Adinolfi and Cicala made their debut as an artistic duo in 2022 with the solo exhibition VERSO, held at the PAN, Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, under the institutional patronage of the City of Naples and with the support of the Robert Walser Zentrum in Bern. Their artistic research revolves around the concept of curiosity, expressed through works that appear minimal at first glance but are crafted using materials such as acrylic threads, fabric ribbons, steel wires, and wood.
Marco Adinolfi (Naples, 1973) is a multidisciplinary visual artist who has participated in national and international exhibitions for over twenty years with paintings, sculptures, installations, and surreal poetry. A recipient of several awards in both painting and sculpture, he has worked as an artist and art director with galleries and exhibition spaces in his hometown. In 2002, he was one of the first visual artists to present a contemporary art exhibition as part of Naples' "Maggio dei Monumenti" festival, with a solo show of painting and sculpture and a large-scale installation at the historic Palazzo Carafa di Maddaloni. For many years, his work has focused on the concept of identity and belonging. With his "MonoLogo" series launched in 2011 at the Pica Gallery in Naples to critical and public acclaim he explores the contradictions of his homeland, Campania, navigating between reality and stereotype. Since 2021, one of his sculptural installations, The Shape of Time, inspired by George Kubler’s book of the same name, has been on permanent display in the Council Hall of the Vesuvius National Park Authority, in the Medici Castle of Ottaviano. His work has been featured in major national and art publications such as Flash Art, Artribune, Exibart, Il Giornale dell’Arte, La Repubblica, Il Corriere del Mezzogiorno, and Il Mattino.
Massimo Cicala (Wuppertal, Germany, 1976) is an architect and visual artist whose background has been shaped by his dual passion for art and architectural design. After completing his artistic studies and earning a degree in Architecture from the University of Federico II in Naples, he worked at the Corvino+Multari studio in Milan and the “Zero5” studio in Naples, before starting his own independent practice. He has participated in several architecture and design competitions, receiving mentions and publications for his projects. In 2005, he was awarded a scholarship by the Istituto degli Studi Filosofici in Naples for a project on The Sustainable City – The Identity Crisis of New Metropolises. Cicala has also exhibited ink and pencil drawings in a solo show titled Fulmicotonica, focused on the theme of incommunicability and inspired by Antonioni’s cinema. This exhibition continued in 2014 with a series of oil-on-wood works titled Reflection, Color.
