GIULIO SERAFINI

BIOGRAPHY

Giulio Serafini was born in Urbino, where he attended the “Scuola del Libro (Book School)”,one of the most famous for the art of engraving. Once he had learned this refine technique, he began an intense but necessary apprenticeship which enabled him not only to master the ancient art of copperplate engraving, but also to acquire awareness of his own abilities and aspirations. In the same period he had the chance to collaborate with important contemporary artists, among whom Arnaldo Pomodoro, with whom he produced the book-sculpture “De Cantare Urbino”, and Walter Valentini, with whom he realised the book-object “Dante anarca”. He also worked with Giò Pomodoro, Mario Ceroli, Emilio Tadini, Mimmo Rotella, Eliseo Mattiacci, Edgardo Mannucci and Giuseppe Santomaso. In the meantime he devoted himself seriously to painting and wood carving. In that period he began his first exhibition, both collective and personal ones, which were important for his artistic and personal growth, allowing him to confront even very distant realities. Acids, copper, wood, paper, powder, colour, all skilfully blended, identify the art of Giulio Serafini. The artist is a member of the Association “Urbino-Arte, art culture and knowledge”.

PERIODS AND SUBJECTS

A longside abstract compositions articulated with geometrical shapes with a clearly plastic form, the artistic presents a series of work with a romantic tendency, inspired by the moon. Skill is blended with inspiration and his precise, painstaking lines translate the images and emotions of the soul. Perfect circles are at the same time geometrical shapes and dreamy moons suspended in the heavens. Serafini works on canvas, wood and stone.TECHNIQUES

Marble powder, acrylic and enamel on canvas; marble powder, acrylic and enamel on wood and sandstone.