Stefano Brunello Biography
Born in Ferrara 01/08/67. Already as a boy, fascinated by the workshop work of his father, an esteemed wood restorer, he was inspired to learn the use of fretwork, carving and inlay techniques, combining the construction of the brushwork in a geometric game of planes. The approach to the artistic world begins here, bringing forward and experimenting with engraving and processing techniques of various materials such as wood, rock wool panels, polystyrene, continuing in a research that has as its cornerstone the canons of classical-Risorgimento geometry , a source of study and observation for Brunello. Following this path, Brunello began to build wooden frames then covered with canvases which simultaneously hide and reveal the underlying work, as if to rarefy the structure, letting the play of light highlight it, and no longer the perfect carving. The wooden structure, whether simple geometric or reminiscent of perspective, is therefore veiled by the canvas, and it is the depth of the carving desired by Brunello that defines the power generated by the light to give more or less prominence to the underlying structure, depending on of the project conceived by the artist. The first exhibition was in 1999 at the Ars et Labor gallery in Forli and Asiago (Vi), with a collaboration that lasted until 2005. In the same year an exhibition was held at the FB Arte Ostellato gallery in Ferrara, accompanied by exhibitions in various Italian art fairs (Forlì, Parma, Pordenone, Reggio Emilia). In 2006 an exhibition was organized at the Agostino Tortora Gallery in Ferrara and then in 2007 he began a collaboration with the L'Idea Gallery in Santa Maria Maddalena. In 2011 Brunello joined the Rigorismo group with the Lattuada gallery in Milan, participating in numerous art fairs such as Mi Art, Step, Affordable Art Fair, Art Verona, and again in 2011 the exhibition on Rigorismo was held at the Gallery San Carlo of Milan. Always inserted in the same current of Rigorism, he participated in various exhibitions in the following years: in 2013 Galleria Antonio Battaglia Milan, Palazzo Salmatoris Cherasco Cuneo and a solo show at the Galleria Idearte in Ferrara. In 2014 Crotone Contemporary Art Gallery and Art Miami and Concept Art Fair Miami. In February 2015 he participated in the “Rigorismo” exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York and in March at the Unix Gallery New York. In June 2015 he attended and exhibited at the presentation of the Manifesto of Rigorism at the Galleria Lattuada Milan and in June with the same movement he exhibited at Art Busan and The Page Gallery Seoul Korea. In December 2015 he participated in the “Amadio - Brunello” exhibition at the Poleschi Arte gallery, Milan. In 2016 he exhibited at the Armando Gori gallery in Pietrasanta (LU) in the AUroom exhibition alongside Fontana, Isgrò, Del Pezzo and others. In 2017 at the Museo della Commenda in Genoa he exhibited with Cesare Berlingeri at the "Folded Progression" exhibition.
