Sebastiano Impellizzeri (Catania, 1982) lives and works in Turin.

He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino and at the Accademia Albertina in Turin.

His research can be defined as a global reflection on the linguistic components of painting as raw material, even when the works do not directly involve the pictorial medium.

The artist uses different supports and materials, often blending allusions to art history. He studies the extensions of the origin of the image, exploring themes related to the memory and temporality of the work, the transmission and the processing of aesthetic information in contemporary society.

Impellizzeri puts color in the foreground as a bearer of light (revelation and truth) and pushes the search for light as an alter-ego of matter beyond painting itself. In recent years his research has consisted of attempts at contact between aesthetic surfaces and real external space. The pictorial practice incorporates active action: the work integrates long solitary actions, walks and experiences in the urban undergrowth that explore the ritual, the erotic and the adventure in places that change shape and use by mutating into something else.No longer just a static image or representation: the work also becomes a dynamic means to experience the ritual, a visual device of the adventure.

Among his solo exhibitions we mention: E se domani non torno, brucia tutto, with a critical text by Samuele Piazza, Galleria Société Interludio (Turin, 2022); Una corrente li trascinava nella notte, Barriera (Turin, 2021); Spring 2019, ALLEY, Giorgio Galotti Gallery Project Room (Turin, 2019); 37/ la stanza dopo, curated by Simona Squadrito, Dimora Artica (Milan, 2015); Peinture de Chambre, CACT – Centro Arte Contemporanea Ticino (Bellinzona, 2014); Stilistischen Forschung curated by Dario Giovanni Alì, Kamine&Wain (Berlin, 2014).

Among the group exhibitions we highlight: Pittura Italiana Oggi, curated by Damiano Gullì, Triennale di Milano (Milan, 2023); The Butterfly Affect, curated by Irene Calderoni and Bernardo Follini, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Turin, 2023); Gli impermeabili, curated by Maria Chiara Valacchi, OwO Space, Galleria Giovanni Bonelli (Milan, 2020); Mistici, sensuali, contemplativi, Milano Visual Art Method (Milan, 2020); The Milky Way, curated by Damiana Leoni, Galleria Franco Noero (Turin, 2020); Per una nuova unione dei confini, ArtVerona (Verona, 2019); La città di scambio, curated by Lisa Andreani and Stefania Margiacchi, Spaziosiena (Siena, 2019); Vie di Fuga, with a critical text by Vincenzo Estremo, Galleria Société Interludio (Turin, 2019); Stupido come un pittore, curated by Rossella Farinotti and Simona Squadrito, Villa Vertua (Nova Milanese, Milan, 2017); Il pittore e la modella, with critical texts by Ermanno Cristini, Simona Squadrito, Rossella Moratto, Assab One (Milan, 2017); Portatori sani di pictoplasma. Retroguardie nell’arte contemporanea, MACT/CACT (Bellinzona, Ticino, 2017); Carrus Navalis, Dimora Artica (Milan, 2016); Lift on / Lift of, Cripta747, (Turin, 2016); Il nocciolo della questione, curated by Yellow, Museo Civico Floriano Bodini (Gemonio, Varese, 2016); Museo (Cavalli e cavalle, cavalli, cavalli), Galleria Franco Noero (Turin, 2015); Controcanto, palinodie e contaminazioni, curated by Vera Portatadino, Yellow (Varese, 2015); Pittura Contemporanea Italiana, curated by Lorenza Boisi, Cars (Omegna, Verbania, 2015); 2000 Maniacs, special project by ArtVerona (Verona, 2014); 1+1+1=1+1+1, curated by Simona Squadrito, Galleria Room (Milan, 2014).

He has been invited to various residency programs such as Bagni d’Aria, criptaStudio (Cripta747, Turin), Landina di Lorenza Boisi.