Biography

José D'Apice was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
He arrived in Rome at the end of the 1970s following a scholarship from the Brazilian government forAcademy of Fine Arts of Rome.

In 1982 he became an Italian citizen.

Between 1984 and 1986 he created more than 20 disc covers for musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Mina, The Eagles, Ray Charles, Loredana Berté, Joe Cocker, Chicago, Bob Marley, etc., for labels CBS, Ricordi, Sony, WEA, Globo Records, RCA, etc.

In 1985 he created the scenography for the musical program "CLIPCLIP" which was broadcast daily on the Italian broadcaster TMC throughout that year.

In 1992 he was invited by the General Command of the Carabinieri to create their collector's calendar. Given the great success achieved, he was invited to do the following year's too.

Starting from the year 2001, invited by the well-known national newspaper "Il Messaggero", he began his collaboration in the creation of drawings for the pages dedicated to Culture and Entertainment.

During the year 2010 D'Apice dedicated himself to creating fabric designs for an Italian manufacturing industry

José D'Apice's works can be found in some of the most prestigious public and private collections in Europe, Arabia, Brazil, England, Singapore, Portugal, Belgium, United States, including the Jalane & Richard Davidson Collection of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago , Malvina Menegaz Foundation for Arts and Cultures (Italy), Caran d'Ache Collection (Geneva).
Also noteworthy is the exhibition “Humans Among Aliens”, organized in Singapore by the 29 Arts in Progress Gallery of Milan.

selected group exhibits

2022 - Landscape. Paths, comparisons and new trends - Civic Museum of the Cappuccine - Bagnacavallo
2021 - Paso Doble, dialogues on the possible. Palazzo Clemente - De Sanctis. Malvina Menegaz Foundation. Castelbasso - Teramo
2020 - The Way of Songs: Uccelli/Birds. Sound Art installation in the Bird Park. By Zerynthia Association for Contemporary Art.
2016 - “History and Works”, Fondazone Malvina Menegaz, Teramo
2013 - “Humans Among Aliens” - Art Space Helutrans - Singapore
2013 - “Les Oiseaux” - Gaîté Lyriche - Paris
2012 - “Roma Contemporary” - Rome
2007 - “Summer Container” - Goethe 2 Gallery - Bolzano
2007 - “Art in cocktail” - Bar Jamaica - Milan
2007 - “Greetings from Chiavari” - Galeria Cristina Busi - Chiavari
2007 - MIART - EOS Factory Gallery - Milan
2006 - MIART - EOS Factory Gallery - Milan
2006 - ArtVerona - EOS Factory Gallery - Milan
2005 - ArtVerona - EOS Factory Gallery - Milan
2005 - “Genius Loci” - various sites - Viterbo
2004 - Slovenija Open to Art - International Workshop - Slovenija
2004 - MIART - Eos Factory Gallery - Milan
2004 - Goethe Galerie Gallery - Bolzano
2003 - Rome starts again - Galleria Fabbrica EOS - Rome
2003 - Museum Parma - EOS Factory Gallery - Parma
1996 - “Water” - Municipal Theater - Fiuggi
1987 - D'Avico Gallery - Turin
1986 - Forum International Art Expo - Il Ponte Gallery - Zurich
1986 - “Enigma” - Brompton Gallery - London
1985 - “Enigma” - Galleria Il Ponte - Rome
1984 - “The Art of Drawing/20th Century Drawings 1900-1984” - Rome
1980 - Cândido Portinari Gallery - Brazilian Embassy - Rome

selected only exhibits

2015 - “of shadow and light”, Crocetti Museum, Rome
2011 - “The book I miss” - Galleria Fabbrica EOS - Milan
2007 - “Icaro” - Bar Jamaica - Milan
2005 - “The eternal return” - Galleria Fabbrica EOS - Milan
2004 - Bocca Bookshop - Milan
2003 - EOS Factory Gallery - Milan
2003 - Castelbasso Culture Project - Teramo
2002 - Castelbasso Culture Project - Teramo
2000 - Sala do Risco - Municipal Chamber - Lisbon
1997 - Cândido Portinari Gallery - Brazilian Embassy - Rome
1990 - Cândido Portinari Gallery - Brazilian Embassy - Rome
1985 - Il Ponte Gallery - International Art Expo - Chicago
1985 - Brazilian Center Gallery - London
1984 - Il Ponte Gallery - Rome
1983 - Cândido Portinari Gallery - Brazilian Embassy - Rome
1983 - Il Ponte Gallery - Rome

Biography

selected group exhibits

selected only exhibits

Direct line with the artist