Alessandro Tamponi

I was born in Nuoro, a small town where I still live. It is a town surrounded by mountains in Sardinia, which is itself surrounded by the sea. This is the world that has shaped me.

I sometimes think I am lucky that I am a self-taught painter, and that I know little about modern art. Perhaps it makes my expression purer.

I was a 39 year old architect, when I finally decided to leave everything for my true love – painting.

I keep thinking that art must mature properly inside oneself, before having exhibitions.
Then one must remove any obstacles to the artistic flow which is a part of us since birth.

I'm still experimenting with the acrylic medium. I don't paint what I see, but what I live or lived, even if it is indirect. I let things emerge unconsciously and spontaneously.
I avoid the conversations that surround art. I try to grow alone, and to not listen to acclaim for my work.
Alessandro Tamponi

graduated architect,

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2014 Il Portico Gallery, Nuoro
Vip’s Airport, Costa Smeralda
2013 Opening ceremony new Museum GdF (Police Force), Cagliari
Luxury Village (Harrods), Porto Cervo-Costa Smeralda
Vip’s Airport, Costa Smeralda
Memorial GdF, Nuoro
Cantine Surrau, Arzachena
2012 “Magie d’Inverno” (showroom with luxury firms as Cartier, MontBlanc, etc.), Nuoro
Vip’s Airport, Costa Smeralda
2011 Museum of traditional masks, Mamoiada
Airport Costa Smeralda, Art Space, Olbia
2010 T Hotel, Cagliari
2009 Blue Beam, Stockholm
Arnewi Gallery, Stockholm
Casa Frau art space, Cagliari
The Mayan King, London
2008 Il Portico Gallery, Nuoro
Mastros, Nuoro
Sala Regina Elena, Sassari
Trittico Letterario, Nuoro

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2015 Ag Gallery Buenos Aires, Argentina
2012 Agora Gallery NY, USA

RELATED EXPERIENCES:
2015 Decoration (total length 8mts) of Gaetano Mura’s oceanic sailing boat ”Bet 1128”
2011 Juror member for a Coca Cola Regional selection
2010 Two canvases 8×2 meters each, exhibited permanently on Costa Smeralda International Airport
2005-8 Art teacher in public and private schools
Illustrations for the book: “Jocos de Pizzinnia”
2004 Solo exhibition on AIDS prevention, Nuoro

PUBLICATIONS:
2017 Cover m...