Bio
Alessandro Rinaldi was born in Macerata on August 6, 1957.
He made his debut in the 1980s as a comic book scriptwriter for magazines such as ‘Frigidaire’, ‘Tempi Supplementari’, and ‘Frizzer’ (Primo Carnera Editore – Rome).
Subsequent publications appeared in the magazines ‘Il Grifo’ (founded in 1991 by Paganelli and directed by Vincenzo Mollica) and El Víbora (Spain).
In 1984, he began his journey as a painter. Starting from a figurative phase, his painting — far from a purely emotional or individual form of abstraction — explores metaphysical values and meanings drawn from diverse cultural traditions of both East and West. Through the language of symbols, painting becomes a gateway to “sensitive and intelligible worlds.”
His art features a constant and varied use of materials: natural elements such as sand, fabric, metals, nets, wood and ceramic powders are shaped and combined. Water-based oil paint is the medium best suited to interact with such elements. The surfaces are painted in layered forms: underlying colors are revealed and gain their own reflections by scraping the top layers with metal points. The resulting chromatic dynamic takes on a metaphorical dimension, giving rise to a succession of veils where seeing becomes more of a “glimpsing.”
Between the lines, one senses an unconscious reference to the geography and morphology of the beautiful hilly landscape that surrounds him.
A primary school teacher since 1991, he has written dozens of theatrical texts for children for the regional theater festival Tutta Scena, winning several editions.
Since 2000, as a father of three, he has written various essays, novels, and collections of poetry.
In 2014, he placed second in the National Literary Competition “Cinquantesimo Marcelli” in the film screenplay category with the work Come dei passi sul tetto.
Ebook edition published by www.marcellieditore.com
In 2020, he published Registro di un maestro with Calibano Editore (Milan) — a literal, more than literary, record of the human and artisanal experience of an elementary school teacher.
Exhibitions
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Dal 2010 al 2020
- From May 27 to 29, 2011 – Group exhibition “150 Artists – Brothers in Italy” at Palazzo Monte Frumentario, Assisi.
- From March 6 to April 30, 2015 – Solo exhibition “ANTRI” at Antica Casa Vinicola Garofoli, Castelfidardo (AN).
- From October 21 to 23, 2017 – Solo exhibition “In Via” at Magazzini UTO, Macerata – Sponsored by the Municipality of Macerata.
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Dal 1990 al 2010
- From March 8 to 27, 1997 – Regional group exhibition ‘TRACCE’ – Young Visual Arts at Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona.
- From June 6 to 21, 2009 – Solo exhibition presented by GUTTI’S Art Gallery LTD, 8 Greville Road, Flat 41 Regents Plaza – Apartments NW6 5HU, London (UK). Review by Pierre M.B.
- August 2000 – Solo exhibition ‘In Honor of Giuseppe Tucci’ sponsored by the Marche Region – Antichi Forni, Macerata.
- December 16, 2006 – Solo exhibition ‘Mani D’Opere’ – Palazzo Cardinale Cento, Pollenza
- From December 19, 2009 to January 31, 2010 – ‘DUE’ with Ancona-based painter Umberto Grati – Palazzo Cento, Municipality of Pollenza (MC).
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1984
February 29, 1984 – Solo exhibition “Ships, Colors, Other… and Whales”
Macerata – Exhibition hall and sponsorship by the Savings Bank of the Province of Macerata.
Review by painter Vladimiro Tulli.
They say about me
(Pierre M.B, critic – Gutti’s Gallery)
(Vladimiro Tulli, futurist painter)
Elsnco puntato
(Giuliana Pascucci – art historian and museologist)
(Massimo Marassi, Professor of Theoretical Philosophy – Catholic University of Milan)
(Rubina Giorgi, Professor of Philosophy of Language – University of Salerno)
Works
Wood
"Blindness forces the eyes to look upward: it fishes out, from the primordial sea, the metaphysical vocation of the gaze"
Canvas
"Consciousness does not have the same eyes as the individual. Consciousness has second ones that see the first"
Paper
"If I see, and what I see does not push my sight further, but stops it at our chosen meeting point, what else have I seen if not beauty"
Publications
Alessandro Rinaldi
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Illustrations
Illustrations for the children’s book “Il mio volo senz’ali”, written by Sonia Ognibene, published by Amazon Books.
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2020
In 2020, he published the book “Registro di un maestro”, published by Prospero/Calibano, Milan.
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September/December 2006
Publication of a poem in the quarterly magazine of culture and art “Alla bottega”, Milan.
