Born into a family of artists, Andrea Caruso is a Roman artist who got introduced to the world of Arts and Music at a very young age.
His younger years were spent mostly studying and travelling to enrich his artistic vision before settling on his two passions, sculpture and guitar.
Throughout the 90’s Caruso developed his own sculptural vernacular combining the use of clay and iron.
This period of study and experimentation led to a body of work that is unique in style and immediately recognizable. As the art critic Lorenzo Fiorucci explained, his pieces are like “..sculptures created by the assembling of various elements, in which a figurative presence emerges from the whole, rising from the single overlapping of constructed pieces..”
The Clay and Iron series was the focus for Andrea’s work over many years, until he decided to move his studio in New York City in early 2000, where he became a member of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts.
Experiencing the trauma of 9/11 first hand, he decided reassess his priorities and shift his focus to the controversial subject of landmines and weapons.
In the words of the art critic Robert Morgan: “..Caruso homogenizes technique and form into a single unified whole, a synthetic whole. There is little question that his sculptural objects are meant to be studied, investigated, emotionally absorbed, mentally reconstructed, and intentionally rediscovered..”.
Caruso’s artistic production has Sculpture in a primary role, with clay as the base medium. This is often combined with other materials such as iron(the Clay and Iron series), resin(the Devices and Weapons series), and mixed media.
Andrea Caruso’s works can be found in the Collections of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome, the Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art of Torgiano(PG), and among the public art projects of the Fiumara d’Arte in Sicily (Mistretta).
He presently works in Rome and Todi, Umbria.
In recent years Andrea has dedicated time to audiovisual techniques, to explore more in depth the world of music and sound.