A bit of my life..

 I am Mauro, born in 1980 in the ceramic city of Grottaglie, in the wonderful southern region of Puglia, Italy. I am the third generation of a family with a long ceramic tradition, with grandparents and great-grandparents devoted to pottery and clay decoration.

As a child, I often visited the workshop of my grandfather Leonardo, nicknamed Puparieuddu, where my other grandfather, Ugo Basile, also worked a great decorator of majolica and Greek inspired art.

After studying at the State Institute of Art and the Academy of Fine Arts in Lecce, I moved to Barcelona and later to Andalusia, where I discovered the rich tradition of Nasrid ceramics. In the bohemian neighborhood of Sacromonte, I reconnected with clay—the material of my childhood—and began shaping my own artistic path.

I founded Me Piace in Zahara de los Atunes, creating paintings, illustrations, and textile designs. In 2016, I opened my studio-shop Sotto Scala, where sculptures, ceramics, and mixed-media creations come to life.