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Artist–Designer
Italy, 1979
Alex Turco is an Italian art designer living and working between Italy and the United States.His practice is articulated through two complementary yet distinct bodies of work:COLLECTIBLE DESIGN and PAINTINGS. Across both, Turco investigates the relationshipamong nature, material, and form through a minimalist, highly controlled visual language.
Born into a family of artists and photographers, Turco was immersed in an environment froman early age where visual culture, craftsmanship, and conceptual thinking were inseparable.This background shaped a practice in which art and design coexist as parallel disciplines,each informing the other while maintaining its own autonomy.
His collectible design collection officially debuted at Art Basel Paris in 2025, marking a pivotalmoment in the evolution of his work. Rooted in Italy’s industrial and artisanal heritage, thesepieces are developed through a rigorous exploration of materials such as stones, marble,minerals and crystals, resin, and metals. Geometric precision is combined with an attention tosurface, weight, and balance, resulting in functional objects that retain a strong sculpturalpresence.
Nature plays a central role in this body of work, not as a direct representation but as structureand logic. Flowing lines, subtle variations, and controlled irregularities emerge from thematerials’ physical properties, allowingfluidity and movement to become integral to the form.Turco’s one-of-a-kind artworks are conceived as enduring objects, functional yetcontemplative, capable of inhabiting space with quiet strength and visual clarity.
Alongside the collectible design, Turco develops original paintings that further explore thesethemes with greater formal freedom. Across both practices, the boundary between art anddesign remains intentionallyfluid, reflecting a vision centered on creating timeless objects thatengage with their environment through material integrity, proportion, and restraint.
Alex Turco’s work offers a contemporary interpretation of Italian design culture, wherefunctionality, aesthetic rigor, and a deep connection to nature converge. His practice is drivenby the pursuit of essential forms and lasting value, grounded in minimalism, materialresearch, and the cultural significance of ‘Made in Italy’.
