From May 16 to June 20, 2026, Matteo Mauro will present Art is a Seed that Grows Slowly, a major solo exhibition at Galleria Ferrero. Opening with a vernissage on Saturday, May 16 at 6:30 PM, the exhibition gathers nearly 30 artworks created between 2022 and the present, offering a significant overview of Mauro’s artistic evolution over the past four years.

The exhibition brings together works from several of Mauro’s most important recent series, including Raw Inscriptions, Bronzes on Canvas, Loves That Don’t Know How to Get By in This World, Atoms, and Matter in Space. Together, these artworks form a collection of ideas, materials, and visual languages that have progressively transformed throughout Mauro’s practice, revealing the transition from earlier engraved and inscription-based works toward increasingly sculptural, emotional, and material compositions.

Across the exhibition, surfaces appear fragmented, melted, engraved, or suspended, creating a dialogue between construction and erosion, memory and transformation. Mauro’s artworks move between abstraction and symbolism, combining metal, gesture, text, and physical matter into layered compositions that investigate human emotion, language, and the invisible structures shaping contemporary existence.

Art is a Seed that Grows Slow reflects the gradual nature of artistic research itself, how ideas evolve over time through experimentation, repetition, and material exploration. The exhibition acts as both a culmination and continuation of Mauro’s ongoing investigation into matter, signs, and human presence.

The exhibition is accompanied by a text by Daniel Christopher Pontoriero, who has closely followed Mauro’s studio process since 2023. His contribution offers a personal perspective on the artist’s development and the evolution of the artworks presented in the exhibition.