Dario Moschetta

I’m an Italian contemporary artist based in Padua, Italy, driven by curiosity and continuous experimentation. My work explores the relationship between human presence, urban environments, and emotional memory through a distinctive mixed media approach.
I combine canvas, paper, acrylics, collage, and layered materials, integrating glue and hand-cut elements to build tactile surfaces that echo the visual language of weathered street posters and lived urban walls. My artworks move between figurative expression and abstract interpretation, revealing a subtle tension between fragility and strength, intimacy and external reality.
The human body and the cityscape are central to my research, treated as metaphors for identity, time, and transformation. Each work emerges from a process that is both intuitive and technically controlled, where material becomes an extension of emotion and gesture.
Through my practice, I aim to create contemporary artworks that feel lived-in, tactile, and emotionally resonant — immersive visual spaces where memory, atmosphere, and material depth coexist.

I have a multidisciplinary background that bridges technical training and artistic practice.
My education includes studies in construction techniques and project coordination, with experience related to architectural drawing and technical design. This foundation strengthened my understanding of structure, space, and composition, now translated into my visual language.
I have also completed a professional course in Digital Photography and Photoshop under Italian photographer Gianni Baccega, expanding my visual sensitivity and post-production skills.
Alongside formal training, I have developed my artistic practice through years of continuous self-directed research, refining both classical techniques and contemporary mixed media experimentation.

Selected Exhibitions & Art Fairs

The Other Art Fair – London
Presented by Saatchi Art
14–17 March 2019

ARTROOMS – London
Meliá White House
19–22 January 2018

RED DOT MIAMI Art Fair – USA
6–10 December 2017

ARTROOMS – London
Meliá White House
20–23 January 2017

“Ti ricordi il futuro?”
Torre Velasca, Milan
1–11 March 2016

“Big Portraits”
Spazio Chirurgi, Empoli
2 April – 3 May 2013

Juxtapoz
Italian artist Dario Moschetta explores the effect of time on both physical and mental images, intentionally aging some of his works through processes involving water, sandpaper and chisels.
Creative Boom
Feature on his mixed media cityscape series, highlighting his interpretation of urban environments through collage, acrylic and experimental surface treatments.
The Mag
Selection of works featured in contemporary art coverage.