Matteo Balistreri
Art as a Journey: Memory, Nature, Vision
Matteo Balistreri was born in 1951 in Aspra, a seaside village in Bagheria, where he lived until 1971. After moving to Tuscany, he developed most of his artistic career in Prato, later settling in the Lucca area. A painter and sculptor, he has exhibited in public and private spaces since the late 1970s, with solo shows in Prato, Florence, and Milan. Some of his works are held in public collections, including the Open-Air Museum of Luicciana, the Civic Museum, the Prefecture, and other institutions in Prato.
His research spans figuration and the surreal, transforming landscapes, skies, sails, moons, and natural presences into images suspended between experience and memory. In the cycles Fazzoletti, Giocando con Caravaggio, La cattura delle nuvole, and Camminando a piedi nudi…, oil painting becomes a space for reflection on the relationship between human beings, time, and nature. In the latter series, begun in 2013, Balistreri imprints his own footprints on the canvases, making the body a concrete part of the pictorial narrative.
“Contact with nature leads from physical perception to a deeper awareness of being in the universe.”
A selection of objects and details to complement the collection with balance and character.
