Tiziano Bonanni

Tiziano Bonanni, Florence, 23 May 1967.
In 1984 Bonanni was awarded a Diploma as Master of Art in
the Pictorial Decoration section of the Florence National Institute of Art. Here, in 1986, he then graduated from the Two-
Year Course in Specialization in the same discipline, concluding his studies in 1990 at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, in
the painting section directed by Gustavo Giulietti. As a very young student, he supplemented his course of studies by frequenting the studios of the most important Tuscan masters, architects and artists of the post-war period, such as Silvio Loffredo, Pietro Annigoni, Cecco Ceccherini, Mario Calderai, Pier Niccolò Berardi, and Piero Tredici. Having completed his academic studies, he worked as private teacher and on projects in the field of furnishing accessories, ceramics, printed fabrics for wearing apparel, fashion accessories and designer jewellery for such famous Italian brands as Richard Ginori and
Roberto Cavalli. In 1997 he was a founding member of “Rossotiziano
- RST ART ACADEMY”, an artistic cultural association headquartered in Florence, which he now directs and coordinates as artistic director. In the same year, he was awarded
the “Fiorino d’argento” for artistic merit in P...

Dating from 2019 is his portrait of Francesco Moser, on the occasion of the presentation of the film “Scacco al tempo”, a documentary on the life of the bicycle racing champion.
His most recent artistic development finds expression in a personalized style employing stratification, hybridization, combustion and various actions carried out on salvaged industrial
materials, obsolete objects, organic and synthetic materials. These are used to create multi-compositional sculptural-pictorial works in which the image takes on structure and decomposes according to the observer’s viewing point. These
works, called “transitions”, are created in a style termed GENS (Generative Stratifications Style), which calls for the use of recycling as a virtuous principle that generates artistic value
through the use of rejects of various kinds.
As an athlete, former Italian champion of judo, member of the National Association of Olympic and Azzurri Athletes of Italy, Bonanni has drawn inspiration from the martial arts, merging them with his own humanist roots to achieve top
quality in every activity of life and art, as a principle of excellence.
The relationship between art and judo is a dialogue always present in his artistic research, which app...

2019
Identity 1,618
Palazzo Vecchio - Florence

2018
Riciclarte, a site-specific personal in a group exhibition, curated by Filippo Lotti, Villa Crastan, Pontedera, Pisa.

2014
Pelle, tutto il resto non conta [Skin, nothing else matters], curated by F. Norcini, Studio Rosai, Florence.

2012
Esseri non esseri [Beings non-beings], Galleria Asterisco, Prato.

2010
Lives, Nest Gallery, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

2009
Anomalie [Anomalies], curated by the Art Action per Exhibition Project, Barriera Albertina, Novara.

2007
Full immersion, Hidron, Florence.

2005
Linea di confine [Boundary line], Sala delle Colonne, Fortezza da Basso, Florence.