Paolo Terdich

Born in Piacenza (Italy), where, after having lived in various Countries, I currently live and work, I am in a constant creative challenge to make tangible in my paintings the human feelings.
My works were exhibited worldwide and have been acquired by numerous private collectors, galleries, art institutions. In 2022, I have been invited to exhibit at the 59th Biennale Arte di Venezia, in the Granada National Pavilion, and I had a solo exhibition in New York. Some of my works won numerous international prizes and my activity has been reviewed and published in various art magazines and books.
I am also a co-founder of the artist group “Eoykos”, composed by six Italian artists of figurative expression. This Movement was created (in 2011), to eventually demonstrate, in equilibrium between Surrealism and Metaphysics, that figurative art is still a privileged mean of communication, aimed at transmitting human emotions.
My favorite subjects are human figures represented in situations of intimacy and solitude, in metaphysical and surreal atmospheres, both in confined environments, where their inner torment is expressed, and in aquatic environments, from which a profound sense of quiet emerges.
The aim is to render detailed figurative ...

2023 - Member of “Professional Artist Association”, Dundalk, Louth, Ireland.
2022 - MBA - Mastering the Business of Art - Professional Art Institute, Dundalk, Louth, Ireland.
2008MBA - Master in Business Administration Degree - the Edinburgh Business School/Heriot-Watt University – Edinburgh, UK.
1984 - 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 experimented different styles and his approach evolved through various techniques, from watercolour to acrylic and, finally, to oil, mastered with a remarkable confidence.

Main solo exhibitions:
2024: “Esodo. Per non dimenticare“ – Complesso di Vicolo Valdina/ Italian Chamber of Deputies (Roma, I).
2022: “Aqua” – “Saphira&Ventura Gallery” (New York).
“Dal materico all’etereo” – Palazzo Ghizzoni – Nasalli (Piacenza).
2021: “Paolo Terdich” - Galerie Sonia Monti (Parigi).
2019: “Due mondi a confronto” – Von Zeidler Art Gallery (Berlino).
2018: “Due mondi a confronto” – Spazio Rosso Tiziano (Piacenza).
2017: “Transparency – La pittura di Paolo Terdich” – Galleria Biffi Arte” (Piacenza).
2015: “Luci e contrasti” – Spazio Rosso Tiziano (Piacenza).
2010: Cultural Evening with Paolo Terdich – a contemporary Italian painter" – the Italian Embassy in Nigeria (Abuja).
2009: “Trasparenti Emozioni" – Spazio Rosso Tiziano” (Piacenza).
"Donna Turchese" – Spazio Rosso Tiziano (Piacenza).
2008: “Le Forme e i Colori dell'Anima” – Atelier d’Arte” (Piacenza).
2007: “Emozioni” – Galleria Sant’Ilario (Piacenza).
“Sensazioni” – Spazio Arte Scopri Coop (Milano).
2006: “L’universo femminile” - Atelier d’Arte (Piacenza).
2004: “Paolo Terdich at The American Women Cultural Association” (L’Aja, NL).
“Riflessioni” – Libri & Caffè (Milano).
2002: “Stati d’animo” – Palazzo Municipale (Sauze d’Oulx).
2000:...