Collection: DONATO PICCOLO

Donato Piccolo (1976) is an Italian artist whose practice operates at the threshold between art, science and natural phenomena. Working with kinetic sculpture, robotics, light, sound and atmospheric elements, he constructs hybrid systems where the organic and the artificial behave like living entities. Piccolo’s installations often evoke storms, clouds, electricity or breath, translating physical processes into emotional experiences. His approach treats technology and nature as parallel intelligences — circuits, algorithms and particles becoming part of the same sensory ecosystem.

Guided by curiosity and a fascination for instability, his works explore turbulence, transformation and the hidden structures that link chaos to order. Piccolo’s installations invite viewers into moments of suspended perception, where knowledge and wonder briefly merge. As he notes, “Nature is not outside of us — it is the circuit within which we are the current.” His practice ultimately illuminates the delicate poetry concealed inside the mechanics of the world.