WHO WE ARE.

OUR GOAL: TO PAINT A DREAM AND BANISH FEARS

Painted Hospitals is not a non-profit organization or a Foundation, but is an art project available to non-profit organizations, Foundations and individuals who want to Donate painted wards to hospital facilities.

With this initiative, public hospitals do not spend a single euro on decorating the wards, because it becomes a Donation with the contribution of people, local companies, managed with so much passion by the non-profit organizations.
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.

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.

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 painted Murals at the GEORGIA AQUARIUM in Atlanta, the World’s largest aquarium in the U.S. and received articles in American newspapers and a special on the news of NBC, a well-known American television station.

More than 2 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 and since 2017 he has been an official Samsung artist for the creation with his works, of Themes for smartphones, which are downloaded all over the World!

“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 )

Some images of the work painted for the Atlanta Aquarium in 2008

It is not just a decoration

Decorating a hospital ward is more than just beautifying a room with pictures.

It means bringing a message of welcome, support to the doctors who have to follow the patient and accompany them for treatment. Above all, it means giving some relief to patients who have to face a journey where courage and dignity are needed. It becomes even more important when the therapy has to be faced by children, who are by necessity in a context that is out of their World. It is important to recreate their World in a hospital ward, which allows them to continue to dream. That’s why every work I make has to interact with children, telling them a story so that their therapy journey becomes a game. For adults, on the other hand, the settings I create are about enhancing the area, which is so rich in history and can take them into another dimension.

THE PAINTED HOSPITALS OF ITALY

2009 – Corridor “Aquarium” – Cardarelli Hospital of Campobasso

2011 – Radiotherapy Corridor “Aquarium” – GEMELLI ART, Policlinico Gemelli Hospital in Rome

2012 – Radiotherapy Room “Aventino” – GEMELLI ART, Policlinico Gemelli Hospital in Rome

2013 – Radiotherapy Room “Colosseum” – GEMELLI ART, Policlinico Gemelli Hospital in Rome

2014 – Children’s Waiting Room “The Garden of Dreams” – GEMELLI ART, Policlinico Gemelli Hospital in Rome

2015 – Playroom “The Island of Treasures” – Ruggi d’Aragona Hospital in Salerno, Italy

2015 – Children’s Waiting Room “Superhero Teeth” – Dental Practice – Tealdo Clinic – Cuneo

2016 – Corridor “Via del Bosco Incantato” – Regina Margherita Hospital in Turin, Italy

2017 – Radiotherapy Room “Villa Adriana” – GEMELLI ART, Policlinico Gemelli Hospital in Rome

2017 – Pediatric Radiotherapy Room “Aquarium” – Ruggi d’Aragona Hospital, Salerno, Italy

2017 – Waiting Room “Aquarium” – Ruggi d’Aragona Hospital in Salerno, Italy

2017 – Children’s Waiting Room “The corner of games” – National Cancer Institute of Milan

2017 – Children’s Visiting Room “The Window of Dreams” – National Cancer Institute of Milan

2017 – Emergency Room “Aquarium” – Novara Hospital

2018 – “Acquarius” Pediatric Radiotherapy Room – GEMELLI ART, Policlinico Gemelli Hospital in Rome

2018 – The Victory Aquarium – waiting room Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano

2018 – The Fairy Tale Forest – Collegno Hospital

2018 – Room “Withdrawals of Tenderness” – Vito Fazzi Hospital of Lecce

2019 – “Treasure Island” Pediatrics – Novara Hospital

2019 – Transplantation Department “Aquarium” – Monaldi Hospital of Naples

2020 – DH Pediatric Oncology “The Enchanted Garden” – Ruggi d’Aragona Hospital in Salerno, Italy

2020 – Child Neuropsychiatry “The Island of Smiles” – G. Martino Polyclinic of Messina

2020 – Pediatric Emergency Room “The Aquarium in the Ward” – G. Martino Polyclinic of Messina

2020 – Child Neuropsychiatry Playroom “The Magic Wood” – Policlinico G. Martino of Messina

PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS

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 state-of-the-art latex paints, certified

Materials of class A1, A2,B,C,D,E,F

European Classification EN 13501-1

Washable Surfaces

Installation is done using only water-based products

All data sheets of the products used are available

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

THE PARTITIONS OF PAINTED HOSPITALS

Our characters in pediatrics

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