BIOGRAPHY
Corrado Marchese
Born in Padua in 1983, he graduated with honors from the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara, Italy. For 12 years he was co-director of Studio Ponte di Ferro and, since 2018, he has been co-owner of MeM Studio in Carrara.
Since 2005, he has collaborated with various artists and studios between Carrara and Pietrasanta. He has held a solo exhibition in Italy and participated in over 40 group shows in galleries, museums, and foundations across Italy, Honduras, Norway, and Greece.
He has taken part in numerous art fairs in Italy and in six international symposiums. He has contributed to the creation of public monuments in Italy.
Over the years, he has collaborated with art galleries, and his works are included in private collections. He was awarded the 20th National Prize “Lizza d’Oro” in Carrara, where he currently lives and works.
His love for art and his choice to become a sculptor stem from a core idea: sculpting music. The aim is to merge the Old School sculptural tradition of classical Italian masters with the magic of music — Rock ’n’ Roll, Reggae, Ska, Blues, Hardcore, Punk Rock… Works that are born from the fusion of rhythms and great masters: Donatello, Michelangelo, Bernini, the 19th century… and then Rauschenberg, Vangi, Finotti… with the sound of his favorite bands: from J. Cash and Muddy Waters to Bob Marley, D. Dekker, the Ramones, G.B.H., Rancid… This concept is the foundation of all his work — the attitude that drives his creations, his tracks. Sculptures that come to life from a song running through his mind — spontaneous, unrestricted by material or scale — sought out and shaped like scales and chords forming harmony, giving shape to a feeling. Even marble sculpture, the oldest in history, is revisited through the lens of LA, with the same driving rhythms and the same urge to express and communicate as Rock ’n’ Roll. 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 “Hey ho, Let’s go!”