EGO (2015) Painting by Roberto Fontana

Roberto Fontana was born in Cambiano (TO) in 1969.
He carried out his first artistic studies in Palermo, where he currently lives and works.
In 2000 he attended the painting and drawing class of the Chinese artists Zhou Brothers at the Internationale Sommerakademie fur Bildende Kunst in Hallein, Austria.
In the same year, in Palermo, he took part in the engraving and art print workshop conducted by the French masters René Tazé and Elisabeth Bascou.
Also in Austria, in 2001 and 2002, he studied at the Sommerakademie in Salzburg, first in the gestural painting class of the Viennese shareholder Hermann Nitsch, winning a scholarship, then in the painting and drawing class of the Venezuelan artist Jacobo Borges.
From 1999 to 2001 he attended the course in engraving and lithography techniques at the Scuola Libera del Nudo at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo.
In 2006 he collaborated in the creation of the sets and costumes for the theatrical musical "Corleone - The story of Filippo Latino". In 2016 he was invited to create the wine label for the 25th Bottle Festival by the Rotary Club of Alcamo.< /p>

• Nationality: ITALY
• Date of birth : 1969
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Italian Artists