Achille Perilli was born in Rome in 1927 and passed away in Orvieto in 2021.

A pioneer of Italian abstraction, Perilli explored from the 1940s the possibilities of geometry and color as autonomous languages, co-founding the Forma 1 group and collaborating with the leading artistic and cultural circles of his time. His practice spans painting, sculpture, drawing, and stage design, consistently driven by an interest in the synthesis of form and concept, balancing geometric rigor with the poetry of the irrational.

Over the course of his career, Perilli exhibited at major international institutions and events, including the Venice and São Paulo Biennials, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, and the Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt. He curated and contributed to avant-garde publications such as Esperienza Moderna and Grammatica, maintaining a constant dialogue between artistic theory and practice.

Perilli’s work oscillates between painting and sculpture, installation and graphic design, with a sustained interest in spatial perception, light, and rhythm. From his early 1950s works to his later series of wooden sculptures and installations, his practice investigates the tension between geometry and imagination, between the temporal continuum of experience and aesthetic experimentation, offering a coherent and radical vision of Italian abstract art.