Martino Gamper (Merano, 1971) lives and works in London.

Martino Gamper is quite a unique figure in modern design, blending the qualities of a very refined craftsman to the capacity of understanding and re-working the industrial design and its history bending it to a vocabulary that is only his own. The outcome of his making appears as a complete crossover: unique pieces of furniture that are the result of the irreverent and fearless cutting and use of existing pieces in order to create new ones, ranging from famously designed ones to the most anonymous and mass-produced, to newly built quirky angular pieces. His work finds expression in the spaces of art galleries and Museums as well as in communal ones like restaurants, bars and shops, through the creation of the visual appearance of their display windows across the world, in interior design and one-off commissions, and in industrially made items that still incorporate and retain that quality of the uniquely made object.
Martino Gamper's personal experience and his strong spontaneity constantly resurface in his projects, characterized by a refined and precise knowledge of materials, shapes and aesthetics typical of Italian design.

His work has been presented in solo and group exhibition in international public and private institutions such as: Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2023); Accademia di Francia, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy (2019); Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy (2018); Museo del Risorgimento, Turin, Italy (2017); City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (2017); Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, UK (2016); MIMOCA - Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Marugame, Japan (2015);  MAXXI, Rome, Italy (2015); Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London, UK (2014); Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2014); NMNM - Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco (2013); V&A Musuem, London, UK (2012); Casa Museo Giorgio de Chirico, Rome, Italy (2012); FRAC Ile-de-France Le Plateau, Paris, France (2011); MAGASIN - Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France (2010); Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland (2008); Centre d´Art Contemporain Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland (2007); Design Museum, London, UK (2007); National Gallery, Oslo, Norway (2006).

He has also taken part in biennials and international group exhibitions such as: XXII Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy (2019); Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy (2018; 2015; 2011; 2009; 2007); Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale, Fiskari, Finland (2019); XVI Quadriennale di Roma, Rome, Italy; Beijing International Design Triennial, Beijing, China (2011); 2nd Hasselt Triennial, Hasselt, Belgium (2009); Manifesta 7, Bolzano, Italy (2008).

In 2011 he was awarded the Moroso Award for Contemporary Art and in 2008 the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year Furniture Award for his project ‘100 Chairs in 100 days’. 

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