Patty Matilde Nicoli was born in Carrara in 1940. She graduated at the Liceo Artistico of Carrara (High School of Art) and attended the Fine Art Academy of the same city. She has thaught Art in school for 22 years in Toscany and Milan.

She was formed as an artist in the Nicoli Sculpture Studio, owned by her family, in Carrara following the steps of great master sculptors of the past (Bistolfi, Arturo Martini, Sironi, etc.) and got to relate with the most famous contemporary sculptors, both Italians and foreigners (C.S. Signori, Bruno Giorgi, Alberto Viani, Melotti, Vangi, César, Cardenas, Ipoustéguy, Neizwestny, Jorn, Louise Bourgeois, and many others).

Sculptures and paintings of hers are part of private collections and public works in : Milan, Carrara, Rome, Gubbio, Paris, Switzerland, Germany, New York, Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, Chile, Phoenix Arizone, El Paso Texas, Bahamas.

Main Personal Exhibitions

  • 1980 Libreria Internazionale Einaudi, Galleria Manzoni, Milan.
  • 1981 “Dov’è l’artigiano” curator Enzo Mari, Fortezza da Basso, Florence
  • 1990 “Cosmo Segreto” sculptures and paintings , Atelier Gallery, Carrara
  • 1990 Festival Internazionale city of Rieti, Rieti
  • 1991 “Umbria Fiction”, World Fiction Festival Rai, Parco Hotel dei Cappuccini, Gubbio
  • 1991 “Pittura e scultura” Atelier Gallery, Carrara
  • 1992 “Sculpture and Painting” Lourdes Chumacero, Zona Rosa, Mexico City
  • 1993 “Sculptures and Painting by Patty Nicoli” Hotel Hilton of Weimar during the cultural events promoted by the EuropaischenSommerakademie of Weimar, Germany
  • 2002-2003 “Patty Matilde Nicoli: sculture” curator Philippe Daverio and Oreste Genzini, Blanchaert Gallery, Milan
  • 2004 “Patty Matilde Nicoli: pitture e sculture” with the Club Unesco of Carrara Patronage, Carrara
  • 2008 “Omografia” Babele Library, Milan
  • 2010-2011 “Colore, Ombra, Luce, sculture e pitture” Galleria J. Blanchaert, piazza Sant’Ambrogio 4
  • 2015 Magna Pars Hotel Via Forcella Milano
  • 2015 “Sintesi” ESH GALLERY

Collective Exhibitions

  • 1980 “Collettiva per l’estate” 9 Colonne Gallery supported by magazine “D’ARS”, Bologna
  • 1981 Triennale di Milano, Milan
  • 1982 International Exhibition Salon d’automne Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Paris
  • 1986 First Price Winner of the International Competition “Invito alla Progettazione” Museum of Marble of Carrara, Carrara
  • 1990 “Sculture di donne in forma e poesia” during the national event of Garofano Rosa, Livorno
  • 1990 She creates the “Gruppo Sanguigno” (blood group) together with painter Pietro Spica, photographer Atto, musician Pisk, and poet Massimino Modenese and with “Gruppo Sanguigno” exhibits at the D’ARS Gallery, Milan
  • 1993-1994 “Bianco” Atelier Gallery, Carrara
  • 1999 “Forme dal Bianco” Mostra Internazionale, Palazzo Binelli, Carrara
  • 2004 “Insieme e di più. Pittura e scultura al femminile” Palazzo Ducale, Massa
  • 2004 First Price Winner, Città di Carrara “La moda e il marmo”, Carrara
  • 2005 “Insieme e di più. Pittura e scultura al femminile” Palazzo Ducale, Massa
  • 2006 XII Biennale di Scultura of Carrara, Carrara
  • 2007 “Mai dire Mao – Servire il Pop” Parma
  • 2007 “Collettiva al Duomo” Carrara Cathedral, Carrara
  • 2007 “13 x 17” by Jean Blanchaert and Philippe Daverio
  • 2008 “Scolpire 2008” Suffragio Church, Carrara
  • 2014 Carrara Studi Aperti
  • 2015 Carrara Studi Aperti
  • 2015 ESH GALLERY “Milano Scultura” fabbrica del vapore Milano
  • 2015 Sculpture exhibition “Le primavere corrono” in the decumano of the 2015 Expo, Milan

Art Critics writing for her

Mario De Micheli, Gillo Dorfles, Federico Poletti, Claudio Risé, Giandomenico Semeraro, Aldrovandi, Loretta Bondi, Gianni Letta, Paola Pastacaldi, Nicolaa Miceli, Rosaria Bertolucci, Paola Ciana, Raul Ibanez, Paolo Pratali, Dariella Piolanti, Francesco Alberti, Daria Ricchi, Eleonora Prayer, Romano Bavastro, Marco Gasperetti, Riccardo Sorani.

Articles about her work, her house and life have been published on

  • “Quotidiano Donna” June the 4th, 1980
  • several times on “Il Tirreno” and “La Nazione”
  • “Il Tempo” July the 3rd, 1980
  • “Amica” July the 15th, 1980
  • “Corriere della Sera” January the 14th, 1981
  • “Vogue” April 1988
  • “Le Magazine Air France Madame” July 1993
  • “Weimarer Allgemeine” August 1993
  • “WeimarKultur Journal” August 1993
  • “I marmi degli Zar” documentary on Rai 1996
  • “Casamica” September 2003
  • “Abitare” November 2003
  • “Hybrid Interiors” Verba Volant 2007
  • “Il Tirreno” 22 settembre 2007
  • “La Nazione” 12 Marzo 2008
  • “Corriere della Sera”, Settembre 2010
  • Il Sole 24 ore – How to spend it, settembre 2014
  • “Il Tirreno” 24 Maggio 2015

She has been interviewed for

  • “I Marmi degli Zar”, Rai 1996
  • “Rai international”: 2 interviews, one of which by the director Solinas 1999
  • “Rai International”, Rai 2 November 2003
  • “Passepartout” VIII ed. 2008/2009 n.26 – “La montagna aguzza…l’ingegno” by Philippe Daverio

And reproductions of her works have been published in the following essays and literary works:

  • “Diventa te stesso” by psychoanalyst Claudio Risè, Edition RED
  • “Tramp steamer” by Mariano De Angelis, front cover, Edition Europress Lisbona
  • “Qualcosa di simile” by Mariano De Angelis, political-literary essay, front cover, edition Lampi di Stampa, Milano.
  • “Atti e Memorie dell’Accademia Aruntica di Carrara” vol. XIX 2013 – pg from 21 to 37

Her work was published in the following catalogues:

  • “Dov’è l’artigiano” edition Electa 1981
  • “Invito alla progettazione” 1986
  • “Forme dal Bianco” edition Ars 1999
  • “Scultori italiani”, Giorgio Mondadori 2006
  • “Percorsi nella Scultura” edition Caleidoscopio 2006
  • “Catalogo XII Biennale di Scultura di Carrara” 2006
  • “Mai dire Mao – Servire il Pop” by Gherardo Frassa Jean Blanchaert and Philippe Daverio 2007
  • “13 x 17” a cura di Jean Blanchaert e Philippe Daverio 2007
  • “Formato 8 marzo: Scolpire 2008” by Anna Vittoria Laghi 2008
  • “Expo City Events” Guide Settembre 2015 pg. 78-79

Some sculptures of private collections and public works:

  • 1977 “Seconda scultura timida” white statuario marble Carrara cm. h. 70, Milan
  • 1977 “Sorriso dal vetro in velocità” statuario marble Carrara, cm. h. 70, New York
  • 1978 “Bosco sognato” statuario marble Carrara, cm. lung. 65, Milano
  • 1979 “Incanto” statuario marble Carrara, cm. lung. 70, New York
  • 1979 “Donnaonda (I)” desiderio per acqua, statuario marble Carrara, Bruxelles
  • 1979 “Fiaba del vento” statuario marble Carrara, cm. h. 70, New York
  • 1980 “Salvazione” green marble Accelio, cm. 100, Farmingdale State University, New York
  • 1980 “Riflesso mediterraneo” green marble Accelio, cm. 90, Farmingdale State University, New York
  • 1980 “Ultramarina” statuario marble Carrara, m. w. 2,70 x 2, Carrara
  • 1982 “Sguardo interno ” green marble Accelio, m. w. 1, Mexico City
  • 1985 “Cosmicità” statuario marble Carrara and black Marquina, cm. w. 60, Mexico
  • 1986 “Ninfa d’acqua” pool project, white marble Carrara, m. w. 1,25, Carrara
  • 1986 “Tre direzioni del pensiero” Portoro marble, cm. h. 70, Milan
  • 1988 “Donna che guarda le stelle” statuario marble Carrara e red travertine, cm. h. 50, Chile
  • 1990 “Le Primavere corrono” Rieti travertine, m. h. 2,50, Carrara
  • 1991 “Guardiano del Silenzio” bardiglio nuvolato marble, cm. h. 60, Mexico
  • 1993 “Scultore in marmo” Portugal pink marble, cm. w. 60, Phoenix, Arizona
  • 1996 “New Liberty” statuario marble Carrara, m. h. 1,20, Milano
  • 1996 “Brancusi a Capri” statuario marble Carrara, cm. w. 30, Roma
  • 1997 “Teti disarma Alieno” Belgian Black, cm. h. 60, Luino
  • 1997 “Amanti” statuario marble Carrara, m. h. 1,50, Phoenix, Arizona
  • 1997 “Monumento ai Caduti di Buccinasco” white marble Carrara, m. h. 3, Buccinasco, Milan
  • 1999 “Mariposa” Belgian Black, m. h. 1,35, El Paso, Texas
  • 2000 “Il Tempo” statuario marble Carrara, cm. h. 42, Giorgio Armani, Milan
  • 2001 “Moda Moda” statuario marble Carrara, m. h. 1,23, Carrara
  • 2002 “La Scattante” white marble Carrara, m. h. 1,40, Carrara
  • 2002 “Piede Alato nero” Belgian Black, cm. h. 60, Philippe Daverio, Milano
  • 2002 “Le porte del vento” Belgian Black, m. h. 1,26, Carrara
  • 2003 “Boschetto Tricolore” statuario marble, green marble Acceglio, red travertine, cm. h.45, Milan
  • 2004 “Incedere di Venere” statuario marble Carrara, cm. h. 60, Marina di Carrara
  • 2005 “Nichè di Samotracia” onyx cm. h. 25, for the wedding of the President of the Methane Gas company Central-South America and Mexico, Mexico City
  • 2006 “Torso incatenato” Portoro marble, cm. h. 85, R. Mannheimer, Milan
  • 2007 “Il mio Mao” statuario marble, cm. h. 70, Gherardo Frassa, Milan
  • 2009 “Ritratto di Giorgio Armani” private collection Giorgio Armani