Benedetto Pietromarchi (b. 1972, Rome, Italy) is a master ceramicist deeply engaged with the poetry and psychology of flora and fauna, and the pulse of life that travels from the hand through organic materials. Trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara, Pietromarchi lived and worked in London for 15 years before establishing a studio in the Maremma countryside, where his bond with nature deepens. Recipient of the Kenneth Armitage Fellowship from 2009 to 2011.
Benedetto Pietromarchi lives and works in Rome.
Education
1998 Diploma of Sculpture, Accademia delle Belle Arti de Carrara
1993 Architectural Association, School of Architecture, London
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Abyss, Josh Lilley, London
2022 La Natura Ama Nascondersi, VISIONAREA Art Space, Rome
2021 [adapt], Francesca Antonini Arte Contemporanea, Rome
2020 Back to Nature, Museo Carlo Bilotti Aranciera di Villa Borghese, Rome
Guardians, Josh Lilley, London
2015 Solo Presentation, Gran Palazzo, Zagarolo
2014 Solo Show, Galeria Christopher Paschall, Bogota
2013 Slosh, Josh Lilley, London
2011 Another Place, Josh Lilley, London
2007 Carrozza, Flora Fairbairn Projects, London
Its for Real, b-49 Project Space, Rome
2005 Meteopathic, Trolley Galley, London
2003 Opere Recenti, 9, Via della Vetrina Contemporanea, Rome
2000 Suoni Disegni e Sculture, 9 Via della Vetrina Contemporanea, Rome
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Elsewhere. Marko Lađušić & Benedetto Pietromarchi. WIZARD GALLERY
2022 The Conference of the Birds, Tristan Hoare Gallery, London
2021 Desde el Salón (From the Living Room): Sol Calero Explores the Hiscox Collection,
Whitechapel Gallery, London
2020 50 Years of the Hiscox Collection, Whitechapel Gallery, London
The Milky Way, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin
2019 Kaleidoscope, Saatchi Gallery, London
Stains on a Decade, Josh Lilley, London
HYPERMAREMMA, Citta’ di Cosa, Ansedonia
HYPERMAREMMA, Monastero di San Bruzio, Tuscany
Kaleidoscope, Saatchi Gallery, London
2018 Foresta Urbana, Palazzo Risi, Palermo
2018 Nuova Terra Antica, La vallonea gallery, Rome
Terra-Cotta, Francesca Antonini Gallery, Rome
2016 Sculpture in the City 2016, City of London Public Art Programme, London
2013 A Change of Heart, The University of Leicester’s Sculpture Garden, Leicester
2009 A Broken Fall, Josh Lilley Gallery, London
2008 Heart of Glass, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
2007 Avatar of Sacred, Flora Fairbairn Projects, London
2006 Reconstruction 1, Sudeley Castle
2005 New Sculpture, Museum 52, London
Sine Qua Non, Bischoff/Weiss, London
2003 Tracce di un Seminario, Via Farini, Milan
2002 Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Advance Course in Visual Arts, Giulio Paolini
1999 Centro Culturale Rialto Occupato, Roma
1998 Biennale dei Giovani, Zamalek, Cairo
Residencies
2019 Into the Sea, Capalbio
co-funded by Benedetto Pietromarchi and Maria Concetta Monaci
2017 Down to Earth, Capalbio
co-funded by Benedetto Pietromarchi and Maria Concetta Monaci
2009-2011 Kenneth Armitage Foundation, London
2007 International Ceramic Research Center, Guldagergaard, Denmark
2002 Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, courses with artist Gulio Paolinis