Biography
Mauro Martin was born in Pinerolo (Piedmont). After
graduating from Art School he studied Architecture
at the University of Turin. Throughout his studies
he also attended the studio of a famous Surrealist
painter from Turin, Raffaele Ponte Corvo, as well as
developing a keen interest and involvement with
the Venetian artistic circles. Between 1975-1980 his
work was based on a Structuralist reinterpretation
of Fifteenth Century art. By blending this first
experience with a neo-metaphysical conception of
art, he stepped into «Magic Realism». Since 1995,
along with figurative works, he has also been making
informal or abstract paintings, and has been using
photography since 2006.
Mauro Martin started his artistic career in 1977 with
an exhibition at the San Vidal Gallery in Venice; over
the years his work has gone from strength to strength,
and is deeply appreciated all over Italy and Europe.
Mauro Martin is an extremely versatile artist: drawing,
painting and photography are among his fields of
interest and they all have a crucial common feature,
composition and structure. The same rule applies to
each visual language experimented by Mauro Martin:
the essentiality and structural accuracy which were
fundamental to artistic creation in the Renaissance.
Adelinda Allegretti
