The Artists of Imago in Villa
On this page, you can discover all the artists who participated in the Imago in Villa competition.
Tommaso Carozzi
He was born in Villafranca di Verona in 1977. He graduated with honors in painting from the G. B. Cignaroli Academy of Fine Arts in Verona in 2001 and subsequently attended drawing and illustration courses with masters Jindra Chapek and Joana Concejo. Since 2001, he has worked as an illustrator and set designer with animation and special effects studios. In 2019, he created the silent book as author-illustrator titled “Il giorno delle balene” (“The Day of the Whales”). In 2020, he won the gold medal for illustration in the Publishing section of the Albo Autori d’Immagini.
imago in villa edition: 2025
title: The cumbia of boredom
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Riccardo Isacchini
He was born in Verona in 1973. He graduated with honors from the Academy of Fine Arts “G. B. Cignaroli,” Painting Department (1996-2001). He later specialized in Florence, completing a course in restoration and decoration (2002- 2003), and subsequently worked as a restorer and decorator at Decoart s.r.l. (2003- 2010). He currently works as a freelancer in the field of restoration and decoration.
imago in villa edition: 2025
title: The cumbia of boredom
Manusch Badaracco
Born on October 5th 1982, in Milan (Italy). Iranian mother and Italian father. Discovered her art attraction in the first years of life and started to paint at 8 years old. Attended artistic high-school and graduated in 2006 from “Accademia Di Belle Arti di Brera”, Milan, Italy. Involved in figurative art and she used to paint with oil: her works are allegories of nowadays life and culture. Worked in Paris for five years. Actually working in Guadeloupe.
imago in villa Edition: 2025
title: Interior day
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Daniela Benedini - People's Choice Winner 2025
I live between Paris and Milan, where I graduated from the Accademia di Brera with a thesis on Trompe l’oeil. For many years, I have been decorating private residences, sacred places, and outdoor spaces all over the world. I am a professor at the Aldo Galli Academy of Restoration in Como. “It’s not important what you do, but HOW you do it.”
imago in villa edition: 2025
title: Cherry Blossoms
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Luis Alberto Gomez de Teran
Also known as Gomez, he was born in Caracas on 1980. He lived in London, Berlin and Rome, where he is currently based. His art is deeply symbolic and gets its main inspiration from baroque painters. His paintings have a legendary soul, deeply influenced by mythology, religion and spirituality. He focuses his search on human nature, on the matter of bodies and the shapes of spirit, in their moments of beauty and decay, when the souls are revealed, the evil emerges from beauty and the good comes out of darkness. His precise technique aims to symmetry and lights, using intense contrasts of pleasure and terror, strength and weakness, winners and losers, memory and oblivion, freedom and slavery. Rules and Anarchy. Life and Death. Gomez is a self taught painter and sculptor, works in urban areas and natural environments, for museums, private collectors, galleries and brands. His artworks use a variety of supports, from walls to canvases, glass, concrete, mirrors, iron or wood.
imago in villa edition: 2025
title: The Girl with the Stone Earring
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Mirco della Secchia
Born in 1987, is a graphic designer by profession and an artist by passion. He has always been fascinated by painting, illustration, and everything related to inks and colors. This passion drives him to blend various painting and illustration techniques, constantly seeking innovation in his artistic expression, moving from writing to digital art and ink illustrations.
imago in villa edition: 2025
title: insects
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Stefania Magni
I am Stefania Magni, from Concorezzo (near Monza). My professional journey began at a school of advertising graphics at Milan, followed by a school of illustration, and eventually led me to decoration after three years. I have traveled extensively and, in the meantime, became a mother. The sum of all these experiences is what you see in my work for Imago in villa IL TEATRO IMAGINIFICO (creator/evoker of images).
imago in villa edition: 2025
title: Imaginative theater
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Kimberly Alsop
Welcome to my painting! Originally, a St. Louis, Missouri native. I now reside in the small, countryside town of Augusta, in the middle of America.
Always aware that art was destiny, I studied Visual Communications at the University of Kansas, then began working in the corporate world as an Illustrator, Graphic Designer, and Art Director. As a child, I would draw on the backside of my architect fathers large blueprints, always running out of room. This propensity and freedom to create “larger than life” redirected me to my current path as a mural artist, which I have enjoyed doing for the past 29 years. I love the challenge of creating large scale work and transforming an inanimate 2-dimensional plane into an idyllic illusion. I have created work for both public and private spaces, painting on canvases, directly on walls and ceilings, barns, schools, and 50’ silos, allowing opportunities to create visual impact. I have a preconceived composition before I start to paint, but like to zealously jump right in, after applying an imprimatura background. I start “sculpting” my subjects out of roughly blocked in shapes of color, watching form emerge from the paint, using intuition to guide me through the process.
imago in villa edition: 2025
title: It’s even better than I imagined
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Giulio and Viviana Clementi
Uncle and niece, residents of Florence, participated in Imago In Villa as a group. Giulio and Viviana Clementi continue, with countless “luxury-oriented” works in prestigious private and public settings, the painting tradition that began in 1940 with Vittorio Clementi, an important Apulian painter and decorator, fatherand teacher of Giulio, Bruno, and Marcello. Together with the younger generations, they passionately continue this significant artistic and high-craftsmanship journey.
imago in villa edition: 2025
title: The Song of the Rose - Before a Concert in Castelnuovo
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Stefano Lucà - winner 2025
He was born in Rome in 1978. After completing his artistic studies and furthering his training in the field of Painting Restoration, he founded Lo Spazio Dipinto in 2002, a company dedicated to prestigious projects in Decorative Painting and Restoration on both national and international levels. Throughout his career, he has received significant accolades in the field of Decoration, including First Prize at the International Trompe l’Oeil Festival in Lodi in 2006. Alongside his professional work, he serves as a professor of Decorative Techniques at renowned Art and Decoration Institutes in Italy, France, Belgium, and the United States. Since 2009, he has been an official member of the “Salon, International Gathering of Decorative Painters,” exhibiting his works worldwide
imago in villa edition: 2025 winner
title: The boundaries of art
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Zampa
Moral Support
mario paolantonio
Graduated in Set Design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, I am a painter and scenic artist. I have completed various projects for the leading opera theaters in Italy and Europe—where I particularly focused on scenic painting—including the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Opéra Garnier in Paris, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, and New National Theatre in Tokyo. I have created large-scale paintings (with an average backdrop size of 14 by 9 meters) using materials and colors belonging to the ancient Italian painting tradition.
imago in villa edition: 2025
title: The secret door
luca guenzi
Born in ‘59, after “washing my clothes in the Arno” until I graduated high school, I moved to scholarly Bologna to enroll in Economics and Commerce. During my studies, I began painting, and little by little, I thought I might make a career out of it. So, after hanging my degree on the wall, I set off for the U.S., where I enrolled for a semester at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. Upon returning to Italy, I began working as an illustrator in advertising. My great passion for color then led me to start painting trompe l’oeil, and for the past 30 years, I’ve been enjoying decorating the walls of homes, villas, and hotels in Italy and around the world. In my free time, I’m always working on personal projects—paintings, dioramas, sculptures, photography. My life is filled with color.
imago in villa edition: 2025
title: The Angel’s Courtyard - Gastronomy
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selene crezzini
Painter, illustrator, and concept artist with a passion for art history, cinema, and video games. She collaborates with art galleries, game and VFX studios, and teaches drawing courses. Her style is closely aligned with symbolism and dark fantasy. Her work draws from a wide range of sources, including literature, mythology, and psychology, to create complex narratives that invite viewers to contemplate the mysteries of the human experience. After attending art high school, she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, where she refined her painting techniques, participated in numerous projects and exhibitions, and collaborated with various galleries, both nationally and internationally. She completed a master’s degree, specializing in concept art. She currently lives in Arezzo, where she works as a freelance artist.
imago in villa edition: 2025
title: Parallel world
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alison woolley
Alison is a artist born in Scotland, educated at the OCADU in Toronto and trained in Italy. She lives and teaches in Anghiari (AR). Her decorative painting and gilding work includes harpsichords for the Opera of Versailles , and private collections worldwide. She is a recognized as a Master Artisan by the Region of Tuscany and by the Michelangelo Foundation.
imago in villa edition: 2025
title: Introspection
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arianna fremura
Born in Livorno in 1965, and an artist’s daughter, she has been painting since childhood. After an apprenticeship in the set design department at Cinecittà, she spent several years collaborating with prominent decoration companies in Tuscany, executing works both in Italy and abroad. In 1995, she graduated with a bronze medal from the Institut Supérieur de Peinture Van Der Kelen – Logelain in Brussels, Belgium. She then completed two courses in mural painting restoration at the European Centre for the Conservation of Architectural Heritage in Venice. Since 1998, she has worked as a freelance artist, designing and creating architectural and interior decorations, trompe l’oeil, paintings using traditional techniques, and illustrations.
imago in villa edition: 2025
title: All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
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luigi esposito
Born in Reggio Emilia on February 3, 1957. Following an early talent and inclination for art, I attended the State Institute of Art. I began my career as a decorator of amusement park facades and then worked as a sculptor, creating clay models. Later, I created set designs and decorations for theaters, dance halls, and television. In 1982, I ventured into the restoration of building sites and mural paintings. Responding to market demand, I successfully began offering services to private clients, focusing on decorations to expand the increasingly confined spaces of 21st-century living. My work includes scenic effects that create the “breakthrough” of real space into the illusory world of trompe l’oeil.
