The teachers and visiting professors will follow the students’ learning step by step with a focus on drawing, which is precisely the heart of the teaching process of the Milano Painting Academy, because painting is the obvious goal of drawing, and it is impossible to pursue an artistic path in painting without a solid foundation of drawing; painting is conceived as an “ultra-language” that is grafted onto the language of drawing as it provides for the absolute control of themes such as anatomy, proportion, sign, hatching and perspective.

The visiting professors  will constantly follow the learning path and progress of each student, accompanying them towards increasingly complex projects through the experimentation of techniques and stylistic solutions that lead the student to find their own artistic character and their own expressive language.

Drawing and Painting Teachers

Alex Folla

Drawing and Painting

Alex Folla was born in Oggiono in 1980. He obtained an academic diploma, achieving full marks with honours from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts.

Elena Trailina

Drawing and Painting

She was born in Moscow in 1979. After earning her Management Degree from the Moscow International University and the Leadership Course at Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, she decided to pursue a passion for painting by training in Andrej Mountian’s studio.

Maurizio Carriero

He studied Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. In 2003 he studied Applied Art in New Technologies at the Bauhaus Universität in Weimar, Germany. In 2008 he concluded his studies by specializing in Visual Arts at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan.

Giotto Riva

Drawing and Painting

Giotto Riva was born in 1998 in Milan, Italy. He received his training in Barcelona, where he lived and studied under master Jordi Diaz Alama at the Barcelona Academy of Fine Arts. His works have been exhibited in various cities, including Milan, Barcelona, Rome and London.

Visiting Professor and Subjects