Norberto Spina (b.1995) is an Italian artist currently working and living in London. His work examines the layered complexity of contemporary urban experience, and in doing so brings together seemingly disparate personal, historical, and religious iconography to form an elusive visual puzzle. In both subject matter and process, Spina presents us with a fragmented and charged visual lexicon, one in which the hierarchy of images is disrupted, with religious iconography given the same weighting as family photographs. His paintings reflect an experience of contemporary life that is chaotic and subjective, acknowledging the conscious and subconscious influence of the past as it reverberates in the present.
Recent exhibitions include After Reminiscence, Cassina Projects, Milan 2024; Field of difference, Palmer Gallery, London 2024; Vanitas, Night Café, London 2023; Premiums: Interim Projects, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2023; Look mum non hands, French Place, London 2022; Y1 Royal Academy School Show, Sadie Coles HQ store, London 2022; A path with heart, The Split Gallery, London 2021; Impronte, Fondazione Giacomo Lercaro, Bologna 2020; Residency Impronte, Fondazione Giacomo Lercaro, Bologna 2020; Residency Percorsi di riavvicinamento, Sanctuary of La Verna, Tuscany 2020;
Frammenti di storia, the winners of San Fedele Prize, Fondazione San Fedele, Milan 2020.
Spina concludes his post-graduate studies at the Royal Academy Schools this year. He will be present a solo booth with Cooke Latham at Nada NY in May and his first solo exhibition at the gallery is scheduled for late 2024.