Erica Calardo

Erica Calardo is a painter and modal logician based in Bologna, Italy.


Her works in oils, watercolors, and pencils are windows on the solitude of lost souls. She explores the realm of Beauty, Grotesque, Magic, by creating eery oneiric feminine figures who tell tales of long forgotten dreams, of an imaginary timeless past.

Erica's technique is strongly influenced by Italian old masters, especially the Mannerists and the Baroque female school from Bologna. She is self-taught and has learned her skills from books written in the Renaissance and Baroque era. She counts as her masters Leonardo, Lavinia Fontana, Bronzino.
Since 2010, she has showcased her work in galleries in Italy (Mondo Bizzarro, Studio21), and abroad (La Luz de Jesus - LA, Auguste Clown - Australia, Modern Eden, Swoon, Flower Pepper, WWA, and Spoke Art, Distinction - USA, Pinkzeppelin - Berlin among others). Erica's paintings have appeared in several magazines and books, like Miroir Magazine, Beautiful Bizarre, Il Manifesto, Inside Art, Italian Pop Surrealism, Illustrati.

Besides painting, Erica is currently a post doctoral fellow at the University of Bologna, conducting her research in modal logic. She has a degree in Philosphy and a Ph.D. in mathemati...

Ph.D. Mathematical Logic
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

BA/MA Philosophy
Alma Mater University of Bologna, Italy

SOLO SHOWS:

CHAOS // KOSMOS (DOUBLE SOLO) - Pink Zeppelin Gallery, Berlin. 5 September 2014.
LOST ECHOES - Swoon Gallery, CA, 2013

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:

THE COASTER SHOW - La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
LE CHAT NOIR - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
GOLDEN - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
WANDERLUST 2015 - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
THE 20/20 PROJECT - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
FRIDA KHALO- Distinction Gallery, CA
WANDERLUST 2014 - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ON BEAUTY - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
THE GROTESQUE - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
FORGOTTEN FUTURES - Screaming Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
NOSTALGIA - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
BAD DADS - tribute to Wes Anderson, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
CHRONICLES - Tales from the Sea, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
MONA, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
GET THE LEAD OUT VII, Swoon Gallery, LA
WHAT BIG EYES YOU HAVE, curated by Sugarfueled and Sarah Banks, Gallery at City Arts Factory, Orlando, Florida
L'HEURE BLEU, curated by June Leeloo. Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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