Hermann Bergamelli
Born in 1990 in Bergamo, where he lives and works, Hermann Bergamelli studied New Technologies for the Arts at the G. Carrara Academy of Fine Arts in Bergamo (2016) and was awarded a scholarship at Central Saint Martins, London, in 2018. His most significant solo exhibitions include La Plus Que Lente (A+B Gallery, 2025, curated by Edoardo de Cobelli), Valgua (A+B Gallery, 2023, curated by Felice Cimatti), Electro Glide in Blu (A+B Gallery, 2021, curated by Irene Sofia Comi), and Stracci a parte (Spazio Giacomo, Bergamo, 2018, part of The Blank ArtDate). Among his group exhibitions: Ricominciare dal silenzio #2 (Co_atto, Milan, 2021), I’ll Be Home Tonight (The House, Milan, 2019), and The Useless Land (Castello di Lajone, 2018, curated by Elda Maresca and Irene Sofia Comi). Winner of the Boscolo Collection Art Prize in 2023, curated by Be Advisor Art Department.
Hermann Bergamelli investigates gesture as the origin of the image, working with materials that resist, react, and transform. His works are not objects meant for contemplation but processes in motion, where seeing and doing coincide. The artwork does not represent an idea; it manifests the movement that traverses it, dissolving the boundaries between subject and object, project and matter. In this zone of contact, what matters is not the result but the living tension of making.
His production is divided into different series: in Stratificazioni (stratifications), Bergamelli constructs dense textile surfaces from torn, folded and stitched strips of fabric, where seams, “wings,” and loose threads make the generating gesture visible. Immersioni (immersions) shifts the process into repeated color baths, allowing chromatic variations to emerge from the unpredictable interaction between material, water, and time. In Compressioni (compressions), stacked textiles are either forced into the jaws of a vise or compacted within welded iron parallelepipeds, embodying the tension between the artist’s hands and the resistance of the material. Finally, Sottrazioni (subtractions) employs dense pigment mixtures that are spread and partially removed, letting the surface reveal the traces of an evolving and partly autonomous process.
