Tyron Pironaci

Drawing, the gesture of leaving marks on a surface, has always been the greatest form of visual expression to me. I took part in many collective and solo exhibitions in both Italy and UK. Studying art history, particularly those artists who have dealt with the human body and face, I have been very interested in the work of Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Egon Schiele, Edvard Munch, Francis Bacon. My work is mostly orientated on portraits. The research I do leads me to a sort of crossroads: the classic “ideal beauty” charcoal drawing on paper on a hand, the modern abuse and coldness of the human body image on the other. The use of charcoal and paper has a symbolic value of "reuniting elements", as both are unnatural evolutions of wood. The versatility of this medium also allows me to get delicate shadings and primitive signs at the same time, all in favour of expressiveness. An exaggerated expressiveness that has the aim of intriguing and involving the observer.

2014 – 2016

• GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION (Master's degree)
Academy of Fine arts, Catanzaro, Italy

2010 – 2014

• PRINTMAKING (Bachelor's degree)
Academy of Fine arts, Catanzaro, Italy

2024

• Group exhibition "Fiera dell'arte", Area Magna Grecia, Catanzaro, ITA

2023

• Group exhibition "Threads", Cass Art Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

2021

• Solo exhibition "Homeland", Hammers Gallery, Catanzaro, ITA

2020

• Solo exhibition "Faces", Cass Art Hampstead, London, UK

2018

• Solo exhibition "Portraits", The Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK

2017

• Solo exhibition "Works on paper", The Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK

2016

• Printmaking exhibition “Segni Agathae”, Catania, Italy

2015

• Artwork donated to the private permanent collection at Museo Comunale di Praia a Mare, Cosenza, Italy

• Collective contemporary art exhibition “Aletheia”, Cosenza, Italy

• Collective contemporary art exhibition “PHOTOCONTAINER - Photissima Art Fair & Festival”, Turin, Italy

• "Arte&Co. – Madre Terra" Art Prize, Vibo Valentia, Italy

• Contemporary art exhibition sponsored by the well known local coffee factory Guglielmo “MotorHead Art 2519 - La sostanza che attiva lo sguardo”, Catanzaro, Italy

• Selected contemporary artists for “Tropea Festival – Leggere & Scrivere”, Vibo Valentia, Italy

• Art exhibition “VIII BIENNALE MAGNA GRECIA”, Cosenza, Italy

• Collective contemporary art exhibition “La notte europea dei musei...