Ezio Ranaldi

- Art for me is a means of bringing past moments back to life; my life, the women I have photographed, loved or simply desired, and placing them in a set with an extravagant, Fellini-esque backdrop. The colours come to life and the characters spring into action, using my canvas as a stage.
- I was born in Canosa di Puglia -Italy- on 23 May 1948, and I immediately dedicated myself to my artistic passion, which drives me to travel around Europe, painting metaphysical and surreal works. My various experiences have led me to refine my artistic talent, until I arrived at digital collage, starting from my photographs that I digitally process and print on various supports and finally treat with enamel and oil paint. My works, therefore, the result of these interventions, lie in a borderline area between painting and photography, while maintaining the value of the unique piece.
- My mixed techniques are constructed by fishing from the immense archive of images collected over the years, a landscape, a shop window in Frankfurt, a skyscraper in the city of London, a woman I met in Paris become part of the immense reserve of subjects I photograph in order to include them in my works. The intention is to tell stories and communicate emotions. ...

Ezio Ranaldi was born in Canosa di Puglia, in the province of Bari, where he lives and works. He trained as a self-taught artist, taking inspiration from the metaphysics of De Chirico, Surrealism and Abstractionism and experimenting with different artistic techniques. He is one of the most eclectic and virtuosic Italian artists.
In the 1970s his great passion for art led him to travel all over Europe and at the same time to paint surreal and metaphysical works. His was a long journey, both geographical and mental.
Photography, in particular the transformation and processing of images into elegant figures and scenic perspectives, which he has developed by deepening his skills in digital processing in post production. In recent years he has developed the skills to hold courses in photography and digital processing in post production.

Ezio Ranaldi creates his works inspired by photographic images captured at particular moments in the past, which may depict people who appeared for a moment in the street or met and then lost, or views of metropolitan cities, or even significant landscapes. And then they tell a story and communicate their emotions. Many creations are dedicated to female figures, muses who embody beauty but are a...

2009 - Mostra Personale - Canosa
2010 - Mostra Personale Museo Etruscopolis Tarquinia
2010 - Mostra personale Arte Estate Giovinazzo - Ba
2011 - Mostra Personale Giovinazzo _Ba
2012 - Collettiva Primavera in Arte - Canosa Ba
2012 - Collettiva Arte Estate Giovinazzo Ba
2012 - Collettiva Natale con l'Arte Canosa Ba
2016 - Mostra Personale Piccolo Teatro Canosa Ba
2016 - Collettiva Mediolanum Art Gallery Padova
2017 - Collettiva Beauty and Elegance - ROMA