Corrado De Meo, born in 1949, lives and works in Livorno. He graduated in Sociology in the late 1970s, after which his anthropological curiosity led him to travel extensively around the world. Yet his enduring passion for jewelry — present since his youth — ultimately guided him toward the goldsmith’s craft in the early 1980s.

De Meo’s artistic research delves deeply into the study of matter and its infinite possibilities. Guided by the law of conservation of mass, and particularly Lavoisier’s fundamental postulate — “Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed” — his work explores the constant evolution of matter through continuous experimentation with unconventional materials such as polystyrene, resins, and papier-mâché.

“The essential focus of my work is to study matter and its possibilities. For this reason, I use and recycle, whenever possible, materials recovered from waste. Symbolically, even when I use silver, I prefer to source it from old objects, melted and given new life. I believe that everything — including ourselves — is part of a continuous, unstoppable cycle of transformation, as affirmed by Buddhist thought.”

Through this philosophy, De Meo’s creations transcend adornment, embodying a meditation on impermanence, renewal, and the enduring dialogue between humanity and material.