Massimo Livadiotti

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 private galleries in Milan, Rome, Bologna, Parma and Latina, his work has been presented in two major retrospectives, at the Petőfi Museum in Budapest (1997) and the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes in Lisbon (2000).

His principal public exhibitions include Giants, held at the Forum of Nerva in Rome in 1999; an exhibition at the Mole Vanvitelliana in Ancona in 2005; the 16th Triennial of Sacred Art in Celano (L’Aquila) in 2007; and the 61st Michetti Prize in Francavilla al Mare in 2010. In Rome, he has exhibited at several major public institutions, including the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, the Museo del Corso, the Vittoriano and MACRO. Internationally, he has taken part in numerous group 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 Sapienza University of Rome and 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, he was commissioned to create two altarpieces, 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.