Paolo Ferroni was born in 1953 in Rome, where he lives and works.

In 1967, he enrolled at the Art School on Via Ripetta, under the guidance of talented professors and artists: set designer Gaetano Castelli, painters Franco Piruca and Elena Felici, watercolorist Armocida, and architects Mazzacurati and Caccetta. From 1971, he attended the painting course at the Academy of Fine Arts on Via Ripetta in Rome, taught by Maestro Franco Gentilini, engraver Arnoldo Ciarrocchi, and art historian Antonio del Guercio.

He graduated in 1975. During these years, he devoted himself intensely to life studies: models, portraits, people, horses, dark and atmospheric interiors, urban landscapes, and especially trees, which constitute a constant reference!

His painting always begins with the study of reality, taken from life, in the form of sketches, drafts, and finished drawings, both in black and white and color, starting with the figurative and, through successive phases of schematization, arriving at abstraction. The interpretation of reality proceeds according to his cultural and aesthetic sensibility, which, from the art of the 19th century and the avant-garde, reaches the point of abstract sign and materiality. After several years focusing on abstraction, in 2020/21 the artist devoted himself to plein air painting, directing his research toward the interpreted and sometimes transfigured representation of natural reality, imbuing it with expressive and emotional influences.

After several years focusing on abstraction, in 2020/21 the artist devoted himself to plein air painting, directing his research toward the interpreted and sometimes arrives at the sign and the abstract material.

His landscape painting, however, is never intended as a decorative accessory, and one might think the themes are rather familiar: seascapes, cloudy skies, rocky cliffs, trees, but that's not the case! The great theme of "Nature-Arche," deeply felt by the artist, is actually extremely timely and lived with the intention of engaging, through his personal idea of ​​"Beauty" (different from the subjective concept of "taste") in Nature and Art, with issues related to climate and environmental protection. The painting techniques he has adopted over time are 

traditional, such as oil, watercolor, acrylic, and charcoal pencil, on classic supports such as canvas and cotton paper, sometimes enriched with extraneous materials, especially sand. Lately, he has favored watercolor, though he uses it unorthodoxly, applying numerous layers of paint, as if it were oil.

His painting is structured according to the following parameters: compositional organization, relationships between forms, color intensity, and dynamic strokes, harmoniously balanced.

In recent years, he has also become increasingly interested in social issues, particularly the dramatic nature of migrant landings, culminating in a solo exhibition on the theme "Shipwrecks and Castaways," but always in their relationship with nature.

He has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows. His latest solo exhibitions were:

"Suggestions en plein air" - March 2022 at the "Laboratorio" in Trastevere, Rome

"Trees in Villa Ada" - June 2022 - "Centro Maria Lai Acrase" - Rome

"Nature is Painting" - May 2023 - at "Sinergie Solidali" - Rome

"With Your Head in the Clouds" - September 2023 at the "Laboratorio" in Trastevere, Rome

"Art that Includes: Shipwrecks and Castaways" - SOS Racism - Regina Elena Institute, Rome

"Promenade in Villa Ada" - at "Sinergie Solidali" - Rome

"Sea, Wind, and Limestone" - at the Aleph Rome Hotel, Rome

"Migrants" - Festival of Cultures 2024, at the Welcome Center in Rome.

"The Art of Peace" - 2025 - Traveling exhibition promoted by the SOS Racism association.

"The Art of Peace" - 2025 - "Migrants and Gaza" at the Vaccheria dell'Eur