WHO WE ARE.

Painted Hospitals was born in 2012 from the idea of artist Silvio Irilli.

PaintedHospitals is not an association or a non-profit organization but is a humanization project of hospitals that through art transforms wards into environments of hope

and emotion. The initiative has no cost to Public Health but is supported by associations, ODV/ETS, foundations, companies and individuals to donate a timeless work to stand by patients, their families and physicians. In 13 years we have decorated more than 33 Italian hospitals, setting up over 9300 square meters of wall surface. The project has also been supported by multinational companies and is being followed by the international press. Our goal is to transform themed hospital environments to embrace the patient, making the path of care become “color” so that their fears are removed.

Because the environment is part of care where the patient is primarily a person.

SILVIO IRILLI

THE ARTIST OF HOSPITALS

For over 30 years, professionalism, talent , creativity have made SILVIO IRILLI, one of the most appreciated and esteemed Artists in the international panorama of Contemporary Art.

The dream began in November 1991: at only 21 years old he is the first artist to have one of his color works on the entire front page of the sports daily Tuttosport, with which he will collaborate for 10 years.

In the 1990s he was the official cartoonist of the TV show “Solletico” on Rai Uno. The episodes with his presence were watched by nearly 4million viewers.

Until 2000, his paintings illustrated covers of sports and entertainment newspapers such as. Tuttosport, Guerin Sportivo, Sorrisi e Canzoni and others.

In 2007 and 2008 he painted Murals at GEORGIAAQUARIUM in Atlanta, theWorld’s largest aquarium in the U.S. and received articles in American newspapers and a special on the NBC news program., well-known American television. More than 3 MILLION visitors each year see its work of 300 sq. m., painted on the entrance ceiling of the GEORGIA AQUARIUM.

In 2012 he created the project Painted Hospitals® and realizes the large works for over 1300 sq. m. of the department of Radiotherapy Oncology of the Policlinico Gemelli in Rome.

In 2018 he received congratulations for the Painted Hospitals® initiative from the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella

In 2020 he is a guest on Rai Uno’s I Soliti Ignoti, the international press tells the whole world about the message of Painted Hospitals® with which the artist wants to give a message of welcome, with articles and television reports.

A major art project begins in 2021 to transform the wards of the hospital Gaslini of Genoa

In 2023 he creates the initiative “A Team for a Smile” to engage sports clubs and athletes to support the Painted Hospitals project with fundraisers in games or tournaments to decorate pediatric hospitals. The first team to join is the Reale Fenera Chieri ’76, the women’s volleyball team in the A1 series.

As of February 2025, he has a column in the Health Newspaper

“I love turning hospital wards into emotional environments: because the Patient is not just a Patient, he is above all a Person!”.

SILVIO IRILLI ( Artist and Founder of Painted Hospitals )

Artist SILVIO IRILLI, a regular guest on the TV show “Solletico” on Rai Uno from 1998 to 2000, where he drew a live game for children

THE GREAT WORK FOR THE CEILING OF THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM ATLANTA IN THE USA

Over 300 square meters of the entrance ceiling painted in 40 days for an event watched by U.S. television and print media, which is seen by more than 3million people annually

“When I was a child I had a dream. Today that dream I paint for little patients”

SILVIO IRILLI

I SAW MARADONA

IRILLI'S MEETING WITH EL PIBE DE ORO

In 2006 Maradona, passing through Italy, saw the work and asked to meet the artist. The meeting was arranged at Villa Crespi on Lake Orta.

HOW THE WORKS ARE CARRIED OUT

All the works are created by Artist SILVIO IRILLI, who is personally involved in making, layout and setting up the wards in the Hospital together with his staff. The paintings and layouts are made in the studio and then printed on products certified for hospitals. A double job, as if the work were painted 2 times, but this allows in a few hours to transform a ward without disturbing operations to doctors, nurses and welcoming patients for treatment.

That is why when you enter a room created by artist SILVIO IRILLI, you have the feeling of entering a large fresco that gives serenity to adults and continues to make children dream.

The ‘Artist employs workshops with great professionals who are always up to date with the latest developments offered by the digital printing market.

All prints of artist SILVIO IRILLI’s works are made with the latest generation of latex paints, certified for Sanitation:

  • Materials of class A1, A2,B,C,D,E,F
  • European Classification EN 13501-1
  • Washable Surfaces

Installation is done with the utmost order and cleanliness.

All data sheets of the products used are available

Set-ups can be done in full, partial, or paneled fashion

THE PAINTED HOSPITALS OF ITALY

2009 – Corridor “Aquarium” – Cardarelli Hospital of Campobasso