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MICHELE DEL CAMPO: IMMIGRATION STORIES FROM FLORIDA ARTISTS

September 7 – 27, 2024

COMMUNITY GALLERY


Opening Reception

September 7 | 5 - 8 pm

Guest - $10 | Members - Free

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Michele Del Campo’s new series of works Immigration Stories from Florida Artists is both personal and universal. Del Campo met with each artist in person, in their studios or homes, and sketched their portrait after interviewing them. He selected the most extraordinary stories, one from each country. These artists share their trials, their reasons for immigrating, their dreams, and the new identities created because of their displacement.

 

Places are not recognizable in Del Campo’s work, and he often mixes elements of one city with those of another. His focus is on the people, their stories, relationships, and moods which transcend geographical limits and are reflected in a broader human experience.  He paints people he is acquainted with, and fondly cultivates his circle of friends without borders. His paintings, far from simply seeking to capture a resemblance to the artist or reality as it is, strive to reach deeper meanings. He gets inspiration from their stories, to speak about the uprooting, the zest for life, the awareness of the ephemeral and the melancholy. In these themes, Del Campo recognizes himself too and claims that his work has a noticeable autobiographical quality.

Michele Del Campo was born in 1976 in San Nicandro Garganico, a small town in southern Italy. Isolated in the countryside, he would spend his time drawing and cycling long distances when not at school. In 2006, Del Campo won the most prestigious painting prize in Spain, the “Premio BMW,” and in 2007 he finished his studies with a specialization in “Artes Plásticas” (Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, and Drawing specialties together).


Del Campo moved to London in 2008, where he had several solo exhibitions, and in 2016 to Glasgow, Scotland. It was in this city, where there is hardly any of the sun that he sought for his paintings, and while he was preparing for solo exhibitions in Lima and Madrid, he thought there was no point in struggling to find a good artist studio and commit to spending years in the same place. He stopped accumulating objects, discarded his possessions, and began to travel and paint wherever he wanted. In 2017, he began to travel with two suitcases and a tube for the canvases, where he captured the inspiration found in each place. In 2020, Del Campo established his residence in Madrid, the city with which he deeply connected from the beginning. Del Campo has had several national and international exhibitions, awards, and publications. Recent solo shows include Bailey Contemporary Arts Centre, Pompano Beach, Ron Hall Gallery, Dallas; Almas Nómadas, Galería Ansorena, Madrid; Galería Enlace Arte Contemporáneo, Lima; and Alpha Gallery, London.

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