Aris
Aris, real name and age undisclosed, resides in Tuscany, Central Italy. Since his early 1990's beginnings in the writing culture, he has incessantly risen to underground prominence. Without a doubt, Aris is one of the most distinguished and important artists of a new breed of unauthorized public painting and graffiti on trains.
Tuscany, Central Italy. Aris started his activity in ‘93 painting walls and trains. Evolving through lettering to arrive at the figure, it now leans towards the direction of an “almost” abstraction. Transformation of the letters into clean silhouettes without any desire to break through the surfaces on which they lie. Continuous recomposition of fluid bodies. Propagating, advancing, and evolving like a stain leaving its trace on the surfaces of the earth. Stains, or marks, that gradually retreat from immediate recognition or understanding moving towards an ambiguous conclusion. A point at which the observer can rediscover a natural principle as absolute: the inherent complementarity of human nature.
Aris has worked in countries such as Spain, Germany, Poland and Russia due to the integral nature of the trip, or the Journey, as part of the work itself. He is dedicated to the revitalization and regeneration of often urban and peri-urban landscape.
Show artworks
2020
- In Between Space, Time and a Pattern of Chaos – group show at Fousion Gallery, Barcelona
- Abstract now! Italy – Magma Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2019
- Kr19 – Attisholz, Switzerland
- Gruppo OK – Docks74, Torino, Italy
2018
- Restarturbanfestival – Imola, Italy
- StartOYE (curator: Gianguido Grassi) – Pisa, Italy
- Cattedrale Immaginata – Modena, Italy
- Shifting Surfaces – Magma Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2017
- Urban Layers – Docks74, Torino, Italy
- Borgo Universo – Aielli, AQ, Italy
- Endless – Magma Gallery, Bologna, Italy
- Aber Du siehst mich nicht / Unorte & Umwege – Museum für visuelle Dissidenz (curator: R. Kaltenhäusen / Katja Glaser), Herne, Germany
- Abstractism – Varsi Gallery, Rome, Italy
- B-Wall – Dynamo (curator: F.Naldi – C.Musso), Bologna, Italy
2016
- Visione Periferica (curator: A.Perazza) – Giulianova, TE, Italy
- Local Art Walls (curator: I.Guerrini) – Certaldo, FI, Italy
- AltroveFestival – Catanzaro, Italy
- Graphic Surgery / Uitgever Stickit – Apeldoorn, GE, Netherlands
- BWNC – Dresden, Germany
2015
- Bundeskunsthall of Fame (curator: A.Gretzki, R.Kaltenhäuser) – Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
- N.W.O.2 Spazio 20092 (curator: G.Bartocci), Cinisello Balsamo, Milano
- Antimurals (curator: J.Besser) – Magdeburg, Germany
- La Macchia Umana, Studio D’Ars (curator: A.Ioale) – Milano
- Borgo Vecchio Factory – Palermo, Italy
2014
- From Street to Art Italian Cultural Institute (curator: S.Pallotta) – NY, United States,
- Indoor Outdoor – SMS, Pisa, Italy
- Sketchmate – Officine Corsare, Torino, Italy
- Vedo a Colori (curator: G.Vesprini) – Civitanova Marche, Italy
2013
- Icone 5.9, D406 (curator: P.Rivasi) – Modena, Italy
2012
- City Bilder (curator: J.Besser) – Dresden, Germany
- Piknik festival – Esztergom, Hungary
- Scala Mercalli – Auditorium parco della musica (curator: G.Marziani), Roma
Street Art, Sweet Art – Pavilion of Contemporary Art (curator: A.Riva), Milano
Italy