Michele Petrelli

"First, I have to quote the words of the artist himself revealing what he is set on doing : " The message is to destroy the beauty of deceptive appearances. Penetrating the unfinished. Getting to the origin of all things ". In so doing, his exacerbated sensitivity will dissect his subjects , and, although obviously in love with Beauty, he will try not to succumb to it but give his new version of it...In the mean time, and whether intentional or not Beauty has become an underlying , endemic characteristic in his work.
We can feel some kind of latent clash between his brain and his instinct (something he himself proclaims). Effectively, you can easily perceive , while studying his work, that he just wished he could let himself go...Paint them just as they are. But then, his brain will not allow him this luxury. His private demon will make him dig up a new way to uncover, to search , to judge and then reveal his discovery. He will always add a very soft quality to his touches , making us more susceptible and more responding to his message.
All of his portraits bear a dreamlike aura, not forgetting though that nightmares are also dreams...The eyes being his main concern, he very successfully reaches, and depicts the innermost hidden, i...

Medici 1563 Genesis exhibition, November - December 2022 Physical - Miami, USA Miami Art Week

London exhibition, November 2022
Physical — Shoreditch, London ARTCRUSH Project

Ghent exhibition, October 2022
Physical — Ghent, Belgium ARTCRUSH Project

Disruption, October 2022
Physical - W1 Curates in collaboration with 33 NFT & The Medici Collection - Flannels London

Time Square, June 2022
Physical - The Medici Collections NFT NYC 2022

35x35, January 2017
Physical - Permanent collection of the Copelouzos Family Art Museum

Sæsonåbning, udpluk af udstillingen, April 2014
Physical - Gallery Tornby - Bindslev - Denmark

AR[t]CEVIA - International Art Festival , September 2012
Physical - Palazzo dei Priori - Ancona

Tutto Quadra, November 2011
Physical - curated by Ilaria Miccoli - Bari

SpazioTempo, August 2011
Physical - Acaya Castle - Lecce

Le Visioni, November 2010
Physical - Literary Cafe - Roma

BrainProject.eu - Attraction, November 2007
Physical - Finalist of the international contest - Trieste