Giovanni Guida

In 2015, he graduated with honors in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples.[8]

His painting is based on the dynamic value of the 'sign', with soft and sinuous lines that intertwine and intersect each other. He deepens his research on color and light, moving towards an abstract art, through the techniques of grattage and frottage (which underline the importance of the tension between gesture and plasticity within the creative process). For this method of work, he makes use of new tools, experimenting with common utensils and everyday objects, such as sponges, steel brushes, and small metal blocks.[1] His investigation penetrates the "skin" of the painting (up to the bottom of "bowels") and captures its intimate essence in the luminous fragmentation of the color.[7] He aims to respond to the unexpected signs and shapes created by the plot, scraping away the paint, almost ripping the "Veil of Maya" that covers the essence of things (reference to the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer). In his refined "grattages" (characterized by the removal of the still fresh paint on the canvas) the deep scratches created bring out the bright colors of the underlying pictorial layers and create chromatic and chiaroscuro contrasts.

Soffio vitale, grattage and frottage on graphia, 2014

In 2015, his painting "Lux: Giuseppe Diana" was published on "L'Osservatore Romano"[9] - the daily newspaper of Vatican City State - and on Vatican News.[10]

Illustration God fights the Coronavirus on the world, grattage on graphia, 2020

Dionysus, grattage - oil painting on canvas, 2014

In 2018, his painting "Apotheosis" was published on the cover of the catalog of the Public Library of Valencia for the Festival of Philosophy and Literature Avivament.[11]

On 1 May 2019, he won the competition "Faces of politics"[12], organized by the Valenzi Foundation[13] (an institution of International relevance), with the illustration "Diarchia: the embrace between Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio"; the pictorial work was published in the newspapers la Repubblica[12] and Il Fatto Quotidiano.[14][15]

In February 2020, the Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera[16] published his illustration "Fai rumore", a portrait of the singer-songwriter Diodato, winner of the 70th edition of Sanremo Music Festival and representative of Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam[17]; the pictorial work was also published in the newspaper La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno[18] and in the magazine Gente.[19]

In March 2020, his illustration "God fights the Coronavirus on the world" (And you'll be cured of all diseases.. and I'll take care of you) had gone viral in the world[6] and it was published in the Treccani Encyclopedia[20], in the Italian newspapers Il Fatto Quotidiano[21], Il Mattino[8], Leggo[22], La Nazione[23], in the American newspaper The Voice of New York (La Voce di New York)[24], and in many newspapers.[25][26][27]

In 2020, he made for the Italian newspaper Avvenire the illustrations "Agatha of Sicily"[28] and "Rita of Cascia, flight towards the Absolute"[29] (also published in the newspaper Il Messaggero).[30]

Barcelona, Museu Frederic Marès, the director dr. Josep Maria Trullén next to the icon "Caesarius Diaconus"

• "Caesarius Diaconus", Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin (by the director Dr. Sabine Thümmler); the Museu Frederic Marès in Barcelona (by the director Dr. Josep Maria Trullén); the Museum of São Roque in Lisbon; the Terra Sancta Museum in Jerusalem; the Slovak National Museum - Historical Museum of Bratislava; the Stiftsmuseum of Aschaffenburg; Musée Européen de la Visitation, Moulins; the Sistine Chapel of the Seille in Sillegny[31]; the Diocesan Museum of Monreale; the Museums of the Cathedral of Modena; and the Museum of San Fedele in Milan; St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo (by bishop Richard Joseph Malone[32]); Saint Anthony's Chapel in Pittsburgh; St. Raphael's Cathedral in Dubuque; Manila Cathedral (by the cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle[33]); Essen Cathedral; Basilica St. Maria im Kapitol in Cologne; Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome; Sancta Sanctorum of Rome; Naples Cathedral; and Basilica of San Frediano in Lucca), 2016.[34]
• "Dionysus", exhibition 'Seven Works of Mercy', Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples, 6–18 April 2018.
• "Diarchia: the embrace between Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio", exhibition 'Faces of politics', Museum PAN, Naples, 1–19 May 2019.[35][13]
• "Magnificat", exhibition 'Art & Wellness Festival', Museum PAN, Naples, November 23–December 1, 2019.[36]