Tom Porta exhibits in our gallery from 2018.
Born in Italy in 1970 Tom Porta shows a strong attitude towards drawing and the arts in general since childhood. He graduated as a Master of Arts and began a successful career in illustration and photography. Tom has lived in Italy, Germany, France, Japan and the United States and, since the beginning of his career, has chosen to merge his life experiences in his own painting. Since 2003, Tom has been painting full-time, putting aside photography and illustration, entering important collections as well as auctions such as Sotheby's and Christie's. Present in the list of the first 100 Italian artists, Tom Porta is invited to participate in the 500th Anniversary of Italian Painting, a collection that starts from the late 1500s to the present day. His work focuses on the history of the 20th century, using the past as a mirror of the present, as shown in his successful cycle "Shinpu Tokkotai Project" Inspired by Japanese Kamikaze. The artist is also fascinated by the flow of time, the sign on objects, the consumption that lets it flow in his journey. There is no casual observer and the distraction is literally pulverized by the power of the pictorial tract, by the choice of the subjects, the shots, the colors like vital breaths.
Main exhibitions: Milan Grattacelo Pirelli, Milan Malpensa Terminal 1, Milan Spazio Pedraglio, Milan Famedio del Monumentale, Milan Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan Museums of Porta Romana, Milan Palazzo Marino, Arona Villa Ponti, Bollate Fabbrica Borron Foundation, Turin Embassy Kazakhstan 2013, Turin Biennale of Venice 2011 Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Biennale di Venezia, Genoa Palazzo Ducale, Genoa: GAM Gallery of Modern Art, Bologna, Reggio Emilia, Como, Crema, Bari, Gattinara Vercelli, Rome, Perugia Palazzo delle Penne, Chicago , Detroit, Detroit USA, Koln Germany, Lugano Switzerland.
Tom Porta shows a strong attitude towards drawing and the arts in general since childhood.
He graduated as a Master of Arts and began a successful career in illustration and photography.
Tom has lived in Italy, Germany, France, Japan and the United States and, since the beginning of his career, has chosen to merge his life experiences in his own painting.
Since 2003, Tom has been painting full-time, putting aside photography and illustration, entering important collections as well as auctions such as Sotheby's and Christie's.
Present in the list of the first 100 Italian artists, Tom Porta is invited to participate in the 500th Anniversary of Italian Painting, a collection that starts from the late 1500s to the present day.
His work focuses on the history of the 20th century, using the past as a mirror of the present, as shown in his successful cycle "Shinpu Tokkotai Project" Inspired by Japanese Kamikaze.
The artist is also fascinated by the flow of time, the sign on objects, the consumption that lets it flow in his journey.
There is no casual observer and the distraction is literally pulverized by the power of the pictorial tract, by the choice of the subjects, the shots, the colors like vital breaths.
*** Personali-solo shows
Genova: Studio Rossetti: Metropolis – The World Collide, 2019
Milano: Grattacielo Pirelli: Mario Giusti HQ e VS arte, Inferno 2018
Milano Malpensa Terminal 1: SEA e Mario Giusti HQ, Icarus 2018
Milano/Como: Mario Giusti HQ, Spazio Pedraglio, The Box 2016
Milano: Mario Giusti HQ, Ricalcolo Percordo 2016
Milano: Famedio del Monumentale, Inferno 1914-1918 2015
Bologna: Gallerie Bongiovanni, ODISSEY, ten years after 2003-2013
Torino: Ambasciata Kazakistan 2013
Torino: Biennale di Venezia 2011, Palazzo delle Esposizioni
Milano Marittima: Onde D’arte, 2011
Genova: Palazzo Ducale, W.A.R. – We Are Restless, the unheard soldier scream, 2011
Milano: Spazio Correnti/HQ headquarter, Extinction Agenda III, 2010
Milano: Arteutopia, basilica di s.ambrogio, no man’s land, 2009
Milano: Il cerchio, thunder gods, 2008
Milano: Arteutopia, la nube purpurea, 2007
Lugano: Devittori art room, red sun, 2007
Milano: Il torchio arte contemporanea, suisei, 2007
Reggio Emilia: studio de bonis, kikosui, 2006
Como: Aereoclub idrovolanti, vento divino II, 2006
Milano: Fabbrica eos, vento divino, 2006
Milano: Musei di porta romana, late-x, 2005
Crema: Paparazzi, gomma II, 2004
Crema: Paparazzi, gomma, 2003
Milano: Binario 0, 1998
Milano: Hollywood, 1996
Milano: Grillo parlante, 1994
*** Collettive-group shows
Milano, GrandArt 2018
Milano, Base Milano, Festival dell'Amore, febbraio 2018
Milano, Palazzo Marino, La Polvere di Stelle, con Lorenzo Franzoni 2018
Milano, Mario Giusti HQ, Icons, con Artioli,Camela,De Molfetta, La Fauci, 2017
Milano, Mario Giusti HQ, Chokora di Valentina Tamborra, 2017
Milano, Mario Giusti HQ, Animal Farmy, con Luca Artioli e Gabriela Bodin, 2017
Milano: Spazio Fondamenta, La grande Magia, ottobre 2013
Milano: Mario Giusti Picks II - INCOMPLETO, Spazio Hq-Headquarter, 2012
Arona, Villa ponti: marylin l’arte della bellezza, 2010
Bari: Alimentart, 2010
Milano: Arteutopia, tempi moderni
Bollate: Fabbrica fondazione Borroni, la nuova figurazione italiana, 2007
Roma-milano: treno dell’arte, nuove generazioni, 2007
Perugia: Palazzo delle penne, anatomia dell’irrequietezza, 2007
Genova: GAM - galleria d’arte moderna, linee all’orizzonte, 2007
Gattinara: World Wide Games, arte ed altro, 2006
Milano: 15 volte un volto,spazioinmostra, 2006
Como: Allarmi!, caserma De Cristoforis, 2006
Chicago: Echo gallery, 2006
Detroit: The dirty show, 2006
Detroit: The dirty show, 2005
Koln: Art Bizarre 1999