I Always Look For Beauty In Everything, And I Never Give Up Just Because Someone Tells Me It Doesn’t Exist.
This unwavering commitment to finding beauty in all things is the driving force behind my creative pursuits. I’m a visual storyteller, multimedia educational developer, screenwriter, songwriter for cinema and musical theatre, children’s book author, cartoonist, and illustrator. My diverse talents and interests shape my unique creative identity as I divide my personal and professional life between Rome and New York.
In recent years, my interest has focused on a type of illustration that is a political and social commentary in a provocative and personal way, with immediate, clear, and understandable language for everyone. I want to offer public service to the Italian community in the United States and those interested in American news worldwide.
My illustrations and portraits of politicians are published daily in “La Voce di New York,” a bi-lingual online newspaper that covers news in the USA and Italy. The site serves readers in Italy and the United States, as well as readers interested in Italian and American affairs worldwide.
Since 2004, I have trained with some Masters of Cinema, such as Marco Bellocchio, Marco Muller, and Alberto Grifi. I worked with Italian Directors, collaborating on the screenplay for theatrical comedies and short films, such as the Film Adaptation of “Il fascino discreto della parola” (2012) by Maurizio Costanzo and “Madonna Lucrezia” (2004) with Alberto Grifi, Gianfranco Pannone, Babak Karimi.
Attracted by the visual arts and storytelling, I always wanted to communicate and interact with the world to work on transmedia projects: web, e-learning, cinema, theater, photography, painting, illustration, advertising, and visual journalism.
I’m one of the authors of the short film: “Projected,” created during The 48 Hour Film Project Italy (2018), and the narrative book for children “Gigì le Coiffeur et la Maison de Beautè” (2013).
I won the LICC’s Official Selection Prize 2020 and exposure in the virtual winners’ exhibition, the Honorable Mention, for “Wherever It Takes You, That’s Where You Have to Go” from IPA, International Photography Awards™ of New York in Nocturne Photography’s section (2018). My digital works won the AD ART SHOW 2020 selections and were exhibited throughout September at the Oculus, Westfield World Trade Center‘s unique architectural complex in New York City; the same works sponsored by MVVO ART are for sale on Artsy.net.
I have shown my artworks in selected group exhibits in private collections in the USA, Europe, and Italy.
The pandemic event brings me to experiment with a new approach to exhibit: “OPENING” explores the many ways we see ourselves, our surroundings, and our psychological state after a season of global lockdowns. This online exhibition features a wide selection of works by the international art community at the Art NXT Level. Curated by Sergio Gomez, “OPENING” is a VIRTUAL REALITY EXHIBITION from September 1 to October 31, 2021. Sponsored by Art NXT Level and ArtPlacer (click to view).
“Immediacy” and “storytelling” better describe my style’s uniqueness. My research attempts to deconstruct complex three-dimensional objects into single continuous lines while maintaining their sense of depth and character. I investigate the inner dynamics to make them emerge from my proposed characters. I revisited the single line technique, drawing a single freehand realistic black primary line without lifting the pen off the page(like the theory envisages) and adding multiple lines in different colors representing the “invisible.”
Thanks to experimentation with various media, my specialty is interaction, the coexistence of multiple ingredients in a perfect recipe for my artistic identity. I firmly believe that Innovation Comes From Cross-References.
I invite you to discover my work for collaboration commissions, and if you would like to learn more about my art and how you can become my collector, please CLICK HERE to receive information.
Sincerely yours,
Antonella