Nadia Cascini exhibits at Galleria Gagliardi since 2019.
“A ‘generous’ girl from Tuscany” was what they called me 20 years ago, back when I started out on my artistic adventure. My native land taught me everything, enveloping me in its colours and teaching me to think through images.
Iam a painter, essentially, and every time I paint, my voice shifts to my hands to speak of myself and my perfect world. My eyes filter images, memories and thoughts that, in colours, take a different form each time.
They cannot be repeated. That would be like wanting to live the same moment twice. There are moments when I’m painting when everything fades away and noises disappear, and the only thing that remains is me and my canvas, which tells me what to do. And I obey.
In each colour lies the structure of the final image, in each detail the connection to the objects that surround me. The uniqueness of a work of art resides in how much chance it contains. The chance I seek, the chance I find.
The chance I pursue and that lets itself be captured – if it so desires. The observing eye will never be able to perceive everything, since my memory is based on layers of colours and changes with every shift in light.
This is vital for me and has been ever since I was drawn to the reflections of gold and metals. For me everything is light – overbearing, fractured, smoky, violent or soft, diluting in the warmest shadows with the orange earth and colours, recollections of my memories and life.
“I paint” and when I think about it, I don’t think I could have done anything else. It is how I communicate what I don’t know how to say in words. I focus on the land and the sea rather than everyday objects with my shifting moods and
I have to turn them into their quintessence, past, present or future. Each of my shapes contains a multitude of superposed and fragmented colours. The more the colours take over the model, the greater my satisfaction; the more the shapes disintegrate,
wilt and soften, the more elevated my painting. The structure hides. Between light and darkness, colours and chance, it slowly reveals itself and attracts the eye. It then becomes more emphatic, underlined by the strongest light, and the gaze wanders across its surface.
I seek to bring the onlooker a poetry penned by the tip of my paintbrush, which when it touches the canvas produces a gentle melody. I remodel my archetypes daily, since for me life, like art, is an “indistinct contour” bordering on dreams and emotions.
Creating is as essential for me as is living: this for me is the key to all connections, the cornerstone of my thought – what I have always had and always had to do: paint.
Nadia Cascini was born in Arezzo in 1970, daughter of two goldsmiths. Her passion grows up, attending Arezzo’s Art College and graduating in the Metal and Jewellery sector.
During her studies, she started dealing with painting, improving her painting skills thanks to some drawing schools in Arezzo.
In the second half of the 80’s she started to join hundreds of painting competitions, all around Italy and she gained the first place in most of them. In 1999, in Marina di Ravenna, she was awarded twice: she was the only woman (in 90 competitors, in 46 competitions) that won.
In the second half of the 90’s Nadia worked with French, Spanish, German and Dutch art galleries, exposing landscape, composition, figurative paintings and her precious Venice that makes in years deep and personal.
Nadia works, after a general overview, on the lights, overlaying many layers of color sequentially. She also mixes different framings in the same space and this gives a dynamic, incorporeal nature in her paintings.
The world she paints is a fusion between the real world, the imaginary and the magic one. Through the oil painting, Nadia Cascini, makes an overlay of particular shades, realizing amazing works full of mistery.
With every soft brush stroke she does create artworks full of personality. Nadia is constantly in search of armony; her subjects are all connected with poetry.
For many years now, her painting can be found in important art galleries in Singapore, New York and in all Europe.
1991
“Passignano sul Trasimeno” - Perugia, Italia
“Maestri paesaggistti” Rassegna di pittura - Livorno, Italia
“Arte Italiana e Latino Americana” - Livorno, Italia
1992
2“Uniti per l’Arte” Rassegna di Pittura - Livorno, Italia
“Rassegna internazionale” Galleria Mond’Arte - Livorno, Italia
“Rassegna di Pittura” Comune di Castagneto - Livorno, Italia
“Pittura sul Naviglio Grande” - Milano, Italia
“Biennale di Pittura Città di Marsciano” - Perugia, Italia
Circolo Artistico “W. Magnavacchi” - Ravenna, Italia
Museo Toni Mertz - Sasbach, Germania
1993
Galleria “Spazio Visivo” - Roma, Italia
Galleria “Falco Arte Martinsicuro” - Teramo, Italia Contea di Bormio - Sondrio, Italia
Museo della Ceramica - Sarreguemines, Francia
1994
Galleria “Il Torchio” - Roma, Italia
Galleria “Campo dei Fiori” - Roma, Italia
Elmepe Expo Erba - Como, Italia
Galleria “Arpège” - Sarreguemines, Francia
Galleria “Jules Salles” - Nîmes, Francia
Galleria “Contrast” - Metz, Francia
Gruppo culturale: "Pittori di via Bagutta" - Milano, Italia
1995
Comune di S.Miniato - Pisa, Italia
Rassegna di Pittura” Milano 2” Segrate Sporting club - Milano, Italia
“Il Duomo incontra l’Arte” - Milano, Italia
Galleria ”Quatre coins” - Roanne, Francia
Galleria “Courant d’Art” - Nîmes, Francia
Galleria “Julia Novo” - Aix-en-Provence, Francia
Museo della Ceramica - Sarreguemines, Francia
1996
Galleria Ippocastano “Rassegna Dicembre Arte Dipinti e Sculture” - Roma, Italia
Galleria Il Torchio “Rassegna il Torchio d’oro” - Roma, Italia
“Incontro con cinque pittori a Spilamberto” - Modena, Italia
“L’Arte colora ogni vita” La cittadella dell’oasi Maria SS Troina - Enna, Italia
Galleria “I Dioscuri” - Roma, Italia
Museo Toni Merz - Sasbach, Germania
Centre d’art Contemporain - Briançon, Francia
“Premio Arte Mondadori” - Milano, Italia
1997
Circolo Artistico - Arezzo, Italia
“Pittori In Ribalta” Città di Nardò - Lecce, Italia
Rassegna di Pittura “Corso Trento” - Brescia, Italia
Mostra di Pittura Croce Bianca - Verona, Italia
Mostra Ferrovie dello Stato - Bologna, Italia
Galleria “Ponterosso” - Milano, Italia
Premio Croce Rossa Italiana Forlì - Cesena, Italia
Museo Toni Merz - Sasbach, Germania
Centre d’art Contemporain - Briançon, Francia
Galleria “Contrast” - Metz, Francia
1998
Galleria “Barcon” - Milano, Italia
Palazzo della Loggia Noale - Venezia, Italia
EXPO Art Cafè - Vicenza, Italia
Caffè Aragno Mondovì - Cuneo, Italia
Galleria “Sandrella” - Lione, Francia
1999
“Castano Primo in Arte” - Milano, Italia
Comune di Soliera - Modena, Italia
“Esposizione d’Arte Via Bagutta a Cortina d’Ampezzo” - Cortina, Italia
Museo Toni Mertz - Sasbach, Germania
Centro Congressi - Rottach, Germania
Centro Congressi - Egern, Germania
Centro Congressi - Berchtesgaden, Germania
Centro Congressi - Badkohlgrub, Germania
“Fiera internazionale d’Arte Benicasim” - Castellon, Spagna
Galleria “Scamps” - Dignac, Francia
Galleria “Alizarine” - Angers, Francia
Galleria “Celia Guedj” - Lione, France
Galleria “Du Tréâtre” - Besançon, Francia
Galleria “Alain Daudet” - Toulouse, Francia
2000
“Expo Libreria Duomo” - Milano, Italia
“Fiera d’Arte Contemporanea” - Seville, Spagna
Galleria “Phorum Ateneas” - Madrid, Spagna
Galleria “Arpège” - Sarreguelmines, Francia
Museo Toni Mertz - Sasbach, Germania
Galleria “Du Vieux Belfort” - Belfort, Francia
Galleria “Le Baron”- Annecy, Francia
Galleria “Chabanian” - Annecy, Francia
Con Atelier Internazionale d’Arte nelle Gallerie di:
Bodensee, Germania - Eichenau, Germania - Konigstein, Germania -
Osaka, Giappone - Tokyo, Giappone - Athènes, Grecia Londra, Inghilterra -
Mosca, Russia - Kiev, Ukraina - Atlanta, Stati Uniti - Los Angeles, Stati Uniti -
Lamphun, Thailandia Palm Desert, Stati Uniti
Galleria “Schöne Germalde” - Germania
Galleria “Oocker” - Budel, Olanda
Galleria “Oocker” - Heusden, Olanda
Galleria “Maig Davaud” - Paris, Francia
Galleria ”Célia Guedj” - Lione, Francia
2001
Esposizione d’Arte Cova - Milano, Italia
Rassegna Nazionale d’Arte Pittorica Giussano - Milano, Italia
Expo Elcheneau - Germania
Fiera d’Arte Contemporanea - Siviglia, Spagna
Galleria Schöne Germalde, Germania
Galleria “Oocker” - Budel, Olanda
Galleria “Oocker” - Heusden, Olanda
Galleria “Maig Davaud” - Paris, Francia
Galleria “Célia Guedj” - Lione, Francia
2002
“Spazio Arte” , “Espressioni Pittoriche a Confronto” Borgo Ticino - Novara, Italia
Galleria “Maïté Puyatier” Le Biblion - Tolosa, Francia
Expo Elcheneau - Germania
Fiera d’Arte Contemporanea - Siviglia, Spagna
Galleria “Schöne” - Germalde, Germania
Galleria “Oocker” - Heusden, Olanda
Galleria “Oocker” - Budel, Olanda
Galleria “Maig Davaud” - Parigi, Francia
Galleria “Célia Guedj” - Lione, France
2003
Mostra Spirito e MateriaChiesa Vecchia S. Pietro All’Olmo Cornaredo - Milano, Italia
Quatero International “Top Image” - Milano, Italia
Galleria “Vent des Cimes” - Grenoble, Francia
Galleria “Du Vieux Belfort” - Belfort, Francia
Expo Elcheneau - Germania
Fiera d’Arte Contemporanea - Siviglia, Spagna
Galleria “Schöne” - Germalde, Germania
Galleria “Oocker” - Heusden, Olanda
Galleria “Oocker” - Budel, Olanda
Galleria “Maig Davaud” - Parigi- Francia
Galleria “Célia Guedj” - Lione, Francia
2004
Galleria “Torenart” Piazza Grande - Arezzo, Italia
Galerie Du Dauphin (Gallerie Bartoux) - Honfleur, Francia
Expo Elcheneau - Germania
Fiera d’Arte Contemporanea - Siviglia, Spagna
Galleria “Schöne” - Germalde, Germania
Galleria “Oocker” - Heusden, Olanda
Galleria “Oocker” - Budel, Olanda
Galleria “Maig Davaud” - Parigi, Francia
Galleria “Célia Guedj” - Lione, Francia
2005
Galleria “Torenart” Piazza Grande - Arezzo, Italia
Galerie Du Dauphin (Gallerie Bartoux) - Honfleur, Francia
Galerie Saint Claire (Gallerie Bartoux) - Saint-Paul de Vence, Francia
2006
Galleria “Torenart” Piazza Grande - Arezzo, Italia
Galerie d’Art Elysées (Gallerie Bartoux) - Paris, France
Galerie de l’Alpage I (Gallerie Bartoux) - Megève, Francia
2007
Galleria “Torenart” Piazza Grande - Arezzo, Italia
Galerie Saint Claire (Gallerie Bartoux) - Saint-Paul de Vence, Francia
Galerie Elysées (Gallerie Bartoux) - Miami Beach, Stati Uniti
2008
Galleria “Torenart” Piazza Grande - Arezzo, Italia
Galerie Sainte Catherine (Gallerie Bartoux) - Honfleur, Francia
Galerie De l’Alpage II (Gallerie Bartoux) - Courchevel 1850, Francia
2009
Galerie Saint Claire (Gallerie Bartoux) - Saint-Paul de Vence, Francia
Galerie de l’Alpage I (Gallerie Bartoux) - Megève, Francia
Galerie d’Art Elysées (Gallerie Bartoux) - Paris, France
Assessorato Cultura Comune di Arezzo “Rassegna Arte Contemporanea” - Arezzo, Italia
2010
Galleria Bartoux - Cannes, Francia
Galerie Elysées (Gallerie Bartoux) - New York, Stati Uniti
2011
Galerie Saint Claire (Gallerie Bartoux) - Saint-Paul de Vence, Francia
Galerie d’Art Elysées (Gallerie Bartoux) con monografia “Mon mond parfait” - Paris, France
Galleria “La Grande” Piazza Grande - Arezzo, Italia
Galerie de l’Alpage I (Gallerie Bartoux) - Megève, Francia
2012
Galerie Sainte Catherine (Gallerie Bartoux) - Honfleur, Francia
Galleria “La Grande” Piazza Grande - Arezzo, Italia
2013
Expo per i 20 anni delle Galeries Bartoux - Honfleur, France
Galleria “La Grande” Piazza Grande - Arezzo, Italia
2014
Galerie Sainte Catherine (Gallerie Bartoux) - Honfleur, Francia
Galleria “La Grande” Piazza Grande - Arezzo, Italia
Gallerie Bartoux
2015
Gallerie Bartoux
Galleria “La Torena” - Cortona Arezzo, Italia
2016
Gallerie Bartoux
Galleria “La Torena” - Cortona Arezzo, Italia
2017
Expo, Galleria Sainte-Catherine - Honfleur, France
Gallerie Bartoux
Galleria “La Torena” - Cortona Arezzo, Italia
2018
Città di Soliera 12° edizione Miniquadro
Gallerie Bartoux
Galleria “La Torena” - Cortona Arezzo, Italia
Beads for beading “Venezia oltre l’effimero” - Siena, Italia
2019
Honfleur 2019
Consegna opera al piccolo museo di Fighille PG
2020
Asta di Beneficienza
Ospedale di San Donato - Arezzo
SOLO SHOW Virtual Gallerie BARTOUX
Teatro Goldoni - Venezia
Expo con Ravagnan Gallery