Villa

Italian, born in 1976 in Lecco, Italy. Lives and works in Genoa.
In 2004 he received a degree in architecture from the Milan Polytechnic, but decided instead to follow his vocation as a painter.
The artist is particularly keen on depicting the human condition in the city, painting memories of his daily walks through the streets of his home town, Genoa, or the urban sites he sees on his numerous trips abroad. The life of Villa’s characters belongs to a story without plot, where figures (...)

Controluce - Urbans Spaces and Figures :
Controluce - Figures in the City :
Controluce - Faces :
Controluce - Urban Tales, prints :
Creatures of the Sea :

2007
Celeste Prize 2007, Rome, Winner of the painting section. 

Serrone : Youth Biennial, Monza, work acquisition. 

Harlem Studio Fellowship, New York NY, USA. 

2005
Winner of the under 30 section, Morlotti Prize ; Imbersago, Lecco, Italy.

2003
Classified II Award Morlotti ; Imbersago, Lecco, Italy.

2002
Charles II Award Classified Zorza. Red Bridge Gallery, Milan, (...)

2007
PH Frankenstein by Giordano Morganti. Video animation, Palazzo Te, Mantova, Italy. 

2006
Louisbode : Kids and Revolution. Video animation for the book trailer, with Marco Mancassola (text), Marco Perroni (drawings), Sergio Bertin and James Garavelloni.

2012 AAF, Salamon Gallery, Milan, Italy. 
 Art Fair, Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, Bologna, Italy. 

2011 AAF, Salamon Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland. Salon international de l’estampe, Bellinzona Gallery, Paris, France. 
 AAF, Salamon Gallery, Milan, Italy. Art Fair, Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, Bologna, Italy.

2010 MiArt, Mimmo Scognamiglio Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy. Scope New York, Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, New York NY, USA. 
 Art Fair, Mimmo Scognamiglio (...)

2016 Estampes, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Galerie Oberkampf, Paris, France.
2015 Still Lifes, Landscapes & Fish, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Paxos, Greece
2014 ΙΧΘΕΙΣ – Creatures of the sea, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Paxos, Greece. Paper Zoo, curated by Oreste Bellinzona, Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy. Segni Moderni, curated by Ivan Pengo and Michele Tavola, Orie Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2013 Nel segno della croce. Curated by Chiara Gatti, Antica chiesa di S.Barnaba in Bondo, (...)

2016 Opera Grafica 1996-2016, Galleria Bellinzona 2.0, Lecco, Italy. L’incognita dell’approdo, a cura di Luca Giannini, Spazio Lomellini 17, Genova, Italy. Short-life memories, curated by Michele Tavola, Nuova Galleria Morone project room, Milan, Italy. 2015 Crocevia : storie di volti tra mari e città, curated by Michele Tavola, Spazio aperto San Fedele, Milano, Italy. Controluce, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Le Huit, Paris, France. Controluce, curated by Lorenza Salamon, Salamon Galllery, Milano, (...)