Bio

I’m Valeria Greco, born and raised in Palagiano, in southern Italy (Puglia). After my early studies in painting at the "Calò" Art High School in Taranto, I felt a deep affinity and an irresistible pull toward clay and form.

Driven by the desire to explore sculpture in depth, I moved to Carrara — the historic cradle of traditional statuary techniques. There, I attended the Academy of Fine Arts, earning both my BA and MA degrees in Sculpture with top marks. In this quiet city, nestled between the sea and the mountains, I found the space to listen to myself and develop my artistic language.

Every sculptural material, every type of stone, is for me a discovery of new expressive potential.

During my academic years, I had two formative experiences abroad through the Erasmus program: in Poland (2015/16) and Japan (2017/18), where I studied sculpture for several months.

These periods, spent in culturally rich and unfamiliar contexts, played a crucial role in shaping both my artistic and personal growth.

My sculptures are born from a process of silent listening, where questions, expectations, and transformations coexist.

I don’t begin with a narrative intention: my work arises from an inner search, where objects and figures become the alphabet of my language.

I don’t identify with abstraction or expressive distortion: my material is more concrete, tied to a symbolism rooted in the recognizable.

I remove objects and bodies from their original context—since they carry a functional and meaningful history—to reassemble them and generate unusual visions: delicate in form, yet intense in meaning.

Even the most solid material can appear fragile when crossed by emotion. This creates a constant tension between inside and outside, absence and presence, fragility and strength.

In this sense, my work approaches a metaphysical dimension—not in style, but in the intention to transform the object into a living presence, and the image into an intimate space open to interpretive contaminations.

My works do not seek to impose themselves, but to remain—silent witnesses of something that continues to move within, offering the viewer a chance to recognize themselves in a forgotten place of their own.

My Vision

Symposia and Artist Residencies

Selected Exhibitions and Projects

  • Creative Festival of Hangzhou, China — Nov 8–24, 2024

         Organized by UNESCO Creative City of Carrara.

  • Group Exhibition “Agape”, Pinacoteca and Civic Museum of Volterra — Nov–Dec 2024

          Curated by Tagete Association.

  • “Femminei Riflessi”, Rebis Atelier, Carrara — Aug–Sep 2022

  • “Disturbate”, Estensioni Oltre lo Spazio Gallery, Carrara — Dec 2021–Jan 2022

  • “Up Ground 31”, Spazio 6, Carrara — March 2021. 

         Collective exhibition organized by Kartavetra during the            COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Solo Exhibition “Due di Noi”, Morioka University, Iwate, Japan — Feb 2018

  • Sculpture Exhibition, CarraraFiere, Marina di Carrara — April 2018

  • 1st Prize, Regional painting competition “Taranto, Il Porto nell’Arte”

  • International Artist Residency “Wood & Stone 2025”, Lovke, SloveniaJune 9–16, 2025 — "Baluardo" work in limestone

  • Volterra Sculpture Symposium, Volterra (PI), TuscanyOctober 7–17, 2024 — "Gestazione" alabaster sculpture

  • 1st Sculpture Symposium of Ascoli Satriano, Ascoli Satriano (FG), PugliaAugust 7–23 2024 — sculpture in Apricena stone, theme: “Victory and Defeat”

  • 29th International Sculpture Symposium of Fordongianus, Fordongianus (OR), Sardinia 2023 — “Sa Majargia”, sculpture in trachyte 

  • Sculpture Symposium of Padula, Padula (SA), CampaniaAugust 2–7, 2022 — “Listening as memory, speech as message”, sculpture in Padula stone

  • 1st Sculpture Symposium of Castellina Marittima, Castellina Marittima (PI), Tuscany July 16–29, 2018 — “Alla sera”, sculpture in alabaster

  • “Tra le nuvole” Sculpture Symposium, Castelfalfi (FI), Tuscany June 2018

  • 1st Sculpture Symposium of Marina di Bibbona, Marina di Bibbona (LI), Tuscany August 1–15, 2015 — “Paper boat”, sculpture in French marble “Crema di Luna”