor.

Spazio Buonasera, Turin, Italy

On site

Cremisaria

As it probably happened to some of the first and most distracted Venetian merchants, one might think of red berries. It is cochineals instead. Precious insects, arranged in clusters, from which the red crimson, namely the colour of the Venetian banner, is extracted.

Palazzo Querini, Venice, Italy

Portable

Pulpito

Spelonca

This space was once a night club and later a lefebvrian church, two worlds that I merged to create my studio and project space in Turin. I chose to restore its original name, the one it held until 1978 in lungo dora napoli 6, as a way to reconnect with its urban history.