Agostino Rocco
Agostino Rocco was born in Padova in 1971 where he still lives and works today. He started to study Art History at Padova University at a very young age, paying particular attention to the great Tuscan masters of the XV century, such as Piero della Francesca and contemporary Flemish masters of the same age.
He was then attracted to the french painters of the sixteenth century, such as Poussin and La Tour, as well as to the dutch Rembrandt and Vermeer. At the same time he, by himself, learned, the techniques of paintings, by observing and studying as well as copying from the real, defining early on his own poetics, expressing it in figurative painting. His praxis and stylistic features implement traditions originating from antique painting manuals and essays. In fact his paintings, and lately photographs are exercises of dialectic: a dialogue with beauty and the human that springs from the artistic tradition of every time and place. His work draws lifeblood not only from the visual arts but also from opera, literature, the mystic and esotericism all the way to ethology, botanics and all the rich world of symbols linked to theses. Agostino Rocco’s works are present in numerous prestigious private and public collections, among which the Park and Historical Museum of Saint-Cloud in Paris. The artist also participated in numerous national and international initiatives, for example the Biennal of Photography of Jinan, Cina, and Art Basel Miami.
2014
IT ' S TIME TO MOVE - Galleria d'Arte Barbara Paci, Pietrasanta - Lucca
Verona Art Fair, Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Verona
2012
Finalisti Premio Fabbri, Accademia delle Belle Arti di Bologna, Italia
2011
Il Labirinto del Mondo - Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Pietrasanta
2008
La galleria immaginaria dei ritratti del Castello di Saint-Cloud di Parigi, Saint Cloud Museum, Francia
2005
Dipinti, Villa Orlando, Torre del Lago
2006
L'immobile armonia - meditazioni contemporanee sull'arte olandese e fiamminga, Istituto Italiano di Cultura Amsterdam, Amsterdam
2005
Agostino Rocco Dipinti - Show Room Poltrona Frau Atlantica, Miami (USA)
Palazzo Loredan dell'Ambasciatore, Venezia
2004
Agostino Rocco, Dipinti - Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Pietrasanta, Lucca
2003
Lavori 2001-2003 - Istituto di Cultura, Casa "G. Cini", Ferrara
2010
Verona Art Fair, Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Verona
PPA Photo Asia 2010, International Photography Biennial, Jinan, Cina
2009
Palm Beach3 Contemporary Art Fair, Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Fine Antique & Contemporary Design, Cortina D'Ampezzo
Verona Art Fair, Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Verona
Etra Fine Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
2008
Tuscan Sun Festival 2008 - Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Cortona, Arezzo
Verona Art Fair - Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Verona
2007
Miami Art Fair - Westwood Gallery NY, Miami, USA
PalmBeach 3 Contemporary Art Fair - Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Puella Aeterna, Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Pietrasanta, Lucca
Verona Art Fair - Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Verona
Art Basel-Miami - Westwood Gallery NY, Miami, USA
2006
Collettiva d'artisti Italiani - Rotary Club, Moucron, Belgio
2005
Verona Art Fair, Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Verona
