Roberto bernardi biography

Roberto
Bernardi

Biography

Born in 1974 in Todi, Italy, Roberto Bernardi began painting at a very young age, with his first oil paintings dating back to the early 1980’s. His obsession with detail and traditional painting techniques influenced his artistic direction, working first as a restorer at the church of San Francesco a Ripa, to eventually devoting himself fulltime to the creation of his own works. Bernardi intitially painted landscapes and portraits, but soon after began moving towards a new form of realism, closely related to hyperrealism.

The turning point in his artistic style took place in the early 2000s with increasingly frequent trips to New York. In 2004 Bernardi moved to Manhattan for a short period and worked in a studio on 73rd street. During this time, his works were strongly influenced by the American culture.

Over the last decade Bernardi’s works have evolved further, with his hyperreal compositions being increasingly influenced by the Pop Art movement.

Since 2012, Bernardi has taken part in an international museum tour. The tour began at the Tü

Roberto Bernardi

Italian painter

Roberto Bernardi

Born1974

Todi, Italy

NationalityItalian
Known forPainting, photorealism

Roberto Bernardi (born 1974 in Todi, Italy) is a photorealist painter who explores the beauty of everyday life though the reflections and transparencies in his still life paintings, using as his main subject plates and glasses, kitchens appliances, dishwashers, fridges and more recently lollypops and candies.[1][2][3]

Biography

Bernardi's first works date back to the early 80's and in 1993 upon graduating from high school, he moved to Rome where he worked as a restorer in the church of San Francesco a Ripa. In 1994 he decided to dedicate himself full-time to the creation of his own paintings and after an initial foray with landscapes and portraits, Bernardi started concentrating on contemporary still life and turned towards a kind of realism closely associated to photorealism.[citation needed]

In 1999 Bernardi met Raphaella Spence, also a photorealist artist, with whom he

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

Roberto Bernardi is an Italian Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1974. Their work is currently being shown at Mucciaccia Gallery, Cortina in Cortina D'ampezzo. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Mucciaccia Gallery, Rome have featured Roberto Bernardi's work in the past.Roberto Bernardi's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 850 USD to 33,652 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2012 the record price for this artist at auction is 33,652 USD for Candy machine, sold at Van Ham Fine Art Auctions in 2020. Roberto Bernardi has been featured in articles for Art Market Monitor, ArtDaily and Scene 360. The most recent article is German Auction House Van Ham Reports $19 M. in H1 2020 Turnover written for Art Market Monitor in August 2020.

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