ALVARO PETRITOLI

 

Education

1998-2003, BA Fine Art, Central St. Martin, London

 

Selected exhibitions

May 2015, The Art Movement Gallery , Battersea, London 

October 2014 , Brighton photography Biennale, East Sussex, Lewes

May 2014, The Art Movement , 20/21 International Art Fair, Royal College of 

Art, London 

October 2013, Marine exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

May 2010 , First Sight Gallery, Hastings, East Sussex

April 2009, Hart Gallery, London

October 2008, Full Circle, Coutts & Co Bank, 440 The Strand , London

December 2007, Heathfield Art and books, East Sussex

May 2005, Nick Whistler Gallery, Battle, East Sussex

September 2004, Stratton Gallery, Hastings, East Sussex

 

Personal Statement 

The pleasure of painting and drawing for me is about embracing accidents and 

unexpected outcomes in my art practice. 

Each picture emerges from a continuous process of layering, erasure and 

reprocessing.

Colours and marks are often bleached off to represent a void where 

microcosms turn into macrocosms and vice versa. To create this network of 

miniatures and images , I employ a variety of approaches including paper 

laminating, alternative photographic processes, wax treatment alongside inks, 

acrylics, oils , etching and ceramics.