Filippo Rossi

Filippo Rossi, born in 1970, has been exhibiting his works since 1992. After training at the School of Vero Drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, he completed a degree in Art History at the University of Florence. From 1997 to 2021 he taught Studio Art at Stanford University. He is also a university-level professor in the Master’s program (IUL University) at the Fondazione di Arte Sacra Contemporanea in Florence. Rossi, who collaborates with art historian Timothy Verdon, has been exploring the themes of Christian art for over 20 years. He often does site-specific works, collaborating with architects and interior designers. In 2018 he created his brand MAGNIFICE. His works are in private and public collections in Italy and abroad.

The artistic practice of Filippo Rossi emerges from the encounter between raw material, pure colour and essential geometry, creating a space of balance and inner resonance. The artist works with micro-cement, bitumen, linen, paper and polystyrene, shaping living surfaces that receive chromatic glazes and golden reflections capable of transforming any setting into a perceptual experience. His works are not mere decorative objects: they become key elements within contemporary interiors, strong yet subtle presences that define, open, lighten or intensify a space. Placed in a home, a studio or a shared environment, they act as centres of light, focal points that converse with architecture and amplify the atmosphere. Light—often evoked rather than depicted—goes beyond its physical dimension and becomes symbolic: an invitation to calm, focus and a discreet, everyday form of spirituality. For interior designers, Rossi’s works offer versatility and a recognisable visual language; for collectors, they embody a coherent and steadily evolving artistic path rooted in more than three decades of research.