Artist | Rossella Paolini | Resides | Italy |
Website | rossellapaolini.wixsite.com/illustratice | Medium | Acrylic Gouache Gold leaf Collage Crystals Glitter |
Representing Gallery | Curio Art Gallery Almada, Portugal The Inverarity Gallery Banffshire, Scotland The Hive Gallery & Studios Los Angeles, USA | scarletmoonts@gmail.com | |
Follow the Artist | Themes | Mythology Goddesses Fairy Tales Legends Fantastic creatures Pop surrealism Science fiction Sacred art Symbology Animal Nature Dolls |
About the artist
Italian painter and illustrator Rossella Paolini was born in Trieste, a city of sea and woods, and lives in the historic heart of the city between a medieval castle and a Roman forum. She draws from a very young age, loving the illustrations of storybooks and animated films by Walt Disney.
As a Rossella was passionate about visiting museums, archaeological sites and art galleries and began to paint in oils in the studio of a teacher, a pupil of the famous painter Renato Gottuso. Subsequently in her adulthood she participates and organizes as Art Director various exhibitions in Festivals, Fairs and galleries exclusively on the Fantasy theme. Specializing in illustration for children after attending an international school in Italy, she participates and wins many competitions with exhibitions in Italy and France.
Rossella Paolini creates and dreams in her studio where, in addition to the tools of the trade, she has a vast collection of illustrated books from which she draws inspiration. She has been collaborating for some years with galleries in the United States, Scotland, Portugal and Japan.
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
Each of Rossella Paolini’s works embodies a meaning and a story. Inspired by the fantastic, occult and mysterious world, she tries to infuse through her works the knowledge learned from studies, books, travels and cinema.
The purpose of her art is to convey amazement, beauty, joy and harmony through female and animal figures, accompanying the observer into a multidimensional enchanted world where mythology, science fiction and fairy tales are another reality.
All her women-dolls have big, dreamy and deep eyes, as they are often depicted in a pop surrealist style, the meticulous details painted with small brushes are his aesthetic signature.
Press
Rossella Paolini’s works has been featured in both print and online publications including, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine,Candy Floss Art Magazine, Marvelous Art Magazine, Marvelous Artists Book, 365 Art + Magazine, Zanna Magazine, Art Now Editore, Atlante dell’Arte Contemporanea De Agostini, Numero 0 scritti d’arte e dintorni
Upcoming Exhibitions
When | Exhibition | Gallery |
April 2024 | Group exhibition: “Visceral Pleasure” | Metamorphosis Gallery Willetton, WA. USA |
June 2024 | Group exhibition: “Ephemeral” | Nanny Goat Gallery Petaluma, CA, USA |
July 2024 | Group exhibition: “Rx” | Quirky Fox Gallery Hāwera ,New Zealand |
July 2024 | Solo exhibition: “Santibelli’ | Cornitel Shop Trieste, Italy |
August 2024 | Group exhibition: ‘Everything But The Kitchen Sink’ | La Luz de Jesus Gallery Los Angeles, CA. USA |
September 2024 | Group exhibition: “Memoir” | Curio Art Gallery Almada, Portugal (online) |
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Education
Private courses in painting, illustration for children and comics in Italy, with certificates of participation
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
Legendary Women, The Inverarity Gallery, Scotland, Great Britain (Online)
Fairies Rococo, Curio Art Gallery, Almada, Portugal
Bizarre Universes, The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, United States
2018
Fabulosa, Sala Argondia New Age Center, Trieste, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Postcard Show, Brassworks Gallery, Portland, OR. United States
7th Annual Holiday Mini Art Exhibit, Ghost Gallery, Seatle, WA. United States
Mini Mix & Match, Quirky Fox Gallery, Hāwera ,New Zealand
The Midnight Garden, The Inverarity Gallery, Banffshire Scotland, Great Britain (online)
Black + White, Metamorphosis Gallery, Willetton, WA. Australia
Reef-Building Corals , Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA. United States
2022
Dream World, Gallery IYN, Osaka, Japan
Coffin Princess Vol. 2, Gallery IYN, Osaka, Japan
Hive Tarot 13,The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles. CA. United States
2021
Power in Number 6, Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, CA. United States
Rx Rainbows, 317 Art Collective, Rockford, Illinois, United States
Spellbound, The Inverarity Gallery, Scotland, Great Britain
Whimsical Fury 4, The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA. United States
Grimm Tales Show, The Inverarity Gallery, Scotland, Great Britain
Group Art Show GET sur Real, The Lotus Gallery, Georgia, United States
Small Work Show, Penumbra Art Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal (online)
2020
Spark 3!, Artwhirl Gallery, Long Beach, NY. United States (Online)
Storytime, Artwhirl Gallery, Long Beach, NY. United States
Fauna 2, Artwhirl Gallery, Long Beach, NY. United States (Online)
Pure Magick! 2, Artwhirl Gallery, Long Beach, NY. United States (Online)
Into the Universe, Artwhirl Gallery, Long Beach, NY. United States
Super Pop, Artwhirl Gallery, Long Beach, NY. United States
Oceana, Artwhirl Gallery, Long Beach, NY. United States
Squared Small Group Show, Penumbra Art Gallery, Lisbon,Portugal (Online)
Art Exhibition and Competition, Festival dell’Immagine Decima Edizione, Martina Franca, TA, Italy
2019
Wars Group Art Show The Last Saga, La Bodega Gallery, San Diego, CA. United States
Art Exhibition and Competition I quattro elementi della natura, Festival dell’Immagine Nona Edizione, Martina Franca, TA, Italy
Cammini di Fede, vedute del viaggio di San Nilo, Abbazia di S.Maria di Grottaferrata, Roma, Italy
2018
Art Exhibition and Competition Apollo Dionisiaco Quinta Edizione, Castello della Castelluccia, Roma, Italy
Biennale d’Arte Metropoli di Torino Art Exhibition and Competition Arte Città Amica, Palazzo Birago, Torino, Italy
Art Exhibition and Competition La Gioia, Glam Art, Trieste, Italy