ANDREA PAPI
Italy,
Concept Artist – Visual Designer
CV
Bio
Andrea Papi, a professor at the Academy of Arts and New Technologies in Rome, began his career as a Visual Designer, transforming into a Concept Artist to give vent to ideas that were too conceptual for the marketing sector.
Papi’s works are an expression of divergent thinking and a subtle, critical eye on political and social issues.
Quoting the author: “[…] art has the important task of transcending the threshold of everyday life, of directing one’s gaze beyond cultural conditioning and looking out onto a panorama free from preconceptions; of restoring the mind to primordial elasticity and training thought to remain free to interpret reality and experience without contamination; of fueling the imagination. […]”
In fact, Papi’s works often resemble a modern readymade in which everyday objects are repurposed, modified, and fused together, or given a meaning that is usually inappropriate for their purpose, challenging the obvious.
Education
• Liceo Classico
• Laura in Comunicazione Pubblicitaria
• Master in Visual Design
• Masterclass in Motion Design
• Masterclassi in 3D
Group Exhibitions
2026
• INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF POSTER FOR PEACE – NANCHINO – CINA
• YICCA ART PRIZE – VENEZIA – ITALY
2025
• EKA + ARTELAGUNA – SHANGHAI – CHINA
• Arteam Cup PARATISSIMA – TORINO – ITALY
• En plein air – ART FORUM WÜRTH CAPENA – ITALY
• Premio Ossigeno – ROMA SENATO DELLA REPUBBLICA – ITALY
• INTERNATIONAL POSTER BIENNALE LUBLIN – Lublin – Poland
• CONTRO LA GUERRA – EMERGENCY – REGGIO EMILIA – ITALY
• STAZIONI IMMAGINARIE – TWM FACTORY – ROMA- ITALY
• IL TEMPO DELLA TERRA – CRAMUM – MILAN – ITALY
• BIENAL DE DISEÑO Y CARTEL BOLIVIA – LA PAZ AND COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA
• GOLDEN TURTLE 25 – MOSCOW – RUSSIA
Prizes & Awards
AWARDED BY:
Arte Laguna Prize / CHEAP / One Eye Land / ArtiVive / Biennale Internazionale dei Manifesti per la Pace di Nanjing
FINALIST AT:
Cramum 2025 / YICCA / Golden Turtle / Exibart Prize n°5 / International Biennial Lublin / Bienal del Cartel Bolivia BICeBé / ArteamCUP-Paratissima / IPBP Biennale Internazionale dei Manifesti per la Pace di Nanjing / Premio Ossigeno
Collections
Collezione Sibilla – Albenga – Italy
Serge Ziegler Gallery – Zurigo – Svizzera
IN STUDIO
JUST TO HIT
CONCEPTS & MORE
CITAZIONE DELL’ARTISTA
ITA
“[…] l’arte ha in sé l’importante compito di oltrepassare la soglia della quotidianità, di portare lo sguardo oltre i condizionamenti culturali affacciandosi su di un panorama libero da preconcetti; di rimportare la mente all’elasticità primordiale e allenare il pensiero a mantenersi libero di interpretare la realtà e l’esperienza senza contaminazioni; di foraggiare l’immaginazione. […]”
ENG
“[…] art has the important task of transcending the threshold of everyday life, of directing one’s gaze beyond cultural conditioning and looking out onto a panorama free from preconceptions; of restoring the mind to primordial elasticity and training thought to remain free to interpret reality and experience without contamination; of fueling the imagination. […]”
NEWS FROM ARTIST
ANDREA PAPI’S ARTWORKS 2024-2026
❛ IPBP NANJING BIENNALE OF POSTERS FOR PEACE ❜
Poster finalista alla biennale di Nanchino.
PRESS & DOCS
CURRICULUM + PORTFOLIO/BOOK
1769596643_ANDREA PAPI – BOOKPORTFOLIO.pdf
The attached document contains all the publications and exhibitions held to date and a portfolio of some selected works.
