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Nicolò Morales

Ceramist and designer, he was born in Caltagirone (Italy) in 1973, where he lives and works. From an early age, he enthusiastically frequented the workshops of master ceramists. After compulsory schooling, he studied at the State Art Institute and took an active part in the many events organised by the Institute, representing it and achieving considerable success. He began working with ceramics at a very young age and held his first solo exhibition in his hometown in 1991.

In 2011 he took part in the exhibition Unity in Diversity and, in the Italian Pavilion of the Sala Nervi in Turin, in the 54th Venice Biennale.
In 2013, he created L’indovino (The soothsayer) with Ugo La Pietra for the exhibition I Segni Zodiacali and exhibited at the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Milan.
In 2014 he participated in several exhibitions, including the Biennale of Ceramics and Architecture, Art shopping Paris au Carrousel du Louvre in Paris and the International Art Fair in Barcelona.
In 2015 he exhibited, among others, at the Palermo Biennale, at the Civica galleria d’arte moderna in Monreale, at the Biennale della ceramica in Caltagirone at Castel Ursino in Catania, at Palazzo Corvaja in Taormina and at Villa Bagatti Valsecchi in Varedo on the occasion of the Expo arte italiana.
In 2016, he created the Sanremo Music Awards and the Museo Marella Palazzo Biscari in Catania hosted Sicilia in festa riti e misteri by the masters Giammona and Morales. He participated in the Pio Alferano Award in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Since 2018 he has been one of the Living Treasures of MAM, promoted by the Fondazione Cologni Mestieri d’Arte and in 2019 he received the Telamone Prize.

In the last ten years he has combined his artistic and artisanal activity with that of a designer, dedicating himself to product design, collaborating with Paola Lenti, Sara Ricciardi and Ugo La Pietra. His production ranges from objects to installations, including monumental works exhibited in public spaces.

published in Exágono