Daniele Accossato (Turin, 1987) is a contemporary sculptor. At the age of fifteen he identified sculpture as a congenial communicative method, a place where necessity takes shape. In 2011 he graduated with honours from the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin. When talking about art and sculpture, he remarks “it is fundamental that each person constantly works to find their own medium, the medium that can lead to the most captivating self-expression and to a constant and constructive confrontation with others”.
His research takes its movement from technique, from the alchemy of sculpture, from the icons that identify our cultural and artistic heritage, to then explore the inner dynamics of the human being and the common aesthetic sense. The subjects chosen are archetypes, symbolic images that resonate with us as part of our culture so we may internalise it, filter it and thus overcome it. In its aspect of citation there is a feeling of gratitude even if, in Accossato’s work, these icons are somehow mistreated, concealed, forced, sacrificed. The symbolic act of ‘kidnapping’ iconic works from the past is a desecration: it represents the need to free oneself from an education or tradition that can be limiting in certain cases, freeing oneself from preconceptions and beliefs. At the same time, it is a way to revive these symbols considered untouchable and make them priceless, closer to us and more human.
His latest phase of research takes form in a cycle of original works, where the artist attempts to give space to sculptural instinct and freedom of gesture. The well-modelled sculpture in the round leaves space for the ‘un-finished’ to embrace a broader reflection on the act of modelling and the process of the work’s construction, in both its conception and creation phases. An innovative research in which Accossato seeks to free himself from classical icons, not disowning the past but realising the need to go forward in his research, passing as a necessity through the deconstruction of the figure. Among his most important exhibitions and projects: Walking #1, Kyro Art Gallery, Pietrasanta (Lu) Ossimori del contemporaneo, Kyro Art Gallery, Pietrasanta (LU), Per via del tutto eccezionale, Fondazione Filiberto e Bianca Menna, Rome, Talent Prize 24, Paratissima, Turin, 2023 INNESTI23, GASC., Milan, 2022 MY FAB 4, The Koppel Project, London, 2021 Légami-Legàmi, Kyro Art Gallery, Pietrasanta (LU), De-Location, Palazzo Tagliaferro, Andora, 2021 Project Room #7 Daniele Accossato, Davide Paludetto Arte contemporanea, Turin, 2018 Lost. L’Arte ritrovata, Museo Archeologico di Salerno, 2017.
MOSTRE PERSONALI / SELECTION SOLO SHOW
2024
“Imperfetto ( In) finito, Kyro Art Gallery Pietrasanta ( Lu) a cura di Beatrice Audrito
2021
“Project Room °7 Daniele Accossato”, Davide Paludato Arte Contemporanea – Torino
2017
“Lost. L’Arte ritrovata” Museo Archeologico di Salerno
2015
“Daniele Accossato” Galleria Franz Paludetto, Torino
2013
– “Grigio Assoluto”, PIX 2013v Edition, Borgo Filadelfia-MOI, Torino
MOSTRE COLLETTIVE / GROUP SHOW
2024
– “Walking #1”, Kyro Art Gallery – Pietrasanta (Lu)
– “Per via del tutto eccezionale”, Fondazione Filiberto e Bianca Menna, Roma, a cura di Antonello Tolve
-“Ossimori del contemporaneo” Kyro Art Gallery, Pietrasanta (Lu)
– “Talent Prize 24”, Pacatissima – Torino
2023
– “INNESTI23”, GASC., Torino
2022
MY FAB 4”, The Koppel Project, London
2021
– “Lègami – Legámi”, Kyro Art Gallery, Pietrasanta (Lu)
“Context”, Art Miami – Miami
2020
“Volta ArtFair” , Armory Week, New York
2019
– “Wings”, Isorropia Homegallery, Milano
“Scope Art Show”, MonShareArt – Miami
2017
“Sculpture project” MAUTO Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile, Torino
2015
– “Sweet Death”, 56th Biennale di Venezia, Guatemala Pavillon, Venezia
“Transmutazioni” Coffe Festival, Berlin, S.Vittore Church, Vercelli
2014
“Scolpiti dalla crisi”, Palazzo Biraghi, Torino / Castello di Rivara Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivara, (To)
2013
– “TransFactory”, parco Dora, Torino
“Art Jungle”, Reggia di Venaria Gardens, Venaria Reale, Torino
2012
– “Iconoclastia” Carrara Marble Week, Carrara
– “Maestri e giovani artisti dell’Accademia Albertina di Torino”, Marmara University, Instanbul
2010
– “Garantito Accademia”, Studiodieci, Vercelli
Premi / Prize
2019
– “3° Biennale diGenova”, First prize
2013
– “Toro D’Acciaio”, Pacatissima IX , Torino
2012
– “Academy Pride”, finalist, Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti Primo
– “Concorso Antonio Canova II”, finalista
2011
– “Ugo Guidi” first prize, MS
– “Premio Nazionale delle Arti”, finalist, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli