Photo: Umberto Armiraglio
My name is Nazario,
i’m an italian freelance illustrator, art-director, graphic-designer, dad.
My world is romantic, ironic, dreamy, with good background music.
I like to think of it as…
“A dive in the past with gore-tex lifesaver”
I take my inspiration from old books, illustrations for kids, sky, snow, rain and rainbows, my little princess Bianca, my wife, my cats, music, old-school skateboards, traditional tattoos, 80′s memories, 50′s sci-fi movies, typography and so much more that happens day by day…
I’m the owner of ADD studio/creativo , multidisciplinary studio founded in 2010, specializing in art-direction, branding, identity and graphic design.
Finally, I’ve launched also my musical project in 2021, called A Smog Museo.
Selected clients:
Ford, MTV, Universal, Warner Bros, CNN, Fendi, San Pellegrino, British Airways, Orange, Toyota, Proraso, ENI, Lavazza, Genoa CFC, Auchan, UN – United Nations, Hyundai, Poste Italiane, Janssen, EIF, DoDo by Pomellato, Luxottica, DirecTV, Rosetta Stone, SNCF, Greenpeace, JazzMI, GDF Suez, Saint Gobain, Konen, Canal Savoir, Le Gaulois, Beta Motor, Laqa & Co, and more…
Main editorial clients:
New York Magazine, Washington Post, Rolling Stone (USA), Le Monde, M (Le Monde magazine), Fortune, Billboard, GQ, WIRED (UK), ARTE, The Sunday Times, Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, Internazionale, Chicago Magazine, SOLE24ore, The Hollywood Reporter, National Geographic, British Airways / High Life, Corriere della Sera, Der Spiegel, Design Week, L’Express, Premio Strega, Milk Magazine, Premiere, Style / Corriere della Sera, Runner’s World, Fast Company, Die Weltwoche, La Gazzetta dello Sport / Sportweek, Philosophie Magazine (FR / DE), FM World, NBA rivista, Adesso Magazin, 11Freunde, Mental Floss, Opto, Stern, AD Age, and more…
Book featured in:
Illustration Now!4 (Taschen), Taschen Calendar 2014 (Taschen), Musikraphics (viction:ary), Flash Back (viction:ary), PicNic Pop Folk (Retina y Retinette), Natural Recall (Qupè Paris), Postcard Book (FL@33), IdN 15 years, IdN – The New Twenties, Grafuck, Modern Vintage Illustration, Logology 2 (viction:ary), Modern Vintage Illustration (Batsford), Spaghetti Grafica, and more…
Interview, features and accolades:
IdN v.13/3 (interview + feat), Advanced Photoshop issue 52 (interview), Advanced Photoshop issue 43 (feat), Novum 10/7 (interview + feat), Illustrator Mundo (Editor’s choice), Le Monde (feat contributor), New Web Pick issue 8 and 25 (interview), STYLE (feat contributor), ELLE Girl / Korea (feat), Beautiful Decay (web feat), Picame (feat), Grab Magazine, Creazina, Bak Magazine (interview), Max – Ukraine (feat), Spoonfork – DE (Special guest), Delta Sky (feat contributor), MILK (feat contributor), GQ (feat contributor), typographicposters.com (feat), Surfstation (feat), Netdiver (feat), Design Work Life (feat), Ventilate (feat), Doodlers Anonymous (feat), designaside (feat), The Loop (feat).
Online Interviews:
Art Side of Life (USA) – Paris Collage Collective (FRA) – PCB with Goran – YouTube (ITA) TOOMBES (ENG), Black Book Magazine (USA), Spot the tiger (UK) , Proxart (USA), D.L.S.O (ITA), Lamono (ESP), Webfandom (ITA), Muse (USA), Baked Magazine (ITA), Friutfish (Taiwan), Le Cool / Roma (ITA), Una mano per il Gargano – Project (ITA), Artnois (USA), The Artfuls (USA)…
no-link = project/website over
Workshop & Talks
- Università Udine / LESSONS + WORKSHOP
Università di Udine
4 / 14 May 2020 - Sonic Collage / WORKSHOP
Officine Ergot, Lecce @ SEI Festival
12 July 2019 - Selected Artist 2019 SEI Festival / TALK
Castello Volante, Otranto (LE)
13 July 2019 - JazzMi Poster Design / TALK
Apple Store Milan
07 November 2019 - Me, my self and Collage / WORKSHOP
Triennale Milano
08 November 2019 - Collage & Illustrazione / UNIVERSITY COURSE
UNI Udine
4-6-13-14 May 2021
Main Exhibitions:
- PREMIO VASTO – ITA
Group-show / Palazzo D’Avalos – Vasto (Ch)
30 July / 31 October 2020 - JAZZ IT UP! – USA
Group-show / Mesa Art Center – Mesa (Arizona)
14 Sept.2018 / 20 Jan.2019
- HOMEBOUND – ITA
Solo Exhibition / Galleria Aratro – Campobasso
22 Mar/19 Apr 2018 - 99 Novantanove – ITA
Group-show / Toolbox – Torino
3/6 November 2016
- Natural Recall – RU
Group-show / Vkhutemas Gallery
Moskow, June 2015 - Natural Recall – ITA
Group-show / Serra dei Giardini – Venice
Nov/Dec 2014 - BAZR – FRA
Group-show / Paris
11/14 Dec 2014 - Colagene – Positive Side Effects – FRA
Group-show / Corner44 – Paris
14 October 2014 - Superheroes – USA
Group-show / D-Structure gallery – San Francisco
May 2011 - Konen and Bram stores – DE/LUX
Personal / Konen and Brams stores – Munich and Luxembourg
17/18 March 2011 - Colagene – Get your illustration fix – FRA
Group-show / L’Issue Gallery Alt Store – Paris
17 March 2011 - Colagene – Get your illustration fix- FRA
Group-show / Yves Laroche art gallery – Montreal
17/19 February 2011 - STT – Who’s in charge – UK
Group-show / Dreamspace Gallery – London
5/16 July 2010 - Nation, world graphic tour – ITA
Group-show / Officine Farneto – Rome
November 2009 - SynthEastwood Exhibition – IRL
Group-show – Dublin
October 2008 - Fuoriluogo 11 – ITA
Group-show / Limiti Inchiusi Gallery – Campobasso
December 2006 - Big Babel – ITA
Personal with N.Micatrotta / Limiti Inchiusi – Campobasso
April 2006 - Art-Trek 2 – BE
Group-show – Antwerpen
26 November 2005 - Gemine Muse – ITA
Selected Artist / Group show – Campobasso
November 2005