Barbara Pastorino

I was born in Varallo, an artistic town on the Alps, now I live and work in Milan.

I paint abstract works inspired by nature and travel. Travel includes physical space as well as inner reality. The centre of my research includes trips into the unconscious, remote or underwater landscapes and literary works (primarily mythological).

I use several layers of acrylic colours and pigments as well as enamel in my art. The art is often characterized by strong, bold colours. Shapes are like glimpses into a mirage or a dream. I try to express an emotion, mood or feeling.

My starting point is an idea, memory or suggestion. My wish is that observers of my work use their imagination to go beyond the boundaries of the painting itself.

EDUCATION

High school (specializing in classical studies)

Bocconi University – Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Business - Milano

Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) – Department of painting and visual arts – Milano

EXHIBITIONS

Paintings are permanently visible in the Art gallery Maiocchi 15, Via Maiocchi, 15, Milan.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
-“Chain Reaction” group show with International Online Art Collective—Pearl City Clay House Gallery, Jamestown, New York – November 2023
-Collective exhibition during Design Week in Milan at Maiocchi15 Art Gallery - September 2021
-Syart - International festival of contemporary art - Sorrento - July the 16th - September the 5th 2021
-Particular, June 2020, ArtKaroo Gallery, Oudtshoorn, South Africa, curated by Wilhelm Vincent
-Opere su carta, January 2018, with the Circuiti Dinamici artistic group in Milan
-Lablù exhibition, May 2017, in the spaziod art gallery, with the artistic group Lablù, Lecco
-Lablù exhibition, April 2017, in the spaziod art gallery (Cortile delle Botti), with the artistic group Lablù, Lecco
-Ridefinire il gioiello, March 2017, Spazio Seicentro, Via Savona, 99, Milan
-The Coffee Art Project, March 2017, Group exhibition in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
-I luoghi del silenzio, November 2016, with the Circuiti Dinamici artistic group in Milan
-Oltre, July 2016, with the Wikiarte Gallery in Bologna
-Dialogo con la terra, July 2015, at the Fondazione Bracco in Milan together with the artistic or...