Maurizio Meldolesi Fine Art Painter PORTFOLIO www.mauriziomeldolesi.it - info@mauriziomeldolesi.it December 2015
Artist statement I started to love art after a trip to Holland, where I was overwhelmed by Rembrandt s mysterious settings and modulations of light. With a backward path I have been studying the references of the Dutch Master, up to the analysis of the creative processes of the Renaissance artists, even through studies on the various restoration interventions in the publications of the major international museums and retrieving information on several lost masterpieces, of which we have traces only through copies. Among those masterpieces, what first stimulated my creativity was the "Resurrection of Christ" by Caravaggio, destroyed in Naples in 1805. This work has been for me the main source of inspiration for my first solo exhibition "Out of the shadows", consisting of 25 paintings made by adding layers of light colors upon a dark undercoat. Going on with my research, I started using formulations of colors and supports compatible with those of the old masters in order to get a better duration reliability and thinking of their ability to communicate intense emotions. As a result, current issues such as feminicide and racism, or some classic themes like the initiation to Alchemy have been dealt in a contemporary reworking of techniques, styles and the iconography of the past, creating compositions in which references to space and time are reduced to essential. Maurizio Meldolesi Fine Art Painter
Curriculum Vitae Maurizio Meldolesi Born: July 26, 1969 (Italy) info@mauriziomeldolesi.it - www.mauriziomeldolesi.it Education 2006 Private school of art Prof. Roberto di Dionisio, Tolentino (Italy). 2008 Painter atelier artist Francesca Gentili, Macerata (Italy). 2009 Academic figure drawing - Scuola libera del nudo - Prof. Giovanni Scagnoli, Accademia di Belle Arti, Macerata (Italy). Academic figure drawing - Charles Bargue Drawing Course. 2010 Academic painting in oil - Prof. Marina Mentoni, Accademia di Belle Arti, Macerata (Italy). 2011 Workshop of Illustration - Artist Alessandro Sanna - Fabbrica delle favole, Macerata (Italy). 2012 Workshop of Still life Artist Massimiliano Gatti - Obiettivo Reporter, Milano (Italy). Residencies 2011 Artist in residence WOW Art Gallery, Bruxelles (Belgium). 2013 Artist in residence CESMA, Rome (Italy). Gallery representation State Of The Arts Gallery - 16A Max Share Center, 371 King's Road, Hong Kong. Forthcoming Exhibitions 2016 Cairo (Egypt), Coptic Cultural Center, solo exhibition Roggel (Holland), Roscamputs Gallery, group exhibition 2017 Venezia (Italy), Arte Communication, group exhibition Selected Solo Exhibitions 2015 Colmurano, Annunziata Church, Modus in rebus Ascoli P., Baptistery of San Giovanni, Sant'Emidio. 2014 Ascoli P., Marcucci Museum, Sant Emidio polyptych. Monte San Martino, Civic Art Gallery, Past Perfect. Roma, CESMA, solo exhibition and conference, News about Caravaggio and contemporary painting, with prof. Sandro Corradini. 2013 Roma, CESMA, Solo temporary exhibition. 2011 Bruxelles, WOW Art Gallery, Contrasti. 2009 Ascoli P, Rinascita communications, Out of shadows. Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Stuttgart, Italian Cultural Institute, Planet paper in third millennium. Merone, Baggero Mills, Expo 2015, Mon Appetit. Milano, Ostrakon Gallery, Expo 2015, Mon Appetit. 2014 Paris, Espace Beaurepaire, Mon Appetit. 2013 Prague, Italian Cultural Institute, Planet paper in third millennium. Serravalle del Chienti, History and Nature. 2012 Hong Kong, State-Of-The-Arts Gallery, Stillness. Macerata, Antichi Forni Gallery, Justice. 2011 Roma, National Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions, Planet paper in third millennium. Ascoli P., BNL, charity exhibition for Telethon. Ascoli P., St.Andrea Church, group exhibition. Cingoli, Palazzo Cima, Charm of beauty. Macerata, Antichi Forni Gallery, Starting sign. Fabriano, Civic Art Gallery "Molajoli", Woman in art. Gubbio, Arconi Palazzo dei Consoli, Woman in art. Macerata, Antichi Forni Gallery, charity exhibition for Burkina Faso, Color drops for Africa. 2010 Ancona, Puccini Gallery, Permanent works. Sant Elpidio a mare, C.da San Giovanni, Wine through emotions and landscapes of Marche. Ascoli P., Rua Lunga, Marguttiana. Cingoli, V. Emanuele Place, Beyond the horizon. Macerata, Museum Palazzo Buonaccorsi, In Opera 2010 - On the footsteps of Padre Matteo Ricci. Ascoli P., St. Ilario Church, A work about Sant Emidio. Macerata, Antichi Forni Gallery, Marguttiana d arte. Abbadia di Fiastra, Extempore Rotarinarte. Macerata, Antichi Forni Gallery, Self portrait. 2009 Ascoli P., St. Andrea Church, Flower woman. 2007 Colmurano, Colmurano Arte. 2006 Colmurano, Colmurano Arte. Tolentino, XV edition of Tolentino Arte. Tolentino, BNL, charity group exhibition for Telethon. Selected Reviews 2014 Resto del Carlino - Past and modernity in the works of Meldolesi. 2012 Elizabeth Lau for group exhibition "Stillness", State Of The Arts Gallery, Hong Kong. 2011 Stefania Severi for "Planet Paper in the third mllennium" exhibition catalog, National Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions, Roma 2011 Peter Dedroog for personal exhibition Contrasti, WOW Art Gallery, Bruxelles. 2010 Silvia Bartolini for InOPERA Sulle orme di Padre Matteo Ricci exhibition catalog, Museum Palazzo Buonaccorsi, Macerata. 2009 Silvia Carminati for the personal exhibition Out of the shadows, Palazzetto delle esposizioni, Ascoli P. Selected Public Collections Italy: Civic Museum of art, Monte San Martino; Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio church, Ascoli P.; Sacro Cuore church, Ascoli P.; Marcucci Museum, Ascoli P.; S. Lucia church, Serravalle del Chienti; Nobile Contrada San Giovanni, Sant Elpidio a mare. Private Collections Belgium: Tienen; Italy: Milano, Roma, Venezia, Ascoli P., Lodi, Fabriano, Bergamo, Macerata Maurizio Meldolesi Fine Art Painter
Alchemy Albedo 2015 - Oil on linen 31 x 39 in. (80 x 100 cm)
Alchemy nigredo Nigredo 2015 - Oil on linen 31 x 39 in. (80 x 100 cm)
Alchemy Rubedo Rubedo 2015 - Oil on linen 31 x 39 in. (80 x 100 cm)
Stillness Curiosi 2012 - Oil on canvas 35 x 39 in. (90 x 100 cm)
Stillness Who s next? 2012 - Oil on canvas 31 x 39 in. (90 x 100 cm)
Stillness Peperone 2012 - Oil on canvas 39 x 47 in. (100 x 120 cm.)
Marcheshire Abbadia 2015 - Oil on cardboard 16,5 x 16,5 in. (42 x 42 cm)
Marcheshire Crime scene 2015 - Oil on cardboard 14,5 x 23,5 in. (37 x 60 cm)
Metamorphoses Glauce 2011 - Oil on canvas 23 x 27 in. (60 x 70 cm.)
Metamorphoses Marsia 2011 - Oil on canvas 23 x 27 in. (60 x 70 cm)
Portraits Martina 2014 - Oil on canvas 23 x 27 in. (60 x 70 cm)
Portraits Profumi 2010 - Oil on canvas 23 x 23 in. (60 x 60 cm.)
Portraits Vera 2010 - Oil on poplar board 12 x 15 in. (32 x 39 cm.)
Portraits Inquisitio 2009 - Oil on canvas 23 x 27 in. (60 x 70 cm.)
Religious Sant Emidio 2010 - Oil on canvas 31 x 39 in. (80 x 100 cm)
Religious Auditio 2010 - Oil on poplar board Ø 47 in. (120 cm.)
Religious San Giovanni Battista 2014 - Oil on cardboard - frame paper mache 19 x 19 in. (48 x 48 cm.)
Religious Vergine annunciata 2010 - Oil on canvas 20 x 20 in. (50 x 50 cm)
Italian Operas Rigoletto 2011 - Oil on canvas 31 x 39 in. (80 x 100 cm)
Italian Operas Cavalleria rusticana 2011 - Oil on canvas 23 x 27 in. (60 x 70 cm.)