Paolo Terdich

Paolo Terdich

Piacenza, Emilia Romagna, Italy

About Paolo Terdich

Born in Piacenza (Italy), Paolo Terdich has travelled widely and has lived in various countries, including U.K., Netherlands, Egypt, and Nigeria. He has had the opportunity to experience diverse cultures and, hence, to develop and refine his art. He has presented his work at various personal exhibitions worldwide and at some renowned art fairs. The solo exhibitions in Abuja (Nigeria - 2010) at the Italian Embassy and at the “Istituto Italiano di Cultura” in Cairo (Egypt – 2000) are two example of events organized by the Italian Institutions, to show his works worldwide. He has also won numerous international prizes (e.g. he was among the winners of the ”VII Biennale Internazionale di Roma” and finalists in the prestigious “Premio Arte 2008”). His works were presented in numerous books and articles worldwide (e.g. in the book "Watercolor - Paintings by Contemporary Artists" published by Chronicles Books, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco presented by L. Dutcher). Various galleries, art institutions and private owners collected his paintings (eg. the orchestra director Maestro Riccardo Muti has a portrait painted by the artist). His painting vocation manifests initially through employing dramatic chiaroscuro, to generate introspective portraits poised in powerfully balanced compositions. The key characteristic of his style is exposed through his capability of mastering, with the confidence and flair of a mature artist, different techniques. They are used to render detailed figurative subjects, characterized by luminous surfaces and compelling images that offer a combination of disquiet, uncertainty, urgency, calm, and spirituality. He focused mainly on figurative subjects, which are hauntingly composed to evoke an immediate respect. He also shows a clear attitude at exalting the light, obtaining paintings pervaded by uncommon atmospheres and shot with an evanescent brightness. Meditative in tone, he provides a contrast between background and figures which enables his works to have an immediate and awe-inspiring realism. By accurately depicting the individuals isolated from the background, he, hence, introduces a surrealistic atmosphere, but also captures their soul and truthfully depicts each flaw, exposing their human vulnerability. His realism, driven by uncommon technical capabilities, is silent, intimate, and his paintings contain an unspoken, mysterious narrative, which offers an emotionally and psychologically loaded presentation that attracts the viewer. This atmosphere has been finally emphasized in his last works “waters”, ultra-modern and complex compositions, where the subjects are broken within the crystal water in a multitude of dynamic reflections. He is one on the co-founders (in 2011) of the artist group “Eoykos” composed by six artists of figurative expression, in equilibrium between Surrealism and Metaphysics, born to demonstrate that art is still a privileged mean of communication, which transmits he transmits direct and strong emotions and feelings.

Education:

MSc. in Geological Sciences (110/110 cum laude, encomium and publication of the thesis) – U. of Parma, Italy.
MBA Degree - the Edinburgh Business School/Heriot-Watt University - Edinburgh, UK.

His apprenticeship and his artistic ripening have not followed a classical path. His painting vocation manifests initially through employing dramatic chiaroscuro, realized mainly by pencil, to generate introspective portraits and female bodies, poised in powerfully balanced compositions. He then attended various painting course, experimenting different styles and his approach evolved through various techniques, from watercolour to acrylic and, finally, to oil, mastered with a remarkable confidence.

Events:

2015:
"Giorni d’arte – VI Fiera d’arte moderna contemporanea di pittura e scultura” (Carrara - Italy).
2014:
“Giorni d’arte – V Fiera d’arte moderna contemporanea di pittura e scultura” (Carrara - Italy).
2013:
2nd at the “Luana Raia Prize” (London – UK).
“Expo Arte Piacenza 2013” (Italy).
"I Biennale dell'acquerello e del disegno" – at Castello di Levizzano - (Castelvetro – MO - Italy)
"Giorni d’arte – IV Fiera d’arte moderna contemporanea di pittura e scultura” (Carrara - Italy).
"Vernice Art Fair – 2013 – XI Fiera d’Arte Contemporanea" (Forlì - Italy).
"Itinera 2012-2013” group exhibition in 10 Italian cultural cities– at Pontevecchio Gallery (Agrigento, Benevento, Cosenza, Firenze, Gubbio, Imola, Lecce, Palermo, Salerno - Italy).
2012:
“Agrigento Arte, Fiera d'arte contemporanea” (Agrigento - Italy).
"XVIII Internationaler Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Wettbewerb”- (Leipzig - Germany).
"Bachfest” - Europa (Leipzig - Germany).
"Giorni d’arte – III Fiera d’arte moderna contemporanea di pittura e scultura” (Carrara – Italy).
Honor mention at the “Biennale Torino 2012” - “GAM - Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna” (Torino - Italy).
Honor mention at “Artavita’s 2nd Contemporary Masters Contest” (Santa Barbara – USA).
Honor mention at “VI Premio Internazionale Arte Laguna” (Venezia - Italy).
2011:
"Triennale di Roma" - Internazional Art (Roma - Italy).
"Internazionale Italia Arte 2011", at “Villa Gualino (Torino - Italy)
"Giorni d’arte – II Fiera d’arte moderna contemporanea di pittura e scultura” ( Carrara – Italy).
"Vernice Art Fair - 2011" (Forlì, Italy).
“3rd Ward Open Call – Artist Wanted” (New York).
“2nd annual Artists Wanted : Year in Review” (New York – USA).
2009:
2nd at the “X Concorso Emozioni e Magie del Natale” – Atelier d’Arte (Piacenza – Italy).
Honor mention at the “I Premio Internazionale - Trofeo Città di New York".
2008:
“ImmaginaArte 2008” (Reggio Emilia, Italy).
“VII Biennale Internazionale di Arte Moderna di Roma 2008 - Ars Tertium Millennium” (Roma - Italy).
1st at the “IX Concorso Emozioni e Magie del Natale” – Atelier d’Arte (Piacenza - Italy).
Diploma of Honor at the “Premio Arte 2008 (G. Mondadori)” - Palazzo della Permanente (Milano – Italy).
1st at the “VII Biennale Internazionale di Arte Moderna di Roma 2008” (Italy)
4th al the “IV Concorso Nazionale La Spadarina 2008 – Custodito nel Cuore” (Piacenza - Italy).
1st at the “Premio Nazionale d’Arte Arte di Primavera” (CIAC - Centro Internazionale Artisti Contemporanei) - Galleria “Il Trittico” (Roma - Italy).
2007:
3rd at the “VIII Concorso Emozioni e Magie del Natale” – Atelier d’Arte (Piacenza – Italy).
Honor mention at the “III Concorso La Spadarina 2007 - Sogno o realtà” (Piacenza - Italy).
Honor mention at the “I Trofeo Internazionale Eiffel – Centro Diffusione Arte)” – (Paris - France).
2006:
“VI Biennale Internazionale di Arte Moderna di Roma 2006 - Ars Tertium Millennium” (Roma, Italy).
“Arte Padova 2006 - 17ma Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea” (Padova, Italy).
2nd at the “XIV Concorso Internazionale “S.Ambrogio 2006” (Comune e Provincia di Milano - Italy).
Honor mention at the “II Concorso La Spadarina 2006 - Io chi!.., io cosa!” (Piacenza - Italy).
4th at the “VII Concorso Emozioni e Magie del Natale” – Atelier d’Arte (Piacenza – Italy).
2005:
2nd at the “VI Concorso Emozioni e Magie del Natale” – Atelier d’Arte (Piacenza – Italy).
2002:
Honor mention at ”ITART 2002” 4th mini-graphic & painting worldwide show (Pisa - Italy).
Gold medal at “Millennium Artis 2002 - XXVIII Expo Arte Pisa” (Italy).

Exhibitions:

2015:
“Luci e contrasti” – solo at “Spazio Rosso Tiziano” (Piacenza - Italy).
"Il nuovo surrealismo raffigurato”– at “Spazio Moderno” (Arona – NO - Italy).
2014:
"Identità e metamorfosi” - at “La Spadarina” (Piacenza - Italy).
“Artisti a Bologna 2014” – at “Galleria Giacomo Leopardi”(Bologna - Italy).
"Per sognare” – at “Galleria Velasquez” (Milano - Italy).
2013:
"The Story of Creative" - See.Me (NY, USA).
“INSIDE” at Royal Opera Arcade (ROA) Gallery (Londra - UK).
“Ars Nostra” at “il Complesso Monumentale Galleria L'Agostiniana” (Roma - Italy).
"Il Gruppo dei Sei – Eoykos” – at “Convitto Ragusa” (Noto - Italy).
"Identità e metamorfosi” – at “Villa Cambiaso” (Savona - Italy).
"Il Gruppo dei Sei – Eoykos” - at “Circolo degli Artisti – Palazzo Graneri della Roccia” (Torino - Italy).
"Rifrazioni” – at “Galleria Immagini e Colore” (Genova - Italy).
2012:
"Artisti allo specchio” – at Palazzo Farnese – “Associazione Arte Sfera” (Piacenza - Italy).
"Restiamo Umani” – at “La Spadarina” Gallery (Piacenza - Italy).
"Still Lives”- presso Salve Art Gallery by Salve Europa (Leipzig - Germany)
“Post-Avanguardia Italiana” – at “Il Salotto dell’Arte” (Torino – Italy).
“Ultraveristi” – at “Il Salotto dell’Arte” (Torino – Italy).
“Pelle” – at “Simultanea Spazi d’Arte” (Firenze – Italy).
“Realismo Radicale” - un iperrealista nel Team di Artisti Contemporanei, at “Galleria Unique” (Torino – Italy).
2011:
“Sacralità e Spiritualità” at “Galleria La Pigna” – Palazzo Vaticano Maffei Marescotti (Roma - Italy).
“Casa Batllo Showcase 2011: International Exhibition of Contemporary Art" (Barcelona - Spain).
“I nostri amici artisti” at the Gallery “Spazio Rosso Tiziano” (Piacenza - Italy).
"La materia e lo spirito”at “La Spadarina” (Piacenza - Italy).
“Mostra d’arte Contemporanea”at “Galleria Bagaglino”, I Giardini di Porto Cervo (Olbia - Italy).
“EmozionARTI” – at the "Galleria Civico69" (Firenze – Italy).
at the “Galeria Ros’Art”, by “Accademia Euromediterranea delle Arti A.C.” (Roses – Spain) .
2010:
"Art in Mind" at the Brick Lane Gallery (London, UK).
"Cultural Evening with Paolo Terdich - a contemporary Italian painter" – solo at Italian Embassy in Nigeria (Abuja).
2009:
"Trasparenti Emozioni" – solo at the Spazio Rosso Tiziano Gallery (Piacenza, Italy).
"Donna Turchese" – solo at the Spazio Rosso Tiziano Gallery (Piacenza, Italy).
at the Parliament – National Assembly (Sao Paulo, Brasil).
at the Spazio Surreale Gallery (Sao Paulo, Brasil).
2008:
“Le Forme e i Colori dell'Anima ”, solo at the Atelier d’Arte Gallery (Piacenza, Italy).
Castel Sant'Angelo (Sala Paolina), as one of the winners of the “VII Biennale di Roma 2008” (Roma, Italy).
at “Italarte Gallery of Purificato” (Roma, Italy).
"L'arte e la Musica Contro la Fame del Mondo - Solidarietà Sotto le Stelle", at the Museum in Motion, Castello di San Pietro (Piacenza, Italy).
“Estate Fiorentina" – at the Associazione d'Arte Centro Gallery (Firenze, Italy).
at “Arte Città Amica Gallery” (Torino, Italy).
2007:
“Emozioni” - solo at the S.Ilario Gallery (Piacenza, Italy).
“Colori e Forme” - at the Atelier d’Arte Gallery (Piacenza, Italy).
“Sensazioni” – solo at the Spazio Arte Gallery (Milano, Italy).
2006:
at the “Flora Holland”, (Naaldwijk, The Netherlands).
“L’universo femminile” – solo at the Atelier d’Arte Gallery (Piacenza, Italy).
“Ritratti maschili” – solo at La Spadarina Gallery (Piacenza, Italy).
2005:
Solo at the Galerie Noordeinde (The Hague, The Netherlands).
“Ballottage” – at the Pulchri Studio Gallery (The Hague, The Netherlands).
2004:
“IX exhibition of the Association – Amici dell’Arte” (Piacenza, Italy).
solo at the American Women Cultural Centre (The Hague, The Netherlands).
“Riflessioni” – solo at Libri & Caffè (Milano, Italy).
2002:
“Stati d’animo” – solo at the Town Hall (Sauze d’Oulx, Torino, Italy).
“Inquietudini” - solo at the Centro Pisa/Arte Gallery (Pisa, Italy).
2000:
“Appunti di viaggio” – solo at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Il Cairo – Egypt).