"Mattia Cavanna was born in Novara, but his personal and professional trajectory has led him to live and train in Paris, Oxford, Turin, Rome, Washington D.C., and Milan. A geographical and human journey that has contributed to building a curious and open outlook on the world. Graduated in engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan, Cavanna has been working for years in research and development, tackling complex challenges between technological innovation and advanced design. Yet, alongside the rigor of his profession, he has always cultivated another dimension, more intimate and visceral: that of drawing and oil painting. His is a dual creative life that does not generate contradiction but synergy. His approach to art is, after all, akin to that of engineering design: analytical and precise, but also capable of capturing the unexpected, the fragile moment that becomes a narrative. Cavanna has exhibited in Washington D.C. and Rome, and he illustrated the book Women on Top of the World (Quercus Books). In 2022, he received the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts Award, confirming the quality of his work also in the international arena. With the SHOTS project, Cavanna proposes a series of paintings that traverse landscapes, scenes of daily life, and portraits. They are micro-stories captured with a quick and precise stroke, that render the essence of a moment without getting lost in superfluous details. His stylistic signature is recognized in elegant chromatics and in a narrative intelligence that emerges from each canvas: Cavanna never paints for mere exercise, but to tell a story. He is currently working on a new artistic project dedicated to the prison world, in collaboration with various Italian penitentiary institutions. A work that unites art with the social dimension and gives the creative gesture an ethical function, capable of generating reflection and openness. The poetics of Mattia Cavanna thus moves between technique and inspiration, between logic and sensitivity, building a fascinating bridge between engineering and art: two worlds that, in his journey, do not exclude each other but nourish one another."