"You" Painting

Lino Di Vinci, is an eclectic artist whose work spans from the techniques of traditional painting to plexiglas light art installations. He graduated from the Accademia Ligustica of Fine Arts in Genoa and for some time,now, has been living and working across Italy and France, in his Genoa and Paris-based studios. His solo and group exhibitions were held in the main Italian cities of Milan, Rome, Genoa, Bologna, Florence and Turin and abroad in Tokyo, Kyoto, London, Paris, Berlin, Gand, Nice, Lugano. His work has been seen in numerous contemporary art fairs such as Decouvertes Paris and SAGA Paris, Artefiera Bologna,Mi Art Milano, Artissima Torino as well as in contemporary design pavillions of the most outstanding fairs in Italy, including the Salone del Mobile, the Internationa reference point for the furnishings and design industry , Macef in Milano, Abitare il Tempo in Verona, to mention but a few. In recent years, the work as Art Designer is pursued in parallel with his artistic journey,blurring the line between the two worlds and shortening the distance between art and everyday life. Throughout his creative meanderings he embraces with passion, the possibility to apply art to exciting small- sized and giant projects involving design and interior design, resulting in prestigious artwork commissioned by the doyenne of Italian shipowners, the Grimaldi Group Grandi Navi Veloci , La Generali Insurance,and more recently in a series of works on the Saffron Ship, commissioned by the Oman sultanate. In various work cycles he has explored restrained polycromy and several graceful monochrome trends, applying them on different media including paper, canvas, wood, metal, PVC, plexiglas. His eclectic nature being the distinguishing feature of each single work of art he produces.