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Mario Paschetta was born in Milan in 1949 and began painting at the age of 14: his painting is traditional although a material body already appears. His frequenting of Milanese cultural environments, including the Bar Jamaica in Brera, led him to come into contact, albeit as a spectator, with the numerous artists who frequented it, many of whom would contribute to writing important pages in the history of Italian art . Read the full biography

Mario Paschetta was born in Milan in 1949 and began painting at the age of 14: his painting is traditional although a material body already appears. His frequenting of Milanese cultural environments, including the Bar Jamaica in Brera, led him to come into contact, albeit as a spectator, with the numerous artists who frequented it, many of whom would contribute to writing important pages in the history of Italian art . Subsequently, despite his distancing, for professional reasons, from the practice of painting, he continued to frequent the artistic environment and art galleries. In 1992 he began an in-depth study of the subject, both in terms of materials and use, and the influences of artists of the caliber of Burri, Crippa and Mattioli would thus shine through on the canvases. Mario Paschetta's works are present in various private and public collections and he has participated in many of the main Italian art exhibitions. In 2003, important were the participation in the event organized by the Mare Nostrum Association for the inauguration of the "Fortress of the Sea" on the island of Palmaria in Portovenere (SP) under the high patronage of the Presidency of the Republic and, in 2004, the participation in the First Biennial of the Unification of Italy at the Royal Palace of Caserta. Paschetta's works arouse ever greater interest abroad too and in 2003-2004 they were chosen by the Japanese multinational Citizen as testimonials for their advertising campaign. This was followed in 2005 in Lecco by an important personal exhibition at the city's Civic Museums, in the splendid historical setting of the Viscontea Tower, before arriving in Turin, on the occasion of the 2006 Winter Olympics, within an important exhibition entitled I grandi Maestri del '900 and the new languages ​​of contemporaneity which took place at the Olympic Village, which saw the presence of great names of the twentieth century such as De Chirico, Mirò, Rotella, Marini. Also significant in 2006 was the personal exhibition Oltre Tannoiser held in the summer headquarters of the B&B gallery in Mantua in Sirmione del Garda. Of note, among the events of 2007, is the public exhibition In the sign of matter held at the Municipality of Valdagno, in the Civic Museums (Villa Valle). 2008 opens with the important collective exhibition Traguardo in the headquarters of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, followed by participation in the second edition of the Biennial of the Arts of the Unification of Italy in the Monumental Center of San Leucio in Caserta. The event Notes of a Lombard Traveler curated by Anna Caterina Bellati is significant, a narrative exhibition, which sees Paschetta discovering places in the Lombardy area. An exhibition which, starting from Valmadrea (Lc), at the Fatebenefratelli Cultural Centre, goes up Lake Como to Palazzo Pretorio in Chiavenna (So), and then ends at the Municipal Media Library of Imbersago (Lc), celebrating that Adda river, so dear to Morlotti. In August he participates in the 11th edition of OPEN at the Lido of Venice, the International Sculpture and Installations Exhibition held simultaneously with the Film Festival. 2008 ends with two equally important events: the first, entitled The void and the forms, in Chiavenna (So) where paintings, sculptures and installations, partly coming from XI OPEN, are placed in the squares and public buildings of the city ; the second at the Municipality of Solza (BG), hosted in the Colleoni Castle, entitled 3D landscape, included in the program of celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the Parco Adda Nord Foundation, sponsored by the Lombardy Region and the three interested provinces of Milan, Bergamo and Lecco. In 2009, in addition to participating in the main trade fairs in the sector, he exhibited in Paris at the Palais Jena, home of the European Security and Defense Assembly - Western European Assembly, within an institutional collective exhibition entitled Agazzi Jena Paris 2009 Followed by the collective exhibition at the Parisi–Valle Museum in Maccagno (Va) in the context of the “Maccagno Prize”.