Silvio Formichetti (1969) - Senza Titolo

Artist: Silvio Formichetti
Nationality: Italian
Year of birth: 1969

Title of the work: Untitled
Year of realization: 2025

Dimensions: 23.50 x 30

Signature details: bottom left - on the back

Edition: One of a kind

Provenance: Private collection

Documentation: Certificate of authenticity included

Conditions: Excellent overall condition; no imperfections

Shipping: The work will be sent on stretcher and securely packaged.

Silvio Formichetti is an Italian painter, one of the leading exponents of contemporary Italian informal painting. He began his artistic career with portraits of female nudes and Abruzzi landscapes, then, from the 1990s, evolved toward gestural abstraction and informal painting. A fundamental influence on his development is American Action Painting (notably Jackson Pollock) and figures such as Afro Basaldella, Emilio Vedova, Gianni Dova and Hans Hartung. Formichetti is known for his energetic use of color, intense painterly gesture, and a visual language that expresses deep and dynamic moods.

Major events and exhibitions:

2003: Solo show at Palazzetto dei Nobili in L’Aquila; XXX International Art Exhibition of Sulmona.

2007: Exhibitions at the National Museum of Abruzzi (L’Aquila) and the Francesco Gonzaga Diocesan Museum in Mantua. Formichetti’s works have been shown at the National Museum of Musical Instruments in Rome and at the refectory of the 15th-century palace of Palazzo Venezia in Rome.

2008: Michetti Museum in Francavilla al Mare; XIII Stauròs Biennial of Sacred Art, Museum of San Gabriele (Isola del Gran Sasso).

2009-2010: Solo show titled “Labyrinths of the Soul” at the Palazzo Guicciardini space of the Province of Milan.

2011: Solo show "Dialogue with the Infinite" at the Cloister of Bramante (Rome).
A solo show curated by Paolo Levi titled "Alphabets of the Soul" - Palazzo Oddo (Albenga).

2011: Invited to the 54th Venice Biennale – Italy Pavilion curated by Vittorio Sgarbi.

2012: Solo exhibitions in Italy and Bulgaria: The Big Rip (Grottammare), Succisa Virescit (Cassino), Bulgarie Visions (Sofia - National Gallery of Modern Art) and Architetture Cromatiche (Varna - Graffity Art Gallery).

2013: Solo shows in Terni (Canovaccio Gallery), Padua (Civic Gallery – Energheia), Brussels (European Parliament – I sentieri dell’anima).

2014-2015: Exhibitions in Pescara ("Inferno. Allegories of Consciousness", Aurum) and People ("Opere", Taverna Ducale).
Solo show in Berlin (InArt Werkkunst Gallery).

He enters PRAESTIGIUM ITALIA II, the catalog accompanying Luciano Benetton’s international collection “IMAGO MUNDI Luciano Benetton Collection.”
He is among the contemporary artists in the collective 44th parallels in Albenga (GR).

2016-2017: Solo shows “Evolution of Silence” (Umbertide) and “Omnia Mutantur” (Civic Museum of the Most Holy Annunziata, Sulmona); participation in the Sulmona Award.

2018-2019: Shows "The Silence That Screams" (Ascoli Piceno), "Volcanic" (Pergine Valsugana), “Informal Encounter” (Villa Brivio Culture Center, Nova Milanese), "AB IMO PECTORE" (CristianoArtGallery, Samo Collection, Ars Interamna – Pignataro Interamna).
He was selected for the first edition of the exhibition "I mille di Sgarbi" in Cervia (RA) at the Magazzini del Sale.
He was awarded the Certilux Award for art “Made in Italy.”

In 2020 he participated in the 25th Cimitile Award at the Paleochristian Basilica Complex of Cimitile, alongside the giants of Italian painting.
The solo show “IN” (Civic Gallery of San Donà di Piave).

2022: "The Spacing of Thought – from the Danish Diary" (Grottammare).
He returns to exhibit at the San Gabriele Sacred Art Biennale. The work titled "Prophets of Hope, Creators of Beauty," at the XVI edition of the most important European sacred art biennale.