DAVIDE BALOSSI
Merate, 1979
Carved and solid bodies, life-sized statues, frontally facing us. Feminine, both involving and evasive, sculptures. Their eyes are shut, lowered, or hieratically staring at a distant point. Sinuous figures chiseled out of wood, the material loved and perfectly managed by Davide Balossi. His melancholic girls carry, carved on their bodies, the marks of emotions and sufferings. Their dresses, made of glued shavings, are true masterpieces of virtuosity.
He was born in 1979 in Merate. He loved drawing since he was a child, showing a flair for manual works and creativity, especially for wood carving. After graduating as a building surveyor and attending an Interior Design course, in 2005 he enrolled at the Scuola Professionale di Scultura in Legno and attended the evening classes at the Art School in Ortisei. In 2008 he graduated as Wood Carver. He participated in contests and exhibitions in Italy. Qualifies among the finalists of Premio Arte in 2006, 2007, 2008 and semi-finalists in 2012. He lives and works in Brivio (Lecco).
