Federico Lanaro

Federico Lanaro was born in Rovereto in 1979 and graduated in 2004 from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna. The artist has developed a multidisciplinary practice that ranges from painting and sculpture to installation art. His work is defined by a form of “linguistic nomadism” and by recurring themes that reflect a personal reinterpretation of the surrounding reality. Distinctive features of his aesthetic include the use of fluorescent colors, the graphic synthesis of the mark, and unconventional framing that invites viewers to observe the world from unexpected perspectives. His figurative works, direct and immediate in their visual impact, draw equally from “high” culture and from the simplified universe of design, offering multiple levels of interpretation that shift according to the viewer’s sensitivity. Lanaro’s poetics are enriched by contemporary nuances: from an attention to ecology and the green universe, to hybridizations between human and animal, individual and collective, and the boundary between the natural and the supernatural, while always remaining deeply connected to his homeland. Lanaro has exhibited extensively in museums and galleries, establishing a particularly strong relationship with the Trentino region through collaborations with Cellar Contemporary and Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, with whom he recently presented the solo exhibition BEAT (2024).