Controvena, 2023

Simone Travaglini  

Simone Travaglini, known as “Travart." A palindromic word that combines his nickname with his passion.

An Italian born in Fano in 1993 and living in Mondolfo, the calm atmosphere of his hometown and the strong ambitions passed down by his family allowed him to grow up in an environment where developing interests was inevitable. He showed artistic talent from a very young age and believed that continuing along that path was the right choice. After graduating from the ISA A. Apolloni in Fano with a specialization in architecture and interior design, he entered the workforce as a carpenter in his family's artisan business.

In 2014, he gave up football and replaced his time in sports with art. The year 2016 marked a turning point, when he began creating commissioned drawings under the name TRAVART. In the limited hours of the evening, he expanded his artistic abilities into painting as well, independently learning and refining his technique. The positive results he achieved as a self-taught artist began to bear fruit; word of mouth became his best form of promotion, generating increasing demand and motivating him to experiment with different techniques and surfaces, most of which are documented on his social media pages.