Contemporary painting will be one of the central languages of the new YouNique Boutique Fair of Arts, understood as a space for research, vision, and artistic identity. At Villa Ciani, painting presents itself as a platform for dialogue between figuration and abstraction, between material and color, sparking an open dialogue between individual paths and international sensibilities. Each independent painter brings a recognizable voice, a personal way of inhabiting the pictorial surface and transforming it into experience.
Independent painters exhibiting at YouNique 2026
Among the artists present, Ronal Bejarano, originally from Honduras, combines painting with a background in chemistry, creating visually striking works. His compositions blend figuration and abstraction through the bold use of strong, complementary colors, creating monochrome atmospheres devoid of perspective, in which the figures appear to move through infinite spaces. The career of Damaso Arriero Garcia, born in Montevideo and now residing in Switzerland, is marked by a continuous exploration of forms, styles, and meanings. His painting transitions from figurative to abstract, maintaining a profound focus on the cultural, symbolic, and emotional dimensions of human experience, both collective and individual.
In Daniele Mazzoleni‘s work, architecture, design, and art converge through a highly artisanal process. Each work stems from an idea that transforms into gesture and sign, in a continuous exploration that accompanies the artist’s personal evolution. Tatiana Shitikova‘s research is based on stratification: different layers of paint flow over one another to generate luminous surfaces, sometimes clear, sometimes earthier, always oriented toward a sense of harmony. Since 1995, she has been constantly experimenting with color, form, and light.
Jacopo Berlendis proposes a style of painting that transcends the visual surface, transforming each work into a window onto inner worlds. Material, memory, and meaning intertwine in a language capable of translating emotions and complex concepts into engaging visual forms. Filippo Rossi‘s research arises from the encounter between raw material, pure color, and essential geometry. Using materials such as micro-cement, bitumen, linen, paper, and polystyrene, the artist constructs living surfaces, traversed by chromatic glazes and golden flashes that transform space into a perceptual experience.
Of Russian origin but now residing in Florence, Aleksandra De Pan recognizes a profound affinity with the Renaissance legacy and her own artistic sensibility. His instinctive and gestural painting is part of a mature style that combines elements of surrealism and Central European expressionism. With Paolo Terdich, figurative painting takes on an emotional and surreal dimension. Since 2005, the artist has developed a realism that finds its highest expression in the series dedicated to water: dynamic and chromatically vibrant works that convey sensations of movement, freedom, stillness, and suspension.
With Sebastian De Gobbis, painting becomes a reflection on the history and very nature of art. The barcode, a central element of his research, becomes a symbol of contemporaneity: a sign that reflects the complexity and contradictions of our time. Swiss artist Manuela Juchli brings to the fair an expressive and bold style of painting, in which movement, vitality, and rhythm are central. Her language extends to the representation of abstract landscapes, where the energy of the gesture takes center stage.
Born in Ukraine and living in Italy, Nina Korinna presents her “Mirror of Water” series at YouNique, the result of a journey that began in childhood and developed through numerous exhibitions in Italy and abroad. Her painting moves between introspection and reflection, maintaining a constant connection with the liquid element. Antonino Puliafico‘s works immediately engage the viewer with bold brushstrokes, an energetic use of the palette knife, and layered, vibrant surfaces. Intense reds, luminous yellows, and deep blues create compositions that evoke passion, memory, and vitality. Pia Trummer (Atelier Pia) expresses her work in a distinctive, personal expressionist style. Her subjects, drawn from the Engadine region, convey an intense painting style rooted in the landscape and lived experience.
For Carla Nicola, an Italian-Mexican artist, watercolor has been a tool for play and research since childhood. Alongside pencil, wood, oil, and acrylic, she has been dedicating herself to abstraction since 2024, exploring the enlarged proportions of murals and further expanding her pictorial language.
