Massimo Livadiotti
Italian artist inspired by mythology, sacred art, and the classical world.
Born in Zawiya, Libya, Massimo Livadiotti graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in 1981. He lives and works in Rome.
Alongside numerous solo exhibitions in major private galleries in Milan, Rome, Bologna, Parma, and Latina, his work has also been presented in two major retrospective exhibitions at the Petőfi Museum in Budapest (1997) and at the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes in Lisbon (2000).
Among his principal public exhibitions are “Giants” at the Forum of Nerva in Rome in 1999, an exhibition at the Mole Vanvitelliana in Ancona in 2005, participation in the 16th Triennial of Sacred Art in Celano (L'Aquila) in 2007, and the 61st edition of the Michetti Prize in Francavilla al Mare in 2010. In Rome, he has exhibited in several important public institutions, including the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, the Museo del Corso, the Vittoriano, and the MACRO. Internationally, he has taken part in numerous collective exhibitions in museums and public institutions in Belgium, the United States, Germany, Pakistan, and Australia.
His work has been the subject of academic research and dissertations at La Sapienza University of Rome and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania.
His works are held in major public and private collections, including the Farnesina Collection, the Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna in Rome, the Bulgari Collection, and the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Archaeology in Rome. In the province of Rieti, two altarpieces were commissioned from the artist for the Church of Santa Maria Nuova in Toffia and the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista in Bocchignano.
The New Mithraeum is grateful to Massimo Livadiotti for generously allowing several of his works to be reproduced throughout these introductory pages.
