Paolo Porelli @ Rome Art Week

Paolo Porelli

Porelli's figures are contaminated by Surrealist solutions, Pop proliferations and Archaic symbolism. Amalgamating the artistic historical memory with the lived present, he configures new hypothetical mythology of our time.

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Paolo Porelli, Rome Italy (1966). After graduating in painting (Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Italy), Porelli began a period of experimentation in ceramics in which he identified an anthropomorphic figure as his preferred expressive form. Clay remains his principal medium, although he often integrates ‘ready-mades’ in his sculptures as well as casts of found objects. Life-size to small-scale figures stand alone or in installations. In recent work, Porelli uses 3-D images and 3-D printing to create prototypes for series of figures, individualised through modifications, additions and subtractions.

Porelli’s works have been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions including international biennials in the US, Europe and Asia. The subject of feature-length articles in the US and Europe, Porelli has done residencies at The Bray, The Clay Studio of Philadelphia, Woodman Artist Residency, European Ceramic Work Centre, Jingdezhen International Studio and more.

Co-founder of CRETA Rome (2012), an international centre for ceramics and fine arts. In 2021, he was elected a member of the International Academy of Ceramics.