ARTIST & RESTORER

ANTIMO

BERTOLINO

Actor

About

My Story

In the works of Antimo Bertolino, the conscious and impeccable technique in the carved wooden panels, painted with acrylic colours, is the result of a self-taught path that sees the work of restorer coexist with that of the artist, reuniting contemporary artistic production with that of great workshops of the past.
Antimo has had several masters from diverse artistic fields; the result is a cross contamination certainly attributable to Art Nouveau, learned through the techniques of the goldsmith and antique furniture restoration, as well as by more modern artistic movements: Spatialism, Op Art and Minimalism, that are all present in the artist’s sculptures.
At first glance, the works appear as paintings, given their creation on wooden panels; however in taking the time to observe the carved waves inside them, they reveal new paths to the observer. Starting from the physical experience, transmitted by the visual sense, the mind calms down and with it any attempt to conceptualise the work. We let ourselves be carried away by the sensual enjoyment given by the movement of the monochrome colour, made alive and iridescent by the carvings that refract the light and by the interior space that suddenly finds itself aligned and part of the exterior.
The work is therefore a mirror that amplifies and reverberates the physical and mental world of those who observe the fractals, the waves, the lights and the colours that turn from two-dimensional objects into real sculptures; within them there is not only the third dimension (depth) but also the fourth (time) and the other dimension, namely that of the observer, protagonist together with the work, in their own perceptible and the perceived world.

Experience

My Resume

Personal exhibitions

grouped exhibitions

actual pieces

sold pieces

Group Exhibitions

2018
  • Eter(o) exhibition, Spazio 1B, Lugano, Switzerland.
  • Exhibition at the Royal Palace of Balchik, Bulgaria, with the presentation of the Minister of Culture, Rumen Dimitrov.
  • Mutations – in defense of nature, curated by Al Fadhil and Anna Radaelli, Maroggia, Switzerland.
  • Finalist of the Malamegi LAB 10 – Art Contest 2018 competition, curated by Margherita Jedrzeiewska and Massimo Toffolo, 28 Piazza di Pietra Fine Art Gallery, Rome. – First edition of Home Revolution Prize at the fair “My home in Gravina” (BA)

2017
  • Finalist at the Premio Arte 2017 (Cairo editor), Palazzo Reale, Milan. 

2013
  • Arte della Memoria, organised by the EGO art gallery, Villa Ambrosetti, Gentilino, Switzerland

2004
  • Intertwined Relationships, Studio 2, Lugano. – Tremend’Arte, organised by the Municipality of Milan and the Don Mazzi Foundation, Palazzo della Ragione, Milan

2002
  • Contemporary art exhibition organised by INTERMED Artistic and Cultural Department, Sanctuary Divino Amore, Rome 

2001
  • Dalla pieta, dal ferro, dal fuoco curated by Renzo Mezzacapo, Municipal Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Piombino. – Florence Biennale, Italy 

2000
  • 30, Hajech Space of the Brera State Art School, Milan. – Immagina market exhibition, curated by Renzo Mezzacapo, Reggio Emilia 

1999
  • Etruriarte competition in Venturina 

1998
  • Special mention from the critics for the La Telaccia d’oro competition, Turin; jury composed of T. Fornero, M. Viani and M. Malì

Personal Exhibitions

2018
  • Ethnographic Museum of Plovdiv, Bulgaria 

2002
  • Inauguration of his restoration workshop in Lugano 

2001
  • Lugano Golf Club, Switzerland. Presentation of the catalogue at the Press Club in Milan 

2004
  • Falciano del Massico (CE), Italy.

1999
  • Contemporary art exhibition organised by INTERMED Artistic and Cultural Department, Sanctuary Divino Amore, Rome 

Critical Texts

Catalogo dell’ Arte Moderna

2017
  • Gli artisti italiani dal primo Novecento ad oggi, curated by Alessandra Radaelli, Giorgio Mondadori Edizioni 

Antimo B. Catalogue

2000
  • Edited by Fulvio Vicchi, Bandecchi & Vivaldi Editori

I sogni informi

2000
  • By Paolo Levi (published in Antimo B.), Bandecchi & Vivaldi Editori

Arte e sponsor

2000
  •  By Gregorio Rossi (published in Antimo B.), Bandecchi & Vivaldi Editori

Semplicemente Antimo

2000
  • By Laura Milani (published in Antimo B.), Bandecchi & Vivaldi Publishers 

 In fieri

2000
  • By Roberto Sabatelli (published in Antimo B.), Bandecchi & Vivaldi Editori

Contorsioni dell’essere

2000
  • I bronzi di Antimo Bertolino by Flavio Arenzi (published in Antimo B.), Bandecchi & Vivaldi Editori

Education

TRAINING COURSES

1995 – 1996 – 1999

Follows goldsmith training courses held by Luca Solari at the Orafa Ambrosiana school, Milan

ENGRAVER AND SCULPTOR

1996 – 2002

Works as an engraver and sculptor in bronze with specialisation in wax casting at the M.A.F. foundry in Pioltello, Milan

ACRAM

2002 – 2003

Specialises in furniture restoration at the ACRAM institute, Bresso, Milan.

COURSE

2003

Follows a course in “history and stylistics of furniture” with Ferruccio Amati, Pavia.

SCHOOL OF APPLIED ARTS

2005

Broadens his technique in nude life drawing at the School of Applied Arts, Lugano, Switzerland