Ilaria Arpino

statement
I am fascinated by the human body particularly by the way in which simple gestures and expressions can symbolize so much more than what they are.
Through contemplation of the everyday life and perfectly ordinary objects and people, I create sculptures that convey human emotions and feelings that transcend the context of their story or settings.
My sculptures evoke a state of suffering, healing, struggling, and comfort through their body lightness and peculiar details. I turn my art into the voice of the woman that I sculpt or paint, epitomizing their solitude, humiliation, anger, their perfect imperfections and enthusiasm in life.
My latest work explores the concept of a post Covid-19 Renaissance dedicated to our suffering in the present. While my creative process is deeply personal and a true expression of my beliefs, there is very little structure to the process by which I turn clay, concrete, stones into a sculpture, I don’t think about making art - rather, when I create art, I am the best and most free version of myself

biography
Ilaria Arpino is an Italian sculptor, painter and conceptual artist who was born and raised in the foothills of the Italian Alps. She studied fine art, illustration and advertising in Torino, Italy.
In her mid 20s, Ilaria moved to Philadelphia, USA establishing a career as an Art Director.
Her artwork and poster design were selected to promote former First Lady Mrs. Barbara Bush’s “Story Time” in collaboration with Time Warner Inc. A number of her paintings have been used in national advertising campaigns in Italy and the USA including her ink illustrations and design of the book “Standing in the shadow of Motown” depicting the life and music of Motown legend James Jamerson.
Ilaria’s passion for art fueled her love to travel and live abroad. Her breadth of international experiences enhanced her creativity and gained her a clearer sense of self.
Stripped of her ordinary surroundings and people, Ilaria created new work that was featured in exhibitions across the USA, Italy, France, Thailand, Macao and China.
During Ilaria’s years in Asia she had the unique opportunity to collaborate with renowned Chinese calligrapher Carlos Choi Chun Heng in the art exhibit “East meets West.”
After living almost 12 years in South East Asia, Ilaria moved back to the USA; this time to Miami. In 2018 and 2019 Ilaria exhibited her work at Art Miami/ Art Basel.
Her new artistic approach was influenced by living in foreign countries and using new medias; this is vividly apparent in her most recent works.
A series of figurative bronze sculptures emerges from a 10 yard-long-roll of white paper. The paper is stroked boldly with black ink in abstract calligraphy symbols that represent an emblematic PATH OF LIFE. This installation was exhibited in Madrid during the summer of 2018 at Faim Art Fair.
In line with her international art path, in 2018 Ilaria won the prestigious Maradiva Art Residency in the Mauritius Island organized by Arte Laguna Venice, Italy and the Basu Foundation for the Arts based in Kolkata, India.
Ilaria’s work was featured in late 2020 and now in the Oculus at the Westfield World Trade Center in New York City at the AD ART SHOW; a groundbreaking art exhibition.

Liceo Artistico Ugo Bianchi Cuneo, Italy
Istituto per pubblicitari Torino, Italy
Istituto per pubblicitari, corso di Illustrazione Torino, Italy
School of Visual Arts, NYC

2021 Awarded Exhibition with The World Wide Art at Artavita Pavilion, Artexpo NYC, USA
2020 Sculpture Winner 40th International Artavita online Art context
2020 Sculpture Winner for THE BLUES Artrepreneur, NYC USA
2019 Sculpture Finalist of Artrooms, London, GB
2019 Sculpture Finalist of ACA (Art comes Alive) Cincinnati, OH USA
2018 Maradiva Art Residency Prize, Mauritius, organized by Arte Laguna, Venice Italy and Basu Foundation for the Arts
2018 Wynwood Juried Art Show Sculpture, Miami USA
2001 Philadelphia Art Director’s Club Design Philadelphia, USA

2021 AD Art Show, Oculus at The Westfield Trade Center, NYC, NY
2021 Galleria d'Arte Martinelli (Italy), current
2021 GALLERY 88 Miami Beach, FL USA, current
2020 AD Art Show, Oculus at The Westfield Trade Center, NYC, NY
2020 Covid-19 the Art of Isolation, Online Exhibition
2020 MANA CONTEMPORARY Digital open house | Virtual Booth 6/25-6/28
2020 FAIM ART FAIR, Madrid Spain (postponed to 2021)
2020 Art Wynwood, Miami, FL USA¬¬
2020 GALLERY 88 Miami Beach, FL USA
2019 Art Miami, Art Basel Week, Miami FL USA
2019 Vizcayne pop-up Art Gallery, Miami FL USA (solo)
2019 ADC Fine Art Gallery, Cincinnati OH USA (group)
2019 MAC Art Gallery, Jupiter FL USA (group)
2018 MAC Art Gallery, Fort Lauderdale FL USA (group)
2018 Soul Abstractions revealed GALLERY 88, Miami Beach FL USA (group)
2018 Maradiva Art Gallery, Mauritius Island (current)
2018 SPECTRUM MIAMI, Art Basel Week Miami FL USA
2018 Urban Angels MARADIVA Art Gallery Mauritius Island (solo)
2018 Wynwood Juried Show Miami FL USA (group)
2018 Path of Life, Alma Sensai FAIM ART FAIR, Madrid Spain
2018 Wynwood Life and Art Festival Miami FL USA (group)
2015 Nihao International Art Festival JFC Art Gallery, Xiamen China (group)
2009 Taipa Art Gallery, Taipa Macao (solo)
2008 East meets West Portuguese Cultural Center, Macao (solo)
2007 Bangkok Cultural Center Bangkok, Thailand (solo)
2005 Life out of context, Thomas Jefferson University Art Gallery, Philadelphia PA USA (solo)
2004 Les fammes, Raffaello Art gallery Nice, France (solo)
2003 Artisti per uno spazio, Sala Auditorium Borelli, Boves CN Italy (group)
2003 Life out of Context, The Philadelphia Ethical Society Art Gallery, Philadelphia PA USA
2003 Life out of Context, The Art Alliance Gallery at the Rittenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia PA USA (solo)
2001 Chorus of a woman, The Kelly Writer House Art Gallery, University of Penn, Philadelphia USA (solo)
2000 The Mochulu Vessel Pop-up Art Gallery, Philadelphia PA USA (group)
1999 Sheraton Hotel Pop-up Art Gallery, Philadelphia PA USA (group)

Alberto Giacometti, Jane Arp, Constantin Brâncusi, Henry Moore

abstract expressionism, contemporary art, interior design, sculpture, outdoor sculpture, bronze