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Fabio Modica was born in Catania in 1978. Being an apprentice to such well-established Italian painters as Alberto Abbate and Antonio Sciacca, he was initially inspired by the classical Renaissance, drawing occasionally on the Greek and Latin mythology. In his early years as a painter, he chose human figures wrapped in a Caravaggesque light as his major subject-matter and oils as his favourite medium. He also tried his hands at several techniques, including watercolours, acrylics and chalks.

His acquaintance with a famous expressionist Italian painter, Antonio Santacroce, who taught him painting at the Nike Academy in Catania, marked a radical change in his work. Under his influence, Modica has gradually departed from the representational style towards a semi-abstracted perspective, in which painting about painting and a love for sheer lines and colours have begun to struggle with his long-lasting feel for figurative art, seeking in vain a balance.

His trip to Mexico marked a further development in this direction, as it triggered a variety of sketches of Mexican villagers' everyday life which he executed with acrylics on jute in a slightly abstracted manner.

Over time he has grown a passion for the nude art which inspired a series of paintings where representation blends with abstraction, using a vivid and dramatic colour palette.

His most recent pieces are close portraits shaping a particular mood or a piece of memory. They have been accomplished using multiple layers of acrylic paint and a combination of block-style patterns and harsh, thick spatula strokes.

Fabio Modica is currently teaching painting and drawing classes at the Nike Academy, Catania. His work has been included in many shows and group exhibitions in his home town.

Education

2003-2005 Palazzo Spinelli Art and Restoration Institute, Florence, Postgraduate Degree in Drawing, Painting and Trompe l'Oeil decoration.

1999-2003 Nike Academy, Catania, Degree in Fine Art and Restoration.

2001 Nike Academy, Catania, Specialization Course in Restoration of old books, drawings and printed images.

2000 Nike Academy, Catania, Specialization Course in Painting Restoration.