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Bio

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In 2000 he followed the first courses in gemology and polishing precious stones. In 2002 he moved to Valenza Po in the province of Alessandria (Italy) where in 2003 he obtained the title of “master of art” in the “art of semiprecious stones and gems” at the art institute “B. Cellini”.

This allowed him to follow some training workshops at the same time where he developed the skills in cutting precious stones (included diamonds), in different goldsmith companies, working indirectly for the most renowned names of Italian jewelry.

In 2012 he got the degree in “pictorial decorations” at the art institute “e. And u. Nordio” in Trieste (Italy).

Since 2015 he has exhibited his works in important collective exhibitions and international competitions obtaining several approvals and results.


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The artist Riccardo Zancano has worked as a figurative painter for the last fourteen years trying to describe all aspects of contemporary society in its faults and merits.
The themes analyzed, often allegories disguised in ornithological figures, find in oil painting the most suitable means of expression.

The frequent use of pigments makes his works rich and evocative of the great Masters’s technique in metal and gold artistry.
The paintings, conceived as trilogies, contain a common denominator, which, as in a narrative, depicts suggestive allegories on canvas.

Formal values and conceits mark Zancano as a realist, conceptual, hyperchromatic artist, as a well- known art critic, Vittorio Sgarbi, defined him.
The peculiarity of Riccardo Zancano’s original art consists of the frequent application of semi-precious stones and high-quality gems with precise meaningful attributions. Round-shaped stones with cabochon cuts, such as onyx, black spinel, black Tourmaline, even diamonds become eye pupils, while green jade, emerald or green Garnet may turn into leaves and grass and mingle into the colors on the canvas. These are but a few examples of micro sculptures offered in the artist’s work. The insertion of stones implies a lengthy procedure consisting of the first phase of painting, followed by the cutting and adapting of the stones on canvas.

Zancano, attracted by the fascination of nature, beauty, love, and introspection is able to transmit to the observer and to the prospective client his commitment to this deeply felt cliché.