SCHOOLS EVENT.
Painted Hospitals told in schools by artist and founder SILVIO IRILLI. How the works are created in the wards, the meaning of being close to patients with art, pupils’ questions to the artist.
SILVIO IRILLI
ARTIST AND FOUNDER OF PAINTED HOSPITALS
Professionalism, talent , creativity, have made SILVIO IRILLI, one of the most appreciated and esteemed Artists in the international panorama of Contemporary Art.
In the 1990s he was the official cartoonist of the TV show “Solletico” on Rai Uno.
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 paints Murals at GEORGIA A QUARIUM in Atlanta, the World’s largest aquarium in the USA and receives articles in American newspapers and a special on NBC news, well-known American television. More than 3 MILLION visitors each year see his 300 sq. m. work painted on the entrance ceiling of GEORGIA AQUARIUM.
In 2012 he created the Painted Hospitals project, which is bringing color and smiles to the wards of Italian hospitals.
In 2018, he receives congratulations for the initiative from President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella
“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 )
SILVIO IRILLI
Professionalism, talent , creativity, have made SILVIO IRILLI, one of the most appreciated and esteemed Artists in the international panorama of Contemporary Art.
In the 1990s he was the official cartoonist of the TV show “Solletico” on Rai Uno.
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 paints Murals at GEORGIA A QUARIUM in Atlanta, the World’s largest aquarium in the USA and receives articles in American newspapers and a special on NBC news, well-known American television. More than 3 MILLION visitors each year see his 300 sq. m. work painted on the entrance ceiling of GEORGIA AQUARIUM.
In 2012 he created the Painted Hospitals project, which is bringing color and smiles to the wards of Italian hospitals.
In 2018, he receives congratulations for the initiative from President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella
In 2020, the international press tells the whole World about the message of Painted Hospitals with which the artist wants to bring a message of welcome, hope and that he dreams of bringing the Nobel Prize back to Italy with this project.
OUR GOAL
PAINTING A DREAM AND BANISHING FEARS
We design, support the fundraising of the non-profit organizations with our Social channels and carry out the work in a short time: this is our strength.
We transformed over 1300 square meters of the entire Radiotherapy Department of the Policlinico Gemelli Hospital in Rome. Brought an image of cheerfulness to the entirePediatric Radiotherapy Department of the Ruggi D’Aragona Hospital in Salerno, transformed the 140-square-meter corridor of the Regina Margherita Hospital in Turin into an enchanted forest, set the Emergency Department of Novara in an aquarium.
