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Antonio Natale, born in Foggia, Italy on May 13, 1965, pursued studies at the Liceo Artistico and worked as an Advertising Designer and Press Illustrator.

Moving to Rome in 1984, he graduated from the Accademia delle Belle Arti in 1988, studying Engraving and researching the Italian Artistic Movement "Nuova Maniera". Influenced by Northern Expressionists during his European travels.

He began painting on out-of-circulation banknotes in 1997. Known as "The Artist of Banknotes," his work has been exhibited worldwide and recognized by prominent figures and NGO's, the Art world, Museums and Art Foundations.

His awards include the ARGOS HIPPIUM (2017), the Golden Palette (2020), and the Mellow Art Award (2021). Featured on the cover of Ozero Komo magazine in 2023 and 4 times on the NASDAQ Tower in NYC in 2024

He embraced blockchain technology and NFTs and made history, registering the first Art car NFT on The Motorchain’s platform in 2023, in collaboration with Wise.art.

He won the Gold Award in the Art Category at the Wise.art Excellence NFT Awards in 2023 which was held during the WEF World Summit in Davos Switzerland. 

The essence of the Art of Antonio Natale is an invitation to an internal as well as an external voyage.
Through the stories he tells, the Artist opens a secret doorway to an enchanted universe and invites the beholder to discover a thousand messages through a game of light and transparence mixed with tenderness and sarcasm. His messages are those of silenced people, the oppressed, the weak and the forgotten. They are also poems expressed through the eyes of love and internal beauty.

Antonio Natale has chosen out of circulation banknotes from the world over to express his views and feelings, his revolt in the face of injustice and his acclamation for life and for hope. He takes the spectator on a voyage thought the ages, countries and their diversity with the banknotes he uses to create. Thus, changing the significance of his support, for not only he restores the lost value of the banknotes, but he also unifies the people of the world throughout the ages under the unique banner of Art. He therefore expresses the fact that we face the same battle and the same hurts and invites us to introspect, and reflect on human condition. It’s an ode to LOVE, an S.O.S, he sends to the world.