Nicola Giusfredi
Nicola Giusfredi is a Livornese painter, who began his career as a self-taught artist and later studied under Maestro Ferruccio Mataresi.

Career
In 2008, Giusfredi participated with Domenico Asmone, Lilly Brogi, Franco Cappelli and Ladislao Nocentini in an exhibition at the Palazzo Panciatichi, Regional Council of Tuscany, organized by La Pergola Arte in Florence. In 2009, he was one of the artists in the exhibition at Palazzo Medici Riccardi of Florence.

During his career he received awards: in 1989, Giusfredi ranked third in the "Costa degli Etruschi" ("Etruscan Coast" art competition). He won first prize at "small size" at La Pergola Arte in 2007 and second prize in 2011, Cat Arte prize finalist of Padova (Padua) in 2011, and a special award in the artistic contest of Aci Mugello.
From 2010 to 2016, Giusfredi attended The Marguttiana of Forte dei Marmi in he was part of 2016 to the fifty-second edition.

Giusfredi has created many posters for the performances of Teatro Goldoni in Livorno and the covers of books by Italian authors and many important group exhibitions, such as 2014 Arteè at Caffè Giubbe Rosse, Florence.

In 2016, Giusfredi was in the group exhibition Arteè with numerous other painters for the Consiglio regionale della Toscana (Regional Council of Tuscany) in the Palazzo Bastogi, with presentation by Carmelina Rotundo and Peter Michael, and the presence at the inauguration of council president, Eugenio Giani.

Painting 

 Exhibition "Visioni" (1989) and "Oggetti" (2004), sala T. Signorini, Portoferraio
 Exhibition Galleria La Loggia, Marciana Marina, 1990
 Exhibition 1992 Collettiva Studio d'arte, Capoliveri, 1992
 Exhibition "Sensi" Galleria d'arte Perseo, Florence, 1998
 Exhibition  "Metamorfosi" Sala Giulio Gasparri, Castello di Populonia, 1999
 Exhibition Collettiva Sala San Ranieri San Vincenzo, Livorno, 2000
 Exhibition "Mito", Galleria Comunale Piombino, 2001
 Exhibition Prize Celeste San Gimignano, 2005, 2006
 Exhibition Prize Gardeschi, Arezzo, 2005
 Exhibition Rassegna Torino, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 2006
 Exhibition Biennale d'Arte di Pistoia, 2007
 Exhibition Auction dei Grandi Maestri Galleria M'Arte di Pistoia, 2008
 Exhibition Palazzo Panciatici, Regional Council of Tuscany, Florence, 2008
 Exhibition "Sic et Simpliciter", La Pergola Arte, Florence, 2009
 Exhibition Galleria "Via Larga", Palazzo Medici Ricciardi, Florence, 2009
 Exhibition La Marguttiana, Forte dei Marmi, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014
 Exhibition Associazione Arcadia – Granai Fortezza Orsini, Pitigliano, 2009
 Exhibition Punti di Vista, Centro Michon, Livorno, 2009
 Exhibition Fine Art, Fortezza Medicea, Siena, 2010
 Exhibition Arte Fiera, Padua, 2011
 Exhibition Carrozzeria Artigiana Il Vespaio, 2012
 Exhibition inauguration cultural local  "Il Rivellino di San Marco", Livorno, 2014
 Exhibition Arteè at the Caffè Le Giubbe Rosse, Florence, 2014
 Exhibition XII Arte Fiera, Genova, 2016

Works in public spaces and other projects 
 2008 – Gallery of the Regional Council of Tuscany
 2008 – Pinacoteca (gallery) Auser Firenze
 2012 – provided cover image for Edizioni Erasmo's Mettiti il giacchetto
 2012 – poster for the theatrical show Agape by the company Mayor Von Frinzius, produced by the Goldoni Foundation
 2013 – poster for the show Cima Coppi by the company Mayor Von Frinzius
 2013 – cover for Edizioni Erasmo's book, La sfida educativa
 2014 – poster for the show Tutti Esauriti by the company Mayor Von Frinzius
 2016 – poster for the Pisa auto rally
 2016 – poster for the show Resistenti by Teatro Goldoni

Awards and honors 
third prize at the competition "Costa degli Etruchi" (Etruscan Coast), 1989
first prize, "small size", La Pergola Arte Florence, 2007
second prize, "small size", La Pergola Arte Florence, 2011
finalist prize, Cat Arte, Padua, 2011
special prize, art contest Aci Mugello

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