Gianfranco Meggiato Italy, b. 1963

Works

Gianfranco Meggiato
Cubo con cuore
Bronze (lost wax casting)
l 15 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Vortice Interiore, 2024
Bronze (lost wax casting)
h 120 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Taurus, 2017
Aluminum and bronze (lost wax casting)
h 300 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Sfera Ballando Sul Mondo
Bronze (lost wax casting)
d 45 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Sfera Cabala
Bronze (lost wax casting)
d 20 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Triade
Bronze (lost wax casting)
h 120 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Sfera Sole
Bronze (lost wax casting), stainless steel
d 150 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Il Mio Pensiero Libero
Bronze (lost wax casting)
h 200 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Sfera Orione
Bronze (lost wax casting)
d 60 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Sfera Primigenia
Bronze (lost wax casting)
d 45 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Frequenze Auree
Bronze (lost wax casting)
h 115 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Colpo d'Ala
Bronze (lost wax casting)
h 110 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Sfera Zaphira
Bronze (lost wax casting)
d 45 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Sfera Conchiglia
Bronze (lost wax casting)
d 60 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Mistral
Bronze (lost wax casting), Red painted
h 115 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Taurus
Bronze (lost wax casting), chromed
h 80 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Taurus
Aluminum (lost wax casting), stainless steel
h 200 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Mistral
Aluminum (lost wax casting), stainless steel
h 300 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Sfera Agharta
Bronze (lost wax casting)
d 40 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Sfera Embrione
Bronze (lost wax casting)
d 45 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Scorpius
Bronze (lost wax casting)
h 137 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Oltre il finito
Aluminum (lost wax casting)
h 200 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Sfera Quantica
Aluminum magnesium (lost wax casting), stainless steel, bronze
d 120 cm
Gianfranco Meggiato
Sfera Sole, 2015
Bronze (lost wax casting)
d 20 cm

Biography

Gianfranco Meggiato was born on 26 August 1963 in Venice, where he attended the State Institute of Art, studying sculpture in stone, bronze, wood and ceramics. Meggiato’s work looks at the great masters of the XX century: Brancusi for his research into essentiality, Moore for the internal-external relationship with motherhood and Calder for the way his works open into space. Space, in fact, enters Meggiato’s works and the void becomes as important as the solid.

In fact, the essential is invisible to the eyes: you cannot touch ideals, feelings or dreams – you can only live them.

Meggiato models his sculptures inspired by the biomorphic fabric and the labyrinth symbolising mankind’s tortuous path towards self-awareness and the discovery of a precious inner sphere. He consequently invented the concept of “intro-sculpture” in which the observer’s gaze is drawn into the soul of the work and not merely its external surfaces.

An artist of International status since 1998, he takes part in exhibitions and art fairs in Italy and around the world (USA, Canada, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Holland, France, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Montecarlo, Ukraine, Russia, India, China, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, South Korea, Singapore, Taipei, Hong Kong and Australia).

In 2011 and 2013 he was invited to the join the Italian pavilions at the Venice Biennial.

Since 2017, Meggiato has focused on scientific and social themes through monumental works realized in large-scale public installations. The Garden of the Silent Muses (Catanzaro, 2017) stood as a symbolic defense of our values and culture against terrorism, while The Spiral of Life (Palermo, 2018), presented during Manifesta 12, was dedicated to the innocent victims of the mafia. With The Garden of Zyz (Matera, 2019), created for the European Capital of Culture, Meggiato sought to create a meeting point between cultures often in conflict, following the principle that “Everything is One.”

In 2021, the major solo exhibition Quantum Man: There is no Future without Memory, installed in the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, attempted to establish a dialogue between archaeology, philosophy, and quantum physics. The following year, in 2022, The Spiral of Life was revived in Prato, at the City Council and the Pecci Museum, renewing the tribute to innocent victims of the mafia. These installations earned the ICOMOS-UNESCO Award for “his masterful combination of the ancient and the contemporary in sculptural installations of imposing evocative power and aesthetic value.”

His open-air sculptures also contribute to the contemporary aesthetic of Porto Cervo and Poltu Quatu, thanks to the summer exhibitions organized by SimonBart Gallery. Among his most recent international exhibitions is the major solo show Lines of the Invisible at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku (2024-2025). In recognition of his artistic path and unique approach to sculpture, Forbes USA recently dedicated an article to him, highlighting his ability to merge aesthetic research with profound philosophical vision.

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