Italian artist Ian Bertolucci graduated in 2019 from the Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara specialising in painting and visual arts. His realistic oil paintings are characterised by dense, bright colours, intense light, and strong contrasts, which blend to form Bertolucci’s colourful lifelike works.
Rhythm, repetition and playfulness are fundamental elements in Bertolucci’s art with candies, balloon animals and plush toys in reflective, translucent materials being at the centre of his current creative interest. The artist himself describes his process: “I paint what my inner child craves: a hyper colorful and extra sugary world.”
Bertolucci’s bright palettes and fun objects, painted through realism, create a strong sense of joy, dazzling viewers and forcing them to look for every single detail in the composition.
Bertolucci is represented in Taiwan, Spain and Australia and is garnering significant attention around the world.
Education
2016 – 2019 Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara
2017 Facultad de Psicología y Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Salamanca
2013 – 2016 Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara
2009 – 2013 Stagio Stagi Art Institute, Pietrasanta
Selected group exhibitions
2024 St Hilda Art Festival, St Hilda’s School, Gold Coast QLD
2023 “Silk Road Artists Rendezvous” Chinese Ministry of Culture, China
2023 “The Little World in my Heart” Yin Art Gallery, Taiwan
2023 “Art Taipei 2023” 333Gallery, Taiwan
2023 “Estampa Contemporary Art Fair” Garna Art GAllery, Madrid
2023 “Really Dreamy Groovy” Joyman Gallery, Bangkok
2023 “Context” Signature Fine Art, Miami, US
2023 “MiSonny Art Festival” (in collaboration with Soho House) – Mexico City
2023 “Todos a la mesa” Galeria Ana Tejeda, Mexico City
2022 “ROA goes offline” Kunstlerhaus (Albertina Modern), Vienna
2020 “Nocivelli Prize Finalists” Chiesa della disciplina, Verolanuova.
2019 “Building a new world”, Pinacoteca Albertina, Torino.
2018 “(un)BOXED”, Carrozzerie | n.o.t, Roma.
2018 “In-Differenza”, Fortezza da Basso, Firenze.
Awards
2020 Finalist “Premio Nocivelli”
2019 Finalist “Premio Nazionale delle Arti”
2018 Second prize winner “EneganArt”
Press
2022 FORBES, Kunst für alle
2020 Premio Nocivelli, Catalog
2020 LOK ZINE #12 GEN(DER)RE / GENERE
2018 Forme nel Verde, Catalog
2018 Premio EneganArt, Catalog
