Sea Creature, Landmine and The Usual Suspects Drawing

Biography Gianni Giuliano is of Italian descent, and born in Montreal, Canada where he continues to live and work. In 1998 he completed a Bachelor studies with distinction in Fine Arts from Concordia University in Painting & Drawing and in 2014 a Master degree in Art from Université du Québec à Montréal in Painting. He is the winner of the 6th Edition of The Brush Off Competition and twice a finalist (2016 and 2018) for the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Competition. Amongst many other prizes, he is also two-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields grant. His works can be found in numerous public, private and corporate collections. Artist Statement Influenced both by the Old Master Italian painters, the London School and their contemporaries; Mark Tansey, Michael Borremans, Alex Colville and Neo Rausch, Gianni Giuliano is part of the contemporary realist figuration. His work analyzes the hidden parts of our identities by putting as far as possible the logic of the visible at the service of the invisible. It consists in bringing to life, in a human way, improbable beings and making them coexist according to the laws of probability. Unsettling plots that include an arrangement of characters placed in a visually coherent environment with eclectic elements, whereby it is neither an apparent reflection of a plausible reality nor an evocation of an imaginary reality, but instead lies somewhere in between that defies straightforward interpretation. Whereby the spaces, their limits and borders are re-examined by the means of narration and image making. His charged pictures scrutinize the human condition that resonates with contemporary relevance.