Nicola Nannini
Nicola Nannini was born in Bologna in 1972. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, he presents his works in collective and personal exhibitions both in Italy and abroad.. Between 2005 and the 2010 he is invited to exhibitions such as The restlessness of the Face (BPL city, Lodi), Italian art 1968-2007 (Royal Palace, Milan), by V. Sgarbi, and New Realisms (PAC, Milan) ,by M. Jackal. In 2011 it's at 54 Venice Biennale. In 2016 an essay is published on the first twenty years of his work: Present Imperfect, edited by R. grow (Pendragon Editions), presented at the Pordenone Literature Festival with a solo exhibition. In 2020 is at the Vittoriale degli Italiani with Again, edited by G. B. Wars, and at the PAC in Ferrara in the collective Fantastic Painters in the Po Valley, edited by C. Langone. In 2021 is invited to the exhibition Happy Veneto at the Asiago Prison Museum for the Brazzale Prize e, afterwards, at the Eremitani Museum in Padua for Seeing the Stars again, by B. Codogno.
He has participated in the main art fairs for years (Hamburg, Bari, Bologna, Lille, London, Milan, Padova, Strasbourg, Karlsruhe, Verona).
He was a finalist for numerous awards including the Aldo Roncaglia Award, Sulmona Award, Michetti Award, Celeste Award, Archer Award (S. Antiochus) and Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto.
From 2006 he is a painting teacher at the Cignaroli Academy in Verona.
He lives and works in Cento (FE) and Verona.