Nicola De Maria was born in Foglianise, Italy, December 6, 1954. In 1977, De Maria created his first wall painting in Milan and followed this with a wall painting for the Paris Biennale that same year. De Maria continued to transcend the confines of the canvas by imbuing the exhibition space with the art of color in the tradition of the old masters of Italian churches. In the 1980’s, De Maria exhibited space paintings at the Biennale of Venice, Documenta 7 Kassel, XVI Biennale of San Paolo, Sydney Biennale and the Quadriennale di Roma.

In 1981, he was included in both “Identité Italienne”, a group exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and “Critics and Art” at the National Gallery of Rome. Retrospectives of his paintings and dra...