Sandro Vadim
Painter from
"Ein Suchen ist solch fortgesetztes Finden nur deshalb zu nennen, weil das Gefundene aus sich heraus zu immer neuen Aufbrüchen zu ermuntern scheint." - Lothar Rumold über Sandro Vadims Arbeiten
Biography of Sandro Vadim
"Born in 1964 in Rome"
1983-1988 Studied Fine Art and Printmaking at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe under Prof. Gerd van Dülmen
1988-1990 Guest semesters at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe with Prof. Hiromi Akiyama
"Teaching Positions"
1996 Lecturer at the Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Ireland
1999-2004 Lecturer in Lithography at BBK Karlsruhe
2008 Interim faculty member and workshop lead for lithography and offset printing, State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe
"Collections"
Federal Ministry of the Interior, Municipal Gallery Karlsruhe, Regional Council, Badische Gebäudeversicherung, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe Research Center, Schwäbisch Hall Building Society, ZKM (Center for Art and Media), Ministry of Economic Affairs Baden-Württemberg, L-Bank, Guest Professor House of the University of Karlsruhe, Badenia Building Society, Allianz Lebensversicherungs GmbH, VBK Karlsruhe, BBBank e.G., among others
About the art of Sandro Vadim
In many of Sandro Vadim’s paintings, one can observe that something has been painted over a gesture that signals revision: the complete or partial retraction and reformulation of what was previously expressed.
Yet, Sandro Vadim’s painting is anything but tentative or hesitant. The clarity of his brushwork and the resolute intensity of his colors stand in direct contrast to such an interpretation.
These works seem to center on the negation of what has already been achieved as a necessary condition for self-enhancement and self-surpassing.
This ongoing act of discovery may only be called “searching” because what is found appears, in turn, to urge onward toward ever new departures.
