IDILLIO (2019) Painting by Andrea Vandoni

Andrea Vandoni, a contemporary Italian painter, was born in 1972 in Novara, near Milan, where he currently resides and works. His passion for drawing and art was evident from an early age. This early inclination was nurtured through painting lessons and frequent visits to Italy's most renowned museums, art galleries, and art cities. These formative experiences laid the foundation for Vandoni's profound love for art and history.

Vandoni's artistic journey is deeply intertwined with his love for music. He earned his violin diploma from the Conservatory of his hometown and has performed as a musician, demonstrating his multifaceted talent.

His formal artistic education took place at the Scuola degli Artefici and the Scuola del Nudo of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. However, Vandoni regards his true education as the meticulous observation of masterpieces by great painters across time. This continuous study, coupled with his personal research, has been a constant source of inspiration and development for his unique artistic style.

For Vandoni, painting is a medium of self-expression and communication. His artistic research and inspiration are deeply rooted in the broad spectrum of human experience, transcending temporal and geographical boundaries. He explores every facet of this experience, from the mundane and domestic to the transcendent and metaphysical. His work often highlights the curious, funny, ironic, provocative, poetic, moving, and incomprehensible aspects of life. Through his paintings, Vandoni takes on a narrative role, transforming the autobiographical into the universal and the particular into the general.

The elements of his narrative can be seen in contemporary events, ancient subjects reinterpreted in a modern context, symbolic objects, and human figures that are subjects of psychological exploration. His style, described as "super realism," features a figurative approach that blends relative, subjective, and sometimes completely imaginary realism.

To convey his concepts and imbue his works with meaning, Vandoni emphasizes beauty. He meticulously attends to composition, color harmony, precise lines, and volumes defined by decisive chiaroscuro. Through these elements, he seeks to create works that reflect a calm, profound, and interrogative order.