Osvaldo Jr

Paolo Pastorino was born in Savona, as son of two artists who introduced him to the artistic world, particularly painting and ceramics. He graduated from the Polytechnic of his hometown and enrolled in the Faculty of Microelectronic Engineering. He received most of his artistic training in the family's art ceramics factory, where he came into contact with several master artists, such as Antonio Sabatelli, Luigi Valerisce and Renata Galbiati. In 1987, when he was 13 years old, he took part in his first public exhibition of ceramics at Genoa Spring Fair together with the Ceramists' Association of Albisola and his parents' company.

In Genoa, in the 1990s, he approached Hyperrealism. In his technique, Pastorino decided to alternate the use of classical tools such as the brush and clay to that of the airbrush pen. He produced works on various supports: paper, tanks, helmets, murals, t-shirts, paintings... He looks to his university education to approach the use of computers in his artistic creativity.

Over the years, his studies have ranged in different fields: photography, advertising and design. In 2017, thanks to the spread of the 3D printing technique, he implements his works by merging prototyping in eco-plastic materials and ceramic art for new concepts of his feeling.

In 2018 he joined the manifesto of the "realvisualism" movement and in 2019 he founded the association "Real Visual E(art)h Movement" with other members. Today he defines himself as an artist marked by Neo-Pop Art.