Gabriele Napoli
ABOUT
1999
born in Desio, IT
lives and works in Seregno, IT
EDUCATION
2023
Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano, IT
EXHIBITIONS
2025
Miart, Thomas Brambilla Gallery, Milano, IT
Piazzetta Rizzoli 1, curated by Elsa Barbieri, Museo Arte Contemporanea Cavalese, IT
Arte Fiera, Thomas Brambilla Gallery, Bologna, IT
2024
Artissima, Thomas Brambilla Gallery, Turin, IT
Figure archetipali dell’arte dal Medioevo alla Contemporaneità, curated by Giacomo Agosti, Museo di San Pietro all’Orto, Massa Marittima, IT
12.04.2024, VIN VIN, Wien, AT
2023
Mirabilis, Palazzo Meravigli, Milano, IT
2021
Osservatorio X, Superstudio, Milano, IT
Muselmann, Memoriale della Shoah, Milano, IT
Let’s Meet on a Cloud of Freedom, De Pietri Artphilein Foundation, Lugano, CH
Né tutto del nulla, né nulla del tutto, Galleria civica, Seregno, IT
2019
Real presence – flashback, curated by Biljana Tomic and Dobrila Denegri, Kulturni Centar Magacin, Belgrade, RS
Accademia Aperta, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano, IT
STATEMENT
Gabriele Napoli ironically gets back the concept of painting as a trompe l’oeil in a new imaginative way of looking at reality. His oil paintings are marked by a rigorous process: the application of multiple layers of plaster on the canvas creates a textured surface that simulates the perception of ripped frescoes. His pictorial practice unfolds through the slow emergence of the image, followed by a spontaneous tendency to saturate every part of the composition with signs, objects, and figures. In this way, a symbolic universe takes shape, inhabited by a diverse range of presences. The environments, suspended between the real and the fantastical, branch out into natural settings — plains and forests that recall fairy tales — or interior spaces that evoke personal narratives.