Ernesto Romano

I am Ernesto, an Italian artist living and working in London.
I use x-rays of my body for my work, which I transform with bold colours and often embellish with gold leaf, glitter, spray paint or Swarovski crystals. All my work is very much colourful and shiny.
I often use symbols like crowns (including crown of thorns-religious symbols) and jewels that I superimpose to the x-rays, and then hand embellish them adding sparkle. Those symbols tend do identify a certain status or social position. On the other hand the x-rays instead are free from any social connotation, any prejudice or stereotype and often free form gender and ambiguous and eventually the most judgemental free angle from which a person can be looked at.
These X-rayed self portraits convey a message of equality and universal values, of inclusion and diversity. I have exhibited nationally in UK and internationally and my work is collected worldwide.

Degree in Architecture

Group Exhibitions

2019 Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London, with Degree Art

2019 Affordable Art Fair New York, USA, with Degree Art

2019 Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, London, with Degree Art

2019 Henely Festival, UK, with Degree Art

2019 Art Below Hyde Park, London, Curated by Ben Moore

2018 Winter Show, London, Curated by Degree Art and Trinity Art Gallery

2018 Winter Exhibtion, London, Curated by Focus LDN

2018 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, Lodnon, with Degree Art

2018 Henley Festival, Henley on Thames, Degree Art/Contemporary Collective

2018 Summer Exhibition,London, Degree Art and Trinity Art Gallery

2018 Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, London, with Degree Art

2018 Flux Exhibition, curated by Lisa Gray

2018 Talented Art Fair, London

2018 ShocK London,London, curated by Arte Mea Advisory

2017 Winter Exhibition, London, curated by Tom Cox

2017 The Benbai Expo,curatedby Sascha Bailey, Quite Useless Art, London

2017 FLUX Exhibition, curated by Lisa Gray, London

2017 Art Below Summer Show, Curated by Art Below, London

2017 The Elephant in The Room, curated by Laverne Hunt, London

2017 Contemporaries, curates by Thomas Cox (Focus LDN),London

2017 Wimbledon Art Studios...