Roberto
Bernardi

Born in 1974 in Todi, Italy, Roberto Bernardi began painting at a very young age, with his first oil paintings dating back to the early 1980’s. His obsession with detail and traditional painting techniques influenced his artistic direction, working first as a restorer at the church of San Francesco a Ripa, to eventually devoting himself fulltime to the creation of his own works. Bernardi intitially painted landscapes and portraits, but soon after began moving towards a new form of realism, closely related to hyperrealism.

The turning point in his artistic style took place in the early 2000s with increasingly frequent trips to New York. In 2004 Bernardi moved to Manhattan for a short period and worked in a studio on 73rd street. During this time, his works were strongly influenced by the American culture.

Over the last decade Bernardi’s works have evolved further, with his hyperreal compositions being increasingly influenced by the Pop Art movement.

Since 2012, Bernardi has taken part in an international museum tour. The tour began at the Tübingen Museum in Germany and then continued in 13 other museums around the world, including the prestegious Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Spain) that in recent years has acquired two of  the artist’s works – a painting and a sculpture.