Fabio Perella was born in Puglia in 1960 and he started painting at an early age, by instinct and by passion. A self-taught artist, he spent his youth studying the masters of the Renaissance and Baroque, with the obsession of training his hand to the fne drawing and to refne his own artistic sensitivity. He frequented the atelier of the Molfeta artist Ermanno Berardi as a student. At the age of 17 and 18 years old, the artist participated to collective art exhibitions organized in the Rizzoli halls of Molfeta. A important step for the artist was the move to the university town of Pescara in 1979, where the artist started studying at the Faculty of Architecture. Here he came in contact with numerous young artists from Abruzzo, and above all he came into contact with the cultural heritage of Andrea Pazienza. With enthusiasm he discovered artists’ comic books and embraced with passion this particular art form. Studying artists such as Moebius, Magnus, Bilal, Liberatore, Toppi, Manara, etc, generates an innovative research into his own Renaissance and Baroque culture, highlighting creativity, technical capacity and absolute eclectical freedom. These are the only guidelines to his own artistic production, which in the following years will combine artistic experiences that go beyond the fgurative painting. In 1984 he creates advertising material, posters and other material for a number of clubs and restaurants along the Abruzzo coast. He is also responsible for the scenography of the important summer event in Alba Adriatica (TE) “Carnival do ferragusto”, sponsored by the Giulianova (TE) Tourist Board. In 1985, the artist receives the order of a large fresco, mt. 7,00 x mt. 5,00, on which he will collaborate with the graphical artist Marino Simone. The same year he also designs the cover of the book "Assalto al cielo" of Oscar Di Paolo. In 1986 he creates the scenography of a modern dance show at the Circus Theatre of Pescara, by choreographers Russell Russell and Carol Glastonboury. During the summer of the same year, the artist paints two mirrors of exceptional dimensions in a well-known restaurant in Manfredonia (FG); he is also responsible for the design of a trend club in Tortoreto Lido (TE) and organizes cultural events in the same place, involving numerous artists from the area. In 1986 and 1987, during his military service in Bari, he becomes the ofcial artist of the 15th Management of the Military Ofce, which gives him the opportunity to exhibit his paintings in a personal exhibition in the Summer of 1987 , during the Annual Exhibition of the Military Ofce itself. In Pescara in 1988, the artist is responsible for the scenography for choreographies of Claudio Cilli, in the Circus Theatre of Pescara. The artist becomes interested in the surrealistic experience and falls in love with artists such as René Magrite, starting a personal journey which brings him closer to the painter-philosophers. During this period, for a few years, the artist works as a graphic in a well-known company in Pescara. In 1989 he participates in a collective exhibition in Alfedena (AQ), and he also exhibits his paintings in a separate exhibition in Acquaviva Picena (AP), organized by the Cultural Board of the municipality. This is the period that artist starts signing his paintings by the acronym “FAP” followed by the year of execution of the work. During these years the artist also expresses himself as a cartoon drawer in the collection of young authors created by the monthly magazine “Vario”, in Abruzzo. In 1992 the artist is invited to participate to a collective exhibition in the Palazzo Farnese in Ortona (CH). Following various collaborations as a freelancer within graphical advertisement and club/restaurant interior design, the artist participates as an actor and painter to the creation of the video-poetry “Sensi insensati” of the poet E. Berardi, produced by D. Madonna. This art piece receives an award at the International Festival of Udine. In recent years he has been experimenting with overglaze painting of stained glass windows and glass melting. In the period between 1996 and 1998, Fabio Perella participates to various collective and separate art exhibitions, in the context of musical itineraries in Spoltore, at the Circolo Arci Magò and in the communal library during the Spoltore Ensemble festival. In 1998 Fabio Perella collaborates with the Culture Board of the municipality of Spoltore, for the organization of the international jazz event “Magna Jazz”. This year the artist creates the cover for a CD by the Brazilian musician Neville Lyon and presents with his own paintings the music of another Brazilian artisit, Zeduardo Martins. In 1998, Fabio Perella is also invited to participate to a collective art exhibition in the Palazzo dell'Annunziata in Sulmona (AQ). In 1999 he creates the poster for the event “Cori polifonici della Provincia di Pescara”, where the paintingposter remains the property of S.O.M.S. of Spoltore. For Easter in Spoltore that year, Fabio Perella paints a painting for the municipality, which is currently part of the Spoltore municipality collection. In 1999 the artist shows his paintings in a personal exhibition in Pescara during a national event. The scenography for the Convention of poets and writers in Villa Acerbo of Caprara (PE) is prepared by the Fabio Perella in 2000, in the context of the 27th Premio Internazionale Flaiano. Together with other young artists, the artist participates to the preparation of the exhibition “I giorni della musica”, during the centenary celebration of Spoltore (Pe) in the communal library. In the meantime the production of paintings continues, as is an example the large dimension painting ordered by the famous cabaret “Sestosenso” in the Bari area. In 2001 the artist participates in the collective exhibition “A passeggio con il bosco” at the Arci Circle Kabala of Pescara. Again at the Kabala, the artist presents his paintings together with the literary, musical and theatrical works of violinist Diego Conti. The same year the artist creates the illustrations for the university medicine text book “Impianti post estrattivi” by professors M. Danza, E. Filippello, S. Fanali. In 2002 he has a personal exhibition in the hotel Sporting Villa Maria of Francavilla during an international convention of odontology. In 2003, the artist participates to the Roman Biennale “Leonardo da Vinci”, organized by the Libera Accademia Internazionale of Fine Arts and in July of the same year, in Palazzo Barberini in Rome, the artist is awarded with the 3rd price of academic painting, among a large selection of international artists. The awarded painting is included in the catalogue of the exhibition of the Academy. The artisti s invited to participate to the collective art exhibition “Omaggio al tricolore” " at the Classic Hotel of Reggio Emilia, organized by the Libera Accademia Internazionale of Fine Arts of Rome, Italy, in May 2004. The same month he participates to the Collective art exhibition for thirteen artists in the context of the 5th event “Colours of the Mediterranean Territory”, under the artistic supervision of Dot. Ivan D’Alberto, at the Pinacoteca Provinciale of Spoltore, sponsored by the Abruzzo Region. Also in May 2004, the artist qualifes among the frst ten artists at the 29th International Art Collection in of the “La Telaccia” gallery in Torino, with award ceremony at the Teatro Regio San Carlo of Torino. In 2005, the artist exhibits several paintings in the context of the collective art exhibition " Soto l'ombra di un bel fore" of visual art, music and video, sponsored by the Cultural Department of the Pescara municipality and by the Province of Pescara, in the previous Court of Justice. In 2009 he has a personal exhibition on the City Council hall of S. Egidio alla Vibrata (TE), sponsored by the same municipality, in the province of Teramo and of the Abruzzo Region entity. His last production is concentrated on acrylic paintings, focusing on the study and research into the esthetical-philosophical, while remaining fascinated by the Classical and while continuing to be inspired by Surrealism. The artist currently lives and works in Abruzzo, where his creative research and experimenting of the dreamer continues.