GARDANI

Artist's Statement:

“My art is a celebration of beauty in the SIMPLE Things.
Celebrate the harmony in slow-motion of the beauty and
perfection of a women figure. 
That significant emotion in
my conscious mind take place while materialization of that
feeling through any medium in my artwork”.

EDUCATION
Primarily self taught Artist.
Residency, Florence- Italy
The Art School Work, Miami, Fl. Painting / Sculpture
Center for the Media Arts, NY, NY. Direction - Production of Movies & TV.
University Tecnologica Equinoccial, Quito, Ecuador-Publicity
University Central, Quito, Ecuador – Architecture

Born in Quito-Ecuador. - U.S.A. Citizen
Gardani's childhood was spent in his hometown. Before he graduated from
High School, his gypsy spirit and love for adventure took him every summer to travel
to neighborhood countries.

He studied at different Universities, Architecture and Publicity. Always having been
drawn to the world of Arts and being independent. Gardani started working and
experimenting with different materials and techniques, on his Paintings and Sculptures.

Entirely self-taught, he had his first solo exhibition in his native, Quito, (1987).
It's when he realized, that is what he wants to do for the rest of his life.
He knows to fulfill that dream he had to leave his problematic political country.
He traveled to Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, until finally he ended up
in the U.S. in 1989. He lived in California, Chicago, New York and Miami and still living
between the last two cities. He had continued traveling to Brazil, England, Italy, France,
China, Honduras, Puerto Rico… in order to visit the major Art Museums. He believes
that is the best school to learn the higher expressions of Art.

Gardani, still remains true to his initial spirit of enjoying Art in the Magic Realism form,
which he has been practicing for more than twenty years. Even though some of his
paintings come from his mind; he prefers to work with models.

Gardani has the ability to present works of allegory, still-life, fruit, horses, pets,
contemporary abstracts and his well known figurative paintings. The artwork of this
Artist has been shown in Galleries in the United States Central and South America.
His artworks are in Prestigious Collections around the world. He has been commissioned
for many private collectors.

As a Latino Artist of Spanish Heritage, he reflects in his Paintings the techniques from
the old masters and the magic of all the places he has lived with the wide variety of
cultures he's experienced. This has undoubtedly given him the richness in his sense
of life and the will to celebrate it through his artwork