Ivan Pili

Ivan Pili,concert musician,composer and visual artist, born in Cagliari in 1976, graduated in civil engineering.From an early age showed his artistic skills in design, distinguishing himself first in kindergarten and then in elementary school.He discovered his innate propensity for music entirely by accident when playing the family of aerophones bellows and made his first concert debut at the age of twelve.In the years 1991 to 1994 he devoted himself to the study of musical genres popular in Europe and at the age of sixteen he begins to earn the title of International artist with his first concerts around Europe. Particularly important for his artistic development was the meeting with the romanian musician Gheorghe Zamfir and German Helmut Zacharias considered among the most virtuous violin teachers in decades. In the years 1994 to 2000 joined several theatre groups and European musicians with whom he composed the music for Jose Alfonso’s “Era um Redondo vocabulo” , “Le voyageur sans bagages” by Francis Poulenc and “Lauda somnului” by Lucian Blaga. In 1994 ...

At the end of 2014 he resumed entirely by accident his artistic pictorial path interrupted with the advent of his musical carreer working during the construction of a wall painting in Germany, a fact derived ,in fact just from a concert.From this moment he became known and received several official requests for the production of other murals.The spread of images through social media brought the first requests for participation in collective exhibitions.The first presentation of his art in a group exhibition was on February 6 th 2015.The first period was characterized by supports of small-medium size and the use of acrylic colours but Ivan Pili stepped forward and after a few jobs he totally dedicated himself to the use of oil paints.His first subjects referred to the figurative, evoking their life scenes and aiming to a “commom” public , just like on the occasion of his concerts. Despite some attempts to paint landscape and still life, the true vocation of Ivan Pili will be the figurative. Overwelmed by an emotional wake, although his works require long preparations typical of the Realism his production was already ready f...

Artefiera Bologna (january 24-26, 2020)
International contemporary art fair

"May You Live In Interesting Times", (may 11 - november 24, 2019)
BIENNALE D'ARTE DI VENEZIA

SOLO EXHIBITION, Milan, march 7th 2019
Exhibition at Arcadia Gallery

BRERA CONTEMPORARY ART, Milan, february 18th 2019
Exhibition at M'Arte Space

Frieze Los Angeles (february 15-17, 2019)
International contemporary art fair

"BETWEEN CINEMA AND ART", Venice, september 1 - september 20, 2018
Exhibition at Dorsoduro district

VENICE BIENNALE - Venice, may 26 - August 30, 2018
Exhibition at Zenobio palace

NIGHTS OF THE EAST, Rome, may 2018
Group exhibition at the "Area Contesa Arte"

SOLO EXHIBITION, Assemini (Sardinia), july 22th - august 7th, 2017
Exhibition at the Town Hall

PALLADIO PRIZE 2017, Villa Contarini, Piazzola sul Brenta, april 1th 2017
National contest organized by the Academic center «Maison d’Art» in Padova

Art Dubai , Dubai International Financial Centre (march15-18, 2017)
International contemporary art fair

STUPOR MUNDI, Melfi, february 24th - march 3th, 2017
Group exhibition at the «Diocesan museum», Guest artist

Artefiera Bologna (january 27-30, 2017)
International contemporary art fair

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