Today I will paint cosmic vortices, flaming sands, blazing red and violet sunsets!
I want my worlds to shout the joy of the creation, the viewers obliged to close their eyes, dazzled by the light of the canvas. Only the perfume of the flowers of the universe confuses the senses for a moment of infinity.
In those,
Like you,
Who have understood.
Contemporary Italian artist Ottavio Fabbri is a visionary, painter, sculptor, director and conceptual artist. Hailing from an artistic heritage, his father was the founder of the famous Fratelli Fabbri Editori publishing house and his mother a painter and art dealer. By the age of five, he had already revealed an extraordinary talent as an art critic due to his exceptional ability to identify genuine paintings.
Known as the 'star maker', Fabbri transmits his passion, understanding and interpretations of the night sky through his intricately detailed paintings. Indeed, his work is so evocative that the European Space Agency has bestowed upon him the esteem of a lifetime sponsorship. Fabbri's entire work draws on what he strongly believes are the powerful life force 'strings' that connect the universe, and this hugely influences all his projects. His work manifests itself through many creative forms; from representations of the pyramids to astounding light installations.
Exhibited internationally, Fabbri's art work has been admired by art critics such as Federico Zeri and Achille Bonito Oliva. The astronaut Buzz Aldrin, of the first mission to the moon Apollo 11 (1969), said "I have already seen Fabbri's paintings in space" and added "Ottavio Fabbri is a man and artist of the Italian Renaissance. The new Renaissance, the cosmic One".
Fabbri has attained many personal achievements, including receiving the House Order (Order of Grimaldi) for his contribution to the arts of the Principality of Monaco with distinction in 2014, and being a Minister for Plenipotentiary for the Republic of San Marino, advising on arts and culture since 2009.
1995: 'OTTAVIO FABBRI – LANDSCAPE' SCUDERIE PALAZZO RUSPOLI, ROME, ITALY 'Landscape' 1993 Oil on Canvas (120cm x 120cm)
1997: ITALIAN GERMAN CULTURAL CIRCLE - MUSEUM LUDWIG, COLOGNE, GERMANY (presented by Gerhard Kolberg museum curator) 'Glimmer of Stars' 1996 (200cm x 200cm) Acrylic on Canvas
1997: ITALIAN GERMAN CULTURAL CIRCLE - MUSEUM LUDWIG, COLOGNE, GERMANY (presented by Gerhard Kolberg museum curator) 'Glimmer of Stars' 1996 (200cm x 200cm) Acrylic on Canvas
2010 'ROME THE ROAD TO CONTEMPORARY ART' AMT Gallery – MILAN, ITALY 'Mindscape' 2010 Oil on Canvas (200cm x 200cm)
2012 'PYRAMID OF PEACE AND LIGHT' ACCADEMIA D'EGITTO, ROME, ITALY 'Pyramid' 2008 (200cm x 174cm) Acrylic on Canvas
2012 'PYRAMID OF PEACE AND LIGHT' ACCADEMIA D'EGITTO, ROME, ITALY 'Pyramid' 2008 (110cam x 110cm) Acrylic on Canvas
2012 'PYRAMID OF PEACE AND LIGHT' ACCADEMIA D'EGITTO, ROME, ITALY 'Pyramid' 2012 Mixed Media (240cm x 240cm x 150cm)
2012 CHAMBER OF DEPUTY IN ROME, ROME, ITALY 'Mindscape' 2010 Oil on Canvas (200cm x 200cm)
2009 BEGNI PALACE, SAN MARINO 'Sky' 2008 Acrylic on Canvas (200cm x 200cm)
1992 Galerie du Rocher - Monte Carlo, Monaco | 1993 Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Bra - Bra, Italy | 1994 La Petite Galerie - Brussels, Amsterdam (presentation by contemporary art critic Achille Bonito Oliva) | 1995 'Ottavio Fabbri - Landscape' at the Scuderie Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome, Italy (catalogue by world-renowned art historian Federico Zeri) | 1996 Artistic Cultural Circle of Bologna - Bologna, Italy (catalogue curated by Vittoria Coen Director of the Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea of Trento and coordinator of Venice Biennale 1993) | 1995 Barnabò Gallery - Venice, Italy | 1995 'Landscapes' at the Galleria David Halevim - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | 1997 Italian German Cultural Circle - Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (presented by Gerhard Kolberg museum curator) | 1997 to 1998 'L'orizzonte degli Eventi' at the David Halevim Gallery - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | 1997 Banque du Gothard - Monte Carlo, Monaco | 1998 to 1999 Galerie du Roccabella - Monte Carlo, Monaco | 2001 Artocratia – Zurich, Switerzland | 2005 to 2006 Monte Carlo Art Gallery - Milan, Italy | 2007 to 2008 Monte Carlo Art Gallery - Monte Carlo, Monaco and Milan, Italy | 2008 'Ottavio Fabbri – Pyramid of Peace and Light' at the Monogramma Gallery - Rome, Italy | 2010 'Roma the Road to Contemporary Art' at the AMT Gallery - Milan, Italy | 2011 'Pyramid of Peace and Light' at the 54th Biennale di Venezia, Republic of San Marino | 2012 'Pyramid of Peace and Light' at the Accademia D'Egitto, Rome, Italy | 2014 'Man of Stars' organised by the Lions Club of Padua, Italy
2016 Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
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