Saul Zanolari

Saul Zanolari was born on September 18th 1977 in Mendrisio – Switzerland.
Since he was a child he has been intrigued by art and its forms of expression, above all painting.
He’s always been convinced that everything can be said and denied. What really makes the difference is the way to present something, its aesthetic aspect.
However, he’s always been more attracted by the content than by the surface of things.
That’s why he’s never attended a school of art but he graduated in Philosophy in 2004, specifically in History of Classic Rhetoric.
He switched his interest from traditional painting to digital painting in 2005.
In the same year he started to exhibit his works in galleries all around the world.
Saul Zanolari reinvents common people, celebrities and pop icons to investigate the growth of human being. One of his latest project is a digital fresco about the Sistine Chapel – an accurate reproduction of Michelangelo’s painting but without religious and censorious aspects towards nudity, where Adam and Eve show their animal nature.

Phd Philosophy - Milan 2004

SOLO SHOW

2016
13.05-26.06
SZ Chapel, Kir Royal Gallery – Valencia (Spain)
2014
20.07-08.09
Sistine Chapel, 2013/14, JOYCE Gallery – Beijing (PRC)
20.07-08.09
Sistine Chapel, 2013/14, JOYCE Gallery – Shanghai (PRC)
2012
01.04-01.05
Fashion Icons, JOYCE Gallery – Beijing (PRC)
2011
26.03-22.05
S.O.S. / …—… Una Mano che Conta
Iron and Ceramic installation, Piazza Manzoni – Lugano (CH)
2008
01.09-31.12
Safotofestival, San Antonio – Texas (USA)
05.05-31.05
Saul’ Soul, Heist Gallery – New York City (USA)
01.03-31.03
Post Human, F2 Gallery – Beijing (PRC)
2007
26.04-31.05
Quello che non so dire, Luciano Inga-Pin – Milan (I)
01.12-31.12
Nettie Horn GalleryLondon (UK)
2006
29.05-12.06
Dolls, Drags and Djs, Brick Lane Gallery – London (UK)
16.09-07.10
New New Portraits, Galerie Mamia Bretesche – Paris (F)
GROUP SHOW
2023
15.05-21.05.2023
The Pixels Show
Art Innovation Gallery – Times Square NYC (USA)
2016
06.10-10.10.2016
Merge (curated by Vin+Omi)
Sanderson – London (UK)
2016
18.12.2015-18.03.2016
Babel Me
Shanghai Museum of Glass – Shanghai (PRC)
2015
16.09-26.09
SZ Chapel MMXIII*MMXV
NJIAF Second Nanjing International Art Festival – Nanjing (PRC)
Winner of the Excellence Prize
2011
09.06-10.09
A Portrait Apart, Porter Contemporary Galle...