Andrea
Pescio

Andrea Pescio was born in Novara in 1972, where he still lives and works.

Following a Salesian education, he attended the Felice Casorati Art School in Novara and then the painting courses at Brera Academy in Milan.

For a number of years, he worked with LASABUI studio in Novara as fabric designer and decorator collaborating with famous Italian and European fashion brands.

He decided to increase his artistic activity and began to exhibit his works.

In 2009 Palazzo Boglietti in Biella hosted his first solo exhibition.

"Le trame infinite del segno" curated by Angelo Mistrangelo received good critique and the very individual trait immediately brought him to the attention of many collectors.

Solo and collective exhibitions:

-          “Forma, segno, colore”, collective exhibition at Galleria Pirra, Turin, 2021;

-          “Venice Water Way”, solo exhibition curated by Raul Capra at Hotel Hilton Mulino Stucky, Venice, 2020;

-          Participation at “8th Beijing International Art Biennale, China 2019”; displayed work “Little Terrestrial Discovery”, ball pen on canvas, has been acquired in the collection of the National Art Museum of China in Beijing;

-          “PAPIERS”, solo exhibition at Galleria Pirra in Turin, 2018;

-          Participation at 57th Biennale Arte in Venice, Repubblica di San Marino Pavillion. Venice, 2017, curated by Vicenzo Sanfo;

-          “Figure oltre la soglia”, collective exhibition, curated by Raul Capra at Galleria Civica Giannoni in the Broletto of Novara, 2016;

-          “Under the Sign of China” curated by Simonetta Pavanello, solo exhibition at Spazio Spacenomore, Palazzo Graneri della Rocca, Turin 2016;

-          “China Design Round Up” curated by Sharry Lang and Vittorio Sun Qun at Spazio8 in Milan, 2015, displaying the large canvases painted with ball pen and featuring an imposing visual and chromatic impact;

-          “Lo Stato dell’Arte” curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, Torino Esposizioni –

Pavillion Nervi, 2012.

In 2018, the work titled “In atto di reciproca minaccia”, ball pen on canvas, was chosen by the prestigious Foundation VAF Stiftung zur Forderung der Italienischen Kunst der Gegenwart, based in Frankfurt, for its own collection “Collezione d’Arte Italiana” at MART, Contemporary Art Museum in Trento and Rovereto.

In addition, he created some ink on panels for literature works published by important Italian publishing houses (Utet, Mondadori, Lazzarelli).

Engaged with social and adult psychiatric matters, for two years he collaborated with the art lab established by the National Health Department of Novara.

He took part in the Psychiatric Conference “Exilium, dal Folle allo Straniero, per un’antologia dell’esclusione” curated by Doctor Domenico Nano, where the works created with the youngsters of the therapeutic community were exhibited.