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Italian illustrator (born 1966)

Antonello Silverini (born 21 August 1966, in Rome) is an Italian illustrator. He received the MAM (Master of Art and Craft) prize in 2016.^[1]

Antonello Silverini has worked with Italian and international agencies.^[2] His illustrations were selected for the 25th Annual American Showcase (in 2002)^[3] and for Lürzer’s Archive‘s Special 200 Best Illustrators (in 2007). His work appeared in media outlets such as Il Sole 24 Ore and La Repubblica.^[4][5]

In 2012 he designed the artwork for the Rome Film Festival,^[6] and created visuals for an animated video that was part of the advertising campaign.^[7] After illustrating covers for Doris Lessing,^[8] Fanucci Editore commissioned Silverini in 2013 to illustrate covers for Philip K. Dick novels as part of its 25th-anniversary celebration.^[9][10] He created the promotional poster for Ophelia, a short film by Annarita Zambrano, which was presented at the 66th Cannes Film Festival.^[11]

In 2015 the Einaudi publishing house selected Silverini, along with Noma Bar and Shout, for the graphic restyling of the Super ET book collection.^[12] Antonello Silverini also designed the Italian book covers of Ian McEwan‘s novels.^[13] He designed the poster for Ascanio Celestini’s film Lunga vita alla sposa, presented at the Venice International Film Festival.^[14]

In 2016, Silverini was featured in Le eccellenze creative del fumetto e dell’illustrazione di Roma e Lazio, a catalog of cartoonists and illustrators.^[15] The volume was presented at the Festival International de la bande dessinée d’Angoulême, a comic convention.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, Carmelo Occhipinti included Silverini’s work in the volume Antonello Silverini. Quello che si vede, part of the Monographs series of Horti Hesperidum, published under the patronage of the Department of Literary, Philosophical and Art History of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Silverini teaches graphic art and illustration at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma.^[16] Silverini has contributed illustrations to La Lettura, the Sunday supplement of the Corriere della Sera, since its relaunch.^[17]

• American Showcase 25 (2002)^[18]
• “Teatrio” Chioggia – ITA (2004)
• Accademia Pictor di Torino – ITA (2005)^[19]
• Premio Zavrel – ITA (2006)^[19]
• “Bollicine d’Artista” – ITA (2006)
• “Teatrio” Chioggia – ITA (2006)
• Lürzer’s Archive Special the 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide (2007)
• Selected—Master Cup International Cartoon and Illustration Biennial – China (2011)^[20]
• Selected—Kyoto International Cartoon Exhibition – JAPAN (2012)
• MAM (Maestro d’Arte e Mestiere) – Fondazione Cologni (2016)^[21]

• Venice Design Art Gallery – Venice (2007)
• Illustrabilia ’08 – Padoa (2008)^[22]
• 25 anniiversario Philip Dick (Libreria Fanucci) – Rome (2008)
• Galleria 105 Art – Rome (2009)^[23]
• Fuori dal Quotidiano (Rosso20sette Arte Contemporanea) – Rome (2014)
• Aiuto mi sono perso (Tapirulan) – Cremona (2014)^[24]
• Ruvidezze (Catravetra) – Florence (2015)^[25]
• 33T (Tapirulan) – Cremona (2016)^[26]
• Quello che si vede (Villa Reale) – Monza (2016)^[27]
• Il Colore delle Parole – La Triennale – Milano (2017)^[28]
• 2019 – Nello spazio e nel tempo – Palazzo del Monte di Pietà – Forl^[29]
• 2020 – “RODARIANA” La Fantasia non è un lupo cattivo – Morano Calabro/ Castrovillari^[30]