Vanni Rocca

The Sardinian Fine Art

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↓ Section 1 — Artist's Statement

My works arise from
an intimate urge to convey emotions.

Tales of Sardinia

My art is a constant search for a connection between two worlds: on one side the proud traditional identity of an entire people, on the other an absolutely unique and modern style.

Traditional Costumes Masks Horses Sea Nuraghi
↓ Section 2 — Featured Series
The Series

Emotion and Tradition

Portraits of belonging

The Series

Genesis

The primordial state of the works

The Series

Masks of Sardinia

Portraits of ancient rites

The Series

Wild Souls

The freedom to be special

The Series

Sea and Sails

The spirit of Sardinia

The Series

Nuraghi as Jewels

Nuraghi to display at home like jewels

↓ Section 3 — A Tribute to Grazia Deledda

In 2025 my story of Sardinia meets
the words of Grazia Deledda

↓ Section 4 — The Art Studio

I am the son of a land of wide horizons,
and it is in these very horizons that my work is born.

my studio with no walls
and no borders

For four years I have painted constantly while travelling, letting myself be shaped by cultures, languages and ways of life different from my own.

I feed on new perspectives from which to observe my land, which remains the gravitational centre of my story.

195
Places
10
Countries
Horizons
Map

Each point represents a place
where I have stopped
to paint

↓ Section 5 — Short Biography
Vanni Rocca

A life transformed by the power of art

In 2017, at thirty-nine, I turned to painting purely by chance, and was immediately captivated. That moment marked the start of my self-taught journey. In 2020, one of my works entering the public collection of the Regional Ethnographic Institute (ISRE) marked a turning point in my artistic path.

In 2021 I left my career in IT to devote myself entirely to painting. Today I paint while travelling, from the almond groves of Andalusia to the ports of the Baltic Sea, and my works can be found in private collections around the world. Italian and international trade magazines have featured in-depth pieces on my work, centred on the story of Sardinian identity.

In 2024 some of my works were selected for the Excellent Fair in Rotterdam, an international furniture and luxury fair. In 2025 the work "Custodians of Tradition" received recognition at the Marchionni Prize. That same year I completed the first ever painted transposition of a novel by Grazia Deledda.

Excellent Fair Rotterdam Top 10 Marchionni Prize ISRE Collection Collections in 12 Countries
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