Giovanni Guida

Giovanni Guida (born 12 October 1992) is an Italian painter, known for his contemporary approach to the surrealist techniques of grattage and frottage.

Biography Born in Acerra, Italy in 1992 and raised in Cesa (province of Caserta), Guida studied at the "Luca Giordano" art high school in Aversa and subsequently obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples.

Following his studies, he taught painting and art history in Rome. of Berlin, Museu Frederic Marès Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization); Essen Minster; and Glastonbury Abbey.

Works Style and technique

His paintings are distinguished by the depth of lapis lazuli blue , silver and gold.

He works particularly with grattage , a technique that involves scraping wet paint from the surface, and frottage. To create these effects, Guida experiments with a variety of tools, including sponges, styluses, scalpels, steel brushes, and small metal blocks. His grattage technique involves the progressive sealing of successive pictorial layers with specific resins, in order to preserve their chromatic brilliance.

Notable works include: (2014); God fights the Coronavirus (And you'll be cured of all diseases.. and I'll take care of you), Etherea (2021),