biography

Associated artist at Halles de Schaerbeek in Brussel (Belgium) 

Associated artist at Festival Oriente Occidente (Italy)

Selected artist at Crossing the Sea International Project (Italy-Asia)

AEROWAVES ARTIST 2018

ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE Ambassador

Pietro Marullo has always defined himself as a « materiographer », an artist who writes with matter. Be it body, object, sound or light. Since he has embarked on a personal shamanic journey, he has grasped its profound meaning. The need to embody a broader awareness, whereby magic and matter represent two sides of the same coin. 

His interdisciplinary work lies at the intersection of visual and performing art, installation and new technologies, deeply focused on social, historical and anthropological topics. He has always focused on the analysis of the human community, of the internal processes of violence, and of the cosmogonic forces that determine its morphology. 

His works are presented in four continents, in very important dance festival, performing art festival, theaters, music networks, puppet-object and contemporary art platforms, such as: Festival OrienteOccidente, Seoul International Dance Festival, José Limon Dance Festival, Danse Elargie/Théâtre de la Ville, Beijing Dance Festival, National Italian Dance Platform.

The most of the time , these projects are re-created with local people, proposing the creation of ephemeral communities to undertake transformative and aesthetic processes.

Since 2017, he works at the Academy of Music and Theatre of Vilnius (Lithuania) where he proposes workshops and lectures about the « metaphorical body » and « the art of eat reality ».

  • 2015 – ARANCE – avoid shooting blacks is about the issue of modern slavery in Europe. A hybrid show that blends the codes of theatre and the visual art. The project was created during the The Festival Emulation 2015 of the Théâtre de Liege.
  • 2017 –  WRECK – List of extinct species,  a dance show about external dangers.It has been created for the opening of the International Dance Festival OrienteOccidente. The show has been selected by the network AEROWAVES in 2018, and since then it is engage in an international tour on over twenty countries. 
  • 2019 – ARIANE [eu]phonie, a reflection on the concept of borders starting from the Greek Mythe of Labyrinth. The show is coproduced by the Théâtre Varia de Bruxelles and the Wallonie-Bruxelles Federation.
  • 2019 – HIVE – our hydrological need of cosmic lines about the relationship between violence and culture. This is an international coproduction premiered in Festival Oriente Occidente in Italy.
  • 2021 – THE WOUND – archive of wester images is a micro-danza created with the collaboration of Fondazione Aterballetto.
  • 2022 – HERMANDAD – geologia de la moralidad. The premiere has been at Halles de Schaerbeek in Brussel. The show is support by Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, and International coproducers.