Magical Neorealism is the conservatism of Renaissance pictorial art applied to contemporary art
Biography
Christiana Visentin was born in Rome.
Daughter of actress Cristina Gajoni and pianist-composer Alberto Visentin, she is also the granddaughter of Milanese painter Adriano Gajoni .
Very early she frequented the studio of her grandfather, Adriano Gajoni, in Milan, which, after his death, had been taken over by his students.
Adolescent girl , fascinated by the vocation of her mother who is an actress, she began training in dance and comedy. She studied classical music and the piano at the same time like her father.
While a career in the entertainment world would have been the most obvious choice for her, she was an actress during her In the early years, it was drawing and painting that finally imposed themselves in her life as the most obvious path.
Beginning her career as a young film actress, she moved to Paris to study drawing and painting, she attended the Beaux-Arts at the Académie Montparnasse and since then has devoted herself to her art as an artist-painter.
Her pictorial movement is called Magical Neorealism.
It was initially specialized in the study of artistic genres, portraiture, still life, drawing inspiration from the painters of the Renaissance Art and their techniques that #039;she studied for years, in particular the practice of chiaroscuro, sfumato allowing to bring the glaze to a high degree of refinement on her oil paintings.
Her attraction for the great artists, especially those on the stage, have worn her on a series of paintings dedicated in particular to Michael Jackson.
She is currently working in her studio in Auvers-sur-Oise.
Influences
Botticelli, Léonard de Vinci, Michel-Ange, Caravage, Paolo Uccello, Masaccio, Masolino, Piero della Francesca, Vermeer, Pieter Claesz, Rembrandt, Chardin, Fragonard, Louis Mélendez, Velasquez, Goya, Balthus, Chagall, Francis Bacon
Education
2007-2008 INFOCONSEIL Infographiste multimédia PARIS, France
1984-1985 Académie Montparnasse PARIS, France
1980-1981 Atelier Gajoni MILAN, Lombardie, Italy
The artist at work
Solo Expositions
2021 Renaissances Fondation l'Ermitage GARCHES, France
2011 Villa Orio Litta BERGAME, Italy
2011 "A Life for love" 10 tableaux dédiés à Michael Jackson Paris Virgin PARIS, France
2006 "Oro Puro" Exposition de peinture à l'Espace Arts Lebaudy Paris PARIS, France
2002 "Soirée Futuriste" Exposition de caricatures de personnages de théâtre Reims, Paris, Lyon, Naples, France
1999 "D'un Autre Coté" Espace Château-Landon PARIS, France
1998 "Portes Ouvertes" Art Kanal 10 PARIS, France
1998 "CHRISTIANA" Espace Arts Lebaudy PARIS, France
1994 "Spyrales" Club de la Presse Bordeaux BORDEAUX, France
1994 "Bacchus, Nymphes et Satyres" Crypte de la Taverne Bordeaux BORDEAUX, France
1991 Studio Tamaso. Milano MILAN, Italy
Collective Expositions
2024 Premio Combat 2024 Prize LIVOURNE, Italy
2023 Premio Combat 2023 Prize LIVOURNE, Italy
2023 Biennale Internationale d'Etruria ROME, Italy
2022 Influences Anthropocènes Hôtel Sommier PARIS, France
1989 Exposition au "Salon d'automne" au Grand Palais PARIS, France
1989 Exposition collective au salon d'art CLAIRAC, France
1985 Exposition "Les Peintres du spectacle" à la maison de la Radio PARIS, France
1981 Exposition collective d'enfants pour l'émission "30 million d'amis" PARIS, France
1979 Exposition collective de peintures idéalisées par des enfants sur saint François d'Assise ROME, Italy
