Andrea paolo Colombo - T.O.E. Art Market

Andrea Paolo Colombo (b. 1987), born and raised in Milan, now lives and works in Portovenere. After abandoning his studies in economics, he trained as a fashion designer at IED in Milan and at Aalto University in Helsinki. He began his career as a designer/prototypist in London, before returning to Milan to found his brand, Nono Leni, an endeavor that occupied him for a decade. In parallel, he also worked as a costume designer for dance theater and video art projects. During this time, he started a journey into holistic studies as a spiritual researcher (with a particular focus on audiotherapy), studies that allowed him to understand the necessity of abandoning product and consumption dynamics to dedicate himself to artistic research that could delve deeper. He then began painting at the age of 36, as a self-taught artist, to give himself the right to do so. He mainly focuses on painting, with more material digressions and three-dimensional extrusions in the form of dioramas. Painting is a struggle against personal repression and the oppression of social judgment, a way to actively participate in the emotional revolution of his generation. It represents a vital opportunity to create “terraforming portals.” The visual representation and evocative elements allow one to experience, as in a mirror, the archetypes of the emotional spectrum, materializing the depth of the human soul. The central theme is affectionate relationships, rich in perspectives and analogies, of the emotional prisms that reflect and transform the conflicting flows of vital energy.