Tommaso Cascella biography
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Tommaso Cascella is an Italian painter and sculptor born in Rome in 1951. A son of artists, he began his apprenticeship under the guidance and in the home of his father, not only a domestic hearth but also the primary drive to discover the flame of artwork.
His nature leads him to a predominantly material artwork, bringing him closer to sculpture, material painting, and literature, which permeates almost every one of his artworks. He also founded an artistic printing house and publishing house, but he understands that his true vocation is to dedicate himself to artwork: he exhibited for the very first time in Milan in 1985. From then on, his artwork opened up to experimentation, he traveled extensively, and engaged in many different activities.
In 1987 he restored a 16th-century building in Bomarzo and decided to move there. He subsequently made numerous trips outside Europe as well, in search of inspiration and exchange. His first trip took him to India, where he received inspiration for his first Roman exhibition held upon his return the same year. He also participated in numerous exhibitions, including the famous XXI Biennale di Gubbio. Among the most significant recognitions, we can recall in 1995, for his artwork in the field of sculpture, the appointment as 'Academic for Sculpture' by the noble Accademia di S. Luca; he participated in the XII Quadriennale di Roma and exhibited a series of artworks abroad: you will find a graphic selection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan, as well as a sculpture in the Tachikawa district of Tokyo.
His international career is just beginning: until 2003 he was assigned numerous personal venues for private and public exhibitions in some centers in Italy (Ischia, Certaldo, Bomarzo) but also overseas and across the Alps (Japan, Switzerland, Germany, and Slovakia). Among his main exhibitions, we remember Analogies of the Present in Bratislava, in collaboration with colleagues Enzo Esposito and Armando Fettolini, in 2001; and the solo exhibition Rosssso in Pietrasanta (Tuscany) in 2003. Aware of the potential and artistic affinity with Cascella's artwork, the city of Pietrasanta offered him an additional space for a public exhibition in 2006, entitled The Language of the Iris.
From 2006 to 2007 he dedicated himself to the Italian scene and participated in numerous exhibitions, both public and private, both solo and collective, in multiple cities: Rome, Bolzano, Pescara, Todi, Turin (at the Eventinove gallery), Deruta (at the Contemporary Author Ceramics Foundation), Terni (in the Archaeological Museum). A powerful artistic turning point came during the collaboration with Marco Rossi at the Milanese space of Spirale Arte: the gallery hosted a series of three-dimensional works on paper, entitled Pop Up.
From 2010 the artist moved again to the capital, exhibiting at the Tricromia Art Gallery in Rome; he was then also included in the prestigious exhibition of the Biennale in Venice in 2011; from there, numerous great art cities requested his presence: Rome called him again for the project Artwork in Order at the well-known Aldobrandini Gallery; Florence at the Calendiani exhibition and Berlin at the Walter Bischoff Galerie.