Sandro Nocentini (born 1966) is an Italian artist, living and working in Australia. He is a figurative painter, whose work has been described as "

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". He was awarded the

Sir John Sulman Prize The Sir John Sulman Prize is one of Australia's longest-running art prizes, having been established in 1936. It is now held concurrently with the Archibald Prize, Australia's best-known art prize, and also with the Wynne Prize, at the Art Galle ...

for Painting in 2005.

Life and work

Sandro Nocentini was born in

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. His early artistic influences were from his artist mother, Alba Pratesi, and her mentor Aldo Bandinelli."Sandro Nocentini"
Wentworth Gallery. Retrieved 7 August 2008. He arrived in Australia in 1993, and graduated with a degree in

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at the

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Pine Street Creative Arts Centre. Retrieved 6 August 2008. The new environment of Australia had a significant effect on his work. He staged his first solo exhibition in 1996. SandroNocentiniMySonHasTwoMothers2005

In 2005, Nocentini was awarded the $10,000

for his painting ''My Son Has Two Mothers''.Morgan, Clare
"Olsen has two smiling faces"
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'', 30 April 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2008. The work was exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The inspiration for it came from the artist's "assisting two friends to conceive a child"; Nocentini has shown himself as a

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, a reference to

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, whose influence is apparent in the work. That year he was the judge, with Judith Blackall, of Inner West Cultural Services' Walking the Street art prizes. In 2006, he was one of the contributing artists to the fund-raising ''Changing Nature 06''

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exhibition and auction in Sydney. His painting of

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was included in the book, ''Diana in Art'', compiled by Mern Mehmet (Pop Art Books)."Los retratos nunca vistos de Diana de Gales"
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'', 16 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2008. He describes his style as "cubist-futurist" and said of his work: Art Critic Simonne Jameson said about Nocentini, "Even a brief sampling can suggest the quality, at once poetic, rationale of Nocentini's mind." In 2016 Nocentini published the digital version of three books for children he wrote and illustrated
''The Dog With No Name, and other short tails''''The Broken Mirror, and other short stories''
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''The Christmas we Forgot''
Nocentini lives in Sydney, with his partner Interior Designer

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and their two children.

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