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Nicola De Marsico was born in Salerno on June 25, 1996. He is a self-taught artist who began creating his first artworks around the age of 17. The artist's first series of works, "DEMA: a journey through time and space" (2015-//), is a series of abstract paintings with a strong scientific focus. With the series "New World Disorder" (2016-18) the artist began to approach figurative painting.

"Distorted Portraits" (2016-18). Some paintings from this series were presented abroad during the course of international group exhibitions of Contemporary Art. "EDEN: the garden of Earthly delights" (2017-2019), is the fouth artwork series created by the artist, the female figures portrayed in this painting are set in abstract and timeless spaces, taking from the forms and stories of classical mythology, to which many elements of the works refer, from the details within the paintings to their titles. The works of the "Eden" series are first presented to the public on the occasion of the artist's first solo exhibition, curated by Mattia Maisto, held in Rome in spring 2018 at Nvmen gallery.

Starting in 2019, the artist embarked on a new artistic path, opening up to the search for new materials and new media never previously used in the creation of his works. One of the objects that most arouses fascination and captures the artist's attention is the mirror, with its ability to define and distort physical reality depending on its position. From the use of mirrors and other types of reflective surfaces came the idea for the series "Mirror_verse" (2019 -//).

During 2020, the artist devoted himself to the creation of the "Birds in a cage" series in which the concepts of painting and sculpture merge their boundaries and emerge strongly from the two-dimensional surface of the canvas, transcending the limits of conventional labels.