Barbara Pastorino

I was born in Varallo, an artistic town near the Italian Alps, but now live and work in Milan and have travelled extensively. This is also one of the basis for my work.

My art represents the beginning of a trip where I have been or would like to go. I don't know what I will find en route and by how much my painting will be modified along the path.
Perhaps at the end of the road I will have found something new from my subconscious or I will be deeply changed.
When I paint I feel extraordinarily free and with a deeper knowledge of myself. My paintings represent a personal diary with which I can open myself freely. Painting is healing for me.
I feel the physical need to be totally absorbed in the creative process, in the midst of my colours, surrounded by the paintings I love.

I used to paint with oils; now I use acrylics, enamels, pigments; usually on Italian stretched canvases, more rarely, on paper. I use brushes, knives, spray bottles, or I drip the colors. I appreciate also the wonderful technique of engraving.
My source of inspiration are often pictures that I've taken in my trips: natural or architectural landscapes; or images that I create in my fantasy.
I love to experiment creating textures and to see the harmony that springs from shapes and colors.

Education:
NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti) - Department of painting and visual art - Milan
Bocconi University – Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Business - Milan
High School (specializing in classical studies)

Events:
Suonocolore performance in April 2017, Milan, together with the musician Gabriele Nirvesh Negri.
Music and art improvisation with a painter and a double bass player, on the basis of the interconnections between music and colours.

Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

Paintings are permanently visible in the Gallery Maiocchi 15, Via Maiocchi, 15, Milan

Escape route - June 2020, curated by Gallery Maiocchi15 / Baobar - Milano, Italia

Paesaggi dell’inconscio – October 2010, Le biciclette Art Bar + Ristorante, Milan

Solo Exhibition – June 2008, Zen Sushi Restaurant, Milan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

/pə(r)ˈtɪkjʊlə(r)/ Particular / June 2020, ArtKaroo Arthouse - Oudtshoorn, Sudafrica

International Online Art Collective - April 2020

Opere su carta, January 2018, with the Circuiti Dinamici artistic group in Milan

Lablù exhibition, May 2017, in the spaziod art gallery, with the artistic group Lablù, Lecco

Lablù exhibition, April 2017, in the spaziod art gallery (Cortile delle Botti), with the artistic group Lablù, Lecco

Ridefinire il gioiello, March 2017, Spazio Seicentro, Via Savona, 99, Milan

The Coffee Art Project, March 2017, Group exhibition in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

I luoghi del silenzio, November 2016, with the Circuiti Dinamici artistic group in Milan

Oltre, July 2016, with the Wikiarte Gallery in Bologna

Dialogo con la terra, July 2015, at the Fondazione Bracco together with the artistic organization Mostrami, Milan

Artshot festival, July 2014, Centro culturale S.Agostino, Crema, sponsored by the Town Hall and the Cultural Department of Crema

Il Segno, July 2014, International contest of contemporary art curated by galleria Zamenhof – Palazzo della Racchetta, Ferrara, sponsored by the Town Hall of Ferrara

Biennale d’arte di Asolo, May 2014, International contest of contemporary art curated by Itaca Investmenti d’Arte, sponsorized by Museo Asolo, Provincia di Treviso, Regione Veneto

The Why of Art, March 2014, ADA Stecca3.0, organized by the association Estroverso, Milan

The Coffee Art Project, March 2014, Group exhibition in Timberyard, London

The Coffee Art Project, October 2013, Group exhibition in Arcamfactory, Milan

Pittura e scultura due scuole in mostra, May 2012, La Villa, Vedriano di Canossa (RE), sponsored by the Town Hall of Vedriano

Emergency Art Auction, October 2009, Group exhibition and auction, organized by Emergency UK in Unit 24, London

Rassegna d’arte contemporanea, July 2003, Group exhibition in Palazzo Tornielli, sponsored by the Town Hall of Ameno