Biography

Giampiero Romanò, born in 1973, is an art-designer from Milan, Italy.

His background is not made by design school or arts academies, but rather among nails, hammers and paints in his workshop located in the beating heart of Porta Venezia quarter, where he dedicated himself for more than 20 years to the research and the restoration of antiques and design pieces.

Thanks to such experience and extraordinary hand skills, he started a fruitful collaboration with Maurizio Cattelan and Pier Paolo Ferrari’s Toiletpaper Magazine, adding his original and recognizable touch in the display of their famous graphics by producing more than 100 art pieces exposed in renowned galleries worldwide.

 

The appreciation shown for such artworks was the sparkle that made his creativity explode, pushing Giampiero to create one-of-a-kind artworks as an outcome of his extraordinary imagination, up to launching his own line of mirrors and design furnishing, which name, Antichità 3000, well represents the concept the artist wants to express.

If creativity is the art of looking at old things with new eyes, Antichità 3000 line perfectly embodies this idea: Giampiero Romanò melt in fact the heritage of antiques and the art of the past with a gaze to the future, to the newness, to the never seen before, in order to upset the common esthetical canons and replace them with something new and original. His irony and visionary, along with technical knowledge of the materials and manufacturing skills of a yesteryear master craftsman, reflect in his artworks, where among various creations, stand out spectacular one-of-a-kind mirrors.

RECENT ACTIVITIES

  • January 2025 (from 16th to 20th): participation in Maison & Objet in Paris with Barone Italia;
  • December 2024: participation in a group installation with Archive 79 gallery in Art Basel Miami Beach;
  • April 2024: Milan Design Week – personal exhibition feat. Andrea Ghisalberti at TOILETPAPER Home, via G. Balzaretti 4, Milan;
  • April 2024: presents, in collaboration with Andrea Ghisalberti, a new collection for SELETTI titled “Unusual Reflections”, consisting of two models of mirrors, each featuring moving eyes within the mirror;
  • March 2024: creation of a unique table over 5 meters long featuring graphics for Toiletpaper Living;
  • November 2023: Milan Amart 2023 – exhibition at Ars Antiqua Art Gallery, via Nino Bixio 35, Milano;
  • July 2023: makes two pieces with Toiletpapermagazine graphics for a private collector.
  • May 2023: solo exhibition “FRAGILE” and collective at Zawyeh Gallery, Alserkal Ave. Dubai (May 18 – Dec 30)
  • April 2023: presentation of the new mirror “TETRIS 2.0.” for Seletti.
  • April 2023: Milan Design Week
    – makes a mirror in collaboration with John Richmond and a personal exhibition with Andrea Ghisalberti at the showroom in via Pontevetero, Milan;
    – exhibition at ID-exe Headquarters, via Rimini 38, Milan;
    – exhibition at TOILETPAPER Home, via G. Balzaretti 4, Milan;
  • March 2023: takes part to ARTDUBAI represented by Zawyeh Gallery and Sara Simonit Contemporary;
  • June 2022: Milan Design Week – exhibition at Toiletpaper Home, via Balzaretti 4, Milan;
  • June 2022: presentation of “TETRIS MIRROR” for Seletti;
  • March 2022: solo exhibition “INSIDE YOU” at Mucciaccia Contemporary, 21 Dering St, London;
  • October 2021: creation of 100 sectioned wall mirrors for the restyling of Carlyle Brera Hotel commissioned by Vudafieri Saverino & Partners;
  • June/September 2021: exhibition with the artist Norbert Brunner at Mucciaccia Contemporary, 520 West 24th Street, New York; 
  • December 2020: makes an important piece for a private collector in collaboration with Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari with a Toiletpapermagazine graphic;
  • April 2020: takes part in a series of Charity auctions for the Pandemic, organized by important foundations;
  • April 2020: the brand Seletti chose 4 of his pieces to be included in their catalogue making him joining their team of art designers. The pieces are 3 shaped mirrors with graphic prints and a cut-out resin one (other projects with Seletti are ongoing);
  • January 2020: takes part with PlanXartgallery in an high-profile exhibition in Dubai, “64 years of art in DFCI” organized by 71 Structuralart;
  • December 2019: Vanity Fair awarded the 16 winners of the “Vanity Fair stories 2019” with a series of his limited edition mirror;
  • November 2019: “OUT OF LINE“ exhibition in collaboration with the artist CB Hoyo organized by PlanXartgallery;
  • October 2019: starts collaborating with PlanXartgallery (12 unique pieces sold to important private collectors since December 2019);
  •  April 2019: Fuori salone – Design Pride Art installation in piazza Castello organized by Seletti;
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