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ABOUT
Marco Monaldi is a visual artist whose practice centres on the human figure, the body and inner experience. Through drawing, painting and experimentation with different materials, he explores human fragility and its relationship with memory, spirituality and contemporary life.
Raised in the countryside around Petritoli, in Italy’s Marche region, he developed an early sensitivity to landscape, imagination and observation. In 2000 he moved to Florence to study at the Academy of Fine Arts, completing his studies in 2005. His training with Viviana Cosci and his study of Renaissance drawing were formative: the figure, spatial construction and chiaroscuro remain enduring elements of his visual language.
In the following years, travel and visits to museums and exhibitions deepened his engagement with modern and contemporary art, alongside his own exhibitions in Italy and abroad. From 2014 to 2016 he lived in Brazil, first in Olinda and then in Recife, where he exhibited and worked as a gallerist and curator. After returning to Italy, he opened New Spazio M-Arte in 2018, a studio and exhibition space devoted to artistic practice, exhibitions and teaching.
In his work, sculptural forms and the interplay of light and shadow shape a symbolic world in which the human presence often appears suspended and contemplative. Since 2022, his research has embraced new materials and forms of expression while retaining its connection with figurative art. This development led to Broken Humanity, presented as a solo exhibition in 2023.
His recent solo exhibitions include Michelangiolismo irreversibile (2024), a dialogue across the centuries between Adolfo De Carolis and Marco Monaldi at the Polo Museale San Francesco in Montefiore dell’Aso, curated by Loredana Finicelli with the collaboration of Stefano Papetti.
He received the Critics’ Award at the Premio Internazionale Michelangelo Buonarroti in Seravezza in 2019, and the Critics’ Award at the Premio Artistico Quacquarini in January 2025.
Alongside his artistic practice, Monaldi teaches drawing and painting in his studio, sharing his experience with his students.
In 2026, he began collaborating with the Accademia di Belle Arti di Frosinone, teaching workshops in drawing. He also works for the publishing house Treccani.
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
May 2024 — Michelangiolismo irreversibile
Adolfo De Carolis–Marco Monaldi: a dialogue across the centuries. Polo Museale San Francesco, Montefiore dell’Aso, Italy. Curated by Loredana Finicelli, with the collaboration of Stefano Papetti.
January 2023 — Broken Humanity
Marco Monaldi Studio-Gallery. Curated by Loredana Finicelli, with the collaboration of Marino Capretti and Simonetta Simonetti.
April 2018 — Beyond Man
Contemporary Marche Art, Corridonia, Italy. Curated by Loredana Finicelli.
November 2015 — Silentium
MoMa Galeria de Arte, Recife, Brazil.
May 2015 — Silentium
Cidade 32 Gallery, Olinda, Brazil. Curated by Raul Còrdula.
November 2013 — Silentium. Oltre l’uomo
Hotel Art, Via Margutta, Rome, Italy. Curated by Loredana Finicelli.
June 2013 — De Humana Natura
Galleria Puccini, Ancona, Italy. Curated by Serafino Caggiano and Loredana Finicelli.
May 2013 — Il senso di Marco Monaldi
Civitanova Marche, Italy. Curated by Natalia Tessitore and Roberta Fonsato.
December 2009 — Realtà o non Realtà
Fermo, Italy. Curated by Loredana Finicelli and Paolo Mario Galassi.
October 2009 — Realtà o non Realtà
Loreto, Italy. Curated by Loredana Finicelli and Paolo Mario Galassi.
July 2009 — Veregra Street Festival
Montegranaro, Italy. Curated by the cultural association Il Sole delle Marche.
October 2008 — Fuori dal Buio
Galleria Fanelli by Artsinergy, Aprilia, Italy. Curated by Gianluca Marziani.
January 2008 — Sfiorando l’Orizzonte
Officina San Giacomo Cultural Association, Hotel San Giacomo, Monteprandone (Ascoli Piceno), Italy. Curated by Cristina Petrelli and Nazzareno Luciani.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
January 2024 — Chromatic Vibrations
Solis Gallery, Cremona, Italy.
July 2023 — Hamptons Art Fair
Presented by Makowski Gallery.
June 2023 — Il Mito, La Memoria
Corridonia, Italy. Curated by Loredana Finicelli.
April 2023 — Art Weekend
Makowski Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
June 2022 — Umano Corpo
Corridonia, Italy. Curated by Loredana Finicelli.
July 2021 — Percorsi d’arte
Civitanova Alta, Italy.
August 2020 — Midsummer Party
New Spazio M-Arte, Altidona, Italy.
August 2020 — Art under the stars
Civitanova Marche, Italy. Curated by Lucia Spagnuolo.
November 2019 — Premio Michelangelo Buonarroti
Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza, Italy. Curated by Barbara Benedetti. Critics’ Award.
May 2019 — Disabil-art
Officina delle Arti. Curated by Loredana Finicelli.
January 2019 — Luce
Art-Ottica Gallery. Curated by Loredana Finicelli and Paola Zucchini.
August 2018 — Medioevo a colori
Officina delle Arti, Corridonia, Italy. Curated by Loredana Finicelli, Marianna Neri and Marco Corrias.
August 2018 — Paradoxa
Giovarti Center, Centobuchi di Monteprandone, Italy. Curated by Nazareno Luciani.
September 2017 — Scores at the Sea
Art-Ottica Gallery, Porto Potenza Picena, Italy. Curated by Mauro Mazziero.
July 2017 — First plein-air painting competition
Petritoli, Italy. Curated by Giovanni Mandolesi.
June 2017 — L’altro Rinascimento
Genius and unconventional beauty. Church of San Francesco, Mercatello sul Metauro, Italy. Curated by Gilberto Grilli.
June 2017 — A poética da arte
MoMa Galeria de Arte, Recife, Brazil.
May 2017 — Escamotage 1.0
Amalfi Art, Amalfi, Italy. Curated by Loredana Finicelli.
April 2017 — Artists against the earthquake
Massaprofoglio, Italy. Curated by Loredana Finicelli.
January 2017 — Dalla terra del mito
Callas Gallery, Bremen, Germany.
November 2016 — Retrospective group exhibition
MoMa Art Gallery, Recife, Brazil. Curated by Cesar Machado.
August 2016 — Outset03
Petritoli, Italy.
July 2016 — Premio S’Anna
Art-Ottica Gallery, Porto Potenza Picena, Italy. Curated by Loredana Finicelli.
June 2015 — Armonie pregresse
Art-Ottica Gallery, Porto Potenza Picena, Italy. Curated by Loredana Finicelli.
December 2014 — FacèARTS
Kurhaus, Merano, Italy. Curated by Mary Sperti in collaboration with Professor Nuccio Mula.
October 2014 — Biennale d’Arte Sergio Graziosi
Curated by Mauro Giampieri, with the participation of critics and art historians Stefano Papetti, Lucio del Gobbo, Antonio D’Amico and Loredana Finicelli.
July 2014 — Premio città di Montecosaro
Montecosaro, Italy. Curated by Mauro Giampieri.
April 2014 — Venere Pietas e Beltà
Centobuchi di Monteprandone, Italy. Curated by Nazareno Luciani.
April 2013 — Sintomi contemporanei
Ristorante Culturale l’Officina, Perugia, Italy. Curated by Andrea Baffoni and Nazareno Luciani.
February 2013 — Eros puro, amabile, dolce: I volti dell’amore 2013
Macerata, Italy.
July 2012 — Accesa
Monteprandone (Ascoli Piceno), Italy. Curated by Nazzareno Luciani.
November 2007 — Sesta Mostra Internazionale di Arte Sacra
Sesto al Reghena, Italy. Curated by Enzo Santese.
April 2007 — Human Touch
D’Art Visual Gallery, Menaggio (Como), Italy. Curated by Davide dell’Acqua.
August 2006 — Elekta Inside
Spinetoli (Ascoli Piceno), Italy. Curated by Cristina Petrelli.
June 2006 — Arte contemporanea 12
Liceo Scientifico Statale Majorana, Rome, Italy. Curated by Cristina Petrelli.
March 2006 — Velluto Rosso
Chiaravalle (Ancona), Italy. Curated by Cristina Petrelli and Stefano Verri.
July 2005 — Stanze Aperte
Altidona (Ascoli Piceno), Italy. Curated by Nazzareno Luciani.