Antonio Marras

Antonio Marras draws, paints, models, sculpts, creates forms and spaces, imagines, designs, and directs. An artist in the Renaissance sense, yet contemporary. Marras works in virtually every field of creativity.

Born in 1961 in Alghero, Sardinia—a land that has always inspired and shaped his distinctive style.

Since the early 2000s, museums, galleries, and theaters have hosted his works: drawings, paintings, collages, ceramics, installations, tapestries, and performances.

Prior to his rise in the fashion world: since the late 1980s, he has designed clothing, accessories, and costumes, launching his own brand in 1999 and, for eight years, also serving as artistic director at Kenzo. His creations are known and celebrated worldwide, and Antonio Marras is one of the most beloved figures for his multiculturalism, vision, and uniqueness.

 

Art

After a series of exhibitions, many of which were shared with artists such as Maria Lai and Carol Rama, he was among the artists featured in the Italian Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale.

In 2016, the major retrospective Nulla dies sine linea was set up at the Triennale di Milano.

On the occasion of the 2017 exhibition at the Massimo Minini Gallery in Brescia, Marras made his directorial debut with the performance Mio cuore, io sto soffrendo, which was subsequently presented in Milan (PAC and Teatro dell’Elfo), in Cagliari (Teatro Massimo), in Reggio Emilia (Chiostro di San Pietro), and, in 2025, in Gorizia.

In 2019, the exhibition *Trama Doppia* was held in Matera, dedicated to Maria Lai, who was the artist with whom Marras has collaborated most frequently, even creating a series of collaborative works as part of a true partnership.

In 2020, Memorie dal Sottosuolo took place at the Ceramics Museum in Mondovì, while in 2023, Questi miei fantasmi, an installation in Naples, was presented at FOQUS-Fondazione Quartieri Spagnoli.

In 2025, Antonio Marras had a solo exhibition entitled Vedere per credere. L’ombra di Cecco at Forte Malatesta in Ascoli Piceno.

In 2026, Paso Doble, featuring works by Antonio Marras and Maria Lai, took place at M77 Gallery, and in March of the same year, a solo exhibition entitled Caos Calmo was held at Carpenters Workshop Gallery’s new venue in Notting Hill, London.

In 2013, Marras received an honorary degree in Visual Arts from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts.

 

Theater and Cinema

From 2009, when Luca Ronconi called him to design the costumes for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, through 2022 for Oedipus Rex – A Black Fairy Tale by Bruni/Frongia, up to 2025 for Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus, directed by the same team—a project that earned Antonio Marras the Ubu Prize. In 2025, Marras made his film directorial debut with Motel Jacaranda, his first short film.