Antonello Silverini (born 21 August 1966, in
Rome
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) is an
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illustrator. He has been awarded several prizes, including the MAM (Master of Art and Craft) prize in 2016.
Career
Antonello Silverini has worked with various Italian and international agencies. His illustrations were selected for the 25th Annual American Showcase (in 2002) and for
Lürzer's Archive
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's ''Special 200 Best Illustrators'' (in 2007)''.'' His work has been featured in media outlets such as ''
Il Sole 24 Ore
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History and profile
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La Repubblica
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In 2012, he designed the artwork for the
Rome Film Festival
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, and created visuals for a video animation that was part of the advertising campaign. After illustrating covers for
Doris Lessing
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,
Fanucci Editore commissioned Silverini in 2013 to illustrate covers for
Philip K. Dick novels as part of its 25th-anniversary celebration. He created the promotional poster for "Ophelia," a short film by Annarita Zambrano, which was presented at the
66th Cannes Film Festival.
In 2015, the Einaudi publishing house selected Silverini, along with Noma Bar and Shout, for the graphic restyling of the Super ET book collection. Antonello Silverini also designed the Italian book covers of Ian McEwan's novels. He designed the poster for Ascanio Celestini's film "''Lunga vita alla sposa''", presented at the
Venice International Film Festival.
In 2016, Silverini was featured in ''Le eccellenze creative del fumetto e dell'illustrazione di Roma e Lazio'', a catalog of cartoonists and illustrators. The volume was presented for the first time at the ''Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême'', a comic convention.
In 2017, Carmelo Occhipinti included Silverini's work in the volume "''Antonello Silverini. Quello che si vede''", part of the Monographs series of Horti Hesperidum, published under the patronage of the Department of Literary, Philosophical, and Art History of the
Università di Tor Vergata.
He teaches graphic art and illustration at the
Università di Tor Vergata and
Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma
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. For the past ten years, Silverini has contributed illustrations to "La Lettura", the Sunday supplement of the
Corriere della Sera
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, since its relaunch.
Awards and prizes
*American Showcase 25 (2002)
*"Teatrio" Chioggia – ITA (2004)
*Accademia Pictor di Torino – ITA (2005)
*Premio Zavrel – ITA (2006)
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*"Bollicine d'Artista" – ITA (2006)
*"Teatrio" Chioggia – ITA (2006)
*Lürzer's Archive Special the 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide (2007)
*Selected—Master Cup International Cartoon and Illustration Biennial – China (2011)
*Selected—Kyoto International Cartoon Exhibition – JAPAN (2012)
*MAM (Maestro d’Arte e Mestiere) – Fondazione Cologni (2016)
]
Exhibitions
*Venice Design Art Gallery – Venice (2007)
*Illustrabilia '08 – Padoa (2008)
*25 anniiversario Philip Dick (Libreria Fanucci) – Rome (2008)
*Galleria 105 Art – Rome (2009)
*Fuori dal Quotidiano (Rosso20sette Arte Contemporanea) – Rome (2014)
*Aiuto mi sono perso (Tapirulan) – Cremona (2014)
*Ruvidezze (Catravetra) – Florence (2015)
*33T (Tapirulan) – Cremona (2016)
*Quello che si vede (Villa Reale) – Monza (2016)
* Il Colore delle Parole - La Triennale - Milano (2017)
*2019 - Nello spazio e nel tempo - Palazzo del Monte di Pietà - Forl
*2020 - "RODARIANA" La Fantasia non è un lupo cattivo - Morano Calabro/ Castrovillari
References
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Italian illustrators
1966 births
Living people
Artists from Rome
Academic staff of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma