Lello Esposito, sculptor and painter, focuses his research on the relation between contemporary art and tradition, by conceiving and re-elaborating the symbols of Neapolitan culture: Pulcinella, mask, egg, skull, volcano, San Gennaro, horn. Internationally renowned for his work on archetypes, symbols and cultural imagination of Naples, he likes to define himself as a “cult artist”; over his long career he significantly contributed to the creation of new interpretative and representative forms of traditional Neapolitan icons. Esposito’s works have been exhibited in the world in several personal and collective exhibitions, below are some: 2019 XV Giornata del Contemporaneo, Tel Aviv; 2011 Biennale d'Arte, Venice; 2007 Moriden, Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery, New York; 2006 AZ NY 06, Viromare Design Gallery, New York & Casa Italiana Zerrilli-Marimò, New York ; 2005 Neapolitan icons and metamorphoses, New York & Extra Omnes, San Gregorio al Celio, Rome & Ikonostasi, Magazzini del sale, Siena; 2004 Galleria Internazionale Arte Moderna Ca’ Pesaro, Venice; 1998 Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Berlino & Sporting D’Hiver, Montecarlo; 1997 Resurrecciones, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Madrid & Künstlerforum, Bonn; 1996 Columbus Centre, Toronto & Complexes des Jardins, Montréal; 1995 Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo; 1994 Galerie Garance, Centre Gorge Pompidou, Paris; 1993 Ab/ovo, Institut Français, Naples; 1990 Pulcinella maschera nel mondo, Teatro Mercadante, Naples.