At my studio, photo by Agnese Carbone
CONTACTS
Mail: studio@rup.rip
Instagram @roberto_rup_paolini
Roberto Rup Paolini is a multidisciplinary artist, currently living and working in Milan. His work often develops within crepuscular atmospheres and is focused on the observation and elaboration of emotions, both personal and collective, as well as on the emotional condition of the individual within contemporary society. The use of arcane and symbolic figures, rooted in a folkloric and fantastical imagery, intertwines with contemporary and popular aesthetic references, resulting in pictorial and graphic works characterized by vivid, sanguine colors, where light emerges from shadow and encounters a mesmerical dimension.
After graduating from an Art High School, he qualified as an Editorial Illustrator at the Arte&Messaggio School of the Castello Sforzesco in Milan. He began his professional career as an Advertising Art Director, initially working in the digital field and later in print and television, creating campaigns for brands such as Campari, Vodafone, TIM, Yamaha, Volkswagen, Audi and Bialetti. Some of these projects received awards and were published in ADCI annuals and specialized magazines.
Following an experience in the film industry in Rome, he worked as a director for advertising, music videos and corporate projects, producing and directing two documentaries (Arrivederci a Taranto, 2008; La Visione Romantica, 2014) and a feature-length fiction film (L'Estraneo - The Outsider, 2018), which were presented and awarded at international festivals and screenings.
In 2017 he founded a cinematographic collective project called Carboluce, with the purpose to research and promote new stylish self-produced movies. In 2020 he is the Executive Producer and Creative Director of the collective movie Film Fantasma.
In recent years, he has exhibited works of painting, video and installation at galleries, institutions and artist residencies in Italy and abroad, including ONOFF, Hasita, Triennale Milano, Oscillazioni (Pontremoli), Futuro Arcaico (Bari), Casa degli Artisti (Milan), 079|Stories (Ahmedabad, India) and Artaffect (Sofia, Bulgaria).
PRESS
ArtsLife, Jyot (ज्योति). Luce interiore. La personale di Roberto Rup Paolini in Gujarat (September 5th, 2025)
Artribune, Italia e l’India più vicine grazie a un nuovo progetto di residenze e mostre d’arte (September 7th, 2025)
Consolato Generale d'Italia a Mumbai, Jyot – Fuoco: inaugurata ad Ahmedabad la mostra dell’artista italiano Roberto Rup Paolini (September 15th, 2025)
Ansa, Console a Mumbai inaugura mostra d'arte italiana ad Ahmedabad (August 23th, 2025)
Revenews, Arte tra emozioni e contaminazione immaginifica del reale (June 14th, 2024)
Cinema Beltrade, FILM FANTASMA - Ne parliamo Roberto Rup Paolini e gli altri autori (February 2th, 2024)
Birdmen Magazine, Il cinema collettivo di Carboluce – Film Fantasma (October 2th, 2020)
Nocturno, Intervista a Roberto Rup Paolini - Il progetto Carboluce e Film Fantasma
Wired, Nasce la casa di distribuzione di film Carboluce (March 29th, 2017)
Carboluce, Roberto Rup Paolini e La Visione Romantica - TALKING WITH THE MOVIE GUY
D'Ars Mag, “La visione romantica”: intervista al regista Roberto RUP Paolini (February 25th, 2015)
EXHIBITIONS AND RESIDENCES
2026
Space is the Place, House Farrago - Artaffect, Sofia, Bulgaria
2025
Jyot, personal exhibition, 079|Stories gallery, Ahmedabad, India
2024
Buonanotte Giorno, project developed in artistic residency, Casa degli Artisti, Milano
Warm socks on a sunny day, collective exhibition, Riss(e), Varese
2023
Twin Spark, collective exhibition, Condominio, Milano
Ex-Sistere, collective exhibition, Hasita Gallery, Milano
Santa, multidisciplinary collective exhibition, Ex-Viri, Noicattaro (Bari)
Oscillazioni, Palazzo Damiani, Pontremoli (painting and site specific installation)
2022
Oscillazioni, NoGallery, Pontremoli (paintings exposition, residence and live painting)
Santa, artistic residency for Futuro Arcaico and Naka, Noicattaro (Bari)
2021
Sentimenti Manifesti, Spazio ONOFF, Milano (painted posters and books)
2020
Art of Being Alone, Artios Gallery, New York (IX - The Hermit, video installation)
Walk in Studio, viafarini/docva, Milan (IX - The Hermit, video installation)
2018
Studi Festival, labRouge, Milano (drawings)
2016
Subculture Fanzine, Edicola Radetzky, Milan (drawings)
2013
Arte in Sarpi, Casta Diva Pictures, Milan (video installation and drawings)
2012
Objects that watching you, Design Library Cafè, Milan (video installation)
You are the Future, BSpace, Milan (video installation and drawings)
FILM FESTIVALS
2023
INQRVENTION Film Festival, São Paulo, (Brazil) Stockholm City Film Festival (Sweden)
2022
Festival del cinema di Cefalù (Italy)
2020
Esto Es Para Esto, Monterrey (Mexico) Insolito Film Fest, Lima (Perù)
2019
Indie Visions Film Festival, Charlottesville (USA) Festival dell’Amore, Triennale Museum, Milan (Italy)
2017
MonFilmFest, Casale Monferrato (Italy) LoveFilmFest, Verona (Italy)
2012
Cineterra, Siena (Italy)
2009
Epizephiry Film Festival, Locri (italy)
2008
Festival del Cinema Europeo, Lecce (Italy)
Cinemambiente, Torino (Italy)
Tesori di Puglia - Mostra del documentario, Manfredonia (Italy)
