Marcello Maloberti (Codogno, Lodi, 1966) is a visual artist based in Milan. He teaches Visual Arts at NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan. He has worked with the Raffaella Cortese Gallery since 1999. His research draws inspiration from aspects of the most marginal and minimal urban realities, with a particular focus on the formlessness and precariousness of life. His observation goes beyond the immediacy of the everyday, with an alienating and dreamlike neorealist gaze combined with an archaeological approach to art history. His performances and large-scale sound and light installations, with a strong theatrical impact, are created in both private and public spaces, always favoring interaction with the public. These interventions function as contracted narratives, atmospheres to be lived and experienced, emotional temperatures to be traversed. The performing body is that of the community, capable of generating a dialogue between the performance itself and its audience. In recent years, Maloberti has explored the art/life relationship, using a variety of visual and audio languages—photography, video, performance, installation, objects, and collage—always informed and enhanced by a strong performative element.

Marcello Maloberti has exhibited in numerous public and private institutions in Italy and abroad, including: Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan – Albisola (2025; 2022; 2020; 2018; 2014); Triennale, Milan (2025; 2022; 2015; 2012); PAC Padiglione d’arte Contemporanea, Milan (2024; 2003); Fondazione Memmo, Rome (2023); MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome (2023; 2019); Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna (2022); BAB Bangkok Art Biennale, Bangkok (2022); Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover (2021); Biennale Gherdëina, Ortisei (2020); MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome (2020; 2012); Stazione dell’arte, Ulassai (2019); Haus Wittgenstein – Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Vienna (2019); Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art, Prato (2020; 2018; 2000); Manifesta12 – Collateral Events 5X5X5, Palermo (2018); MOCAK – Museum of contemporary art in Krakow (2017); Pune Biennial, India (2017); Rome Quadrennial, (2016); MuCem – Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, Marseille (2016); Castello di Rivoli – Museum of Contemporary Art, Rivoli (TO) (2014); Italian Pavilion 55th Venice Biennale (2013); Biennial: 4 – Thessaloniki Biennale (2013); Zegna Foundation, Trivello (BI) (2013); MAC VAL Museum, Vitry-sur-Seine, France (2012); Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt (2012); The 29th Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana (2011); Nuit Blanche, Paris, in collaboration with CAC Brétigny (2011); Generali Foundation, Vienna (2010); Royal Academy of Arts, London (2010); GAMeC − Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bergamo (2009); PERFORMA 09, New York, (2009); Rotonda della Besana, Milan (2008), PAN | Palazzo delle Arti Napoli (2007); Spazio Oberdan, Milan (2007); Villa Manin − Centre for Contemporary Art, Codroipo (UD) (2005); MUSEION – Museum of Contemporary Art of Bolzano (2005); Collection Lambert – Musée d’art contemporain Avignon (2005); Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (2005); FURLA Prize, Venice, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice (2002); SESC Pompeia, São Paulo, Brazil (2001); GAM – Gallery of Modern Art, Bologna (2000).