ME:

I would like to say that since I was a child I spent my days drawing and coloring non-stop, but that wasn't the case. Observing reality and trying to understand it was my pastime. I was attracted by beauty and creativity in general, so art yes, but also architecture, photography and above all literature. My expressive shyness has led me to cultivate my own personal inner world over the years, made up of books, poetry, movies and art.

My early formative years at the atelier of the esteemed painter and dear friend Rodolfo Guzzoni directed my artistic path towards a profound exploration of portraiture, an art form with which I tried to capture the essence of a moment, of an emotion or simply a memory.

My portraits almost act as windows into the human soul, through which melancholy, loneliness and fragility emerge …

EDUCATION

  • 2019-20
    Bottega d’Arte di Ettore Maiotti Milan, Italy

  • 2018-19
    Workshop Antonio Molino Milan, Italy

  • 2016 -18
    Atelier Rodolfo Guzzoni Pavia, Italy

AWARDS

  • 2020
    XXI Salon International ESART- Reconocimiento dell mérito artistico- Barcelona, Spain

  • 2019
    XX Salòn Internacional ESART- Medalla al mérito artístico- Barcelona, Spain

EXHIBITIONS

  • 2024-25

    The MEAM HALL 5th edition / European Museum of Modern Art - Barcelona, Spain

  • 2024

    The MEAM HALL 5th edition / First Street Gallery - New York, USA

  • 2024
    A deep connection / ONART Gallery - Florence, Italy

  • 2023
    Rendering the essence / ArtTime Gallery - Udine, Italy

  • 2021
    Through / Onart Gallery - Florence, Italy

  • 2021
    Divine Comedy. Contemporary art rereads Dante Alighieri / Casa Gaia da Camino Museum - Portobuffolé (TV), Italy

  • 2021
    Root. Sublimation Man-Nature/ Onart Gallery - Florence, Italy

  • 2020
    Kunsthaus Burg Obernberg Ausstelung / Obernberg Castle - Burg Obernberg, Austria

  • 2020
    Women and fathers - A tribute / ARTtime Gallery - Udine, Italy

  • 2020
    XXI Salòn International ESART / Esart Galeria - Barcelona, Spain

  • 2019
    Affordable Art / Merlino Bottega d'Arte Gallery - Florence, Italy

  • 2019
    XX Salòn Internacional ESART / Esart Galeria - Barcelona, Spain

PRESS

  • 2021
    Sellerio Edizioni - Romanzo civile (book cover)

  • 2021
    Sellerio Edizioni - Chi ha ucciso Sara? (book cover)

  • 2021
    Edizioni Chartesia, Treviso, Italia - Divina Commedia - Illustrated edition

  • 2019
    GALART Dicionario 2018/2019- GalArt Dicionario - Artistas, Articulos, Comentarios, Galerias, Exposiciones.

  • 2019
    GALART (Marzo-Abril 2019 n. 377)- Cataluna exposiciones Federica Belloli ESART (Barcelona)

PAINTING, WHY?

Because It is a deeply moving experience. Because the activity of thought is finally fixed and stopped in a tangible, completely personal form. Cultivating one's creativity is like entering Alice's wonderland, where painting is following a path of upside-down images, where seeing is no longer to look but to feel. I paint because for me it is a sort of abandonment, in which I lose track of time, have a place in my brain to look at the unfolding of a new world, never perceived before. I was driven by a completely selfish physical need, something on which I now totally depend, which almost tastes like enchantment...

MY POETICS:

My paintings are inspired by the multiform cosmos of human emotions: thus the melancholy of the subjects is inextricably linked to Nature and the past, finding relief and perhaps refuge from a distant world like a background noise, which no longer disturbs.

The realism that accompanies my works is partly figurative and partly magical , I like the childish vision of things, so pure and innocent, full of amazement, wonder and imagination. I love painting childish subjects in communion with their spirit animal. Animals represent Nature, our truest self, from which we cannot disconnect. Nature is our magical, mysterious, instinctive part. Forgetting it would be a serious mistake...

MY WORK:

I have an impatient nature, I need to instantly realize what I have in mind. I prefer acrylic colours, which have a short drying time which allows me this. I also love their matte finish, which doesn't hinder the view of the work depending on the angle of the light. I am aware of the power that colors have. I started by painting in black and white, almost whispering. Now I use colors sparingly, few and in large areas, trying to create an unreal, almost metaphysical atmosphere, in contrast with the concreteness and realism of the portrayed subject. I love to always experiment with new techniques, new materials, create contrasts and continually test myself. We are constantly evolving and this change, although sometimes imperceptible, helps us grow and improve.