Matteo Procaccioli Della Valle

Jesi, 1983
Lives and works in Milan

Following nearly a decade of artistic training, he works with photography. His research is focused on the theme of urban and non- urban landscapes, and seeks to capture the “between”, the complex moment of transition between the traditional, the historical and the contemporary. In his work, the man is physically absent, present only through the testimony of his passage through the endless voids of the silent landscapes that distinguish them. They are not stories, or plots to discover; only atmosphere that enfolds the observer, that transports the viewer into the image. In his work, time is suspended; the various spatial scenarios are deliberately unrecognizable, with no reference to precise situations.
His work results from processing that combines traditional and innovative techniques. The documentation of reality is the first critical step to the finished product, the result of an articulated path in which the artist physically works on the materiality of the image. With different points of view ranging from the search for verticality, through low angle shots of the majestic city skyline, to bird’s eye visions of the city in its natural context, Procaccioli sets the stage for a reconsideration of the relationship between structures, space and nature, the absence of which, as in the case of man, is an eloquent reference to its inescapable presence.

SOLO SHOWS (SELECTION)

2025
ORIENTAL DIGRESSION, Raffaella De Chirico Arte Contemporanea, Milan

2022
CITY BREAK, Raffaella De Chirico Arte Contemporanea, Milano.
PRIVATE, Raffaella De Chirico Arte Contemporanea, Milano

2018
VESTIGES, Liquid Art System, Capri
STRUCTURES, Dream Factory, Milano

2017
MICROCITIES, a cura di Luca Beatrice, Chorus, Roma

2016
MICROCITIES, a cura di Luca Beatrice, Museo della Permanente, Milano

GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION)

2017
NATURA PLASTICA, Blindarte – via Palermo 11 Milano

2015
SALETERRARUM, ideata e curata da Angela Madesani, Villa Litta Borromeo di Lainate
SELF, Venezia, curata da Luca Curci, Palazzo Cà Zanardi, Cannareggio
THE ART OF RECIPROCITY, Dada East Gallery, Milano