BERNARDO SICILIANO
Born 1969 in Rome, Italy.
Lives and works in New York City.
As a young man, Bernardo Siciliano consumed as many visual resources as he could find - the Italian Renaissance in particular - but also of the artists Edward Hopper, Lucian Freud, Balthus, and Richard Diebenkorn, to name a few. Above all, Siciliano is an Italian painter who learned the rules of perspective from Piero Della Francesca and the drawings of his architect grandfather. As described by artist Vincent Desiderio, “The paintings of Bernardo Siciliano imply a ferocious will to see and record. They are unadorned by finery, presenting, as it were, just the essential facts. They are brutal in both their scrutiny and the limits which the artist imposes upon himself. Yet, though empirically driven they seem overcome by a sense of visual panic. They are haunted by nagging suspicion that though everything in the optical field has been accounted for, there remains an ineluctable other that drives the imagination beyond the quotidian.”
Born in Rome in 1969, lives and works in New York.
Siciliano is a painter best known for his depictions of urban landscapes and nude figures. Born in Rome, he is the son of writer Enzo Siciliano. He showed his works for the first time at the age of 17, at the Carlo Virgilio Gallery in Rome.
In 1991, Il Gabbiano Gallery in Rome arranged for his first solo show. This was followed by a selection of portraits in 1993, a solo show in 1995, and the exhibition Under 30 in 1996, with fellow artists Vincenzo Amato and Luca Di Branco. Also during this time, he exhibited at Appiani Arte 32 in Milan.
Il Gabbiano has continued to present his works at national and international art fairs, including CIAE in Chicago, FIAC in Paris, and Arte Fiera in Bologna.
Bernardo Siciliano, American Pastoral, 2020-2021, Oil on canvas, 88 x 76 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Don't Think Twice It's Alright, 2020-2021, Oil on canvas, 102 x 76.5 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Thanksgiving, 2020-2021, Oil on canvas, 78 x 104 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Let's Have a Kiki, 2019-2021, Oil on canvas, 57 x 135.5 in
Bernardo Siciliano, The Turn of The Screw, 2020-2021, Oil on canvas, 63 x 47 in
Bernardo Siciliano, 4th of July, 2020-2021, Oil on canvas, 75 x 71 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Blade Runner, 2020, Oil on canvas, 63 x 47 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Vincent Desiderio, 2018, Oil on canvas, 56.5 x 43 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Selfie, 2019, Oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Monday Morning, 2019, Oil on canvas, 78 x 130.5 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Pigs and Saints, 2019, Oil on canvas, 58 x 144 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Summertime, 2019, Oil on canvas, 76 x 100 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Social Network, 2019, Oil on canvas, 76 x 100 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Tender is the Night (Subway), 2019, Oil on canvas, 94 x 71 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Summer and Storm, 2016, Oil on canvas, 20 x 28 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Summertime and Storm #2, 2016, Oil on canvas, 20 x 28 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Overlap #2, 2017, Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Overlap #3, 2017, Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Claude, 2015, Pastel on paper, 29 x 22 in
Bernardo Siciliano , Self Portrait, 2015, Pastel on paper, 29 x 22 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Dani, 2015, Pastel on paper, 29 x 22 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Gianni, 2015, Pastel on paper, 29 x 22 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Mameli, 2015, Pastel on paper, 29 x 22 in
Bernardo Siciliano , Panic Attack, 2015, Oil on canvas, 94 x 71 in
Bernardo Siciliano , Panic Attack II, 2015, Oil on canvas, 88 x 58 in
Bernardo Siciliano , Panic Attack: Home, 2015, Oil on canvas, 43 x 59 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Street Scene (Chelsea), 2015, Oil on canvas, 27 x 19 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Panic Attack: Dumbo, 2015, Oil on canvas, 52 x 77 in
Bernardo Siciliano, Street Scene (From the Highline), 2015, Oil on canvas, 27 x 19 in
At the Aicon Gallery in New York, Bernando Siciliano’s works of art, explicitly inspired by Philip Roth, immortalise the moments that narrate these two pandemic years.
