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Andrea Grotto

(Schio, 1989)

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Casabase

La Profezia

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Arte Fiera Bologna 2025

ArtVerona 2024

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Between reality and imagination, Andrea Grotto recomposes everyday fragments into poetic visions.

BIOGRAPHY

Andrea Grotto studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, where he graduated in Painting under Professor Carlo Di Raco, taking an active part in its vibrant artistic scene.

He has participated in numerous residencies and competitions in Italy and abroad, including the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation Atelier in Venice, the Combat Prize, GlogauAir in Berlin, the Fabbri Prize, the Ora Prize, and the Michetti Prize. An exceptional painter and draftsman, Grotto employs a refined and sophisticated pictorial language to give form to an imaginary world suspended between reality and dream. His compositions both captivate and intrigue the viewer through a continuous oscillation between what is and what could be. In his paintings, elements drawn from nature—plants, minerals, and animals—merge with references to Greek statuary and to medieval and cosmological imagery, creating a seamless flow of images and thoughts.

Solo shows selections: I Pilastri, curated by Fondazione Malutta, Spazio Jojstck, Venice (2026); Casabase, curated by Studio About, Bologna (2024); Casabase, Nashira Gallery, Milan, curated by Samuele Menin (2023); Brucia Luce, Arrivada Gallery, Milan, curated by Samuele Menin, (2018); Un punto da ballerina, Casa Capra, Schio, curated by Saverio Bonato (2018); Leda | Grecale, Galleria Caterina Tognon, Venice (2017); Project Showcase, residence GlogauAir, Berlin (2014).

Group shows selections: Venice Time Case, Gallerie Riunite, Naples State Archives, Catastidee Room (2025); ON AND BEYOND – A Love Letter to Shadows, Galleria Alberta Pane, Venice (2025); e se non gridi non ti sento, ridi? Richter Gallery, Rome (2024); Nocturnal Ballards, curated by Lorenza Boisi, Châssis, Turin (2024); Come un’onda, come in volo (1923-2023) curated by Massimiliano Fabbri, Lugo di Romagna (2023) Venice Time Case (2022-23), curated by Luca Massimo Barbero, NP-ArtLAb, Padova (2022); La Profezia, Nashira Gallery, Milano (2022); Who Killed Bamby, curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Casso (2022); Landina, Villa Frescobaldi-Fumagalli, Laveno, (VA) curated by Lorenza Boisi (2019); Il lanternista, in collaboration with Gli Impresari, Tenuta dello scompiglio, Lucca, curated by Angel Moya Garcia (2018); Versus the artist’s challenge to his model in a century of Photography and Drawing, Modena Galleria Civica, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Daniele De Luigi, Serena Goldoni (2016); Biennale Giovani 3, Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna and Museum of the city of Rimini curated by Renato Barilli, Guido Molinari and Guido Bartorelli (2015); 98th Young Artists’ Collective, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation Galleria di San Marco, Venice, curated by Angela Vettese (2014).