Davide Prete

Born in Treviso, Italy, Davide was introduced to the art of metalsmithing by his father Alessandro, and by the sculptor Toni Benetton. He studied jewelry and metalsmithing at the Institute of Art in Venice and in 2003, he obtained his degree in architecture at IUAV, Venice, Italy.

After working as a licensed architect in Italy for several architectural firms, he moved to the USA in 2007. In 2010, he earned his Master of Arts in Art, and in 2011 his Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Fontbonne University, Saint Louis, where he studied under the guidance of Hank Knickmeyer and developed a personal sculptural process, mixing traditional metal casting and new technologies such as 3D printing and laser scanning.

His work has been shown at national and international venues (Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, England, France, Finland, and the USA), and his urban scale sculptures are installed in Italy and the USA. Recently, his work has focused on new technologies such as 3D printing, laser scanning, and traditional metalsmithing techniques. On his last projects, mathematical equations provided him with a pretext to connect figurative images with a new language, to discover what he called “A new form of shamanism”.