Andreas Zampella

(Salerno, 1989)

Originally from Salerno and educated in Naples with studies in Decoration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, Andreas Zampella (1989) has been living and working in Milan for five years. In addition to numerous residencies in Italy, including BoCS Art in Cosenza and Dolomiti Contemporanee, his most recent exhibition curriculum includes the solo show Piano d’ascolto at the Andrea Festa Gallery in Rome (2022), the intervention Passaggio al buio as part of the Portfolio cycle of the Quadriennale di Roma at Palazzo Braschi (2023) and the solo show Dove nascono gli uccelli at Nashira Gallery in Milan (2023). All the elements of Andreas’ work are composed as in a play: the painting is the setting for the actions and non-actions, a metaphor for the observer; the utensils and sculptures are the props, whose meaning changes and is discovered in space. All things live a condition of continuous action, as abscesses of performance art.

With these guidelines, his work investigates the relationship between reality and representation in society, admitting the failure of communication in the contemporary world. Like thresholds or half-open ushers, his works oscillate in conditions on the borderline between tiredness and anxiety, lament and accusation, obligation and boredom, individual and collectivity, and do so indolently, hypocritically, in the full paradox of reality.

Solo shows: Eravamo cuori in Atlantide, Galleria z2o project Sara Zanin, Rome (2024); Dove nascono gli uccelli, curated by Samuele Menin, Nashira Gallery, Milan (2023); Passaggio al buio, Quotidiana, Museum of Rome, Palazzo Braschi (2023); Piano d’ascolto, curated by Nicolas Martino, Andrea Festa Fine Art Gallery, Rome (2022); Andreas Zampella, curated by Nicolas Ballario, Armenia Studio/project room, Milan (2021); Se necessario rompere il vetro, curated by Valeria D’Ambrosio, Penta Space, Florence (2019); BHA, per chi si è perso, curated by  TTime, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, Naples (2018); Dinamiche, curated by Lorenzo Canova and Piernicola Maria Di Iorio, Aratro, University of Molise, Campobasso (2017); Ricércàti, group performace curated by Gianluca D’inca Levis, Borca project, Borca di Cadore (2017); Colpo di tosse, curated by Emanuele Riccomi, Casa Cicca, Milan (2017); Prima parte di una costruzione reale, MuroPonte, curated by Alberto Dambruoso, Bocs Art, Cosenza (2016); Passaggi a Sud-Est#1, curated by teatri sospesi, Salerno (2014); Memorie Di Carta, curated by Pietro Ruffo and Ernesto Tatafiore, 1opera Gallery, Naples (2013); Andreas Zampella, curated by Pietro Lista, Galleria Cobbler, Cava dei tirreni (2012); Andreas Zampella, curated by Pietro Lista and Giovanni De Michele, Marte Mediateca, Cava dei tirreni (2012).

Group shows: Lettere intorno ad un giardino, curated by Marta Ferrara and Mario Francesco Simeone, Alfonso Artiaco Gallery, Naples (2024); La Coda, curated by Giacomo Gerboni, Ilaria Zani, Stefani Cognata, Parma (2024); La vita continua anche se tutto finisce, curated by Osservatorio Futura, Nashira Gallery for Art Verona (2023); Affascinante, curated by Luigi Presicce and Gioele Melandri, Luigi Varoli Museum, Cotignola (RA) (2023); Di città, di boschi, di uccelli, curated by Lucrezia Longobardi and Nora De Blasio, Officine San Carlo, Naples (2022); Corpo morbido, curated by RGB Light festival, Rome (2022); La profezia, curated by Ludovica Bifulco and Samuele Menin, Nashira Gallery, Milan (2022); Who killed bamby, curated by Gianluca D’Inca Levis, Casso new spaces, Casso (2022); ceraMIX, curated by Gilda Von Romelin e Pasquale Leccese, le case d’arte, Milan (2022); Material, galleria AndreaFesta, Mexico (2022); Art Verona, Andrea Festa Gallery, Verona (2021); PUNTO 0, Identità sospese, LIV Price Vasto, curated by Piernicola Maria Di Iorio, Vasto (2021); Walk in studio, Armenia Studio, Milan (2020); Saremo in Pochi, V.I.R. curated by Giulio Verago and Patrizia Brusarosco, Milan (2020); Open studio Via farini in residenze, Milan (2019); Incerta et.cetera, curated by Collettivo Curatoriale of LUISS Master of Art, Fondaco, Rome (2018); Forum culturale internazionale di San Pietroburgo, curated by A.B.A. di Napoli, St. Petersburg (2018); Terra Uomo Cielo, Sidicini art prize curated by Cesare Patanè, National Archaeological Museum, Teano (2017); Questo non è un lavoro ma una lavorazione, curated by Il filo di Partenope, The Others, Torino (2017); Fuoco A Paesaggio, LFS, Progetto Borca, curated by Gianluca D’Inca Levis, Borca di Cadore (2017); Apulia land art festival, curated by Helia Hamedani, Girolamo Pizzetti, Margherita di Savoia (2017); Sei nel posto giusto, curated by andproject, Casa Tolentino, gradini San Nicola da Tolentino, Naples (2017); Sotto il Tappeto, curated by Studio Mare and Panorama Moda, Milan (2017); Abut a Cup, Crowdfunding Progettoborca, curated by Dolomiti contemporanee, Borca di Cadore (2016); Corte in Festa, castle of Martano, curated by Stazione a sud-est, Lecce (2016); Premio Suzzara, Suzzara Gallery, curated by noplace nospace, Suzzara (2016); Gironz’Aliano, La Luna e i Calanchi, curated by Franco Arminio, Aliano (2016); Collezione Museo Limen, camera di commercio Vibo Valentia, curated by Nicolas Ballario, Vibo Valentia (2016); Energy Box, curated by Atomo Tinelli, Skira catalogue, Milan (2015); 54° biennale Venezia, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Padiglione Italia, Venice (2015); festa del fuoco, fornace Falcone, curated by Valerio Falcone, Giffoni (2013); ΦΑΟΣ, Palazzo Hristodoulidio, Myrina, Lemnos, Greece (2013); ΦΑΟΣ, Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea Balcanica Kontia, Lemnos, Greece (2013); Trasmutazioni, Pagea Arte Contemporanea, Angri (SA) (2013); Pop Start Smart, curated by Chiara Romano and Maya Pacifico, Marte mediateca, Cava de tirreni (SA) (2013); Affittasi, Giuseppe Ruffo, Pietro Tatafiore, 1opera Gallery, Naples (2013); Heart, Lorenzo Canova, Piernicola Maria Di Iorio, University of Molise, Spazio Aratro, Campobasso (2012); Indignatos, Giuseppe Ruffo, Pietro Tatafiore, LargoBaracche Gallery, Naples (2012); Expo arte, curated by A.B.A.N.A., Bari (2012); Agorà per le Arti, curated by Guglielmo Longobardo and Valerio Rivosecchi, Mostra d’ Oltremare, Naples (2012); Immaterial Space, with Lita Albuquerque and Andy Moses, Del giardino Gallery, A.B.A.N.A, Naples (2011); Nella Pancia Della Balena, Roths Academy, Swerte, Germany (2011).