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Fabio Barilari - Artworks

Fabio Barilari | Architect, illustrator and painter

Fabio Barilari is an architect, illustrator and painter.

As an architect, degree with honors in architectural and urban design at Università "La Sapienza" in Rome, since 1989 he has collaborated as a free-lance with several prestigious studios and professionals, specializing on complex architectural and urban structures. 

Parallel to these collaborations, in 1996 he founded Fabio Barilari Architetti; the projects of the studio have been awarded numerous prizes and publications, among which the 1st prize Inarch both in 2000 and in 2010, and have been presented in important exhibitions, such as the Biennale of Venice and the Biennale of Young European Artists of the Mediterranean, Rome, 1999.

In May 2012 has been invited at the 13th International Architectural Triennial in Sofia in representation of the Board of Architects of Rome; in the same year, the project Picture House has been selected for the Medaglia d'Oro all'Architettura Italiana - Triennale di Milano. 

Fabio's personal work has been published in national and international architectural books, magazines and web sites.

Since 2008, Fabio Barilari developed his professional activity, extending his research, beyond architecture, to sectors related to illustration, graphics and painting. The research developped in these different fields, has been presented for the first time in August 2011, on ABITARE, directed by Stefano Boeri.

In the field of illustrations and paintings, in January 2013 has presented the project "Il Senso delle Cose" in the personal exhibition at Chiostro del Bramante in Rome.

His work was exhibited in numerous personal exhibitions in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, USA, China, Vietnam, Ukraine and Korea.

He has collaborated with music and comic-strips magazines such as “Follow That Dream” and “ANIMAls” as well as several music groups and theatre companies.

He is developping the project "Reading the Cityfinanced by the Goethe-Institut: It presents and illustrates some of the most important cities in Germany
In January 2015 has presented his works in all these fields of research, at the INTERNO14 Gallery in Rome.
In November 2018 has received a Special Mention at LuccaComics by La Stampa magazine in collaboration with Bao Publishing.

His painting "30 Nodi" is currently in display at Saatchi Gallery in London.

From 2019 he collaborates with the  curatorial team of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale under the direction of Arch. Alessandro Melis.

 

Barilari is professor at Arcadia University in Rome, he also taught at the University of Rome La Sapienza and at the Rome campus of the California Polytechnic, Cornell University, Iowa State University. Over the years he has taught architecture and urban design, drawing and history of art and architecture.

Mostre / Exhibitions

2019.05

2019.03

2016 - 2018

2017.11

2017.11

2017.09

2017.05

2016.12

2016.11

2016.10

2016.09

2016.08

2016.06

2016.04

2016.02

2015.12

 

2015.12

 

2015.08

2015.01

2014.12

2014.08

2014.05

2014.03

2013.01

2012.05

2011.12

2011.08

2010.12

2010.05

2008.05

2003.06

"Time Off" - San Genesio Theatre - Roma (Italy)

"Saatchi Screen" - Collective exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London, UK

"Die Stadt Lesen" - 12 Exhibitions in 8 cities in South Korea

"Architetti Artisti" - Collective exhibition - Casa dell'Architettura, Roma

"Refresh" - Biennale di Architettura - Pisa

"Architecture and Atmosphere" - Humboldt-Bibliothek Berlin 

"Inside Za'atari: Starting over" - Vitala Festival - Roma, Italy

"Reading the City" - Hong Kong Central Library, China
"Die Stadt Lesen" - Kiew, Nationale Technische Universitat, Ukraine
"Architetti Artisti" - Mostra collettiva _ Ordine degli Architetti di Roma
ЧИТАТИ МІСТО – АРХІТЕКТУРА БІБЛІОТЕК НІМЕЧЧИНИ - Erste Lwiwer Mediathek - Lemberg, Ukraina

"Die Stadt Lesen" - Seoul Metropolitan Library - Seoul, Korea
"Reading the City: Library Architecture in Germany" - HK University
"Reading the City: Library Architecture in Germany" - Macau
"Reading the City: Library Architecture in Germany" - Hong Kong 
"Reading the City: Library Architecture in Germany" - Baiyun                            International Convention Center, Guangzhou (China)
"Reading the City: Library Architecture in Germany" - Guangzhou Public Library, Guangzhou (China)
"Points of View" - Tri Mission Gallery - US Embassy, Rome (Italy)
"SUMMING UP" - Galleria INTERNO14 - Roma (Italy)
"Leggi la Cittá" - San Genesio Theatre - Roma (Italy)
"Lire la Ville / Die Stadt Lesen / Reading the City" - Lyon (France)
"Disegnare la Città" - Macro Testaccio "La Pelanda" - Roma (Italy)
Collective exhibition/St. Stephen' Cultural Foundation - Roma (Italy)
"Il Senso delle Cose" - Chiostro del Bramante - Roma (Italy)
"Bon Voyage" - San Genesio Theatre - Roma (Italy)
"Lonely Planet Exhibition" - Madrid (Spain)
"Degrees of Abstraction" - Mel Sambler Gallery - US Embassy, Rome
"Living Color" - St. Stephen' Cultural Foundation - Roma (Italy)
Collective exhibition at the Temple University in Rome (Italy)
"Free Style" - St. Stephen' Cultural Foundation - Roma (Italy)
Collective Exhibition "Supermercado de Arte" - Milano (Italy)

Pubblicazioni / Publications

2019.10

2019.06

2018.12

2018.12

2018.07

2017.06

2017.06

2017.05

2017.01

2016.12

2016.09

2016.08

2016.06

2015.07

2015.04

2014.02

2013.09

2013.05

2013.04

2013.03

2013.02

2012.04 / 07

2011.08

2011.07

AR Magazine #121 - "Roma e le Nuove Tendenze" _ Board of Architecs of Rome

UNIMED - World Refugee Day 2019 _ Mediterranean Universities Union

Territorio #86 - "Sketch & the City" _ Milan Polytechnic University

AR Magazine #120 - "Critical Aptitude" _ Board of Architecs of Rome

The Architectural Review - Folio

Tracce dal Marocco - Industriarchitettura

Wanted in Rome: The Expats Guide to Rome - Front cover

La Repubblica - Inside Za'atari
Wanted in Rome - Front cover

Wanted in Rome - Front cover

The Brave Drawn World of Fabio Barilari

Wanted in Rome - Front cover

Bold as Love (Learning from Napoli) - Industriarchitettura

The Architectural Review - Folio

Sketch City: Tips and Inspiration for Drawing on Location

ARCH20 - Illustrations by Fabio Barilari

Illustration Friday

Archdaily Brasil - Arte e Arquitetura: Illustrações de Fabio Barilari
Archdaily Mexico - Arte y Arquitectura: Il Senso delle Cose
Plataforma ArchitecturaIlustraciones por Fabio Barilari
Artribune - In viaggio con Fabio Barillari

Drawing Architecture

ABITARE
ANIMAls - Australia

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