STEFANO SANTI
Fano Santi was born in Acquafredda (BS) in 1965. After graduating from Politecnico di Milano, since 1993 he has carried out design activities in his family studio in Castel Goffredo (MN), alongside his work as a draftsman and painter. From the very beginning, his subjects have always been connected to the territory where he lives, the Po Valley, represented not in a picturesque manner but through all its contradictions, between the remains of a rural past and a new, disordered, and chaotic built environment. Since the early 2000s, thanks to two masters, Vittorio Bustaffa and Angelo Bussacchini, he has refined his technique, acquiring the tools to further develop his own pictorial language. In 2020, he was invited to exhibit in Genoa at the “Galata. Museo del Mare”. In 2024, his works were presented in an extensive solo exhibition at the Museo Diocesano “Francesco Gonzaga” in Mantua. In 2025, he won the Premio Speciale Museo Cà La Ghironda of the Premio Marchionni. His works have been published in numerous newspapers and magazines.
ARTISTIC EXPERIENCES
• 2012 Mantua, Spazio Filanda di Asola, solo exhibition • 2013 Mantua, Spazio De Vincenti in Piubega, solo exhibition titled ‘dialogos’ • 2013 Mantua, Corte Castiglioni in Casatico di Marcaria, solo exhibition • 2015 Brescia, Spazio ‘galetèr’ in Montichiari, solo exhibition titled ‘la megalopolis padana’ • 2016 Brescia, Sala ‘Caminada’, Palazzo Municipale of Manerbio, solo exhibition • 2017 Mantua, Torre Civica of Marmirolo, solo exhibition titled ‘Boundries’ • 2017 Mantua, Villa Solidea in Castel Goffredo, solo exhibition • 2017 Venice, Premio Mestre, group exhibition of the awarded works • 2019 Mantua, Rocca Palatina of Gazoldo degli Ippoliti, solo exhibition titled ‘I luoghi ritrovati, la poesia dell’abbandono’ • 2019 Mantua, Sala Bazzani of Castel Goffredo, solo exhibition titled ‘RURAL’ • 2019 Mantua, Spazio Bonaglia of Asola, solo exhibition • 2019 Brescia, Loggia of the Municipal Palace of Acquafredda, solo exhibition titled ‘lacrime di colore’ • 2019 Brescia, Spazio AREF in Piazza Loggia, solo exhibition titled ‘L’eccezionalità del quotidiano’ • 2020 Mantua, Spazio LIFE of Mantua, solo exhibition • 2021 Genoa, Museo del Mare, solo exhibition titled ‘mediteropolis’ • 2022 Bologna, Galleria Duepiudue, group exhibition • 2022-2023 Mantua, Museo Bellini of Asola, solo exhibition titled ‘il mondo in un quadrato’ • 2023 Lugano, Fondazione Magis, group exhibition titled ‘Sentinella, a che punto è la notte?’ • 2023 Southern Sardinia, MAGMA Museum of Villacidro, group exhibition of the finalists of Premio Marchionni • 2023 Bologna, ‘Cà la Ghironda Modern Art Museum’, group exhibition of the winners of Premio Marchionni • 2024 Sardinia, Museo Civico Ruzzittu of Arzachena, group exhibition titled ‘il belpaese. Il paesaggio Italiano tra l’ottocento e il novecento’ • 2024 Mantua, Museo Francesco Gonzaga, solo exhibition • 2024 Lugano, Sala San Rocco, Quartiere Maghetti, four-artist exhibition titled ‘una felice sobrietà’ • 2024 Cremona, Spazio ADAFA at Casa Sperlari, solo exhibition • 2024 Piacenza, Galleria Perini of Castelvetro Piacentino, solo exhibition • 2025 Mantua, Spazio ‘la fontanella’ of Castel Goffredo, with Nadia Fanelli • 2025 Piacenza, Museo in the Rocca Palatina of Monticelli d’Ongina with Massimo Moavero • 2025 Oristano, Museo Diocesano Arborense, exhibition of the finalists of Premio Marchionni • 2025 Bologna, ‘Cà la Ghironda Modern Art Museum’, solo exhibition • 2026 Mantua, Museo Francesco Gonzaga, group exhibition ‘Il girotondo delle Muse’ - Architetti e pittori della scuola milanese Premi 2014 Premio Città di Marmirolo: first prize in the live portrait competition 2017 Premio Internazionale Mestre 2017, special mention 2023 Premio Internazionale d’Arte Marchionni, awarded among the 10 best works 2024 Premio Internazionale d’Arte Marchionni, awarded among the 10 best works 2025 Premio Internazionale d’Arte Marchionni, Cà la Ghironda Special Prize Pubblicazioni: 2016 ‘boundries’. Ai margini dell’urbano, ai limiti del figurativo. Stefano Santi - ed. Gattogrigioeditore. 2017 Rivista AND Disegno e Utopia, n.31, Stefano Santi, ‘dipingere la città’ 2017 ‘Non sia mai l’obsolescenza dello sguardo’ opere di Stefano Santi - curated by Elisabetta Pozzetti - Saldapress editori 2019 ‘L’eccezionalità del quotidiano’ opere di Stefano Santi, curated by Elisabetta Pozzetti - Saldapress editori 2021 ‘mediteropolis. Le acque abitate’ opere di Stefano Santi, curated by Loredana Trestin - Saldapress editori 2022 ‘un Quadro accanto. cento dediche per cento artisti’. Alberto Bernardelli - ed. Sometti 2023 ‘Sentinella, a che punto è la notte? Un’opera di opere’ exhibition catalogue - ed. ‘alla chiara fonte’ 2023 ‘Un Quadro accanto. Cento alberi d’artista’. Alberto Bernardelli - ed. Sometti 2023 ‘catalogo dei finalisti del Premio Marchionni 2023’ 2024 ‘Il bel paese. Il paesaggio Italiano tra l’ottocento e il novecento’ exhibition catalogue of Arzachena. 2024 ‘catalogo dei finalisti del Premio Marchionni 2024’ 2024 ‘STEFANO SANTI. Il mondo in un quadrato’ - curated by Alberto Bernardelli and Giovanni Iacometti - ed. Sometti 2025 ‘catalogo dei finalisti del Premio Marchionni 2025’ 2026 ‘Il girotondo delle Muse – Architetti e pittori della scuola Milanese’ - curated by Alberto Bernardelli and Massimo Ferrari