Girolamo Codato

I started painting at the age of five.

My mother gave me a large room for painting when I was little. I have always dedicated myself to art.

For many years I worked as an illustrator for children's books.

In 2002, IBBY Andersen in London included me in their catalogue of the 100 best illustrators in the world.

I love all artists, both contemporary and from the past, and in my paintings I am inspired by Mantegna and Caravaggio, the French impressionists and the Italian Macchiaioli.

With my paintings, I want to hold that magical moment I experience in front of a landscape, an object or a particular event, and transfer it to the canvas.

I love all my paintings like children, and I feel that in each one I have given form to that sense of strength, silence and infinity that permeates everything and inspires my works.

Lately I'm deepening my research on light and shape. In particular, I am working on the essentiality of form and the power of light.
I do many studies and many sketches before I do a work. I take care of the use of colors very carefully and I tend to be as essential as possible, always leaving free the creative drive that motivates me.

Currently the most recent works are included in the Italian National Catalog of ...

Istituto Statale d'Arte - Venezia - Pittura Decorativa.
Accademia di Belle Arti - Venezia - Scenografia.

MOSTRA PERSONALE “L’arte negli affreschi dei capitelli e delle case in Vallarsa”, Fiera di San Luca, Vallarsa – Trento, 2017.

MOSTRA PERSONALE a ARTEINGEGNA, l’Artigianato di Eccellenza in mostra, Rovereto (TN), 2010.

MOSTRA PERSONALE alla FIERA del Libro per ragazzi, Bologna, 2004

MOSTRA PERSONALE alla BOOK FAIR , Francoforte, Germany, 2003.

MOSTRA PERSONALE alla FIERA del Libro per ragazzi, Bologna, 2003

MOSTRA PERSONALE al “New York International Gift Fair” USA, 2002

MOSTRA PERSONALE alla FIERA del Libro per ragazzi, Bologna, 2002

MOSTRA PERSONALE “L’Illustrazione nei libri per bambini” Podresca, Prepotto, (UD), 2001.

MOSTRA PERSONALE “Come nasce un libro di fiabe” Fraveggio, Vezzano, (TN), 2000.

MOSTRA COLLETTIVA “Immaginiamoci” al Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (TN). 1999