About
Antonio Sannino (Naples, 1959), lives and works between Naples and Rome.
Graduated in his city, he moved to England where he worked for 10 years experimenting with various painting techniques. Back to Italy, he continues his career with a series of personal exhibitions and participations in prestigious competitions. His works are exhibited in galleries around the world and since many years he is loved by collectors and art lovers.
The research of Antonio Sannino, a painter of robust classical training, for some years - in addition to beautiful portions of the sea seen from above in an almost abstract perspective - has embarked on an exhibition dedicated to the contemporary urban landscape: international cities, especially New York and Midtown Manhattan, are pictorially represented by the artist through the search for color and light. The large painted cities, taken at dusk or in the darkness of night, appear iridescent in the reflections of the windows and colored lights; the buildings, captured in chaotic perspectives, seem to move and even the remains of the sky are the result of a vision, rather than a simple reproduction.
In these latest works, Sannino experiments with a technique that guarantees an almost pop flatness: the use of resin capable of vitrifying oil colors spread on an aluminum support. The result is a thin and smooth surface that enhances the compositional depth, a sort of no-landscape, through which the artist no longer wants to represent reality, but alludes to it, preferring to grasp its strongest expression.
Graduated in his city, he moved to England where he worked for 10 years experimenting with various painting techniques. Back to Italy, he continues his career with a series of personal exhibitions and participations in prestigious competitions. His works are exhibited in galleries around the world and since many years he is loved by collectors and art lovers.
The research of Antonio Sannino, a painter of robust classical training, for some years - in addition to beautiful portions of the sea seen from above in an almost abstract perspective - has embarked on an exhibition dedicated to the contemporary urban landscape: international cities, especially New York and Midtown Manhattan, are pictorially represented by the artist through the search for color and light. The large painted cities, taken at dusk or in the darkness of night, appear iridescent in the reflections of the windows and colored lights; the buildings, captured in chaotic perspectives, seem to move and even the remains of the sky are the result of a vision, rather than a simple reproduction.
In these latest works, Sannino experiments with a technique that guarantees an almost pop flatness: the use of resin capable of vitrifying oil colors spread on an aluminum support. The result is a thin and smooth surface that enhances the compositional depth, a sort of no-landscape, through which the artist no longer wants to represent reality, but alludes to it, preferring to grasp its strongest expression.
Exhibition
Solo Exhibition
2021
Clarendon Gallery Richmond London "Shining"
17 March - 18 April
2020
Clarendon Gallery May Fair London "Catching a Fragment of Light" 05 March - 05 April
2018
FONDAZIONE STELLINE October 24 - 2018, Milan, Only Love
2016
SELVIN GALLERY May 18 - June 18 ISTANBUL
REGGIA DI CASERTA Sala Romanelli April 15 - May 26 INNER OUTSIDE
UNDRESSED - IN Art in partnership with PARMA 360 FESTIVAL of Contemporary Art, March 1 - 15 May Parma
2015
Special Project “Hotspot” in CONTEXT MIAMI 1 - 6 Dicembre Miami, USA
2013
SHANGHAI Yi Gallery M 50 Italian General Consolate November 2 - 7
Macro-Wet 20 Settembre - 20 Ottobre White Room CAPRI
2012
COMPLESSO VITTORIANO ROME MUSEUM “ UNDRESSED”, Novembre 15 – December 9
2010
MASCHIO ANGIOINO MUSEUM “Naturae Res” May 4 - June 10 Naples
2008
MASCHIO ANGIOINO MUSEUM “Metaphorein” April 5 - May 10 Naples
2007
GALLERIES ENATSU TOKYO June 6 – 25 TOKYO, Japan 2006
2006
MASCHIO ANGIOINO MUSEUM Naples “I Paesaggi dell’anima” by Vittorio Sgarbi, April 15 - May 25
2006
GALLERIES ENATSU May 30 – June 3 YAMAGATA, Japan
2021
Clarendon Gallery Richmond London "Shining"
17 March - 18 April
2020
Clarendon Gallery May Fair London "Catching a Fragment of Light" 05 March - 05 April
2018
FONDAZIONE STELLINE October 24 - 2018, Milan, Only Love
2016
SELVIN GALLERY May 18 - June 18 ISTANBUL
REGGIA DI CASERTA Sala Romanelli April 15 - May 26 INNER OUTSIDE
UNDRESSED - IN Art in partnership with PARMA 360 FESTIVAL of Contemporary Art, March 1 - 15 May Parma
2015
Special Project “Hotspot” in CONTEXT MIAMI 1 - 6 Dicembre Miami, USA
2013
SHANGHAI Yi Gallery M 50 Italian General Consolate November 2 - 7
Macro-Wet 20 Settembre - 20 Ottobre White Room CAPRI
2012
COMPLESSO VITTORIANO ROME MUSEUM “ UNDRESSED”, Novembre 15 – December 9
2010
MASCHIO ANGIOINO MUSEUM “Naturae Res” May 4 - June 10 Naples
2008
MASCHIO ANGIOINO MUSEUM “Metaphorein” April 5 - May 10 Naples
2007
GALLERIES ENATSU TOKYO June 6 – 25 TOKYO, Japan 2006
2006
MASCHIO ANGIOINO MUSEUM Naples “I Paesaggi dell’anima” by Vittorio Sgarbi, April 15 - May 25
2006
GALLERIES ENATSU May 30 – June 3 YAMAGATA, Japan
Work Selection
Hanami Silver II