DANIELE BASSO

“In the eternal steel of my mirroring works we find our individual and cultural identity. We discover ourselves as protagonists and interpreters of the whole Humanity, which in the symbols reflects its messages and builds the future. We are free to choose and fly beyond all limits”

Daniele Basso is an Italian artist well known for his mirror finish metal works, which search and investigate the deeper meaning of things. His works are messages and reflections that lead to a deeper understanding of ourselves and help in the search for a collective and individual identity. Daniele participated three times to the Biennale d’Arte di Venezia with personal exhibits and works on display in several corners of the world, including Carrousel du Louvre (Paris), Seraphicum University (Vatican City), Arte Moderna di Roma (GNAM), Expo 2015 (Milan), World of Coca Cola (Atlanta), Museo Officine della Scrittura (Turin), Museo del Parco (Portofino), in the collections of Meneghetti Foundation and Boga Foundation (Lugano), and in various galleries in New York, Dubai, Saint Petersburg, Monte-Carlo, Forte dei Marmi, Lugano, Milan, Turin and Bologna. In 2015 he completed the works “Coke Its Me” (The Coca-Cola Company) and Gigant (SWC Alta Badia – Unesco Park Dolomites). In 2016 the monument ‘Aquamantio” (MOSCA1916) in Bialla, in Piazza della Biblioteca. In 2017 he worked with curator Ermanno Tedeschi and was awarded the prizes Casa Sanremo Award (67° Sanremo Festival), he completed the work Cavallino” for Ferrari’s 70th anniversary, he worked with Star Team Monaco and H.S:H. Alberto II, Prince of Monaco, he was awarded trophies for Įnter Football Club and for the collaboration with ski champion Max Blardone at the charity project “In pista per Amatrice”. 2018 the collaborations with the curator Matteo Graniti, with Galleria Ferrero Ivrea and Hysteria Art Gallery in Milan; the exhibitions “La Vespa nella Storia” at M.A.C.I.S.T. Biella, “Unforgettable Childwood” in Matera, at the National Museum of Ravenna and at the Tel Aviv Artist House, the solo in Azimut Capital Management Rome and the sculpture “In Fila Per Uno” in the exhibition “Ricordi Futuri 4.0” at the Holocaust Memorial of Milan curated by Ermanno Tedeschi. In 2019 the he is the Main Artist at the Teatro del Silenzio, creating the stage of the show “Ali di Libertà” by Andrea Bocelli, artistic director Alberto Bartalini and directed by Luca Tommassini.

Since 2006 he has been working with several national and international architecture firms on competitons, large- scale public works projects and private clients, including art installations in Bologna Railway Station and Expo Dubai 2020, uban renewal of Prato’s City Park, the competition for the Holocaust Memorial in Bologna, urban renewal of the Borgo di Biella Piazzo and a candidature for the project Gran Paris Express.

Selected Exhibitions:

12/2019 Volterra_Piazza e Palazzo dei Priori

11/2019 Siena_Museo della Scala

11/2019 Lucca Comics & Games_Baluardo San Paolino

08/2019 Forte dei Marmi_Forte Lorenese

07/2019 Lajatico_Teatro Silenzio di Andrea Bocelli

11/2018 Milano_Memoriale della Shoah

10/2018 Tel Aviv_Artist House

09/2018 Ravenna_Museo Nazionale

12/2017 Monza_Serrone di Villa Reale

05/2017 Principato di Monaco_SAS Le Prince Alberto ||

02/2017 Sanremo_67° Festival @ Casa Sanremo

09/2016 Turin_ Officina della Scrittura

12/2015 Atlanta – World Of Coca Cola Museum

09/2015 Venice – Mostra del Cinema – Hilton Stucky

06/2015 Rome_ Galleria Nazionale Arte Moderna

05/2015 Milano Expo_ Coca-Cola Pavillion

04/2015 NYC Art District_ Ca D’Oro Gallery

11/2014 Shanghai_Guoquing Temple

05/2014 Saint Petersburg_ Yellow Korner Gallery

03/2014 Dubai _ Nakkash Gallery

11/2013 Vatican_University of Seraphicum

06/2013 Bologna _ CUBO Unipol Gallery

06/2013 Venice_ 55° La Biennale di Venezia

01/2013 Lugano (CH) _ Rivabella Gallery

07/2011 Portofino_ Parco Museum

06/2011 Venice_ 54° La Biennale di Venezia

2000 Paris_ Carrousell Du Louvre