Pasquale Scognamiglio
Projects,
Collaborations
& Events
Art becomes a meeting place between people, territories and languages. A selection of projects developed through public art, painting, illustration, performance, publishing, cinema and visual culture.
My artistic practice has never been confined exclusively to the studio. Over the years, visual research has entered museums, hospitals, historic centres, publishing projects, performance spaces and audiovisual productions.
These experiences belong to the same research that characterises my paintings and works on paper: Mediterranean culture, memory, spirituality, identity and the transformation of symbols through contemporary imagery.
Selected Projects
Art as a shared experience
Three projects represent significant encounters between visual research, communities, cultural identity and other creative languages.
01
Public Art · Community
Pausilipon Hospital
Naples · 2006A participatory artistic project developed inside the Pausilipon children’s hospital in Naples. Creative workshops and installations involved young patients directly, transforming art into a space for participation, imagination and interaction.
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02
Illustration · Museum · Publishing
Museo del Mare di Napoli
Naples · 2018–2022A series of projects connecting visual art with Mediterranean maritime memory, including illustrations for Racconti del mare, original works presented at the museum and graphic interventions connected with I Calendari di Piri Reis.
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03
Music · Film · Visual Direction
Alessandro Giannini
2015–2022A long-term interdisciplinary collaboration connecting music and visual storytelling through directing, photography and conceptual development for albums, EPs and singles by the Neapolitan singer-songwriter.
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Different languages,
one visual research
Painting, performance, illustration, design and public art intersect in projects created with artists, cultural institutions, publishers and communities.
The Ampoule of San Gennaro
An artistic research project born in Naples around one of the city’s most powerful symbols, exploring devotion, identity, ritual and contemporary visual culture.
→SUEÑO — Painting & Tango
Live painting developed in dialogue with Argentine tango, where gesture, music, rhythm and movement became part of a single performative experience.
→Avigliano Variopinto
“(Ri)nasce il mulino”, a mural dedicated to the historic mill and rural identity of Avigliano Umbro within an urban regeneration project.
→Installation 3 — Pompei
A large-scale visual installation investigating optical illusion, perspective and the relationship between image, architecture and spectator.
→Terronia · Pizza Madre
A site-specific visual project centred on Southern Italian identity through symbols including the Neapolitan horn, San Gennaro, the Sacred Heart and the work A’ vita.
→Racconti del Mare
Illustration project for Francesco Di Domenico’s book, developed in connection with the stories, objects and maritime heritage of the Museo del Mare di Napoli.
→UNDICI
Graphic design contribution to the second edition of UNDICI. 11 scrittori. 11 racconti. 11 opere d’arte contemporanea.
→Casa è ovunque siamo insieme
Illustration and visual development for the book by Federica Zingarelli, translating themes of home, companionship and emotional bonds into images.
→“The artwork changes when it leaves the studio and begins to live inside a place, a story or another person’s experience.”
Pasquale ScognamiglioSelected History
Exhibitions
& Events
A selection of exhibitions, public interventions and cultural events that marked the development of my artistic research from the late 1990s onward.
Galassia Gutenberg
Mostra d’Oltremare · NaplesEarly projects including inflatable structures, artistic communication and experimental design.
Castel Sant’Elmo · La Loggia
NaplesExhibition including works such as L’equilibrista, Castelli in aria, Quattro/Cinque and Il Vortice.
Maggio dei Monumenti
La Trottola · Comune di NapoliProjects dedicated to traditional printmaking and historic Naples: Inventi, incidit, impressit and L’Antico Borgo: Tempo, Segno, Sogno.
NotGallery
Contemporary Art Factory · NaplesProjects connected with contemporary artistic research and alternative models of exhibition and cultural communication.
Le suggestioni della memoria
Archivio di Stato di NapoliContemporary graphic research entered into dialogue with historical documents, memory and the traces preserved within the State Archives.
Inventi
Castel dell’Ovo · NaplesExhibition dedicated to calcographic works and graphic research.
Pausilipon Hospital
NaplesParticipatory art, workshops and creative installations developed with children inside the hospital environment.
Notte Bianca Liberty
Vittoria · RagusaCreation of a sacred artwork connected with the Cathedral of Vittoria during the cultural event.
World Swimming Championships
RomeGraphic design and pictorial interventions developed for public spaces in Rome.
Installation 3
La Cartiera · PompeiEnvironmental work dedicated to optical illusion, three-dimensional perception and the relationship between image and architectural space.
SUEÑO
MariglianoLive painting performance in dialogue with Argentine tango, movement and theatrical space.
Avigliano Variopinto
Avigliano UmbroCreation of the mural (Ri)nasce il mulino, connecting contemporary mural painting with local history and collective memory.
Racconti del Mare
Museo del Mare · NaplesIllustrations and original works created around stories, myths and memories of the Mediterranean.
Terronia
Pizza MadreSite-specific visual project based on symbols, identity and popular culture of Naples and Southern Italy.
I Calendari di Piri Reis
Museo del Mare · NaplesGraphic intervention within a cultural and scientific communication project dedicated to maritime history.
Casa è ovunque siamo insieme
Illustrated publishing projectIllustrations and visual identity for Federica Zingarelli’s illustrated book.
Awards & Recognition
Selected distinctions
Recognition received across graphic art, engraving, illustration, street painting and audiovisual education.
FIA — Il Cavallo
First Prize in the Graphic Art section of “Il Cavallo: l’arte delle emozioni, le emozioni dell’arte”.
IX International Madonnari Competition
First Prize at the International Madonnari Competition held in Nocera Superiore, Italy.
La Scuola in Festival
First Prize and “Stella del Cortometraggio” recognition for the educational audiovisual project connected with Lezione su Marte?.
Other Selected Recognition
Salvatore Naitza National Engraving Award
Selected artist at the National Engraving Prize “Salvatore Naitza”, Isili, Sardinia.
Bunker Design
Second-place recognition in Naples for “Una forma a forma di formica”.
Illustracinema · Bologna
Selected for the creation of the poster for the film Brucio nel vento.
Interdisciplinary Practice
Fields of collaboration
The projects move between traditional artistic techniques and contemporary forms of visual communication.
Public Art
Painting & Live Painting
Engraving
Illustration
Publishing
Film & Video
Visual Direction
Performance
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The projects are another way of telling the same story.
Painting, symbols, Mediterranean memory, spirituality and experimentation continue throughout my body of work.