Andrea Salvino (b. 1969) lives and works in Berlin and Rome, and has been teaching at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino for a long time.
Andrea's works are drawn from sociological, literary, poetic, and cinematic texts, which he assembles and translates to recreate a unique nostalgic image. His use of brushstrokes is exceptional, with seemingly deep indentations like woodcuts, and his familiarity with classical techniques can be seen in the hidden squares at the bottom of the canvases. While his earlier works were concerned with politics and current affairs, he now focuses his attention on the re-writing and expression of cinema and art history, and the works he brings to this exhibition are reminiscent of the films of the Italian master Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Andrea Salvino has had solo exhibitions at the MACRO (2015), Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin (2011), and participated in the 50th Venice Biennale (2003). Recent group exhibitions include Fondazione Trussardi, Milan (2024), National Gallery, Rome (2023), MAXXI, Rome (2018), Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2011), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2010), Palazzo Grassi, Venice (2008), Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan (2006), and the Institute of Contemporary Art, London (2005). His works are in the collection of the Deutsche Bank, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin, Mudima Foundation in Milan, and the Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, among others.