Ida Parigi was born in Cortona, old little etruscan town in the heart of Tuscany where she still lives realizing copies of Van Gogh paintings masterpieces.
In august 2000, her very first exibition in Cortona (Palazzo Ferretti hall), was a real success, a sold out in a few days and her paintings came out to the attention of collectors and art critics.
National and International exibitions:
-International Biennale of Contemporary arts, Florence 2001;
-Private exibition at Galleria Porta all’Arco, Siena 2001;
-Private exibition Teatro della Bicchieraia, Arezzo 2002;
-“Women in the arts”, Limonaia di Villa Strozzi, Florence 2003;
- La Maison de l’Amerique Latine de Monaco, Montecarlo 2003;
- International ARTEXPO New York,i Manhatta Convention Center 2003;
- Private exibition at Kim Cooper Gallery, London 2003;
- Jiavitz Convention Center , Manhattan 2004;
- Sharjah Arts Museum, Sharjah , United Arab Emirates 2005;
- Arte VIP 2005, Ferrara 2005;
- Private exibition at Allan Foster Gallery, Londra2006;
- Monte-Carlo ART, Monte Carlo 2007;
- ART CANNES, Cannes 2007;
- AL ABBAR ART GALLERY, Dubai 2008;
- A.I.A.P. Turkish National Committee and UNESCO, Istanbul 2008;
- The Saatchi Gallery, London
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She has also been guest for Unomattina, popular tv show on the most important italian network, on feb. 23rd 2006.
Ida Parigi is very well know mostly in the USA where a lot of collectors has been seduced by her art. Many of her painting infact are still hosted in Houston, NY-Rockfeller Center and Minneapolis.