Sobre el Artista

Anna Tozzi, aka Atò, born in Rome, on 10-6-1965. Graduated in Graphic Design and Advertising at Istituto Europeo di Design (European Institute of Design). Two-year working experience for a design studio followed by a series of collaborations for the conception and design of logos and brand identities. Following her passion for pictorial art, she has been working as a painter for years exploring and testing a painting technique that revolves around the expression of emotions through the color and the matter. Mirroring the ever-changing spirit of the artist, Atò paintings begin showing their inner expressive content during their actual making: the mix of acrylic and PVA glue is poured on top of the canvas and spread with the brush or the spatula thus creating lines and boundaries. The initial paint brushes and color tones are nor the real ones, and the painting takes on its ultimate shape and colors only when it dries forming a more distinct “sign”, as if to convey the imprint of the artist’s emotional state. Exhibits May 2002 – solo exhibit Armonia degli Opposti (The Harmony of the Opposites) - Cultural Association Extra, Rome. November 2003 – collective exhibit Fratto Donna- Calligaris Galleries, Rome. January 2005 – solo exhibit Pesante e Leggero (Heavy and Light) - Cultural Association Extra, Rome. May 2013 – solo exhibit Fairy tales and Ghosts –, at the artist own house, Rome. December 2014 – collective exhibit Ad Artem- Venanzo Crocetti Museum, Rome. March 2015 – collective exhibit Donna in forma- Academy of Romania, Rome. May 2015 – RomArt International Biennial Exhibit of Arts and Culture – Fiera di Roma, Rome May 2015 – International Biennial Collective Exhibit of Arts of Castelli Romani – Ruspoli Palace, Nemi October 2018 – Contemporary Arts Competition and Exhibition, City of Terni Award “G.L.G. Byron” – Diocesan Museum of Terni June 2019 – “Arte a Palazzo” XXVI Collective Exhibit of Contemporary Arts - Farini Gallery Fantuzzi Palace, Bologna September 2019 –collective exhibit “Galleria Farini in mostra con i Grandi Maestri (Galleria Farini on display with the Great Masters)” – Farini Gallery, Fantuzzi Palace, Bologna October 2019 - Contemporary Arts Competition and Exhibition, City of Terni Award “G.L.G. Byron” – Diocesan Museum of Terni February 2020 – Collective exhibit “Alla Ricerca del Sublime (Searching for the Sublime)” - Arttime Gallery, Udine March 2020 – “Arte è Donna” (Art is Woman) Contemporary Arts Competition and Exhibition, City of Terni Award “G.L.G. Byron” –Diocesan Museum of Terni September 2020 - “Vis a Vis al Museo”- Diocesan Museum of Gubbio