Artist of the day, November 5: Silvio Porzionato, Italian painter (photorealistic)

Silvio Porzionato (1971) is an Italian figurative painter who prefers to work on large scale canvases. He takes photographs of friends and people he meets on the street.  His figures are depicted in statuary close-up , although ordinary people; they have the power to make us forget the typical private dimension of the portrait and, at the same time, they have the power to become icons of the human race. Silvio graduated from art school, then he has been head designer for a decade in an important Italian company. 

At the end he decided to start a new life in the silence of the countyside, closely with nature and art.  So he found his way: he was noticed and he got many national awards. After only one year he got Mondadori Art Prize and in 2010 he won the critics' prize in Saluzzo Art and he realized a permanent work for the Museum of Urban Art in Turin. In 2011 he was selected for the 54th Venice Arts.

In 2013 he realized three installations named "Temporal Code" composed by 112 paintings for the MACS (Museum of Contemporary Art in Sicily), almost a gallery of mirrors that reflected the different ages of man from childhood to old age: each portrait has the same intensity and significance. His last solos and group exhibitions were held in Hong Kong, San Francisco, Miami, Chicago, London and Istanbul.

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Mr Silvio Porzionato

Silvio Porzionato at work

Silvio Porzionato studio

 Installation

2011, Untitled

2015,  Superstar

2015, Acrobatica

2015, Carvivora #09

2015, Luna di carne

2015, Ortensie

2015, Untitled II

2015, Untitled III

2015, Untitled VI

2015, Untitled VII

2015, Untitled VIII

2015, Untitled IX

2015, Untitled X

2015, Untitled

2015, Untitled V

2015, Untitled II

2016, Il console

2016, Untitled V

2016, Untitled  I (Rory Coyne)

2016, Untitled (Rory Coyne)

2016, Untitled AA

2016, Untitled III

2016, Untitled LS 02

2016, Untitled LS 03

2016, Untitled LS 04

2016, Untitled MW 01

2016, Untitled TS

2016, Untitled V

2016, Untitled XI

2016, Untitled IV

2017, Dreamers - Red Series 08

2017, Dreamers, nessundorma 11

2017, Like a kite

2017, Lux

2017, Ultimo Atto

2017, Untitled, red series #20

2017, Untitled, red series #19

2017, Upstairs I

2017, Upstairs II

2018, Dreamers, Red series #27

2018, Dreamers, Red series I

2018, Dreamers, Red series II

2018, Ultimo Atto I

2018, Ultimo Atto II

2017, Dreamers, Red series 01

2017, Dreamers, Red series 02

Lace

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