Giovanni Ricciardi b. 1977, is an Italian artist based in Milan.
Graduated at the Naples Academy of Fine Arts exhibits his work since 1995.
Giovanni Ricciardi is a visual artist whose work explores the tension between appearance and being, perception and truth. His painting is shaped by a poetic sensitivity to space, time, and the invisible patterns of nature. Horizons, suspended moments, and imagined realities recur as silent structures in his compositions. Through layers of light, texture, and emptiness, his practice seeks fragments of meaning within the mystery of existence.
Selected solo shows
2018 Home. Spazio Hus, Milan
2010 Zeitgeist – Lo spirito del tempo. DomusArtis Gallery, Naples
2009 Tutto nel Nuovo/Tutto di Nuovo. Castel dell’Ovo, Naples
2003 Pause&Pause. Villa Arbusto Archaeological Museum, Ischia
2003 L’inganno dei Sensi. Galleria MA, Naples
2002 Steady Link project, performance/installation. Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, Naples
2001 Steady Link project, act I, performance/installation. Iraqi University, Baghdad
Selected group shows
2021 Il luogo del pensiero. PAN Palazzo delle Arti, Naples
2016 La mia natura. Galleria PRAC Piero Renna Arte Contemporanea, Naples
2010 Rediscovering Abstract Expressionism. DTR Modern Galleries, Boston
2009 Leggere/non leggere, Libro d’artista e oltre. Galleria Derbylius, Milan
2008 The Bride to Peace. Piramid Art Center, Istanbul
2008 INFRAleve. Galleria Moto, Santiago, Chile
2007 EEA21. Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Tokyo
2005 Generazioni a confronto. Galleria Poliart, Milan
2005 4 proposte under 30. Galleria Antonio Battaglia, Milan
2000 Mediterraneo o l’oblio dell’essere. Archaeological Museum, Ponza
2000 Le soleil dans la tête. Pietrarsa National Museum, Naples
1999 Segni colori contro la mafia. Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
1998 Leggende e storia nella nascita di una città. Fondazione Stelline, Milan