Ernesto Romano
Born: Italy. Based in London, UK
Camberwell College of Arts (BA Hons Painting , 2008)
Ernesto Romano is an Italian artist living and working in London. His practice involves the use of medical records like X-rays or MRIs of his body which he uses to make his art. “I am progressively dissecting myself” he says with a smile. The use of X-rays is a simple way to explore the very essence of being human, deprived of any feature or embellishment that may come with society or status. We are all equal in the end regardless of the jewels we wear. Jewels and embellishments are often present in his work, together with bold colours. He embellishes his works often with glitter, gold leaf or diamond dust. The love for colours is the love for life and for being alive and being human. His work is often bold, ironic, frivolous, but he deeply reflects on bigger questions: where do we come from? Why are we here? Where do we go?He is currently working on his first sculpture: his own brain. This project has been possible through the help of UCL. An MRI of his brain has been converted into a 3D file with the software Freesurfer. This file was then 3D printed and a mould created to replicate his brain. Other work in progress involves the use of Swarovski crystals to embellish his prints.
RESIDENCIES / AWARDS
2019 Artist in Residence at the Bankside Hotel
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019 Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, London, with Degree Art
Art Below Hyde Park, London, Curated by Ben Moore
2018 Winter Show, London, Curated by Degree Art and Trinity Art Gallery
Winter Exhibtion, London, Curated by Focus LDN
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, Lodnon, with Degree Art
Henley Festival, Henley on Thames, Contemporary Collective
Summer Exhibition,London, Degree Art and Trinity Art Gallery
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, London, with Degree Art
2017 Wimbledon Art Studios May Open Show, London
Spring Collection, London
2016 Hortus Anatomicus, Official Made in Italy Store, Covent Garden, London
Flux Exhibition, curated by Lisa Gray, London
Tribe16 Curated by Chrom Art, London
Art Below Summer Show, Curated by Ben Moore, London
Queen Themed, curated by Ben Moore, Art Below, London
Wimbledon Art Studios Open Show, London
The Other Art Fair, London, Presented by Art Below
IART, Jeddah Art Week, The Gallery Art Space, Jeddah
2015 Wimbledon Art Studios Open Show
The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Group Exhibition during Venice Biennale
Chinese Open: Group Exhibition, London
2013 Performance at the Bermondsey Street Festival, London, UK 21.09.2013
Flowers, Vyner Street, London, UK
Spring, Cultivate, Vyner Street, London, UK
2012 Wimbledon Art Studios Open Studio Winter Show, London, UK
Arti in Posa, Mira Villa dei Leoni, Venice, Italy
2010 Arti inferiori, Milano, Italy
Arti inferiori, Art Way Gallery, Treviso, Italy
Italy International Art Fair “Step09”, Art Way Gallery, Milan, Italy
2009 Pecha Kucha Night Catania, Italy
La Fotografia del Pensiero, Italy Fair of Photography, Milan, Italy
Programma, Venice, Italy
2008 Imagina Cafe’, Venice, Italy
Cafe’ au Livre, Padova, Italy
PRESS / PUBLICATIONS
The World of Interiors, Art Impressions, 2017. The Evening Standard, Royal Portraits Given a Modern Makeover, 2016.