ALESSIO DELI

Alessio Deli was born in Marino near Rome in 1981 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara where he specialized in sculpture.

Deli made a name for himself in the Italian art world early on in his career with a series of life-size sculptures created from recycled materials scavenged from dump sites. His more recent research is rooted in a dialogue with Italy’s ancient and Renaissance past with works exploring memory and historical identity in connection with Italian sculptural traditions. Deli has exhibited widely in Italy and abroad and his work has featured in solo shows in various prestigious museum spaces including Rome’s Palazzo Valentini in 2019; Catania’s MacS (the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sicily) in 2021; the Museum of Classical Art of the Sapienza University in Rome in 2024, and Rome’s archaeological complex The Roman Houses of the Celio in 2025.

Sculptures by Deli are also to be found in many top public and permanent collections including Catania’s MacS; the Sapienza University’s Museum of Classical Art; the Citadellarte – Pistoletto Foundation in Biella; Rome’s Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli; the Civic Collection of Contemporary Art at Palazzo Simoni Fè, Bienno; the Roberto Bilotti Ruggi d’Aragona Contemporary Art Museum in Rende, Cosenza; the Museum of Arts and Crafts of the Province of Cosenza (MAM); the Municipal Palazzo of San Quirico d’Orcia, Siena; the New Church of St. Peter the Apostle, Cosenza; the S. Bonaventura Cloister in Rome and the Porporati Park in Turin.