Gildo De Bonis - contemporary painter
Gildo De Bonis
Gildo De Bonis is an Italian contemporary painter, born in Tivoli in 1974. After many years of artistic activity in Rome, he now lives and works in Trieste.
A self-taught artist, he began painting in 2005, initially developing a figurative approach focused on landscapes, urban views and places connected with memory. In the following years, his research gradually shifted towards the human figure, introspection and eroticism, exploring a language in which colour, matter and gesture acquired increasing freedom.
After a long period of experimentation, architecture, monuments and landscapes returned to the centre of his painting, but through a profoundly transformed perspective. Real places retain their identity while their surroundings change: perspectives become freer, buildings tilt, colour creates new atmospheres, and the landscape opens up to memory and imagination.
This evolution led to “Beyond Reality” (Oltre la realtà), the artistic research that characterises his current work: a form of painting in which real places become the starting point for compositions suspended between reality, memory and a dreamlike dimension.
2008–2009 – Early exhibitions
Participation in group exhibitions and art events in the Lazio region. In 2009, De Bonis held his first solo exhibitions at the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art in Cerreto Laziale and in San Polo dei Cavalieri.
2010 – Rome, exhibitions and awards
1st Prize – Best Artwork at the “Il Sodoma – Capire il Rinascimento per formare l'arte contemporanea” Award, with Teatro Marittimo.
“Voglia di Pennello” exhibition, Pentart Gallery, Rome.
Critics' Award at the Trofeo Calcata and a review by Daniele Radini Tedeschi published in L'Aperitivo Illustrato.
“Il Piacere – dal colore alla forma”, Galleria Consorti, Via Margutta, Rome.
Beginning of a collaboration with Scuderia Radini Tedeschi.
The works Les Femmes Fatales and Maison Close were presented at Casa d'Aste Antonina in Rome.
2011 – Awards and exhibitions
1st place in the erotic art category at the 4th Premio della Lupa, Rome, with Les Femmes Fatales.
Participation in “Il Senso del Sacro”, Palazzo Maffei Marescotti – Galleria Vaticana “La Pigna”, Rome.
Exhibitions at Galleria Margutta, Domus Talenti and Quantum Leap Gallery in Rome; participation in the 34th Trofeo Internazionale Medusa Aurea.
Solo exhibitions at the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art in Cerreto Laziale and in San Polo dei Cavalieri.
Participation in “Arte Metropolitana”, followed by a period of collaboration with Quantum Leap Gallery.
“Tracce di vita” exhibition, Museo Archeologico Faggiano, Lecce.
2012 – Introspection and eroticism
Participation in several exhibitions in Rome and throughout Italy. From 7 December 2012 to 15 January 2013, De Bonis held the solo exhibition “Dal classico all'erotico informale” at Hotel Villa Pirandello in Rome, curated by Jlenia Bennati with a critical presentation by Prof. Claudio Lepri. On 21 December 2012, Inside Art featured his work in the article “Solo prostitute e bordelli”.
Since 2018 – Beyond Reality
His artistic research has progressively returned to places, architecture and monuments, transformed through memory and imagination. This evolution gave rise to “Beyond Reality” (Oltre la realtà), the research that characterises his current production.
Works by Gildo De Bonis are held in private collections in Italy and abroad.
The paintings on sale of the contemporary painter Gildo De Bonis
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NOVITÀ - Breve Super Report
San Polo, Elsewhere
The tightrope walker
Mira il mare
READY OF YOU
The Flying Donkey
Colosseum
