Donner - - Electric guitar (No reserve price)

Donner standard series guitar, customized and personalized by a contemporary artist (biography attached) with hand-carved inlays on the body, application of hand-made brass parts and hand-engraved, and inserts of brass cartridge cases; the guitar is fully functional, unique of its kind and in excellent condition, and will be supplied with a jack cable, strings, strap, and tuning keys for adjustment. It will be carefully packed and shipped by courier.

Biography

Andrea Oliva was born in Milan on 15/02/1973.
He attends the classical high school, then decides to follow his own instinct, leaves the gymnasium and enrolls at the Caravaggio Art High School where he graduates in 1992, and subsequently at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. He plays in several musical groups (drums and guitar), and simultaneously attends the ateliers of established artists, beginning a long period of collaboration with some of them, from whom he learns the specific techniques of sculpture. He also works for a period at the historic plaster workshop "Fumagalli e Dossi". He begins a steady series of solo exhibitions, the first in 1994, and participates in sculpture symposia and competitions; he becomes an associate artist of the Museo della Permanente in Milan. He also pursues painting and the writing of poems, some of which are published in specialized magazines.
On commission, he creates the plaques for the "doctorate in chemical sciences and in industrial chemistry" for the University of Milan in 2004 and for the University of Insubria (Varese, Como) in 2005.
He has created several public monuments; one of the most important is a sepulchral monument located in the Cimitero Maggiore di Milano.