Oreste Baldini invites us to embark on a multisensory journey through paintings, bronze sculptures, ironworks, ceramics, and mosaics—all works inspired by the millennia-old symbolism of the ROOSTER, a hymn to rebirth.
National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia: a 16th-century palace designed by Michelangelo and Vasari
BASTABUSTE:
An ecology-themed exhibition: plastic-free.
Each painting is named after ocean currents that carry plastic. Iron benches, created by the artist, are placed in the semicircular hall featuring Pinturicchio frescoes.
DANTE NOSTRUM:
A 40-meter-long painting where the artist narrates a contemporary inferno on Earth.
The work addresses themes of ecology, immigration, and wars.
Markets of Trajan: Imperial Forums of Rome
A 3-meter by 1-meter mosaic piece in polychrome marble remains as a permanent work in the museum at the entrance to the Imperial Forums of Rome.
National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia: a 16th-century palace designed by Michelangelo and Vasari
An ecological exhibition on climate change and water warming
A 9-meter-high stele titled 2031, made of iron and mosaic, becomes a permanent installation in the museum gardens.
ABA - Academy of Fine Arts, Perugia: Allerta, monumental iron stele, 3 meters high.
National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome: Design and creation of outdoor furnishings for the museum’s semicircular area.
2030, monumental stele in iron and ceramic mosaic.
Galleria Borghese, Rome: Design and creation of a three-legged table inspired by Piranesi.
Palazzo Comunale, Tortoreto (TE), Piazza della Libertà: Wall artwork.
Nostra Signora di Coromoto Church, Rome: Entrance and side portals, sacred furnishings, floor mosaic.
Rectorate of San Francesco di Sales, Rome: Sacred furnishings, entrance portal, cross.
Trajan's Markets, Rome: Wall mosaic in a taberna on Via Biberatica.
Rome Aquarium, EUR Lake in Rome: Large wall mosaic in marble and glass.
Palazzetto Arte Museum, Foggia: Madonna della Quercia in patinated bronze.
Contrada Leocorno Museum, Siena: Bronze bas-relief depicting the Palio race.
Capo d'Orlando (ME): Vertical iron stele in the central square.
Santa Lucia Church, Rome: Baptismal font.
Basilica of Saint Agnes, Rome: Lectern, altar cross with evangelists, tabernacle cross.
San Gioacchino Church, Rome: Crucifixes and confessional lamps.
Salus Infirmorum Chapel, Lourdes (France): Portal, monumental cross, altar, monumental angels, tabernacle.
Sacred Heart Church, Albenga (SV): Paschal candle, lectern.
Christ the Risen Parish Complex, Umbertide (PG): Monumental Via Crucis, entrance arch, portal, church ironworks, sacred furnishings, baptismal font.
Cathedral of Santa Maria La Nova, Caltanissetta: Bishop’s tomb in marble with Roman inlay.
Cathedral of Saint Anthony the Martyr, Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi (AV): Bishop's chair with bronze pomegranates.
Madonna del Ponte Church, Gubbio: Baptismal font.
San Giuseppe Chapel, Rome: Monumental bronze tabernacle.
San Giuseppe Church, Rome: Lectern, tabernacle, ambo.
Immaculate Heart Church, Andorra (SV): Sacred furnishings.
Santa Lucia Parish Complex, Ponte Storto, Castelnuovo di Porto (RM): Bronze tabernacle, sacred furnishings.
Basilica of Santa Maria di Piedigrotta, Naples: Baptismal font.
Divine Mercy Parish Complex, San Bartolomeo al Mare (IM): Iron bell tower, Christ, tabernacle, ambo, lectern, baptismal font in bronze and marble.
ABA - Accademia Belle Arti, Perugia, “Allerta”, Stele monumentale in ferro h 3 mt
Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Roma, progettazione e realizzazione arredi esterni per emiciclo museo
Galleria Borghese, Roma, Progettazione e realizzazione di un tavolino a tre gambe ispirato a Piranesi
Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Roma, “2030”, Stele monumentale in ferro e mosaico ceramico
Palazzo Comunale, Tortoreto (TE), Piazza della Libertà, opera parietale
Chiesa Nostra Signora di Coromoto, Roma, portale ingresso, portale laterale, arredi sacri, mosaico pavimentale
Rettoria San Francesco di Sales, Roma, arredi sacri, portale di ingresso, croce
Mercati di Traiano, Roma, mosaico parietale in una taberna della via Biberatica
Acquario di Roma, laghetto dell’Eur, grande mosaico parietale marmo e vetro
Museo Palazzetto Arte, Foggia, Madonna della Quercia in bronzo patinato
Museo Contrada Leocorno, Siena, bassorilievo in bronzo raffigurante la corsa del Palio
Piazza centrale, Capo D’Orlando (ME), Stele verticale in ferro
Chiesa di Santa Lucia, Roma, fonte battesimale
Basilica di Sant’Agnese, Roma leggio, croce altare con gli evangelisti, croce tabernacolo
Chiesa San Gioacchino, Roma, crocefissi e lampade confessionali
Cappella Salus Infirmorum, UNITALSI, Lourdes (F), portale, croce monumentale, altare, angeli monumentali, tabernacolo
Chiesa Sacro Cuore, Albenga (SV), cero pasquale, leggio
Complesso Parrocchiale Cristo Risorto, Umbertide (PG), Via Crucis monumentale, arco ingresso, portale, inferriate chiesa, arredi sacri fonte battesimale
Cattedrale S. Maria La Nova, Caltanissetta, tomba vescovile in marmo con commesso romano
Cattedrale Sant’Antonio Martire, Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (AV), cattedra vescovile con melograni in bronzo
Chiesa Madonna del Ponte, Gubbio, fonte battesimale
Cappella San Giuseppe, Roma, tabernacolo monumentale in bronzo
Chiesa San Giuseppe, Roma, leggio, tabernacolo, ambone
Chiesa Cuore Immacolato, Andorra (SV), arredi sacri
Complesso Parrocchiale S. Lucia, Ponte storto, CastelNuovo di Porto (RM), tabernacolo in bronzo, arredi sacri
Basilica S. Maria di Piedigrotta, Napoli, fonte battesimale
Complesso Parrocchiale Divina Misericordia, San Bartolomeo al Mare (IM) campanile in ferro, Cristo, tabernacolo, ambone, leggio fonte battesimale in bronzo e marmo
2021: BastaBuste, National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome
2019: Acqua, National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome
2017: Opere, Atelier, Via R. Margherita, Rome
2016: Pesci, Laser Factory, Rome
2015: Emersioni, Palazzo Chigi, Office of the Prime Minister, Rome
2014: Mediterraneum, Trajan's Markets, Rome
2012: 2D, Galleria Cortese & Lisanti, Rome
2008: Aqua Mater, Galleria Cortese & Lisanti, Rome. Catalog with text by G. Gigliotti
2007: Mare, Mare, Mare (with C. Lombardi and S. Weller), Galleria Cortese & Lisanti, Rome. Catalog with text by R. Ruscio
2005: Kudurru, Galleria Consorti, Rome. Presentation by R. Biserni
2004: Oreste Baldini, Galleria Archi Bassi, Porto Ercole (GR), curated by J. Laurent
2001: Giona, Capo d’Orlando (ME). Catalog with text by V. Sindoni
2000: Giona, MACRO Ex Slaughterhouse, Rome. Presentation by O. Rainaldi, E. Abruzzini
1999: Oreste Baldini, Mc-Cann Erickson Space, Rome
1995: Oreste Baldini, Marble and Green Workshop, Rome
Recent Works, Galleria Fonderia Immart, Rome
1994: The Content of Form, Gilda, Rome
1990: The Flight, Galleria L’Eco, Calcata (VT)
1989: Sculptures, Galleria L’Eco, Calcata (VT)
2015: EXPO 2015, Maldives Pavilion, Milan
2003: Riflessi sull’acqua, Palazzo Cesi, Acquasparta (TR), Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome
2002: Latte e sangue, Galleria Monserrato Arte, Rome, curated by E. Mazzarella
1999/2000: Nuove Chiese Italiane, Traveling exhibition organized by the C.E.I., Scala Santa, Rome
1999: Itinerari d’Arte 1945-1999, Galleria Italarte, Rome, curated by P. Purificato
Né arte né parte, Spazio Magna Pars, Milan
1995: Scultori e sculture, Galleria Fonderia Immart, Rome, curated by P. Caporrella
1998: Fondazione Caporrella, Rome (Performance)
1997: Arte Sacra, Fondazione Stauros, San Gabriele, Isola del Gran Sasso (TE), curated by C. Chenis and A. Di Bonaventura
1996: Dal progetto all’opera, Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto; Galerie Dominion, Montreal; Unter College Gallery, New York. Catalog with text by F. Butturini
1993: Arte Domani nel Mondo, Banca d’Italia, Rome, curated by E. Mercuri
The Fujsankei Biennale, Hakone Open Air Museum, Tokyo
Biennale d’Arte Sacra, 1st Prize, Sanctuary of Incoronata, Foggia
1987: Rassegna di Pittura e Scultura, Museo del Folklore, Rome
2017: L’eredità di Eszter, directed by C. Balboni, Stanze Segrete, Rome
2015: Virginia Woolf, directed by C. Balboni, Stanze Segrete, Rome
2013: Falstaff by Shakespeare, directed by R. Cavallo, Globe Theatre, Rome
2007: Karen Blixen a pranzo da Babette, directed by R. Cavallo, Teatro dell’Orologio, Rome
2006: Buonanotte Patrizia, directed by R. Cavallo, Teatro Brancaccino, Rome
Ho sposato una strega, directed by R. Cavallo, Teatro Brancaccino, Rome
2005: Verso Macondo: L’ultimo viaggio di Orlando, directed by R. Cavallo, Teatro dell’Orologio, Rome
La dodicesima notte by Shakespeare, directed by R. Cavallo, Globe Theatre, Rome
La Signorina Papillon, directed by R. Cavallo, Teatro Brancaccino, Rome
2004: Macbeth by Shakespeare, directed by R. Cavallo, Teatro dell’Orologio, Rome
Stregata dalla luna, directed by G. Proietti, Teatro Brancaccio, Rome
2003: I Persiani by Aeschylus, directed by R. Cavallo, Teatro dell’Orologio, Rome
2002: Caduta degli Dei, directed by R. Cavallo, Teatro dell’Orologio, Rome
2001: Il Giardino dei Ciliegi by A. Chekhov, directed by R. Cavallo, Teatro dell’Orologio, Rome
Zio Vania by A. Chekhov, directed by R. Cavallo, Teatro dell’Orologio, Rome
Il Pane Loro, Teatro Valle, Rome