Giovanni Pelliccioli


Giovanni Pelliccioli is an Italian surrealist painter. He was born in 1947 at San Pellegrino, Terme, Italy. When he was eight he discovered art and started drawing. At 18 he began art studies at Carrara Academy of Bergame. At this time he painted realist and impressionist style paintings, but when he discovered surrealism he knew it would permit him to give the best of his artistic expression.
Pelliccioli's work continued to evolve and is often divided into three main periods. The 1st Surrealist period was characterized by paintings whose subjects were mostly inspired by Surrealist painters such as Magritte, Salvador Dalì, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy. The paintings of the 2nd Surrealist period introduce the first signs of Giovanni Pelliccioli's own Surrealism, as he gave birth to new spiritual conceptions and new symbolic object leitmotifs. With his 3rd Surrealist period, the artist introduced some innovative ways of expression. In fact, it is the most creative period of his career, irony is the main theme. This is also the time when the artist started using new materials such as wood, metal, glass and other natural objects that gave his works a new sculptural dimension. The «trompe-l'œil» effect will also be a recurring game.
In 1993, Pelliccioli created a new form in the world of the artistic painting - the "triangle". It is a picture cut in a diagonal with a three-dimensional definition. It is a picture cut in a diagonal with a three-demensional definition. Whether oil on canvas of oil on wood a "trompe I'oeil" sensation is accomplished. A represented subject is half painted and half coming out. This exclusive idea is patented by the artist.
Since then he has worked as a professional surrealist painter. In 40 years he has painted more than 4200 paintings. Pelliccioli's work is presented in more than 100 exhibitions around the world.
He is listed in the World Cultural Union at: The Museum of Modern Art, the Tate Gallery,, the Tokio Kukuritisu Kindai Bkjutsukan, the National Gallery of Canada, the Musee d’Art Moderne, the Kunsthaus, the National Gallery of Victoria, the National Museum, the Galleria Nacional de Arte Moderna, the National Gallery of Art, the Country Museum of Art and many others.
Pelliccioli left Italy in 1993 and established himself in France at Antibes.
He got his own workplace there. He died in 2016.

Personal exhibitions

YearCountryPlace
1968ItalyTown Hall exhibition
1969ItalyHotel des Alpes
1969ItalyTown Hall exhibition
1970ItalyGrand Hotel
1971ItalyHotel des Alpes
1971ItalyTown Excelsior San Marco art Gallery
1972ItalyFondazione Europa art Gallery
1973ItalyLa Torre art Gallery
1973ItalyCristallo art Gallery
1974ItalyManzoni art Gallery
1974ItalyDuomo Gallery
1975SwitzerlandMotte Gallery
1975FranceDes Etats Units
1975ItalyQuaglino art Gallery
1975France22 Rue Bonaparte
1976ItalyCristallo art Gallery
1976FranceDes Etats Units
1977ItalyComanducci International art Gallery
1977ItalyGhiggini art Gallery
1977ItalyInternational art Center
1978ItalyMichelangelo art Gallery
1979ItalyIl Portichetto Gallery
1979ItalyLa Firma
1980ItalyIl Setaccio Gallery
1980ItalyLa Garrita art Gallery
1981ItalyJordan's club Gallery
1981ItalyNuova Mutina art Gallery
1982ItalyQuaglino Gallery
1982ItalyAquarius Gallery
1982ItalyXX Settembre Gallery
1983NetherlandsVolksuniverstiteit Gallery
1984ItalyLa Garrita Gallery
1984ItalyRocca di Angera
1984ItalyNuova Mutina Gallery
1986ItalyHotel Excelsior San Marco
1987ItalyLa Cornice Gallery
1987ItalySan Stefano Gallery
1988ItalyPalazzo dei Congressi
1988GermanyBuro K. Grunzing
1989YugoslaviaMuzej Grada Trogira
1990FranceNicole Sandor Gallery
1990ItalyHotel Excelsior S. Marco
1993ItalyParish Recreational Center
1993FranceB.N.P.
1994FranceHotel Martinez
1994GermanyLes Beaux Artes Gallery
1995FranceDe Carmes Gallery
1995FranceB.N.P.
1996GermanyHotel Holiday Inn
1996NorwayInterior-Galleriet
1996Francemusée Naval Napoleonien
1997GermanyExposition Salo BMW
1999FranceLes Bain Douches
1999FranceChateau du Pont de la Meurthe
1999FranceChateau de Trousse Barriere
1999ItalyCentro Parrochiale Mozzo
2000FranceLa conca verde
2000ItalyEUR 2000
2000FranceCentre International d'Art Modern
2000ItalyValpelline le lievre amoureux
2001FranceChateau de Saint Max
2001NorwayInterior Galleriet
2001FranceAmadeus
2001ItalySala Civica di Via Piatti
2001ItalyPalazzo Boselli
2001ItalySala Civica Carlo Cattaneo
2002ItalyCapella de Lourdes
2003ItalyHotel Cappello d'Oro
2004FranceChateau de Saint Max
2004ItalySelvino
2005ItalyGalleria Ponte Vecchio
2006NorwayInterior Galleriet
2006ItalySerina
2007FranceChateau de Saint Max
2008ItalyProloco
2009FranceMairie du 7e Arrondissement
2009ItalyCasino
2009ItalyMuseo della Valle
2010ItalyMonastero del Lavello
2011FranceAeroporte Côte d'Azur
2011FranceSalon Tous a l'Art
2012AmericaArtexpo
2023Germany

CD covers

A couple of paintings is used for classic music.
Name paintingCD
Gabriel Fauré Requiem
French Orchestral Miniatures 1850 - 1950 VOL. I
French Orchestral Miniatures 1850 - 1950 VOL. II
French Orchestral Miniatures 1850 - 1950 VOL. III
The French Flute 1920 – 1930
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Premier Trio Moscow
Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller

Books

Name of the bookSummary
Monograph published for the exhibition in Milan 1977. Private Edition of 500 ex. numbered and signed by the Artist.
Artist's autobiography In four editions : English, German, Italian and French
Review in four languages : English, German, Italian and French