Giorgia Palombi
I love experimenting with mosaic by challenging its inherent characteristics—staticity, coldness, two-dimensionality, hardness, and heaviness—through the introduction of mobile components, innovative materials (such as felt and soft fabrics), and three-dimensional elements.
This is why I am known as the artist of Metamosaics—a new art form I invented, positioned between mosaic, sculpture, painting, and installation. Metamosaics transcend the traditional limits of mosaic, almost to the point of dematerializing, as seen in the Shibori Metamosaics.
Like Piero Gilardi’s Nature Carpets, my Metamosaics surprise viewers by offering an interactive, tactile experience that creates an emotional contrast between the familiar and the new.
In my sensorial Metamosaics, staticity gives way to movement, cold to warmth. I aim to guide people into a three-dimensional world of matter that emerges from seemingly flat surfaces, where they can discover unexpected textures and details—amplified by subverting real-world proportions and inviting a playful yet never trivial treasure hunt.
My goal is to rekindle wonder—that state of excitement and total presence we all experienced as children while playing, where time and space have no limits and everything is possible, like in a lucid dream or Dalí’s dreamlike dimension.
I strongly believe, as Kaywin Feldman, director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, says:
“When we experience wonder, we become less self-centered and more selfless. We feel a deeper connection through humanity.”
Related to this theme, I developed the international transpersonal project Wonder Lanterns (or Human Mosaic): a network of monumental “Stargates” installed in various cities worldwide and a series of customized three-dimensional sculptural Metamosaics, made on commission for those who wish to protect and reignite the flame of wonder even in adulthood.
My Story
My name is Giorgia Palombi, creator of Metamosaic World.
I am known for Metamosaics, abstract and experimental compositions that transcend the limits of the mosaic to the point of almost dematerializing its tiles – and for the transpersonal project Lanterns of Wonder, through which I am giving life to a Human Metamosaic, an international community of collectors and dreamers who wish to safeguard and fuel the flame of wonder.
In 1998 I graduated from the Art Institute of Rome and immediately afterwards Iamia began her career in the art world as a restorer, participating in prestigious restoration projects at the Codornata Capitolina, Palazzo Braschi and the Chiesa del Gesu.
Once I have mastered the restoration techniques, I begin to wonder if retouching existing works of art is my real vocation.
After a short pause for reflection, I decide to dedicate myself to the study and creation of mosaic, a medium in which I perfect myself in all its possible applications and with which I have worked successfully both in Italy and abroad for public and private clients since 2001 to 2018.In the meantime, I am attending the degree course in Interior Design and Architecture at the La Sapienza University of Rome.
Starting from 2018, I dedicate myself to experimentation and breaking the traditional rules of mosaic to develop my authorial voice which culminates with the Metamosaics (mainly Sensory Metamosaics and Shibori Metamosaics) and the Lanterns of Wonder (Human Metamosaics), projects that arouse appreciation and interest at an international level.