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JAGO

JAGO is an Italian artist who works in the field of sculpture. He was born in Frosinone (Italy) in 1987, where he attended art high school and then the Academy of Fine Arts (which he left in 2010).

His artistic research is rooted in traditional techniques. JAGO uses marble as a noble material, but deals with fundamental themes of the era in which he lives, establishing a direct relationship with the public through the use of videos and social networks, to share the production process.

Driven by a huge ambition that is the operative version of self-love. Nothing else.

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In February 2025, the David (plaster model) exhibition opens at the Gallerie d’Italia in Naples, while from April 2025, Jago will be featured in the Italian pavilion at Expo Osaka 2025 with his work, Circulatory System.

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In February 2025, the David (plaster model) exhibition opens at the Gallerie d’Italia in Naples, while from April 2025, Jago will be featured in the Italian pavilion at Expo Osaka 2025 with his work, Circulatory System.

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In June 2024, the documentary film Jago Into The White, directed by Luigi Pingitore, premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival and is released in cinemas, while in July, the bronze model of David begins its World Tour aboard the Amerigo Vespucci ship.

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In June 2024, the documentary film Jago Into The White, directed by Luigi Pingitore, premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival and is released in cinemas, while in July, the bronze model of David begins its World Tour aboard the Amerigo Vespucci ship.

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On May 20, 2023, his studio in the Church of Sant’Aspreno ai Crociferi (Naples) opens to the public as the Jago Museum, with over 5,000 people attending the inauguration. In December of the same year, the museum’s collection is enriched with the work “Narcissus,” depicting the myth of the beautiful hunter and inviting a deep reflection on perception and reality.

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On May 20, 2023, his studio in the Church of Sant’Aspreno ai Crociferi (Naples) opens to the public as the Jago Museum, with over 5,000 people attending the inauguration. In December of the same year, the museum’s collection is enriched with the work “Narcissus,” depicting the myth of the beautiful hunter and inviting a deep reflection on perception and reality.

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On October 1, 2021, he installs the work Pietà in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Montesanto, in Piazza del Popolo, Rome, and on March 12, 2022, he inaugurates the exhibition JAGO – The Exhibition at Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome. In August, the sculpture Italian Marble is installed on the field of the Olympic Stadium in Rome, and then placed on Ponte Sant’Angelo, where it is vandalized.

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On October 1, 2021, he installs the work Pietà in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Montesanto, in Piazza del Popolo, Rome, and on March 12, 2022, he inaugurates the exhibition JAGO – The Exhibition at Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome. In August, the sculpture Italian Marble is installed on the field of the Olympic Stadium in Rome, and then placed on Ponte Sant’Angelo, where it is vandalized.

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In November 2020, he creates the installation Look Down, which is placed in Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples, and subsequently exhibited in the Al Haniyah desert in Fujairah (UAE).

On the occasion of the ESA (European Space Agency) Beyond mission, JAGO was the first artist to send a marble sculpture to the International Space Station. The work, titled The First Baby and depicting the fetus of a newborn, returned to Earth in February 2020 under the custody of mission head Luca Parmitano.

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In November 2020, he creates the installation Look Down, which is placed in Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples, and subsequently exhibited in the Al Haniyah desert in Fujairah (UAE).

On the occasion of the ESA (European Space Agency) Beyond mission, JAGO was the first artist to send a marble sculpture to the International Space Station. The work, titled The First Baby and depicting the fetus of a newborn, returned to Earth in February 2020 under the custody of mission head Luca Parmitano.

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On the occasion of the ESA (European Space Agency) Beyond mission, JAGO was the first artist to send a marble sculpture to the International Space Station. The work, titled The First Baby and depicting the fetus of a newborn, returned to Earth in February 2020 under the custody of mission head Luca Parmitano.

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On the occasion of the ESA (European Space Agency) Beyond mission, JAGO was the first artist to send a marble sculpture to the International Space Station. The work, titled The First Baby and depicting the fetus of a newborn, returned to Earth in February 2020 under the custody of mission head Luca Parmitano.

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Since 2016, the year of his first solo exhibition in the capital, he has lived and worked in Italy, China, and America. He was a visiting professor at the New York Academy of Art, where he held a masterclass and several lectures in 2018.

Following an exhibition at the Armory Show in Manhattan, JAGO moved to New York. Here he began the creation of the Veiled Son, permanently displayed in the Chapel of the Whites, in the church of San Severo Fuori le Mura in Naples.

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Since 2016, the year of his first solo exhibition in the capital, he has lived and worked in Italy, China, and America. He was a visiting professor at the New York Academy of Art, where he held a masterclass and several lectures in 2018.

Following an exhibition at the Armory Show in Manhattan, JAGO moved to New York. Here he began the creation of the Veiled Son, permanently displayed in the Chapel of the Whites, in the church of San Severo Fuori le Mura in Naples.

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At the age of 24, upon presentation by Maria Teresa Benedetti, he was selected by Vittorio Sgarbi to participate in the 54th Venice Biennale, exhibiting the marble bust of Pope Benedict XVI (created in 2009), which earned him the Pontifical Medal. The youthful sculpture was then reworked in 2016, taking the name Habemus Hominem and becoming one of his most well-known works.

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At the age of 24, upon presentation by Maria Teresa Benedetti, he was selected by Vittorio Sgarbi to participate in the 54th Venice Biennale, exhibiting the marble bust of Pope Benedict XVI (created in 2009), which earned him the Pontifical Medal. The youthful sculpture was then reworked in 2016, taking the name Habemus Hominem and becoming one of his most well-known works.

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In February 2025, the David (plaster model) exhibition opens at the Gallerie d’Italia in Naples, while from April 2025, Jago will be featured in the Italian pavilion at Expo Osaka 2025 with his work, Circulatory System.

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In February 2025, the David (plaster model) exhibition opens at the Gallerie d’Italia in Naples, while from April 2025, Jago will be featured in the Italian pavilion at Expo Osaka 2025 with his work, Circulatory System.

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In June 2024, the documentary film Jago Into The White, directed by Luigi Pingitore, premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival and is released in cinemas, while in July, the bronze model of David begins its World Tour aboard the Amerigo Vespucci ship.

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In June 2024, the documentary film Jago Into The White, directed by Luigi Pingitore, premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival and is released in cinemas, while in July, the bronze model of David begins its World Tour aboard the Amerigo Vespucci ship.

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On May 20, 2023, his studio in the Church of Sant’Aspreno ai Crociferi (Naples) opens to the public as the Jago Museum, with over 5,000 people attending the inauguration. In December of the same year, the museum’s collection is enriched with the work “Narcissus,” depicting the myth of the beautiful hunter and inviting a deep reflection on perception and reality.

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On May 20, 2023, his studio in the Church of Sant’Aspreno ai Crociferi (Naples) opens to the public as the Jago Museum, with over 5,000 people attending the inauguration. In December of the same year, the museum’s collection is enriched with the work “Narcissus,” depicting the myth of the beautiful hunter and inviting a deep reflection on perception and reality.

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On October 1, 2021, he installs the work Pietà in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Montesanto, in Piazza del Popolo, Rome, and on March 12, 2022, he inaugurates the exhibition JAGO – The Exhibition at Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome. In August, the sculpture Italian Marble is installed on the field of the Olympic Stadium in Rome, and then placed on Ponte Sant’Angelo, where it is vandalized.

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On October 1, 2021, he installs the work Pietà in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Montesanto, in Piazza del Popolo, Rome, and on March 12, 2022, he inaugurates the exhibition JAGO – The Exhibition at Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome. In August, the sculpture Italian Marble is installed on the field of the Olympic Stadium in Rome, and then placed on Ponte Sant’Angelo, where it is vandalized.

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In November 2020, he creates the installation Look Down, which is placed in Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples, and subsequently exhibited in the Al Haniyah desert in Fujairah (UAE).

On the occasion of the ESA (European Space Agency) Beyond mission, JAGO was the first artist to send a marble sculpture to the International Space Station. The work, titled The First Baby and depicting the fetus of a newborn, returned to Earth in February 2020 under the custody of mission head Luca Parmitano.

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In November 2020, he creates the installation Look Down, which is placed in Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples, and subsequently exhibited in the Al Haniyah desert in Fujairah (UAE).

On the occasion of the ESA (European Space Agency) Beyond mission, JAGO was the first artist to send a marble sculpture to the International Space Station. The work, titled The First Baby and depicting the fetus of a newborn, returned to Earth in February 2020 under the custody of mission head Luca Parmitano.

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On the occasion of the ESA (European Space Agency) Beyond mission, JAGO was the first artist to send a marble sculpture to the International Space Station. The work, titled The First Baby and depicting the fetus of a newborn, returned to Earth in February 2020 under the custody of mission head Luca Parmitano.

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On the occasion of the ESA (European Space Agency) Beyond mission, JAGO was the first artist to send a marble sculpture to the International Space Station. The work, titled The First Baby and depicting the fetus of a newborn, returned to Earth in February 2020 under the custody of mission head Luca Parmitano.

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Since 2016, the year of his first solo exhibition in the capital, he has lived and worked in Italy, China, and America. He was a visiting professor at the New York Academy of Art, where he held a masterclass and several lectures in 2018.

Following an exhibition at the Armory Show in Manhattan, JAGO moved to New York. Here he began the creation of the Veiled Son, permanently displayed in the Chapel of the Whites, in the church of San Severo Fuori le Mura in Naples.

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16

Since 2016, the year of his first solo exhibition in the capital, he has lived and worked in Italy, China, and America. He was a visiting professor at the New York Academy of Art, where he held a masterclass and several lectures in 2018.

Following an exhibition at the Armory Show in Manhattan, JAGO moved to New York. Here he began the creation of the Veiled Son, permanently displayed in the Chapel of the Whites, in the church of San Severo Fuori le Mura in Naples.

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At the age of 24, upon presentation by Maria Teresa Benedetti, he was selected by Vittorio Sgarbi to participate in the 54th Venice Biennale, exhibiting the marble bust of Pope Benedict XVI (created in 2009), which earned him the Pontifical Medal. The youthful sculpture was then reworked in 2016, taking the name Habemus Hominem and becoming one of his most well-known works.

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At the age of 24, upon presentation by Maria Teresa Benedetti, he was selected by Vittorio Sgarbi to participate in the 54th Venice Biennale, exhibiting the marble bust of Pope Benedict XVI (created in 2009), which earned him the Pontifical Medal. The youthful sculpture was then reworked in 2016, taking the name Habemus Hominem and becoming one of his most well-known works.

“Jago is a world, it is an existence, a character. There is a will in him to communicate very strongly”

Maria Teresa Benedetti

2024 Jago a Palazzo Reale, Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo, Italia
2022 Jago – In Flagella Paratus Sum, Ponte Sant’Angelo, Roma, Italia
2022 Jago – L’arte dell’integrazione, Stadio Olimpico, Roma, Italia
2022 “Jago, The Exhibition”, Palazzo Bonaparte, Roma, Italia
2021 “Look Here”, Deserto Al Haniya, Fujairah, UAE
2021 “Pietà”, Basilica di Santa Maria in Montesanto, Roma, Italia
2021 “Jago a Sant’Anna dei Lombardi ”, Complesso di Sant’Anna dei Lombardi, Napoli, Italia
2020 “Look Down”, Piazza del Plebiscito, Napoli, Italia
2019 “First Baby”, International Space Station, ISS
2019 “Figlio Velato”, Basilica di San Severo fuori le mura, Napoli, Italia
2019 “Veiled Son”, HighLine Stages, New York, USA
2019 “Habemus Hominem”, Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma, Italia
2018 “Habemus Hominem”, Museo Carlo Bilotti, Villa Borghese, Roma, Italia
2017 “Apparato Circolatorio”, Galleria Montrasio Arte, Monza, Italia
2017 “Apparato Circolatorio”, Galleria Montrasio Arte, Milano, Italia
2016 “Memorie”, Basilica dei SS XII Apostoli, Roma, Italia
2014 “Anatomia Ele-Mentale”, Fondazione Umberto Mastroianni, Arpino, Italia
2011 “Habemus Papam”, Museo della Media Valle del Liri, Sora, Italia

2024 Jago, Banksy, TVboy e altre storie controcorrente, Palazzo Gromo Losa e Palazzo Ferrero, Biella, Italia
2023 Jago, Banksy, TVboy e altre storie controcorrente, Palazzo Albergati, Bologna, Italia
2022 Play – videogame arte e oltre, Reggia di Venaria, Torino, Italia
2022 Banksy & Friends, Chiesa di San Francesco, Udine, Italia
2022 Canova e la scultura contemporanea, Contemplazioni, Possagno, Italia
2019 “The Unveiling”, ABC Stone, New York, USA
2018 “The Unveiling”, ABC Stone, New York, USA
2018 “ADA Your Art and Design Advisor”, Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Roma, Italia
2017 “Generation What?”, MAXXI, Roma, Italia
2016 “RILEVAMENTI 1”, CAMUSAC – Cassino Museo Arte Contemporanea, Cassino, Italia
2016 “Poppi Deposito D’Arte”, Castello di Poppi, Poppi, Italia
2016 “Terapie D’urto”, Università LUISS Guido Carlo, Roma, Italia
2015 “BoCs Art di Cosenza”, Cosenza, Italia
2011 “La terra ha bisogno degli uomini”, Reggia di Caserta, Caserta, Italia
2011 “54° Biennale di Venezia” – Padiglione Italia, Palazzo Venezia, Roma, Italia
2011 “Vanitas”, Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma, Italia

2022 Premio eTutorWeb, Roma, Italia
2020 Premio “Cultura ed identità”, Anagni, Italia
2017 Investitura “Mastro della Pietra 2017”, MarmoMacc 2017, Verona, Italia
2017 1° Premio “Euromobil Group 2017”, Arte Fiera Bologna, Bologna, Italia
2015 1° premio “Pio Catel Award”, Franz Ludwig Catel Foundation, Scuderie Aldobrandini, Frascati, Italia
2013 “Premio Arkes”, Castello Boncompagni Viscogliosi, Isola del Liri, Italia
2012 “Medaglia Pontificia”, Vaticano, Pontificio Consiglio per la Cultura in Roma, Italia
2012 1° premio “Gala de l’Art a Monte-Carlo”, Principato di Monaco

2022 “Jago. The Exhibition”, Maria Teresa Benedetti, Edizioni Drago
2022 Canova e la scultura contemporanea, Vittorio Sgarbi, Sara Pallavicini, Contemplazioni
2021 “Figlio Velato, catalogo della mostra permanente”, Edizione San Gennaro
2020 “Jago, rinascimento del terzo millennio”, Maria Pia Cappello, Susil Edizioni
2019 “222 Artisti emergenti su cui investire nel 2019”, Cesare Biasini Selvaggi, Exibart
2018 “Jago: Habemus Hominem”, Maria Teresa Benedetti, Silvana Editore
2018 “222 Artisti emergenti su cui investire nel 2018”, Cesare Biasini Selvaggi, Exibart
2016 “Jago – Memorie”, Tommaso Zijno, Maria Teresa Benedetti, Marco Tonelli, Giovanni Valle Edizioni
2011 “Lo Stato dell’arte”, Vittorio Sgarbi, Skira
2011 “Vanitas, Lotto, Caravaggio, Guercino nella Collezione Doria Pamphilj”, Massimiliano Floridi, Alessandra Mercantini, Silvana Editore

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