Claudio Giulianelli was born in Rome on September 23rd, 1956.
He attended a college of chemical sciences. During his studies he felt a growing interest in the arts. His passion grew stronger and that led him to study art history in depth and various painting techniques. He focused his research on classical art guided by a thorough observation of the Old Masters' paintings.
Books about Caravaggio and Flemish painters became his constant companions.
Claudio sharpened his style after meeting with well-known painters such as Delfo Previtali and Guido Razzi.
Through the years he travelled around Europe to see the Old Masters' works up close.
The emotions he felt in the presence of these masterpieces inspired his future works.
In 1992 he moved to Corchiano, a very small town of etruscan origin located near Rome, where he currently lives and works.

Meet Claudio Giulianelli, an Italian Artist Fusing Reality and Fantasy

So many contemporary artists have been influenced by the masters of the bygone days. The fusion of classic aesthetics and a state-of-the-art approach to creating paintings is a wondrous synergy leading to the emergence of fascinating works of art. Let us begin this year with the introduction of Claudio Giulianelli, a highly talented Italian artist creating beautiful, mysterious, and symbolic paintings.

Claudio Giulianelli, an Italian artist creating symbolic paintings

Claudio Giulianelli (b. 1956, Rome) is a multi-faceted Italian artist who combines various painting techniques to show the viewer complex yet riveting imagery. He wasn’t born with a brush in his hand; instead, he cultivated his sense of vocation when he was studying chemical sciences at a college. Giulianelli thoroughly explored

Old Masters paintings

, while books about Caravaggio and Flemish painters were his constant companions.

Throughout the years, Claudio Giulianelli has developed his idiosyncratic painting style that blends forces of different nature: reality and mysticism, symbolism and surrealism, memories and freedom of expression. His spectacular paintings allow you not only to capture the beauty of artwork but also to go deeper and unveil an in-depth meaning initially ingrained by the artist.

Claudio Giulianelli finds consolation in his universe, where he experiences mystery and fascination. When looking at his works, you stumble across lots of questions, the answers to which are meant to be given only by you. Such mystical and symbolic paintings may look like a tribute to the past, but don’t jump to conclusions. When examined in detail, Giulianelli’s works reveal lots of references to contemporary society and reality overall, including the topics of human behavior, inner peace, and serenity.

Transcendent and symbolic paintings by the Italian artist have been exhibited at numerous art fairs and

solo exhibits

 in the U.S., UK, China, Italy, Sweden, and other countries. Some of Claudio Giulianelli’s religion-inspired works are even held in the Palazzo della Cancelleria in the Vatican and some churches in Austria and Italy.

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Claudio Giulianelli's art is full of fantasy, creativity and deep analysis.
A kind of art that goes back to the past to discover true beauty, purity and authenticity of the imagery.
Claudio's pictures, most of them representing feminine subjects, are a commixture of reality and imagination, dream and mystic, memories and symbolism.
The inspiration to the antique represents for this artist the opportunity to free his mind and create images that cast themselves to a new time of revolution in graphics.
This is a very difficult form of art maintained between tracks of real memories and freedom of expression. There's a flash of light coming from the looks of Claudio's pictures; it's a light that doesn't seem to belong to a particular time, neither in the past nor in the present. It's the light of Claudio's soul, the light of true expression of art going beyond any established dimension.
In terms of quality his works are spectacular; in terms of meaning his works are deep and remarkable. Claudio Giulianelli, like others despises the world around him; a world where hypocrisy, chaos and confusion seems to predominate over good. Therefore he finds home in his own universe, a place where he experiences mystery and fascination.
Claudio's works have a particularly beautiful appearance and at the same time, they carry the capability of catching the observer's interest and curiosity.
Viewing and pondering his works brings up a question about the subjects in his paintings, it seems impossible to determine their gender. This artist doesn't distinguish male and female in his portraits because he sees both of them just as manifestations of human nature. In Claudio's symbolism, where every character has a spiritual value, the differences lose their meaning and leave space for a new enchanting expression capable of engaging the observer. His body of work embraces many different cultural movements. It's easy to identify elements of Surrealism, Impressionism and Symbolism. A very distinctive form of art based on instinct in which the imagery is lacking only the ability to converse. If those paintings could talk, they would certainly have something to say about the contemporary human behaviour. They would suggest a sweet and quiet period of hybernation, opposing reality in order to discover peace and serenity.
The message that this artist seems to convey is one of regaining the true dimension of the existence through history and ourselves.
C. Zonno.  

Those who are already familiar with Giulianelli's emotional soul could not help rejoicing at his new works...
The observer will surely be caught and brought into a surreal universe that would intensely fascinate him.
Claudio Giulianelli, whose body of work takes inspiration from Bosch's philosophical chemistry of symbols between the human figures, effects his own artistic style in a fantasy world but still truly connected to his ontological reality.
A. de Angelis

CURRICULUM OF INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITIONS

1975 Collettiva Palazzo dei Congressi – Rome
1978 Collettiva al Centro d’Arte “Nuova Figurazione” – Rome
1983 Expo Tevere – Rome
1984 Collettiva Palazzo Cateani – Cisterna Lt
1985 Collettiva Galleria “Leonardo da Vinci” – Rome
1985 Expo Arte Bari
1985 Mostra Nazionale Arti Figurative - Foligno
1985 "La Tavola nel Mondo" Palazzo dei Congressi Eur Rome
1987 III Rassegna Nazionale - Anzio - Rome
1987 "L'Arte oggi nel regno Angioino" - Cittaducale Rieti
1987 Il Presepio Vivente - Rivisondoli
1987 Premio Lions Club Città di Leonessa (Targa IV Premio)
1987 Primo incontro artisti dell'Alto Sangro (Targa)
1988 "L'Arte contro l'Aids" Ministero dei Beni Culturali e Ambiente –
Complesso monumentale di S. Michele a Ripa - Rome
1988 I Biennale d'Arte Sacra - Fermo
1988 Mostra internazionale di Mail Art - Circolo Sirena - Francavilla al Mare
1988 IV Rassegna Nazionale Arti Figurative – Perugia
1988 Concorso Nazionale di Pittura Città di Giulianova (coppa)
1988 Palazzo Mazzacurati – Bologna
1988 Premio S. Giovanni Leonardi (III Premio) – Rome
1989 XX Premio Internazionale di Pittura Civitella Roveto
1989 Premio Nazionale Arte Sacra Mariana - -Sala del Bramante Rome
1989 100 Presepi - Sale del Bramante a Rome
1990 Concorso internazionale per l'ideazione di un francobollo per le Poste Giapponesi – Tokyo
1990 Premio "Pennello d'Oro" – Sulmona
1991 Settimana dello sbarco - Salone degli Specchi Anzio
1991 Mostra Internazionale a tema ferroviario – Milan
1991 Premio Dante Alighieri - Sala delle Protomoteca del Campidoglio Rome
1991 100 Presepi - Sala del Bramante Rome
1996 Collettiva Centro Culturale S Agostino – Rome
2005 Theleton BNL
2006 Selezione Museo La Corugna Spain
2006 Re-opening Art party Young Museum Centro Internazionale D'Arte Moderna Palazzo Ducale Revere (Mn)
2006 "La Donna animale" Collettiva Chiesa di S Francesco--Capranica Vt
2006 La Notte Bianca--Roma presso la Neoartgallery Rome
2006 Collettiva Palazzo Medici Clarelli – Rome
2006 Collettiva Laboratorio Emozionale – Rome
2006 Fiera Internazionale d’Arte di Istanbul
2006 Arte Lanterna - III Incontro Arte Contemporanea Carrozzeria Rizieri—Pontedera Pisa
2006 Teatro Piccolo Eliseo - Roma - Collettiva organizzata da Tartaglia Arte – Rome
2007 “Dalla Rete alla Tela” manifestazione organizzata da “Carta e Matita” - Milano Spazio Tadini – Milan
2007 Lineadarte — Collettiva 20 x 20 – Naple
2007 “La realtà dell’invisibile” Tendastrisce — Rome
2007 Mostra d’Arte “Salamanca” - Castello di Spittal Drau—Austria
2007 Arte Magica - Laboratorio Kedesh Treviso
2007 Oltreandiamo—premio di pittura—Marina di Giocosa—Rc

2007 La Città del Cinema collettiva Mega Art Tartaglia Arte Isola Tiberina -Rome
2007 Seconda cava d'Estrazione Santa Barbara Naples
2008 - Giuseppe Garibaldi uomo di libertà - Museo storico - ex convento di S. Francesco - Bergamo
2008 - Giuseppe Garibaldi hombre de la libertad, hombre de la humanidad -
Sala de Ceremonias de la Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo - Uruguay
2008 Biblioteca della Camera dei Deputati, "il libro d'autore e l'acqua" Rome
2008 Napoli Officina Creativa Linea d'Arte 20 x 20 Naples
2008 Excelsior Palace Hotel, Open Art Aurum – Taormina
2008 Galleria d'Arte Carré d’Artistes – Lille France
2008 Scent of a woman - Profumo di Donna - Palazzo dei Sette - Ovieto Tr
2008 RaccontiArte Galleria Interculturale Permanente - coll. Unione Europea
2009 Mostra Museale di Mail Art- Palazzo Ateneo - Montevideo Uruguay
2009 Biblioteca del Parlamento Italiano - Giornata Mondiale del Libro e del Diritto d'Autore - Rome
2009 Galleria d'Arte Carré d'Artistes Parigi France
2009 Galleria Piccolo Angelo – Viterbo
2009 Premio Terna 2
2009 Palazzo dell'Areonautica Civile - Pechino China
2009 Galleria d'arte "Le Ali di Mirna" - Mesagne Br
2009 Centro d'Arte "Casa Tani" - Rovereto Tr
2009 I colori del Divino Amore - Santuario del Divino Amore Rome
2010 International Art Fair Stuttgart-Sindelfingen (Germany)
2010 1° Concorso Int.le Bruno Buozzi Hotel Aran Mantegna Rome (fuori concorso)
2010 Fiera d'Arte di Agrigento
2010 Only Italy Mostra Arte Contemporanea - Teatro Stabile di Hangzhou (Cina)
2010 XIII New West Lake Art Fair Mostra Arte Contemporanea al Peace Exibition Center di Hangzhou (China)
2010 Casa d'aste "Il Babuino" a favore dei terremotati d'Abruzzo
2010 Contemporaneamente - Galleria Le Ali di Mirna - Mesagne (Br)
2010 I colori della Forma - Fondazione De Nittis Barletta (Ba)
2010 Premio Internazionale Italia Arte - Villa Qualino - To
2010 Carousell do Louvre – Paris
2010 EXPOMUNDIAL SOCCER 2010 Flamingo Road Gallery Bogotà Colombia
2010 Tempo Redento piano nobile del Castello Normanno Svevo di Mesagne (Br)
2010 Premio Int.le "Patrizi e Plebei" Galleria Cen. Int.le OAD Via del Corso Rome
2010 Centro d'Arte "Casa Tani" Sul far della Sera - Rovereto Tr
2011 Carrè d'Artiestes - Bordeaux France
2011 Galleria d'arte "La Suburra" – Rome
2011 Carrè d'Artistes - Tolosa France
2011 West Lake Art Fair- Hangzhou (Shaghai) – China
2011 Don's Sleep Latino Art Museum - Pomona Los Angeles- USA
2011 Galleria d'Arte "Le Ali di Mirna" Mesagne Br
2011 Premio Internazionale Città di Corchiano Vt Italy
2011 Arte Padova - Fiera Int.le d'Arte Padova – Italy
2012 Cultura Contact - Centro d'Arte San Vidal – Venice
2012 Cultural Contact Il Labirinto - Alatri Fr
2012 Carré d'Artistes Lyone France
2012 Centro Culturale Redstar Hangzhou - Shanghai – China
54 Biennale di Venezia - Padiglione Italia - Torino curato da Vittorio Sgarbi- Venice
2012 Cultural Contact - Museo Archeologico di Santa Severa Rome
2012 76^ Fiera del Levante – Bari
2012 4th International Competition of Contemporaney Art of GEMLUC - Monte-Carlo Principality of Monaco
2012 consegna premio "Modella per l'Arte 2012" - Belgirate Vb
2012 2a Edizione Concorso Internazionale d'Arte Premio Città di Corchiano (fuori concorso)
2013 Marathon Village - Mega Art sulle bulemie ed anoressie
2013 Collettiva degli artisti di Mega Art - Centro d'Arte La Bitta di Rome
3a Edizione Concorso Internazionale d'Arte Città di Corchiano Vt
2014 Human Spazio Eventart Pergine Valsugana Tn
2014 1° Concorso "Il piatto di "Natale - fuori concorso - Chiostro Vescovile Civita Castellana Vt
2015 Galleria Simultanea Spazi d'Arte - Firenze
2015 Carré d'Artistes – Roma 2015 Le Dame Art Gallery - London bye Useum
2015 Dialogue of Death - Cript Gallery London
2015 Mostra Ritratti dei Papi- Madonna del Pozzo - Roma
2015 Cypress College Art Gallery - Los Angeles USA 2016 Bozzetto d'arte per un carro allegorico Museo Michetti - Francavilla al Mare Ch 2016 Art Nation Miami - USA
2016 International Art Fair Forlì
2016 International ArtExpo New York City USA
2016 In nomine Sancti Nicolai – Bari
2016 Jadite Galleries, New York (USA)
2016 International Art Fair JiNan China by ArtBank 2016 Art Expo Beijing Pechino China
2016 Espace Art Galllery - Bruxelles Belgio
2016 - 26a Fiera Internazionale Istanbul by Neoartgallery
2016 - Fiera Internazionale di Innsbruck
2017 - Exclusive Art Gallery Teano Cs
2017 IN SACRAMENTA MANENT Artisti contemporanei in dialogo sul Sacro con Aligi Sassu Villa Filippini - Besana in Brianza (MB)
2017 WNow That`s What I Call Art – LAURA I. GALLERY - London
2017 Blackburn Gallery Miami - USA
2017 Art Fair Tuyap Turkey
2017 Art Fair Abu Dhabi - UAE 2017 IN TIME international art exhibition Mega Art Gallery Corchiano Italy
2018 Art Fair Forlì bye Neoartgallery
2018 Art Balcan Moskow
2018 Wales England

2019 Art Recidence presso Atelier Ybbs a d Danau Austria
SOLO EXHIBITION
1980 Teatro dei Dioscuri – Roma
1981 Galleria IWS Roma
1983 Galleria Michelangelo Bari
1984 Centro Esp Roma
1986 Centro d'Arte "La Bitta" Roma
1989 Palazzo Orsini Morlupo
1990 Palazzina Corsini Villa Pamphili Roma
1991 Centro d'Arte "La Bitta" Roma
1992 Centro IMI CSA Roma
1993 Centro IMI CSA Roma
1994 Centro d'Arte Corchiano
1996 Palazzo Ridolfi Corchiano
1997 Sala Anselmi Viterbo
2000 Palazzo Ridolfi Corchiano
2002 Palazzo Ridolfi Corchiano
2005 Palazzo Ridolfi Corchiano
2006 Galleria Tartaglia Arte Roma
2006 ArtCafè Rieti
2007 Tajut Roma
2008 Visini Como
2009 Museo Mastroianni Marino –
2009 Galleria d'Arte AB ARTE BASTIA - Milano
2009 Santa Lucia Varese
2010 Giù la Maschera!! Centro Congressi Medioevo, Olgiate Comasco - Co
2010 Galleria comunale "L'Acchiatura" Grottaglia Tr
2011 Centro Culturale Redstar - Hanghzou - Shanghai Cina
2012 Atahotel Milano
2013 Torre Guelfa- San Gimignano
2013 Art Hub ABU DHABI - UAE   Artist Residence
2014 Palazzo San Valentino Corchiano Vt
2014 Mega Art & Friends - Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Laici - Gubbio Pg
2015 The Montage Art Gallery – London
2014 Museo Archeologico di Montecchio Pg
2015 Taverna San Benedetto - Gualdo Tadino Pg
2015 Antica Fornace Grazia - Deruta Pg
2016 Quirinus Intertex Koping Sweden
2017 Manni Art Gallery Venezia Italy
2017 Espace Art Gallery Brussels- Belgium
2018 Galleria Paolo Maffei – Padua Italy
His paintings are exhibited :

Chiesa di S. Pio V in Roma"Il Cristo dell'Eremita" cm 150 x 200 e "La Resurrezione"
cm 150 x 200
Chiesa di S. Giovanni Leonardi Roma
Chiesa SS., Cirillo e Metodio "Ecce Homo"
Chiesa S Maria Mater Ecclesiae Roma
Chiesa di S Barbara alle Capannelle
Chiasa di San Biagio – Corchiano “La Madonna di Corchiano”
Abbazia di Casamari Frosinone
Museo del Presepe Vivente Rivisondoli
Sindacato Nazionale di Polizia Siulp
Comune di Cittaducale
Santuario della Madonna dei Bisognosi Carsoli l'Aquila
San Biagio "Natività" Corchiano
Metropolitan Art Gallery Lecce
Brasil Arts - Tampa Florida USA
Fondazione Arte Fiera di Istanbul
Latino Art Museum - Pomona Los Angeles USA
Museum Temecula Art Fondation - Temecula - California USA
Scuola Elementare "Marconi" di Corchiano - Pittura Murale dal titolo "Spadagrossa parte per la IV Crociata".
Ritratto di Bruno Buozzi - Uil Confederazione
Ecce Homo Chiesa S Laurenzio YBBS a d Danau Austria


In a private audience gave a crucifixion on canvas to Pope Saint John Paul II.