About me
Matteo Appignani
Matteo Appignani, born in Pescara on 07/09/1977. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, painting section, with top marks.
He lives in the city of Florence and works as a painter, madonnaro-street art in Italy and in major international cities.
He has participated in important personal and collective exhibitions in Italy and abroad, receiving numerous awards and criticism, among others that of Vittorio Sgarbi.
Curriculum
Matteo Appignani
- art exhibition ”Odyssey” Accademia Delle Belle Arti Firenze e California State University Firenze 21-28 Maggio 1999;
- First solo exhibition studio arte e arte. Lucca, Luglio 1999;
- “ARS NOVA 2000” Tuscan Academies of Fine Arts. Young painters and sculptors from all over the world. Cloister of Sant’Agostino Pietrasanta (LU)18/12/1999 – 23/01/2000;
- collective exhibition cultural association Cassiopea. Palazzo Barberini, Roma, 28-31/05/2002;
- solo exhibition galleria Gadarte. Firenze, Febbraio 2003;
- Participation in the 1st international exhibition of contemporary art in the Celano national museum 3-7 June 2003;
- solo exhibition Pinacoteca Società Operaia Spoltore (PE), Settembre 2003;
- Winner of the “Florence prize” exhibition at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. 2004;
- Winner of the “Premio Italia” exhibition at Palazzo Pretorio. Certaldo (FI) 2004;
- Winner of the “Florence prize” exhibition at Palazzo Vecchio. Florence, 2005;
- Winner of the “Premio Italia” exhibition at Palazzo Pretorio. Certaldo (FI) 2005;
- personal exhibition cultural event “Spoltore Ensemble”. Spoltore (PE) 2006;
- collective exhibition “Diversa dimensione dell’amore” Arts Habitat gallery. Genoa 2007;;
- collective exhibition Pietrasanta 2007;
- mostra personale “Caffè Michelangelo” Firenze 2007;
- collective exhibition “Giovane Arte Europea” La Pergola Arte. Firenze 2007;
- collective exhibition “Frammenti di natura”. Galleria Sekanina. Ferrara 2008;
- MAUI Italian Biennial Selection. National Archaeological Museum. Teano 2008;
- Finalist at the BAUI Art Biennial of Unity of Italy. Monumental complex of the Royal Belvedere Site of San Leucio. Caserta 2008;
- collective exhibition “The colors of Italy”. Montmartre. Paris 2008;
- collective exhibition “Painters in comparison”. Modigliani Art Association. Villa Bandini. Florence 2008;
- personal exhibition “Immagini” gallery, Cremona 2008;
- personal exhibition art space gallery. “Dizziness”. Florence 2009;
- mostra collettiva “Monocromi per Lipari”. Galleria l’Ascensore. Lipari(ME) 2010;
- personal exhibition “Monochromes for Naples”. Emotional Rescue Project. PAN. Naples 2011;
- collective exhibition “First exhibition of Sacred Art”. Gallery the Elevator. Lipari. (ME) 2011;
- Artistic director madonnari at the foro italico. Tournament: Tennis internationals. Rome 2012;
- solo exhibition “Emotional Rescue”. Co2 Gallery. Florence. January 2013;
- collective exhibition Otto gallery. Florence. March 2013;
- collective exhibition “Ora d’aria”. Old Prisons. Lipari(ME), August 2013;
- collective exhibition “Porto Franco” project. Edited by Vittorio Sgarbi. Palazzo Villa Castelnuovo. Palermo, July 2014;
- Participation in the Palermo Biennial. Edited by Vittorio Sgarbi, Paolo Levi, Sandro Serra di falco. January 2015;
- Winner 1st prize madonnari street art festival Baltimore. September 2015;
- Participation in the Chalk festival event. Venice, Sarasota;