Paolo Carraro

I was born in Italy in 1946 near Venice and I lived, studied and worked in London for 44 year. I have recently moved back to Italy in the region of Lombardia not far from Milano.
I have always had a passion for art since I was 5 years old. During my early studies at the Byam Shaw School of Art, I came across a book called “The Divine Proportion” ( A study in Mathematical Beauty) by H.E.Huntley and I was so overwhelmed by it that I decided then that my future art work should be constructed on these ideas of Divine Proportion whenever possible. I also decided back then that I would be using only the three primary colours : Yellow, Cyan and Magenta, and not the already mixed coloured available plus of course White and Black whenever necessary to change the tonality of the colours. Also my pantings would contain manly only three dominant shapes: Square,Triangle and Circle and also sometimes some of the five Platonic solid.

Diploma in Fine Art (1986) at the Byam Shaw School of Art - London
M.A. in Printmaking (1989) at Wimbledon School of Art - London

I have taken part in many mixed exhibitions in London and abroad since 1985.
I was selected 3 times for the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art in London (2011, 2012 and 2016).