Patrizio di Massimo
(Born) | 1983 in Jesi, Italy |
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(Based) | London, UK |

Patrizio di Massimo’s early works were mainly executed in video, photography, and performance. It was only in 2009 that he radically turned to the medium of painting. As a self-taught painter he created a very distinctive style. His paintings are shrouded in mystery and portray human beings in situations of violence, intimacy, and abundance. di Massimo’s work is full of references to art history, popular culture and found images. di Massimo positions the spectator as a cautious voyeur as he depicts a decisive moment in these scenes. The uncertainty of what will happen next in his paintings triggers our imagination to make up our own narratives and gives meaning to the paintings.
— LVB
Recent solo exhibitions include Anthology at Musei Civici di Palazzo Pianetti and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Jesi, Italy; As snug as a Bug in a Rug, rodolphe janssen, Brussels, Belgium; The Tale End of the Tale, T293, Rome, Italy The Escalator Cycle at Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin; The Escalator Cycle at Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Italy; Il tempo dello sguardo at Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, Italy (2019); Patrizio Di Massimo, Kura, at Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, Milan, Italy (2019); Inside Me, ChertLüdde, Berlin, Germany; Bread and Circuses, rodolphe janssen, Brussels, Belgium; Me, Mum, Mister, Mad, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, Portugal; and Monologue for two, (performance) at Fiorucci Art Trust, London, UK.
His work is included in Public Collections such as The Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy; David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK; Fiorucci Art Trust, London, UK; Lewben Art Foundation, Vilnius, Lithuania; Malvina Menegaz Foundation for Arts and Culture, Castelbasso, Italy; Italian Embassy in London, UK; Jiménez – Colon Collection, Ponce, Puerto Rico and Collezione Giuseppe Iannaccone, Milan, Italy.
Images
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(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Rifrazioni. 15 curatori x 15 artisti (Year) 2024 (Institution) Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Roma (Location) Rome, Italy -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Rifrazioni. 15 curatori x 15 artisti (Year) 2024 (Institution) Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Roma (Location) Rome, Italy -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Rifrazioni. 15 curatori x 15 artisti (Year) 2024 (Institution) Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Roma (Location) Rome, Italy -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Diana (Big Tears) (Year) 2023 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 31 x 25.5 cm (unframed)
12 1/4 x 10 in
44.2 x 38.7 x 6 cm (framed)
17 3/8 x 15 1/4 x 2 3/8 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Self-portrait at an Easel (Blue Monsters) (Year) 2023 (medium) Oil on linen in artist frame (Dimensions) 234 x 164 cm (framed)
92 1/8 x 64 5/8 in
(Reference) PDMa025 -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Weeping Nicoletta (Year) 2023 (medium) Oil on linen in artist frame (Dimensions) 49 x 39 (framed)
19 1/4 x 15 3/8 in
(Reference) PDMa026 -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Anthology (Year) 2023 (Institution) Musei Civici di Palazzo Pianetti and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio (Location) Jesi, Italy -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Autoritratto (con Philip Guston) / Selfportrait (with Philip Guston) (Year) 2022 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 160 x 130 cm -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Epico Cavalleresco (after Joseph Paul Blanc) (Year) 2019 (medium) oil on linen (Dimensions) 230 × 180 × 3.6 cm -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Anthology (Year) 2023 (Institution) Musei Civici di Palazzo Pianetti and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio (Location) Jesi, Italy -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Out Like a Light (Year) 2023 (Institution) ChertLüdde (Location) Berlin, Germany -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Out Like a Light (Year) 2023 (Institution) ChertLüdde (Location) Berlin, Germany -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) As Snug as a Bug in a Rug (Year) 2022 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) As Snug as a Bug in a Rug (Year) 2022 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Diana and Nicoletta (28B Erlanger Road) (Year) 2022 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 230.5 x 170.5 cm (framed); 90 3/4 x 67 1/8 in (Reference) PDMa013 -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) As Snug as a Bug in a Rug (Francesca, Ale e Giuilo), (Year) 2022 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 185 x 185 x 5 cm;
72 7/8 x 72 7/8 x 2 in(Reference) PDMa010 -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) As Snug as a Bug in a Rug (Year) 2022 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) As Snug as a Bug in a Rug (Francesca, Filippo and Martino) (Year) 2022 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 130.5 x 200.5 cm (framed); 51 3/8 x 79 in (Reference) PDMa014 -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Untitled (Monsters) (Year) 2022 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 200.5 x 140.5 cm (framed); 79 x 55 1/4 in (Reference) DMa011 -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) As Snug as a Bug in a Rug (Year) 2022 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Sono Sempre Vicino (Year) 2021 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 220 x 150 cm (unframed); 86 5/8 x 59 1/8 in (Reference) PDMa009 -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) The Escalator Cycle (Year) 2021 (Institution) Castello di Rivoli (Location) Rivoli, Italy; Photo: Antonio Maniscalco -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) The Escalator Cycle (Year) 2021 (Institution) Castello di Rivoli (Location) Rivoli, Italy; Photo: Antonio Maniscalco -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) The Escalator Cycle (Year) 2021 (Institution) Castello di Rivoli (Location) Rivoli, Italy; Photo: Antonio Maniscalco -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) The Escalator Cycle (Year) 2021 (Institution) Castello di Rivoli (Location) Rivoli, Italy; Photo: Antonio Maniscalco -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) The Escalator Cycle (Year) 2021 (Institution) Castello di Rivoli (Location) Rivoli, Italy; Photo: Antonio Maniscalco -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) The Escalator Cycle (Year) 2021 (Institution) Castello di Rivoli (Location) Rivoli, Italy; Photo: Antonio Maniscalco -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Patrizio Di Massimo (Year) 2019 (Institution) KURA at Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, (Location) Milan, Italy -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Self portrait as abstract painter (after Anne Leibovitz) (Year) 2019 (medium) oil on linen, wooden frame (Dimensions) 230 × 150 cm;
90 1/2 × 59 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Patrizio Di Massimo (Year) 2019 (Institution) KURA at Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, (Location) Milan, Italy -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Prussian Love (Year) 2019 (medium) oil on linen, wooden frame (Dimensions) 180 × 180 × 3.6 cm;
70 7/8 × 70 7/8 × 1 3/8 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Patrizio Di Massimo (Year) 2019 (Institution) KURA at Fonderia Artistica Battaglia (Location) Milan, Italy -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Untitled (Green Triptych) (Year) 2019 (medium) oil on linen, wooden frame with golden front (Dimensions) left: 230 × 130 × 3.6 cm;
90 1/2 × 51 1/8 × 1 3/8 in / centre: 230 × 180 × 3.6 cm;
90 1/2 × 70 7/8 × 1 3/8 in / right: 230 × 130 × 3.6 cm;
90 1/2 × 51 1/8 × 1 3/8 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Patrizio Di Massimo (Year) 2019 (Institution) KURA at Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, (Location) Milan, Italy -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Epico Cavalleresco (after Joseph Paul Blanc) (Year) 2019 (medium) oil on linen (Dimensions) 230 × 180 × 3.6 cm;
90 1/2 × 70 7/8 × 1 3/8 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Bauhau (Year) 2019 (medium) oil on linen, wooden frame (Dimensions) 200 × 160 × 3.6 cm;
78 3/4 × 63 × 1 3/8 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Still Life (After Horst p Horst) (Year) 2019 (medium) oil on linen, wooden frame (Dimensions) 54 × 54 cm;
21 1/4 × 21 1/4 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Park House's Kitchen (Year) 2018-2019 (medium) oil on linen, wooden frame (Dimensions) 184 × 154 cm;
72 1/2 × 60 5/8 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Give it back to me!!! You, moron!!! (Year) 2018 (medium) oil on linen (Dimensions) 150 × 150 cm;
59 × 59 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Moths and Ladybirds (Year) 2018 (medium) oil on canvas (Dimensions) 40 × 50 cm;
15 3/4 × 19 5/8 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Bread and Circuses (Year) 2017 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) The pink candle (Year) 2017 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 153.5 x 153.5 cm (framed); 60 3/8 x 60 3/8 in (Reference) PDMa002 -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Self portrait as a ghost (Year) 2017 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 153.5 x 123.5 cm (framed); 60 3/8 x 48 5/8 in (Reference) PDMa005 -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) The batik dress (Year) 2017 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 153.5 x 123.5 cm (framed); 60 3/8 x 48 5/8 in (Reference) PDMa004 -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Bread and Circuses (Year) 2017 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) The sword swollower (Year) 2017 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 153.5 x 123.5 cm (framed); 60 3/8 x 48 5/8 in (Reference) PDMa003 -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) The roman kiss (Year) 2017 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 153.5 x 103.5 cm (framed); 60 3/8 x 40 3/4 in (Reference) PDMa006 -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Red Yellow And Blue (Year) 2016 (medium) oil on canvas (Dimensions) 150 x 150 cm;
59 1/8 x 59 1/8 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Sisters in Love (Year) 2016 (medium) oil on canvas (Dimensions) 150 × 120 cm;
59 × 47 1/4 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) The Awakening (Judith or Salome) (Year) 2016 (medium) oil on canvas (Dimensions) 150 x 120 cm;
59 1/8 x 47 1/4 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) The Black Cloud (Year) 2015 (medium) oil on linen (Dimensions) 89 x 66 cm;
35 1/8 x 26 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) The Japanese Tree (Year) 2015 (medium) oil on canvas (Dimensions) 150 x 120 cm;
59 1/8 x 47 1/4 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Me, Mum, Mister, Mad (Year) 2014 (Institution) Kunsthalle Lissabon (Location) Lisbon, Portugal -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Me, Mum, Mister, Mad (Year) 2014 (Institution) Kunsthalle Lissabon, (Location) Lisbon, Portugal -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Me, Mum, Mister, Mad (Year) 2014 (Institution) Me, Mum, Mister, Mad (Location) Lisbon, Portugal -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Ara, Ara, Ara (Year) 2014 (medium) oil on line and velvet (Dimensions) 200 x 150 cm;
78 3/4 x 59 1/8 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Are (Year) 2014 (medium) tassel in iron, yarn, polystyrene, painted plastic (Dimensions) tassel: 250 x 30 x 30 cm;
98 3/8 x 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Era (Year) 2014 (medium) faux fur and fake leather cushions, yarn and painted pillow (Dimensions) Dimensions variable -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) The Lustful Turk (Swords) (Year) 2013 (medium) oil on paper (Dimensions) 30.5 × 22.9 cm;
12 × 9 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Cushion no.3 (Portrait of Eliza) (Year) 2013 (medium) 4 velvet cushion, 4 satin cushions, tassel, cord, trimmings, iron (Dimensions) 120 × 45 × 45 cm;
47 1/4 × 17 3/4 × 17 3/4 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) The Lustful Turk (Haberdashery), (Year) 2013 (medium) oil on canvas (Dimensions) 200 x 270 cm;
78 3/4 x 106 1/4 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Il Turco Lussurioso/ The Lustful Turk (Year) 2012 (Institution) Villa Medici (Location) Rome, Italy -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) The Lustful Turk (Harem) (Year) 2012 (medium) oil on linen (Dimensions) 152 x 112 cm;
59 7/8 x 44 1/8 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Il Turco Lussurioso/ The Lustful Turk (Year) 2012 (Institution) Villa Medici (Location) Rome, Italy -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Exhibition) Il Turco Lussurioso/ The Lustful Turk (Year) 2012 (Institution) Villa Medici (Location) Rome, Italy -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) The Lustful Turk (The Blue Room) (Year) 2012 (medium) oil on linen (Dimensions) 66 x 89 cm;
26 x 35 1/8 in -
(Artist) Patrizio di Massimo (Title) Alla Rosa Bianca e al Pettirosso (Trittico) / To the White Rose and the Robin (Triptych) (Year) 2023 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 150 x 100 cm, 150 x 150 cm, 150 x 100 cm (154 x 104 cm, 154 x 154 cm, 154 x 104 cm with frame)