20/05/2026
Forma Fluens
curated by Valeria Contarino
Date: May 15 – June 10, 2026
Artwork by Mattia Cleri Polidori
Invisible Cities #40 , 2026
concrete and acrylic casts on concrete pedestal
70 x 80 x 25 cm
27 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches
The Elements of Disaster #39, 2021
latex cast, acrylic, iron support
420 x 75 x 60 cm
165 3/8 x 29 1/2 x 23 5/8 inches
Mattia Cleri Polidori (Rome, 1987) lives and works in Rome. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in 2015 and from Wimbledon College of Arts in London in 2016. Since December 2024, he has been a doctoral student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. He is one of the founders of the artist-run space Rione Placido, which opened in January 2023 in Rome.
Cleri Polidori’s research explores the emergence of patterns in morphogenesis. The autonomous organization of matter reveals something of the profound architecture of the spatiotemporal fabric. The emergence of aperiodic patterns betrays the presence of an order that allows the possibility of chaos. His works manifest the tension between form and matter. They isolate and collect natural patterns, and render them fossilized in painting. Forms expand from the surface and become objects and space, through hybrid languages, weaving traditional methodologies with experimental techniques and materials, and with time-based analog and digital media; they trigger a tactile and visual synesthesia, in which the familiar taxonomy of objects dissolves into unexpected, constantly evolving sensory dynamics.
