Federica Belloli

I am a self-taught figurative painter. My early formative years at the atelier of the esteemed painter and dear friend Rodolfo Guzzoni directed my artistic path towards a profound exploration of portraiture, an art form with which I tried to capture the essence of a moment, of an emotion or simply a memory.
The realism that accompanies my works is partly figurative and partly magical, I like the childish vision of things, so pure and innocent, full of amazement, wonder and imagination. I love painting childish subjects in communion with their spirit animal. Animals represent Nature, our magical, mysterious, instinctive part, our truest self, from which we cannot disconnect.
My portraits almost act as windows into the human soul, through which melancholy, loneliness and fragility emerge.
I have an impatient nature, I need to instantly realize what I have in mind. I prefer acrylic colours, which have a short drying time which allows me this. I also love their matte finish, which doesn't hinder the view of the work depending on the angle of the light. I am aware of the power that colors have. I started by painting in black and white, almost whispering. Now I use colors sparingly, few and in large areas, trying to create an unreal, a...

2020
Bottega d'Arte di Ettore Maiotti - Milano, Italia
2019
Atelier Antonio Molino - Milano, Italia
2018
Workshop Antonio Molino - Milano, Italia
2017
Atelier Rodolfo Guzzoni - Pavia, Italia
2016
Atelier Rodolfo Guzzoni - Pavia, Italia

2025
THE MEAM HALL 6th edition / Esplico Jovellanos, Madrid
2025
THE MEAM HALL 6th edition / MEAM, Barcelona
2025
ModPortrait 2024 / Auditorium Arroyomolinos, Madrid
2025
ModPortrait 2024 / Real Circulo Artistico, Barcelona
2025
Corrispondences / Onart Gallery, Florence
2024
THE MEAM HALL 5th edition / First Street Gallery,New York
2024
THE MEAM HALL 5th edition / MEAM, Barcelona
2024
Una connessione profonda / Onart Gallery - Firenze, Italy
2023
Rendere l'essenza / ARTtime Gallery - Udine, Italy
2021
Attraverso / Onart Gallery - Firenze, Italy
2021
Radice / Onart Gallery - Firenze, Italy
2019-2021
Permanent exhibition Silvia Rossi ARTGallery - Bibbiena (Arezzo), Italy
2020
Kunsthaus Burg Obernberg Ausstelung / Castello di Obernberg - Burg Obernberg, Austria
2020
Donne & Padri - Un omaggio / Galleria ARTtime - Udine, Italia
2020
XXI Salòn International ESART / Esart Galeria - Barcelona, Spagna
2019
Affordable Art / Galleria Merlino Bottega d'Arte - Firenze, Italia
2019
XX Salòn Internacional ESART / Esart Galeria - Barcelona, Spagna