At the festival

Steven Guarnaccia is one of the most important contemporary illustrators. On the occasion of Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2015, Steven Guarnaccia is going to transform Hamelin headquarters in his home. A trip through family remembrances, guided by a collection of drawings and found objects reinterpreted and customized by the artist.

Childhood, roots, immigration, the relationship between father and son are the core themes of Fatherland, solo exhibition by Steven Guarnaccia. Shoes, cigar boxes, wooden shirts, gloves, duckpins, clubs, suitcases, and many other objects are marks of family remembrances, studded with emblematic words from the artist’s life.

A vital and dynamic game among images, texts and heartfelt thoughts that shapes a path through which visitors can lose themselves and constantly test their curiosity.


The exhibition is opening April the 1st 2015, at 7.30 pm, in the presence of the artist.


Related to the exhibition, Collezionare me stesso, panel with the artist taking place March the 31st 2015 at CUBO. 
The artist is also going to meet the public at Caffè degli Illustratori (Bologna Children’s Book Fair) April the 1st 2015, at 2.00 pm.

Curated by Hamelin Associazione Culturale.

In collaboration with Transbook Children’s Literature on the Move, CUBO Centro Unipol Bologna, Parsons The New School for Design, Comune di Bologna – Quartiere San Vitale, Corraini.



Opening time: monday-friday 10.00-13.00/15.00-18.30 | Closed Saturday and Sunday



Steven Guarnaccia lives and works in New York. His works and illustrations are published on several magazines and newspapers, as “The New York Times” and “Abitare”. He collaborates with MOMA (New York), and designed different models of Swatch watches, carpets, ties, jewels, and a line of murals for Disney Cruise. He published illustrated collections of palindromes, a part from illustrated books for children, pop-up books, and books about popolar culture and design. He teaches illustration at Parsons – New School for Design of New York.