Riccardo Querin

Riccardo Querin was born in Turin in January 1974; as self-taught, he approached first the drawings then the paintings following an innate lean to these kinds of art. He became later a graphic designer for publishing. He began working with oil painting on 1994 stimulated by brilliant achievements and fascinated by the canvass painting. Another incentive came from the success of small expositions and consequence little sales. At the center of his productions there is the human figure, as reproduction of photos he personally takes or of subjects sheared from magazines barring any reference to the advertising and/or fashion world. The object of is art is the human figure, alone and disarmingly simple. Sometimes, its skin is torn and bruised, so watching his art is never pleasing despite the warmness of its color. Denuded of the classical beauty and made with flesh, closed spaces, sharp and disquieting shadows. The color dominates his paintings; paintings that seem to scream the alienation of the human figure from its reality.

Collective exhibitions:
- Year 1998 - Contest Io espongo for Azimut Association (www.associazioneazimut.net) in Turin - semifinalist.- Year 1999 - Contest Io espongo for Azimut Association in Turin semifinalist. - Year 2001 - Contest Io espongo for Azimut Association in Turin.- Year 2002 - Contest Io espongo for Azimut Association in Turin.- Year 2002 - Contest Io espongo for Azimut Association in Turin.- Year 2003 - Contest Io espongo for Azimut Association in Turin.- November 2003 Project StaART - Collective exhibiton for emerging artists at Docks Home in Docks Dora, Turin, for Mind the Gap, cultural association of Turin. - September 2006 300 years of contamination, collective exhibition for the 300th years of Villa Capriglio (www.villacapriglio.it)- February 2007 - Contest Io espongo for Azimut Association in Turin.- April 2007 - the Human Touch collective exhibition at DArt Visual Gallery in Menaggio (Como Italy)- September 2007- Taking part at the contest Celeste art prize (www.premioceleste.it)- October 2007 Day of contemporary - collective exhibition for Villa Capriglio (www.villacapriglio.it)Solo exhibitions:- Year 1998 - Giovanotti piangete, piangete (Young mens cry, cry) at Billar club, in Turin.- April 2001 S...

- Anno 1998 - Concorso “Io espongo” per Azimut Associazione (www.associazioneazimut.net) a Torino - semifinalista.
- Anno 1999 - Concorso “Io espongo” per Azimut Associazione in Torino – semifinalista.
- Anno 2001 – 2002 - 2003 Concorso “Io espongo” per Azimut Associazione in Torino.
- Novembre 2003 – Project StaART - Collettiva mostra per artisti emergenti presso “Docks Home” ai Docks Dora, Torino, per “Mind the Gap”, Associazione culturale di Torino.
- Settembre 2006 – “300 anni di contaminazione”, Collettiva per i 300 anni di “Villa Capriglio” (www.villacapriglio.it)
- Febbraio 2007 - Concorso “Io espongo” per Associazione Azimut di Torino.
- Aprile 2007 - “the Human Touch” Collettiva presso la galleria “D’Art Visual Gallery” a Menaggio (Como )
- Settembre 2007- partecipazione al concorso “Celeste art prize” (www.premioceleste.it)
- Ottobre 2007 – “Day of contemporary” – Collettiva per “Villa Capriglio” (www.villacapriglio.it)
- Dal 7 luglio fino a fine agosto 2008 presente con 2 opere alla “Terza Biennale d’arte Contemporanea di Pechino” (Cina)
- Maggio 2009 – “I’m a painter, I’m still a painter and I will die a painter” – Collettiva a cura di “Marzia Frozen” 09 – 24 maggio 2009 – Torre Ennagonale di Santo Stefa...