THE ARTIST
"Maurizio Sapia is a visionary, his wild imagination always fascinates me and his visual storytelling in his photography collections always leaves my collectors wanting more. I am proud to represent him and introduce his art to the world."
Guy Hector, The Art House Global
Maurizio Sapia was born in Sanremo in 1966. After finishing school and at the end of his career as a cyclist, he moved to Milan at the age of 21. Here, fascinated by the great creativity in the world of fashion, he followed photography courses at the IED (European Design Institute). He started to work first as an assistant and then as a photographer at a professional studio in Milan, specializing in still life photography.
After several years, in 2001, he founded Studio h2o with 3 partners, where he still works today, collaborating with various fashion magazines and advertising agencies. He is also part of a group of directors, IT technicians and, video makers formed to develop 3D video recording techniques. In the last fifteen years, through the photographic medium, he has sought his own personal mode of expression, free from rules of commercial photography: at first through the traditional photograph and successively with computers, he has explored territories bordering between photography and painting, resulting in a very personal style. His experience in the fields of digital environments then extended his interest to interactive installations.
In recent years he has almost entirely devoted himself to his artistic research by collaborating with Galerie STP in Greifswald, Germany and, Guy Hector's Art House Global in Los Angeles, USA.
He lives and works in Milan.
Solo Exhibitions:
2020
Zingst Foto Festival DE
2019
STP Galerie, Greifswald DE
2018
RenArt Gallery Istanbul TR
EB Gallery Los Angeles CA
2017
Galleria DIEMAUER Prato
2014
Galleria DIEMAUER Prato
2013
MIA Milano Art Fair
Galleria Mirabilia (exib. Incl. In Fotografia Europea)
Reggio Emilia
2012
MIA Milano Art Fair
2011
MIA Milano Art Fair
2005
Galleria Click-Art Milano “Nature non Morte”
Selected Collective Exhibitions and Art Fairs:
2022
ParisPhoto FR
the (ph)air Turin IT
Karlsrue Art Fair DE
2021
Photobasel (Basel) CH
Mia Art Fair Milan Italy
2020
Aria Art Gallery (Florence)
Karlsruhe art fair
2019
Art Ankara Turkey
Aria Art gallery Istanbul TR
2018
Karlsruhe Art Fair
Scope Art Fair Miami FL
2017
MIA Art Fair Milano
STP Gallery (Greftswald) Germany
Fotofever Art Fair Paris
2016
Fotofever Art Fair Paris
2015
Biennale Italiana di Fotografia (Milan)
2014
Fotofever art fair Paris
2011
Mantova Palazzo Te “Il dubbio della bellezza”
2007
Foiano Fotografia (Arezzo)
2005
Museo della Fotografia Bibbiena (Firenze)
2001
Galleria l'Oeie Nu Liege (Belgium)
January 18 – March 11, 2018
Maurizio Sapia solo exhibition at Eric Buterbaugh Gallery Los Angeles