Giuseppe De Mattia was born in Bari in 1980 and currently lives and works between Bari and Noha (Lecce), Italy. His artistic practice engages in a dialogue between multiple media—including photography, video, sound, drawing, and painting—to explore the relationship between memory and the contemporary moment. A keen observer of the contemporary art landscape, De Mattia frequently addresses structural questions surrounding the art economy, approaching them through an interplay of irony, satire, and a distinctly poetic form of critique.

He is represented by Matèria in Rome and collaborates with Banquet Gallery in Milan and De' Foscherari in Bologna. His publications have been released by publishers including Corraini Editore, Danilo Montanari, Aosta Publishing, and Skinnerboox.

Throughout his career, De Mattia has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Italy and internationally. Recent solo exhibitions include Visita di cortesia at Banquet, Milan (2024); Tombaroli maledetti at Fondazione Zimei, Pescara (2024); Quem não arrisca não petisca at Cosmos CAC, Lisbon (2024); Figlio di gazza at Matèria, Rome (2023); Produzione propria at OPR Gallery, Milan (2022); and Lavoretto at Toast Project Space, Florence (2022).

His work has been featured in major museum and institutional exhibitions, including at MAMbo, Bologna (Facile ironia, 2025; That's IT!, 2018); Palazzo Ducale, Mantua (Grafèin – Scrivere il Segno, 2018); Fondazione del Monte, Bologna (141 – Un secolo di disegno in Italia, 2021; Oltreprima – La fotografia dipinta nell'arte contemporanea, curated by Fabiola Naldi and Maura Pozzati, 2017); MAR – Ravenna Art Museum (La tradizione del nuovo, 2018); Museo Castromediano, Lecce; Museo Diocesano, Foligno; Musei di Palazzo dei Pio, Carpi; and MAXXI, Rome.

Alongside his exhibition practice, De Mattia has developed an extensive body of editorial work, publishing numerous artist's books and catalogues, including Uno Stato dell'arte (Danilo Montanari Editore, 2025), Uova e tramezzi (Aosta Publishing, 2024), MDA – Movimento Disegnatori Anonimi (2021), Le bugie di Danilo Montanari (Edizioni l'Obliquo, 2020), and Dieci lanci di fascia elastica (Corraini Edizioni, 2017).

His practice has also been supported through a range of institutional projects, residencies, and commissions. These include the residency and exhibition A Deeper Splash at Port Tonic Art Center, Saint-Tropez, France (2021); an exhibition and residency at the Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City; the site-specific project and performative presentation of the installation Architettura nomade at the Italian Cultural Institute in Athens; Edificio Parlante, a project in San Salvador commissioned by Fondazione Custom Made Stories (2024); Nature is Quite Easy, an intervention at REDGE Contemporary Art Center in Chengdu, China (2024); a residency at Mahler & LeWitt Studios in Spoleto (2021); and participation in MAMbo's Nuovo Forno del Pane project (2020).