The artist Massimo Uberti has died

He had been fighting cancer for a long time Massimo Ubertiwho passed away in his family home in Brescia on the night of 7 April 2024 following a worsening of his illness.
Over the course of his career, the artist from Brescia has distinguished himself on the international artistic scene thanks to his luminous compositions, creating public works both in Italy and abroad.

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Massimo Uberti, Percorsi, 2023, neon acrylic bricks and transformer

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Massimo Uberti, Golden Baptistery © Brixen Tourismus. Photo Jan Hetfleisch

MASSIMO UBERTI Spazio Amato (Night) 2020 — MASSIMO UBERTI Spazio Amato (Notturno) 2020, Courtesy the artist

Massimo Uberti, Lost 2020, Neon 13 Cm 35x90 Courtesy @rossanaciocca Milano Fabrizio Stipari Ph — Massimo Uberti, Lost 2020, Neon 13 Cm 35×90 Courtesy @rossanaciocca Milano Fabrizio Stipari Ph

Massimo Ubarti, Ideal City, candles, duration 9 hours

CASALUCE - MASSIMO UBERTI (Ph. Andrea Butti) — CASALUCE – MASSIMO UBERTI (Ph. Andrea Butti)

8208 Lighting Design Festival 2017, Como. Massimo Uberti. Photo Andrea Butti

DERIVE, Massimo Uberti, In your eyes, Moscow 2015

Massimo Uberti The artist Massimo Uberti has died. He was only 58 years old — Massimo Uberti

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Uberti The artist Massimo Uberti has died. He was only 58 years old — Massimo Uberti – Altro spazio – 2010 – courtesy the artist

Massimo Uberti: life and research

Massimo Uberti was born on 9 June 1966 in Brescia. After graduating from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, he made his debut in the early 1990s as a member of the group of artists of Lazzaro Palazzi Space, movement which became part of the archive of Museum of the 20th century.
After training as a painter, the artist experimented with photography, but only in the use of neon did he find the most suitable language to express his research. Straight and simple lines gave shape to the first bright environments, which then developed into large sculptures such as Tense Infinite, as part of the exhibition Dreams of the possible city, hosted in 2008 at the Stelline Foundation Of Milan. Over the years, Massimo Uberti has created several works of Light Art, many of which draw inspiration from drawings of ideal, utopian cities, rarely completed, whose lines and geometries intersect, finding balance and form in reality.

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Massimo Uberti, Golden Baptistery© Brixen Tourismus. Photo Jan Hetfleisch — Massimo Uberti, Golden Baptistery © Brixen Tourismus. Photo Jan Hetfleisch

Massimo Uberti: career

In addition to being elected by the European Commission to hold two workshops (in Milan and Berlin), Massimo Uberti has been the protagonist of several exhibitions – personal and collective – in Italy and abroad, such as: Beloved Space, hosted at Modern Art Gallery of Rome in 2015, and the exhibition of the work Today I love you to Amsterdam, Manchester, Ontario, Washington, Shanghai and Dubai, as well as the exhibition of Drawing of Drawing during the Miami Art Basel, again in 2015. In 2018 he created Prospectum, on the occasion of the Winter Olympics in South Korea; in 2022 he won the MiBACT tender for the Plan for Contemporary Art thanks to which he realizes Orbit for the Gamba Castle of Chatillon. Finally, for the recognition of his works of public art, he is exhibited at Riyadh, Ideal City,on the occasion of NOOR Riyadh Festival.