Marta Farina grew up in Belluno, Italy, a small town in the North eastern Italian Alps, where she resides and works today. She completed her art studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, Italy in 2002. She did an additional year of studies in the ancient art of fresco painting, under the guide of VICO CALABRò.
Commissions, Works and Shows:
Frescos and Murals:
- 2008 – Selected to create a fresco inspired again to the art and to the works of Dino Buzzati, for the project "miracles on the
walls" . The wall is on the main street of the town of Giaon, Limana (BL).
- 2006 – Selected to create a mural to commemorate the 100th birthday of Dino Buzzati, a famous Italian writer and painter from
Belluno.
- 2005 – Marta was one of 20 painters who participated in the “Fairies on the Wall” project which comprised 250 square meters of
frescoes outside of the San Gregorio Nelle Alpi Elementary School - under the direction of the fresco master, Vico Calabrò
Competitions & Main Exibitions:
- 2009: Selected for the Exibition "Galileo e le stelle nascoste" on the "LUCCA COMIX AND GAMES" , an exibition dedicated to
GALILEO GALILEI for the International Year of Astronomy 2009.
- 2009: Selected for the biannual international illustrators exibition "I COLORI DEL SACRO" in PADOVA ( ITALY) , that will open
next november 2009 until april 2010).
- 2009: Selected for the "2009 ANNUAL BOOK" of the italian illustrators association. www.associazioneillustratori.it
- 2008: Selected as one of the 12 italians illustrators of the 2009 calendar promoted by www.tapirulan.it;
- 2008 – Selected for the 26st International Exhibition for Illustration for Children in the Young Illustrator Section at Sarmede,
Treviso, Italy.
- 2006 – First prize for new artists under 30 years of age in the 7th San Valentino Biannual Art Competition for paintings in Limana
(BL), Italy.
- 2005 – Selected for the 6th International Exhibition for Illustration for Children at the “Torino Comix Fair” in Torino, Italy.
- 2004 – Selected for the National Exhibition for Children’s Illustration for the “House of Fantasy” show in Borgomanero, Novara,
Italy.
- 2003 – Selected for the 21st International Exhibition for Illustration for Children in the Young Illustrator Section at Sarmede,
Treviso, Italy.
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