Bruno Marrapodi

Milan, 1983
Lives and works in Milan

He graduated from IED, Istituto Design Milano, specializing in product design. Later he specialized in painting. The pictorial practice of Bruno Marrapodi stems from his research on narrative and figurative representation.
His early works feature a mix of local tradition, crime and grotesque narration, with a strong influence from cinema.
In the most recent works by Bruno Marrapodi there is a radical synthesis of the descriptive elements. Some iconographic elements, such as castles and pigs, ascend to central axes of the paintings, as archetypes of an instinctive and fairytale world. Today the works appear primitive, delicate and wild at the same time.
“I paint in the way I speak: I narrate, I use anecdotes and symbolic figures, I fill the story with colors and details, with a little irony. The images emerging from my painting practice define my existence, yet they do not describe it. The world is a hostile place, so I watch it from the outside: my painting is an observation, a way of responding to the hostility of the world without entering it”.

Solo show:

2022
Ma tu qui ci abiti?, Raffaella De Chirico Arte Contemporanea, Via Farini 2, Milano

2021
Mentirosa, curated by Valentina Casacchia and Mariella Franzoni – Espai Souvenir - Barcelona

2019
Survey Sea, curated by Valentina Casacchia - Espronceda, Institute of art & culture - Barcelona
Il Crepaccio Instagram Show, curated by Caroline Corbetta - Milano

2016
Una Darsena piccola piccola, curated by Rossella Farinotti - Studio Marrapodi - Milano

2015
In Domo tua ( A casa tua ), curated by Progetto Contemporaneo - Cagliari - Progetto Atelier Sardegna - Artist in Residence - Belvì (NU)

2014
Matteo Giagnacovo / Bruno Marrapodi, Studio d’Arte Cannaviello - Milano

2013
This is where I live, Glenda Cinquegrana The Studio - Milano

2011
Outlandish, curated by Andrea Lacarpia, Maelstrom Art Gallery - Milano

Group show:

2019
A black line across the page, curated by Valentina Casacchia - Espronceda, Institute of art & culture - Barcelona

2018
Down Deep, Immagini del profondo nella pittura contemporanea - Villa Contemporanea - Monza

2016
A Christmas Carol, Placentia Arte - Piacenza
Edicola Radetzky al Pac, PAC Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea - Milano
Asa Nisi Masa, Studio Marrapodi, #studifestival 2016 - Milano
Cantieri Radetzky, Edicola Radetzky - Milano

2014
Irene Balia / Bruno Marrapodi, Gallery Interno 18 - Cremona
New Italian Painting, Galerie Michael Shultz - Berlin
Nuova Pittura Italiana,, Spazio Soderini - Milano
Nuova Pittura Italiana, Galleria Interno 18 - Cremona

2013
Nuova Pittura Italiana, Studio D’Arte Cannaviello - Milano
Back to future, Glenda Cinquegrana The Studio - Milano
Se il pittore non disprezza la pittura - Gallery Moitre - Torino

2012
21.12.2012, Romberg Arte Contemporanea - Latina
All I Desire, Spazio Orlandi - Milano
Paradeigma, Romberg Arte Contemporanea - Latina
Caleidoscopio, Galleria delle Battaglie – Brescia
Arte Accessibile Milano, Galleria Delle Battaglie - Spazio Eventiquattro - Milano
S.O.S. 3, Palazzo delle Miniere, De Faveri Arte Contemporanea - Fiera di Primiero (TN)

2011
La Dimora Artica, Galleria Delle Battaglie - Brescia

Awards:

2014
Premio Lissone, Mentioned - MAC di Lissone