Education
Three-year regional programme in the restoration of paintings on canvas and panel at the Università Internazionale dell’Arte (U.I.A.), Florence.
Andrea Carella · Background
Bio.
A background in art restoration, a path through painting and illustration, and an ongoing exploration of writing, graphic design, animation and short film. At its heart is the act of looking: at things, at stories, and at the forms through which they can be expressed.
Education
and work.
Early Restoration Projects
Contributed to the restoration of the fresco cycle by Signorelli and Sodoma in the Great Cloister of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (2000); pictorial reintegration of predella panels from Duccio’s Maestà at the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Siena (2002–2003); restoration of the medieval frescoes in the Chapelle Saint-Michel in Le Puy-en-Velay (2004).
Restoration in Tuscany
Restoration of Sebastiano Conca’s altarpiece of Saint George and the Dragon in Siena, and work on the medieval heraldic frescoes in San Gimignano’s town hall (2006). Restoration of ten canvases from the church of SS. Crocifisso in Radicondoli (2007) and the side chapel of Sant’Agostino in Colle di Val d’Elsa, featuring works by Giovanni Maria Tolosani and Francesco Rosselli (2008).
Illustration
Fourteen ink illustrations for Trattato sull’alchimia delle emozioni by Gianpaolo Giacomini, published by OM Edizioni.
Exhibitions.
Points de vue
Solo exhibition · Le Puy-en-Velay, France
Senza titolo
Solo exhibition of oil paintings · Sarzana, Italy
Materia di sogno — Dream Matter
Solo exhibition exploring dreams · Centro Almo Cervia, Nicola di Ortonovo, Italy, with the patronage of the Municipality of Ortonovo
Il riflesso di Narciso
Solo exhibition · Choir of the church of San Niccolò, Caprigliola, Italy
Teatro del Baraccano
Permanent display of oil paintings in the theatre foyer · Bologna, Italy
Correnti Fest — Oggetti alla deriva
Group exhibition on marine themes across multiple venues · Sestri Levante, Italy
La poetica degli oggetti
Curated by Valentina Motta · State Art School in Verona, Italy, as part of Gallerie aperte. Oils, pastels, linocuts and acrylics.