Andrea Collesano

Andrea Collesano was born in Pontedera in November 1980. He obtained the artistic diploma in 2004 and he graduated in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, with a thesis analyzing the metamorphic and mythological figures in Bocklin painting, focusing in particular on the zoomorphic part. He lives and works since several years in Forte dei Marmi.
The sea element, the nature and animals are his main source of inspiration.
His subject range from small miniatures representing small insects to larger works where the main subjects are whales and other mysterious creatures from the abyss.
He loves to draw with black ink on the paper he prepares by himself, giving to the material a taste of ancient times and a feeling of melancholic serenity.
The old-looking effect obtained through the “invecchiatura” process (lit. to make it older) often become the starting point to create his beasts.
Inspiring by ancient symbolic and naturalistic engravings, he tries to recreate the World dwelling in his mind. The dreamlike element that is present in his works mixes with the accuracy almost scientific and obsessive of the details.
The symbol is repeated: keys, two-colored chess, horizons undefined and patches of architectural elements in the way of abandoned lighthouses.
There is no trace of human presence just animals, such as suspended. Without time. As dreams.

Submitted by Barbara Paci Art Gallery