ART.COLLECTIVE
ART.COLLECTIVE
Sculptor and Installation
(Born in Hildesheim, Germany)
Born in 1977 in Hildesheim, Germany, Dominik Stahlberg is a sculptor and installation artist who sees art not as a mirror, but as a weapon. Early on, he understood that the role of the artist is not to please but to provoke. After completing a formal education in sculpture from 2002 to 2005 in Germany, he was awarded a European Union scholarship to pursue his work in Italy, which led him to Carrara, the legendary marble capital.
Since 2005, Stahlberg has been based in Massa-Carrara, Italy, where he deepened his artistic practice through both formal and autodidactic studies. His research focused especially on post-1945 German sculpture, with a particular interest in combining traditional materials like marble with synthetic ones. His works are expressive, ironic, and sharp-edged with vibrant surfaces masking tragic depth.
In 2015, he co-founded Fronte Acciaio Cromato (F.A.C.), an anti-conformist avant-garde artist collective operating from a workshop in the heart of Carrara. F.A.C. is a hybrid of art and resistance: sculpture, installation, screen printing, and performance united in rebellion against elitism, aesthetic conservatism, and cultural commodification. “Chrome-Plated Steel” is more than a name, it is a statement of intent: unyielding, industrial, confrontational.
Stahlberg’s projects extend far beyond sculpture: from international symposia to underground mail art, from theatrical performances to experimental curating, he has left his mark across Europe and beyond.(including Brazil, Israel, Thailand, and Argentina) He is also a long-time participant in the NO!art movement, which fights the moral and political sterility of the global art market.
2002–2005 |
Formal sculpture education in Germany |
2005–2006 |
Sculpture scholarship from the European Union for Italy Ongoing self-directed studies focusing on post-1945 German and American sculpture Training and workshops in graffiti art, theatre, and public interventions |
Formal sculpture education in Germany
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Sculpture scholarship from the European Union for Italy
Ongoing self-directed studies focusing on post-1945 German and American sculpture
Training and workshops in graffiti art, theatre, and public interventions
2017–present | Treasurer of FAC – Fronte Acciaio Cromato The serious part F.A.C. | Manifest, Carrara Monumenti per Marina, International Sculpture Symposium |
2013–2016 | Biennale della Pietra, Castel San Niccolò HOLE’S LOVERS project in Cavalese with MART, Trento The 7 Sins exhibitions (Lussuria, Ira), Lecce ARTE POSTALE – Akademie der Künste, Berlin Carrara Open Studio, Carrara PIMP MY MARY II, Carrara TOAST Contemporary Art Gallery, board member, Carrara Miguel Hernandez Editions 4, Madrid Mediterraneo event, Carrara Kommissar Hjuler collaborations (Berlin, Euskirchen, Villach, Moena) |
2009–2012 | The 7 Sins (Invidia, Accidia, Superbia, Avarizia), Naples & Benevento TROY ART, Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, São Paulo ANDANTE – MACUF, A Coruña DREAMING OF LUCIDITY, Palazzo Zenobio, Venice HUMAN RIGHTS?, Rovereto & Caserta POP PORN – Sex & Politics, Rome BOYS BOYS BOYS, Gallery Infantellina, Berlin START UP, Verona & Macerata MAIL ART @ BISMARCK, Germany Miguel Hernandez, Editions 1–3, Madrid NO!art involvement, Berlin & NYC |
2005–2008 | NO EXCUSE 3×3, UNESCO, Antwerp Wax-Craft Symposium, Thailand Sculpture Symposium, Patagonia/Argentina NEW TALENTS, Gallery Noah, Augsburg LEONARDO Prize, Augsburg TENDOLA ARTISTICA, Fosdinovo SCULTURA PER UN MUSEO, Montefiore Conca (2nd place) FESTIVAL DELLA CREATIVITÀ, Florence Torano Notte e Giorno, Italy Sculpture Symposia: Tendola (Emigrazione), Cavaion Veronese (Universo in Pietra) |
1997–2004 | Early projects at KulturFabrik, Hildesheim (sculpture, graffiti, theatre) ARCA Project, Carrara Collaboration with Frank Breidenbruch / A.R. Penk on Himmlische Stürze, Wuppertal |
Carrara Studi Aperti – 2025 Edition logo creation
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ARTE IN NEGOTIUM, Carrara
CSA Carrara
MOTHER ISRAEL – Installation, Carrara
NINA HAGEN SOTTO PONTE – Installation, Carrara
TILL LINDEMANN – Exhibition & Installation, Carrara
NO!art Project, Berlin
DON EURO, Carrara
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L’egoismo indifferente, White Carrara Downtown
Carrara Open Studio, CSA
GOTT IST TOD – Mapping Installation, Carrara
GAME OVER CARRARA, Carrara
F.A.C. | Manifest, Carrara
Monumenti per Marina, International Sculpture Symposium
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Biennale della Pietra, Castel San Niccolò
HOLE’S LOVERS project in Cavalese with MART, Trento
The 7 Sins exhibitions (Lussuria, Ira), Lecce
ARTE POSTALE – Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Carrara Open Studio, Carrara
PIMP MY MARY II, Carrara
TOAST Contemporary Art Gallery, board member, Carrara
Miguel Hernandez Editions 4, Madrid
Mediterraneo event, Carrara
Kommissar Hjuler collaborations (Berlin, Euskirchen, Villach, Moena)
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The 7 Sins (Invidia, Accidia, Superbia, Avarizia), Naples & Benevento
TROY ART, Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, São Paulo
ANDANTE – MACUF, A Coruña
DREAMING OF LUCIDITY, Palazzo Zenobio, Venice
HUMAN RIGHTS?, Rovereto & Caserta
POP PORN – Sex & Politics, Rome
BOYS BOYS BOYS, Gallery Infantellina, Berlin
START UP, Verona & Macerata
MAIL ART @ BISMARCK, Germany
Miguel Hernandez, Editions 1–3, Madrid
NO!art involvement, Berlin & NYC
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NO EXCUSE 3×3, UNESCO, Antwerp
Wax-Craft Symposium, Thailand
Sculpture Symposium, Patagonia/Argentina
NEW TALENTS, Gallery Noah, Augsburg
LEONARDO Prize, Augsburg
TENDOLA ARTISTICA, Fosdinovo
SCULTURA PER UN MUSEO, Montefiore Conca (2nd place)
FESTIVAL DELLA CREATIVITÀ, Florence
Torano Notte e Giorno, Italy
Sculpture Symposia: Tendola (Emigrazione), Cavaion Veronese (Universo in Pietra)
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Early projects at KulturFabrik, Hildesheim (sculpture, graffiti, theatre)
ARCA Project, Carrara
Collaboration with Frank Breidenbruch / A.R. Penk on Himmlische Stürze, Wuppertal
This is not art for polite galleries. This is sculpture with scars. This is resistance, carved from stone and wrapped in chrome.
Dominik Stahlberg artist, agitator, and co-founder of Fronte Acciaio Cromato.