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Nicola Magrin
Wolf#7, Watercolor on Paper by Nicola Magrin, 2019

2019

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Wolf#7, 2019 Watercolor on paper inch 15 x 11.2 Watercolourist. Nicola Magrin was born in Milan in 1978. In 2004 he graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan with a thesis on Miquel Barceló. In 2008 he was selected for a three-month Artist in Residence in New York (USA) at the Harlem Studio Fellowship by MontrasioArte. Since then he has built a full and authentic artistic career, alongside significant contributions to literary illustration. A passionate traveler, Nicola Magrin knows how to transfer his experiences and emotions onto paper, filtered through his interesting inner world. Synthesis and richness of sign combine under the skillful control of the watercolor technique, in which he has achieved international fame. Over time he has forged relationships with talented writers, filmmakers, and poets who contribute to his human and artistic growth, stimulating in him the desire to take on new challenges and overcome unexplored frontiers. He also collaborates with major Italian publishers: he designed the covers of Primo Levi's works for Einaudi, and, among others, for the volumes, Le otto montagne and Senza mai till top by Paolo Cognetti (2016 and 2018), Il silence by Erling Kagge (2016), and The ancient ways , by Robert Macfarlane (2013). He is also responsible for all the covers of the Tiziano Terzani books published by TEA. His publishing experience has led him to develop a series of collaborations in which his illustrations dialogue with the texts of some of Italy's great storytellers. These include The Dog, the Wolf and God , with text by Folco Terzani, (Longanesi 2017); The middle ocean with text by Federico Rampini (Laterza 2019); A whale goes to the mountains with text by Ester Armanino (Salani 2019) and Silent steps in the woods with text by Marco Stainer (Nuages ​​Edizioni 2020).

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