Roberto Ghezzi (*1978 in Cortona, Italy) stands out above all for his unique concept of an interactive play with nature. Ghezzi is known for his artistic research in close contact with wild nature. From this, over the course of two decades, the artist developed the so-called “naturography” (i.e. written by nature), a concept in which artworks are created and shaped by the artist and nature in equal measure.
Ghezzi’s art practice is characterized by a profound engagement with organic matter and takes on a conceptual form through this material. Man has always created works of art by painting nature or using elements from nature or in nature, but through naturography, nature takes on a completely new meaning in his artworks, being elevated to the status of the leading entity, instead of merely providing motif, and material and whose handwriting is in no way inferior to that of the artist.
Today, the artist’s installations can be found in Italy, Alaska, France, Switzerland, Iceland, South Africa, Tunisia, on the Lofoten Islands in Norway and in Patagonia.
born in Cortona, Italy
Studies of Fine Art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy
lives and works in Cortona, Italy
NATURA, mühlen.kunst Eichhofen, curated by Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Eichhofen, Germany
Hybris, il fiume eterno, Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma, Rome, Italy
The Pillar Stream, Spitsbergen Artists Center, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Islands (Norwegian archipelago)
Genius loci, Museo Archeologico di Locri Epizefiri, Locri, Italy
Impressioni di un cambiamento, Museo della Carta di Pescia, Pistoia, Italy
The Greenland Project, Gilda Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy
Aqua, Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Venice, Italy
Arte, Terra, Aqua, Museo dei Grandi Fiumi, Rovigo, Italy
Contemporary Ecosystems, Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, North Macedonia
Impermanente, Galleria d’arte Faber, Rome, Italy
Naturografie, Lapidarium di Villa Toppo, Udine, Italy
The writing of nature, Sixty Eight Art Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Drawing as Concept, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Trebisonda, Perugia, Italy
Segrete tracce di memoria, Palazzo Ducale di Genova, Genova, Italy
Naturografie, Museo Lapidarium, Novigrad, Croatia
Naturografie, Pinacoteca di Aquileia, Aquileia, Italy
Prisma 22, Galleria d’arte Faber, Rome, Italy
Le latitudini dell’arte, Pulchri Studio, Den Haag, Netherlands
Patagonia 19.20, Museo della Fine del Mondo, Ushuaia, Argentina
Naturografie in Patagonia, Museo Regionale di El Calafate, Argentina
Rizòmata, Nous Art Gallery, San Gimignano, Italy
Elsa, Nous Art Gallery, San Gimignano, Italy
Naturografie – Racconti dell’acqua e della terra, Museo of Natural History of the University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Arteamcup, Villa Nobel, Sanremo, Italy
Spazi di memoria, Casa Demandi, Alessandria, Italy
Naturografie in Tunis, Museum Oceanographic Salammbo and Ateliers Coteaux, Tunis
Naturografie, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia per l’Arte, Palazzo Graziani, Perugia, Italy
Vivi, Palazzo Vannuzzi, Cortona, Italy