Giovanni Lo Presti

1973 – Galleria Modigliani, Milan; 1980 – Galleria Ciovasso, Milan; 1981 – Galleria San Fedele, Milan; 1983 – Comune di Vittoria; 1984 – Galleria Sagittario, Comiso; 1985 – Galleria Ciovasso, Milan; 1985 – Galleria Cristina Busi, Chiavari; 1987 – Comune di Nova Milanese; 1989 – Galleria Cristina Busi, Chiavari; 1992 – Galerie Kaleidoskop, Mannheim; 1993 – Galleria Cristina Busi, Chiavari; 2000 – Galleria 2E, Suzzara; 2001 – Galleria Cristina Busi, Chiavari; 2003 – Galleria L’Estense Arte, Cernobbio; 2004 – Centre Culturel, Porto Vecchio, Corsica; 2005 – Galleria Previtali, Milan; 2010 – Galleria Sartori, Mantua; 2010 – Galleria Ostrakon, Milan; Giovanni Lo Presti aligns himself with a longstanding artistic tradition that uses the naked body as a site for exploring identity loss, vulnerability, and transformation. His recent work marks a significant shift: the human figure intrudes into the stillness of his familiar interiors, disturbing their suspended calm with a heavy, unsettling presence. Yet this figure remains elusive, concealed behind a mask that both hides and opens up new interpretive dimensions. Lo Presti reworks the theme of the mask — already present in his earlier work — by projecting it into a deeper realm, where the subconscious rises to the surface and manifests almost like a visible wound. This mask does not merely conceal; it reveals, exposing the tension between inner experience and external appearance.