The winner was determined by a jury chaired by Aldo Colonetti, philosopher, historian, and design theorist, and composed of Michele Beraldo, art historian and critic; Dino Marangon, art historian and critic; Isabella Panfido, writer and journalist; Roberto Gobbo, architect and Award coordinator; and Gaspare, Antonio, Fiorenzo and Giancarlo Lucchetta, owners of Euromobil, Desiree and Zalf – Gruppo Euromobil.

“The jury, with unanimous vote, decided to award the Gruppo Euromobil Under 35 Prize dedicated to Carmelo Zotti to Miriam Marafioti, presented by Galleria Alessandro Bagnai, recognizing in the creation of the work a refined technique that combines photography with painting, creating a complex image that is, at the same time, of immediate perception.

An image that manages to synthesize construction and sense of the natural” – reads the jury's motivation.

CARMELO ZOTTI. The 2026 edition of the Gruppo Euromobil Under 35 Award is dedicated to Carmelo Zotti, an artist with whom Gruppo Euromobil built a privileged relationship lasting over forty years and to whom, on the occasion of ArtVerona, it dedicates the exhibition Tribute to Carmelo Zotti. The Master of Mythic Realism. The choice ideally links the support directed today to new generations with the figure of a master who, as a Painting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, had a profound relationship with the training of young artists. 

The Award also marks a new phase in Gruppo Euromobil's commitment to contemporary research. A journey that has its roots in the passion for art of the Lucchetta brothers and finds in support for young artists one of its most concrete expressions: not only to observe emerging research, but to contribute to its valorization and dissemination. Participation in ArtVerona 2026 thus fits into a history in which, for Gruppo Euromobil, art and design are considered parts of the same cultural vision, capable of nurturing design and offering new tools for reading the present.