“My work develops through the reading of symbols and symbolism revealed in the everyday experience or sought in the frame of a specific geographical and historical context, translated into a contemporary and personal language.
Approaching knowledge as a never-ending process of transformation, my research continuously alternates induction and deduction as the only way to embrace changes in the environment which surround me, everyday trying to enlighten continuous interconnections between individuals, societies, and places“.

Ever since his early youth Mauro Mori (Cremona, IT, 1965) has traveled widely expressing his perceptions and experience of the world through a natural inclination to manual creativity.

Getting to know different cultures and places, together with his interest in natural and organic environment are keys to his research process which reinvents time- honored techniques according to a personal approach.

Solid blocks of wood or stone are most often worked in their place of origin, resulting in hand-carved both functional and non-functional sculptures which preserve the vibrance of a relational and intimate encounter between Mori and the materials.

Single marble blocks are chosen personally by Mori in Carrara, Italy while most of wood works are molded by the artist in Seychelles using Albizia Rosa wood: this tree was introduced in the islands around 1910 for reforestation and timber production: soon found to be a highly invasive species, managing of its rapid and problematic growth includes systematic trees cuts down.

Simple shapes leaving space for natural materials to express their natural uniqueness, following an archetypal process of knowledge through subtraction: developments of this practice are also to be found in metal’s works, tooled from metal sheets, or cast and then finished with oxidations and patinas. The will to give value to all those so-called imperfections of materials is a common thread running through all Mori cohesive body of work.

Mori’s philosophy of work is achieved through the application of some essential ‘values’, such as: -exclusive use of natural materials -involvement of the perceptive senses -three-dimensionality -craftsmanship /hand made -simplicity. From 1995 until 2004 he designed and produced a collection distributed by Mondo Cappellini.

In 1998 he inaugurated his own atelier in Milan, where he experiments and distributes his work.
Today, his work belongs to significant collections around the world, both institutional and private, and has been the subject of numerous exhibitions in the US, Europe, and Asia.

EXHIBITIONS
  • “Mouvements”, Galerie Negropontes, Paris, 2024
  • Design Miami/, Les Atelier Courbet, Miami 2023
  • Art021 Shanghai, Dest Gallery, Shanghai, 2022
  • “Seed on the ground”, gallery opening, Dest Gallery , Shanghai, 2022
  • Design Miami/, Les Ateliers Courbet Gallery, Miami, 2021
  • Salon Art + Design, Les Ateliers Courbet Gallery, New York, 2021
  • “Portraits”, solo exhibition, Les Ateliers Courbet Gallery, New York, 2021
  • Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2021
  • “Mirabilia. Una Wunderkammer per scoprire i mestieri d’arte milanesi”, Triennale Milano, Milan, 2020-2021
  • “L’Atelier du Collectionneur”, Gabriel & Guillaume Gallery, New York, 2020
  • Salon Art + Design, Gabriel & Guillaume Gallery New York, 2019
  • “A natural approach”, Italian Embassy, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2019
  • “Mauro Mori”, solo exhibition, Les Ateliers Courbet Gallery, New York, 2019
  • Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2019
  • “Off Curves & Concepts”, Gabriel & Guillaume Gallery, Beirut, 2019
  • “Small Home great Projects”, Triennale Milano, Milan, 2019
  • Design Miami/, Les Ateliers Courbet Gallery, Miami, 2018
  • “Homo Faber. An inspiring showcase of the finest European craftsmanship”, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 2018
  • “Memory of Matter, Design to touch”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2018
  • “Collectible Design”, Gabriel & Guillaume Gallery, Beirut Terraces, Beirut, 2017
  • “Manualmente legno”, Villa Necchi Campiglio, Milan, 2017
  • “Mauro Mori”, solo exhibition, Les Ateliers Courbet Gallery, New York, 2017
  • Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2017
  • “Raw Nature”, exhibition sets by Casa Vogue Brazil, Milano Design Week, Dilmos Gallery, Milan, 2016
  • “La Camera Incantata. Omaggio a Carlo Carrà”, Milano Design Week, Orti di Burigozzo, Milan, 2016
  • “Works”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2016
  • Artistes/ Designers XX- XXI siècles, Auction house Piasa, Paris, 2015
  • “Origin”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2015
  • Adisco-Sotheby’s, contemporary art design and leisure, collective exhibition by Sotheby’s, Palazzo Broggi, Milan, 2015
  • “Leggimi”, DialogArt, Vienna, 2015 
  • Arts Décoratifs et Design, Auction house Piasa, Paris, 2014
  • “De Blanche Humeur”, Galerie Carole Decombe, Paris, 2014
  • “Stripes and Volume”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2014
  • “Garden Installation”, Milano Design Week, Orto Botanico di Brera, Milan, 2013
  • “Evergreen”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2013
  • Miart, Flora Bigai Gallery,  Milan, 2013
  • Adisco-Sotheby’s, contemporary art design and leisure, collective exhibition by Sotheby’s, Palazzo Broggi, Milan, 2013
  • “Freewheeling”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2012
  • “Is it furniture?”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2011
  • “Search re Search”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2010
  • “The Sign”, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2009
  • “Eyes on Design”, solo exhibition, Minotti Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 2009 
  • “Flowing Lines”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2009
  • “Fondente”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2008
  • Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2007
  • “Holes”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2006
  • “Art of Italian Design”, Megaron Athens Concert Hall, Athens, 2005
  • “Mauro Mori Works”, solo exhibition, Barna Centoventuno, Barcelona, 2005
  • “Wall Elements”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2005
  • “Works”, Arredamenti Ferrero, Turin, 2004
  • “Normali meraviglie. Il Fantastico Quotidiano attraverso 365 oggetti”, Magazzini del Cotone, Porto Antico, Genoa, 2004
  • “Benchmark”, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York, 2004
  • “Collezione”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2004
  • “Synapsis”, Milano Design Week, Spazio Tashi Delek, Milan, 2003
  • “Horst Gallery Collection”, collective exhibition, Horst Galleries, Minneapolis, 2003
  • Casa Shop, monographic, Copenhagen, 2003.
  • Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sotheby’s, London, 2003
  • “Unexpected Too”, Sotheby’s, New York 2002
  • “Moving On”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2002
  • “Designspuren”, Ruby Design Living, Berlin, 2001
  • “Only One/2”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2001 
  • “Bright and White”, Teatro Eclectica, Milan, 2001
  • “German Designer Saturday”, Fausel Biskamp, Düsseldorf, 2001
  • Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sotheby’s, London.
  • “Only One”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 2000
  • Milano Design Week, Cappellini hosts some exclusive works, Salone del Mobile, Milan, 2000.
  • “Essere Benessere”, Triennale Milano, Milan, 2000
  • “German Designer Saturday”, Fausel Biskamp, Düsseldorf, 2000
  • “Spirit and Matter”, Passagen Interior Design Week, Gallery Karsten Greve, Cologne, 2000
  • “Vivere con Arte”, Grossetti Arte Gallery, Milan, 1999
  • “Full and Empty”, Milano Design Week, Mauro Mori Studio, Milan, 1999
  • Milano Design Week, Cappellini hosts some exclusive works, Milan, 1999
  • “Three Collections”, Passagen Interior Design Week, Galerie Reckermann, Cologne, 1999
  • Mauro Mori Studio opening, Milano Design Week, Milan, 1998
  • Milano Design Week, Cappellini hosts some exclusive works, Milan, 1998
  • 100% Design, at Designer’s Guild, London, 1997
  • Milano Design Week, Cappellini hosts some exclusive works, Milan, 1997
  • Milano Design Week, Cappellini hosts some exclusive works, Milan, 1996
  • “Tropikòs”, solo exhibition, Milano Design Week, Mondo Cappellini, Milan, 1995
  • “Exotica”, forty frames interpreting forty images from the book Madagascar by Gian Paolo Barbieri, Photology Gallery, Milan, 1995
PUBBLICATIONS

Mauro Mori has been published by the most famous fashion and design magazines and in the following books:

Arcadia, Gestalten, Berlin, 2009.
Yoo Adelgade, Center Plan A/S, Copenhagen, 2005.
Contemporary NaturalThames & Hudson, London, 2002.
International Design Year Book, Laurence King Publishing, London, 2001-2003.
White Hot, Tricia Guild, London,1999.
Le best of Elle Decor, Hachette Filipacchi Press, Paris, 1997.
In Town, Tricia Guild, London, 1996.