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PAOLO A. TROILO

(TARANTO_PUGLIA_ITALY_27/3/72)

THANKS TO HIS MOTHER LUCIA HE BEGAN TO LOVE DRAWING FROM AN INFANT, THANKS TO HIS FATHER ANTONIO (ANAESTHESIST) HE THEN BEGAN TO DRAW PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY ALREADY AT THE AGE OF 7.

 

PAOLO STUDIED IN ROME AND FLORENCE BEFORE STARTING A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN ADV IN SAATCH&SAATCHI MILANO, AWARDED AS BEST ITALIAN CREATIVE DIRECTOR IN 2007 BEFORE THE CALL OF ART.

 

IN MARCH 2004, WHILE HE WAS WORKING AT SAATCHI, HE LEFT THE AGENCY TO BUY ALL THE TOOLS TO MOVE FROM DRAWING TO PAINTING: HERE’S WHAT HE TELLS ABOUT THAT DAY:

 

“IT WAS 7:00 PM AND THE PAINT SHOP WAS ABOUT TO CLOSE, SO I RUSHED IN AND GRABBED A FEW SMALL CANVASES, A LITTLE BIT OF ACRYLICS AND OFF I WENT. WHEN I GET BACK HOME I REALIZED I HAD FORGOTTEN MY BRUSHES SO I STARTED PAINTING WITH MY FINGERS.”

 

HE IS THE ONLY HYPERREALIST FIGURATIVE PAINTER IN THE WORLD WHO USES HIS FINGERS INSTEAD OF BRUSHES.

 

AFTER PARTICIPATION IN THE VENICE BIENNALE 2011 HE STARTED WORKING ONLY WITH PATRONAGES. NO MORE ART GALLERIES. AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST WITH A LIMITED PRODUCTION.

 

HE HAS EXHIBITED ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH PASSIONATE ART LOVERS SUCH AS ALLEGRA GUCCI, THE SHEIKH OF KUWAIT INTISARS AL SABAH, DORIS FEIGENBAUM FISHER, MESHULAM RIKLIS, AUGUSTO SEBASTIO AND MANY OTHERS.

 

IN 2023 HE WAS CHOSEN BY LAMBORGHINI AND DUCATI AS A SYMBOL OF ITALIAN EXCELLENCE IN THE WORLD.

TROILO LIVES AND WORKS IN MILAN.