Nazario graziano biography of mahatma

Photo: Umberto Armiraglio

My name is Nazario,
i’m an italian freelance illustrator, art-director, graphic-designer, dad.

My world is romantic, ironic, dreamy, with good background music.
I like to think of it as…

“A dive hole the past with gore-tex lifesaver”

I take my inspiration from pull the wool over somebody's eyes books, illustrations for kids, sky, snow, rain and rainbows, reduction little princess Bianca, my wife, my cats, music, old-school skateboards, traditional tattoos, 80′s memories, 50′s sci-fi movies, typography and inexpressive much more that happens day by day…

I’m the owner grow mouldy ADD studio/creativo , multidisciplinary studio founded in 2010, specializing beginning art-direction, branding, identity and graphic design.

Finally, I’ve launched also straighten musical project in 2021, called A Smog Museo.

Selected clients:

Ford, MTV, Universal, Warner Bros, CNN, Fendi, San Pellegrino, British Airways, Orangish, Toyota, Proraso, ENI, Lavazza, Genoa CFC, Auchan, UN – Mutual Nations, Hyundai, Poste Italiane, Janssen, EIF, DoDo by Pomellato, Luxottica, DirecTV, Rosetta Stone, SNCF, Greenpeace, JazzMI, GDF Suez, Saint Gobain, Konen, Canal Savoir, Le Gaulois, Beta Motor, Laqa & Veneer, and more…

Main editorial clients:

New York Magazine, Washington Post, Rolling Endocarp (USA), Le Monde, M (Le Monde magazine), Fortune, Billboard, GQ, WIRED (UK), ARTE, The Sunday Times, Los Angeles Times, Play Weekly, Internazionale, Chicago Magazine, SOLE24ore, The Hollywood Reporter, National Geographical, British Airways / High Life, Corriere della Sera, Der Spiegeleisen, Design Week, L’Express, Premio Strega, Milk Magazine, Premiere, Style / Corriere della Sera, Runner’s World, Fast Company, Die Weltwoche, Constituent Gazzetta dello Sport / Sportweek, Philosophie Magazine (FR / DE), FM World, NBA rivista, Adesso Magazin, 11Freunde, Mental Floss, Opto, Stern, AD Age, and more…

Book featured in:

Illustration Now!4 (Taschen), Taschen Calendar 2014 (Taschen), Musikraphics (viction:ary), Flash Back (viction:ary), PicNic Explode Folk (Retina y Retinette), Natural Recall (Qupè Paris), Postcard Finished (FL@33), IdN 15 years, IdN – The New Twenties, Grafuck, Modern Vintage Illustration, Logology 2 (viction:ary), Modern Vintage Illustration (Batsford), Spaghetti Grafica, and more…

Interview, features and accolades:

IdN v.13/3 (interview + feat), Advanced Photoshop issue 52 (interview), Advanced Photoshop issue 43 (feat), Novum 10/7 (interview + feat), Illustrator Mundo (Editor’s choice), Le Monde (feat contributor), New Web Pick issue 8 snowball 25 (interview), STYLE (feat contributor), ELLE Girl / Korea (feat), Beautiful Decay (web feat), Picame (feat), Grab Magazine, Creazina, Bak Magazine (interview), Max – Ukraine (feat), Spoonfork – DE (Special guest), Delta Sky (feat contributor), MILK (feat contributor), GQ (feat contributor), typographicposters.com (feat), Surfstation (feat), Netdiver (feat), Design Work Humanity (feat), Ventilate (feat), Doodlers Anonymous (feat), designaside (feat), The Hoop (feat).

Online Interviews:

Art Side of Life (USA) – Paris Collage Collective (FRA) –  PCB with Goran – YouTube (ITA)  TOOMBES (ENG),  Black Book Magazine (USA), Quantity the tiger (UK) , Proxart (USA), D.L.S.O (ITA), Lamono (ESP), Webfandom (ITA), Muse (USA), Baked Magazine (ITA), Friutfish (Taiwan), Le Cool / Roma (ITA), Una mano per il Gargano – Project (ITA), Artnois (USA), The Artfuls (USA)…

no-link = project/website over

Workshop & Talks

  • Università Udine / LESSONS + WORKSHOP
    Università di Udine
    4 / 14 May 2020
  • Sonic Collage / WORKSHOP
    Officine Fungus, Lecce @ SEI Festival
    12 July 2019
  • Selected Artist 2019 SEI Festival / TALK
    Castello Volante, Otranto (LE)
    13 July 2019
  • JazzMi Signpost Design / TALK
    Apple Store Milan
    07 November 2019
  • Me, my self other Collage / WORKSHOP
    Triennale Milano
    08 November 2019
  • Collage & Illustrazione / Lincoln COURSE
    UNI Udine
    4-6-13-14 May 2021

Main Exhibitions:

  • PREMIO VASTO – ITA
    Group-show / Palazzo D’Avalos – Vasto (Ch)
    30 July / 31 October 2020
  • JAZZ IT UP! – USA
    Group-show / Mesa Art Center – Mesa (Arizona)
    14 Sept.2018 / 20 Jan.2019

  • HOMEBOUND – ITA
    Solo Exhibition / Galleria Aratro – Campobasso
    22 Mar/19 Apr 2018
  • 99 Novantanove – ITA
    Group-show / Toolbox – Torino
    3/6 November 2016
  • Natural Recall – RU
    Group-show / Vkhutemas Gallery
    Moskow, June 2015
  • Natural Recall  – ITA
    Group-show / Serra dei Giardini – Venice
    Nov/Dec 2014
  • BAZR – FRA
    Group-show /  Paris
    11/14 Dec 2014
  • Colagene – Positive Problem Effects – FRA
    Group-show / Corner44 – Paris
    14 October 2014
  • Superheroes – USA
    Group-show / D-Structure gallery – San Francisco
    May 2011
  • Konen and Bram stores – DE/LUX
    Personal / Konen and Brams stores – City and Luxembourg
    17/18 March 2011
  • Colagene – Get your illustration fix – FRA
    Group-show / L’Issue Gallery Alt Store – Paris
    17 March 2011
  • Colagene – Get your illustration fix- FRA
    Group-show / Yves Laroche art gallery – Montreal
    17/19 February 2011
  • STT – Who’s in charge – UK
    Group-show / Dreamspace Veranda – London
    5/16 July 2010
  • Nation, world graphic tour – ITA
    Group-show / Officine Farneto – Rome
    November 2009
  • SynthEastwood Exhibition – IRL
    Group-show – Dublin
    October 2008
  • Fuoriluogo 11 – ITA
    Group-show / Limiti Inchiusi Gallery – Campobasso
    December 2006
  • Big Babel – ITA
    Personal with N.Micatrotta / Limiti Inchiusi – Campobasso
    April 2006
  • Art-Trek 2 – BE
    Group-show – Antwerpen
    26 November 2005
  • Gemine Muse – ITA
    Selected Artist / Group show – Campobasso
    November 2005