WORK

With a brightness that is consistent with the experiences of travel and discovery, Paolo Bini’s paintings register the physical perception of three-dimensional space. Derived from an emotional state of mind, the artist charts the unveiling of our natural surroundings. These are investigations into an “existential” brightness that, as Jung states, adds more “stuff” in order to feed “a significant expansion of the horizon and a deeper self-knowledge”.

An ongoing dialogue with the concepts of ‘landscape’, Bini’s mixed media paintings convey a sense of infinity. Surrendering the traditional assumptions of landscape, he builds visual bridges and explores the mysteries of what as he explains are ‘the feeling of an inner strength that goes beyond the threshold of representing’. By translating and by ‘giving up the form of ‘landscape’ Bini concludes that energies, the immediate, and a number of internalized paths and choices he makes are all reflective as the traces of each person's being.  Each artwork leads to a narrative in which everything has yet to happen and where our own perceptions of the relentless pace of contemporary life is questioned and explored.

BIOGRAPHY

Paolo Bini graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. In 2010, he represented the young Italian paintings as part of the XIII Italian Culture week, La Habana (Cuba), and was awarded a scholarship from the Grad Kultural Center in Belgrade, Serbia. 2011 saw his work presented at the 54th Venice Biennale, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, and well as a residency with the Centro Di Sarro Project Italy-South Africa in Cape Town. In 2014, Paolo undertook a residency at Scuola del Graffito, Montemurro, Potenza, Italy.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2016               

Al Di Là Del Quadro Beyond the Painting, solo exhibition, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa

2015               

Behind the visible, curated by Ivan Quaroni, Galleria ABC Arte, Milano, Italy

Astrazione modulare, curated by Valerio Dehò, Fornace Falcone, Eboli (SA)

2014               

Untitled, Palazzo_Mezzacapo, Amalfi Coast, Italy

Panoramiche emozionali, Cerruti Art Gallery, Genova, Italy

Paintings on tape, Casa Turese, Vitulano, Benevento, Italy

Contaminazioni, double show with D. Baechler, Nicola Pedana, Caserta curated by Enzo Battarra, Caserta, Italy

Altri viaggi, Casa Ariosto, Ferrara curated by Maria Letizia Paiato, Ferrara, Italy

2013               

Paolo Bini. Brink of the ocean, Provenance House, curated by Alessandra Atti Di Sarro and Emma Vandermerwe, Cape Town, South Africa

Colour absence in suspense, University of Siena curated by Martino Cappai, Italy

Kalodiki, Cerruti Art Gallery, Genoa curated by Claudia Gennari, Genoa, Italy

2012               

Un viaggio nell’immaginario pittorico, Centro Grafico, Foggia curated by Claudia Gennari, Foggia, Italy

2011               

Un proyecto especìfìco, Centro Luigi Di Sarro, Rome curated by Alessandra Atti Di Sarro (cat.) Rome, Italy

2010               

Solstizio d’estate, Cerruti Art Gallery Genova curated by Massimo Bignardi (cat.)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2017               

Reflex, curated by Centro Di Sarro, Italian Cultural Institute, Warsaw, Poland

Focus new permanent collection, Fondazione Donna Regina - Museo MADRE, Napoli, Italy

Spectrum: A Group Show, CIRCA gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2016               

HARDLINE CIRCA gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Pattern Painting, curated by Luca Beatrice, Reggia di Caserta, Casert, Italy

Line and shadow, CIRCA Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Premio Cairo, XVII Edizione, curated by Michele Bonuomo, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy

ArtVerona | Project Art Fair, with a solo project in King Kong area, Verona, Italy

Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa

Abstractions?, Galerie Placido, Paris, France

Arte Fiera Bologna, with galleria Nicola Pedana, Bologna, Italy

Cape Town Art Fair, with Everard Read gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2015               

Empire, Everard Read gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

2014               

Show_Yourself@Madre, Museo MADRE, Napoli, Italy          

Summer Season, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Premio Celeste, Assab-one, Milan curated by Lorenzo Benedetti (cat.), Milan, Italy

Approdi e naufragi. La costruzione dello sguardo per artisti tra XX e XXI secolo, Palazzo Mezzacapo, Maiori (SA) curated by Marco Alfano (cat.) Maiori, Italy

Premio Griffin, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan curated by di Ivan Quaroni (cat.), Milan, Italy

Premio Zingarelli, Rocca delle Macìe, Castellina in Chianti (SI) curated by Simona Gavioli (cat.), Chianti, Italy

XXXVIII Festa del Fuoco, Fornace Falcone, Montecorvino Rovella, Italy

Miart Fair 2014, with Poleschi arte, fieramilanocity, Milan, Italy

ARTour-o, Accademia del Disegno, Firenze curated by Tiziana Leopizzi (cat.), Firenze, Italy

SETUP Art Fair, with Yoruba, Autostazione, curated by Simona Gavioli (cat.), Bologna, Italy

2013               

Opere dalla Collezione Permanente, Museo FRAC, Baronissi (SA) curated by Pasquale Ruocco, Baronissi, Italy

Alchimia di parole, Castello di Amendolara (CS) curated by Ombretta Gazzola e Teo De Palma, Amendolara, Italy

Abstract artists, CerrutiArte, Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy.

Vedere parole. Libri d’artista, Ex Convento di S. Bernardino, Rossano Calabro, Italy

Disordine Lineare, La Vedetta, Giovinazzo, Italy

Verticalità, Museo-CAMeC, La Spezia curated by Walter Vallini (cat.) La Spezia, Italy

2012               

Alchimie du Verbe, Biblioteca “A. Minuziano”, San Severo (Fg) curated by Teo De Palma, San Severo (Fg), Italy

Verticalità, Sala Dogana, Genova curated by Walter Vallini (cat.), Genoa, Italy

Artisti e galleristi per Don Gallo, Palazzo della Regione Liguria, Genoa, Italy

Premio Murano, Scuola Grande della Misericordia, Venice, Italy

Green Dreams, Tempio di Pomona, Salerno curated by Massimo Bignardi (cat.), Salerno Italy

Artisti contemporanei italiani, Sala Pietro Palazzo, Comiso, Italy

InterRail. Viaggio nell’immagine, Centro d’arte contemporanea Art’s Events, Torrecuso, Italy

Arte Accessibile, IV Edizione, Eventiquattro Gruppo Sole 24 ore, Milan curated by Ivan Quaroni e Chiara Canali (cat.) Milan, Italy               

2011

54° Biennale di Venezia, Ex Tabacchificio Centola, Padiglione Italia, Regione Campania, Pontecagnano Faiano (Sa) curated by Vittorio Sgarbi (cat.), Venice Italy

XIV Bienal Guadalupana, A recoger el tiradero, University Ibero Americana, Guadalupa, curated by di Jorge Ismael Rodriguez Guadalupa, Mexico

Collezione Permanente del MUSEO FRAC, Aula consiliare, Baronissi (Sa) curated by Massimo Bignardi (cat.)             Baronissi, Italy

Link, Cerruti Art Gallery, Genoa, Italy

Acquisizioni, Comando Provinciale Guardia di Finanza, Pisa, Italy

Nuove Rotte della Pittura, Museo degli  Arsenali, Amalfi (Sa) curated by Pasquale Ruocco, Amalfi, Italy

Chain Letter, Samson Art Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts curated by Camilo Alvarez, USA

Spazi dell’anima, Chiesa dell’Annunziata Marcianise (Ce) curated by Massimo Bignardi, Marcianise, Italy

Premio Internazionale Bice Bugatti - Giovanni Segantini, LII Edizione, Sala Gio.i.a., Nova Milanese (Mb) (cat.) Italy

Arte Cremona, Cremona Art Fair, Italy

2010               

Naples@Beograd, GRAD, Belgrado, Serbia curated by Componibile62, Belgrade Serbia

Collettiva artisti della galleria, Galleria Il Catalogo, Salerno, Italy

Premio Mario Razzano, IV Edizione, ARCOS, Benevento, Italy

Link - arte e design entrano in contatto, Cerruti Art Gallery, Genoa, Italy

Immagina Arte in Fiera, XII Edizione, Reggio Emilia, Italy

XIII Settimana della cultura italiana, Convento S. Francesco, L’Avana, Cuba curated by Alessandra Atti Di Sarro (cat.) Ha