Claudio Coltorti

Claudio Coltorti (Napoli - 1989) is an Italian artist based between Paris and Athens.
A former student at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris, his studio is now mainly located at POUSH in Aubervilliers.

Claudio's paintings balance between figurative and abstract, like a dance between dream and reality.
He uses art history as a departure point, analyzing the work of great masters to learn and evolve his own practice.

Claudio aims to create paintings that belong entirely to painting, pictures that are not tied to one specific era but can speak across time.
He builds his works layer by layer, allowing the pigment to fuse and settle deep within the fabric of the canvas.

According to the artist, a picture is not a fixed image. He doesn't want to impose it on the audience. It is constantly changing, if not physically then metaphysically in the viewer's mind.
His paintings feel deeply personal and universal at the same time, as if they are emerging from the fog of forgotten memories.