Last updated: 28 October 2026
Salvatore Fiorello is the Welsh-born, Hackney-based artist who paints small, quiet landscapes of London streets, trees and gardens at twilight. Here you will find our take on his work, where to see Salvatore Fiorello paintings, how to buy one, and his small oil in this year’s War Child auction.
Our take on Salvatore Fiorello
Fiorello paints the edges of places: fences, hedges, windows and paths, often at dusk. He starts from photographs taken on long bike rides, then paints in thin layers with a narrow range of colour. He keeps the locations vague on purpose. “I think if specifics are spelled out it can stifle the viewer from attaching their own feelings of nostalgia and deja vu to the work,” he told Blue Shop Gallery in 2024.
His War Child piece, Interval, is oil on plywood. It shows a woodland edge in warm brick reds and peach. A dark tree trunk rises on the left, while a bank of leaves glints with small flecks of turquoise and lilac. Below, low sunlight cuts a pale band across a path, broken up by long shadows. The grain of the wood shows through the thin paint in places.
Small size suits him, since most of his paintings are only a little bigger than this one. He has shown in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition several times, including in 2026, and had two recent solo shows at Blue Shop Gallery in Oval. So a bid here buys a typical example of his work rather than a sketch.
Salvatore Fiorello: the essentials
- Born in Cardiff in 1976 to an Italian father and British mother, he spent his early childhood in the Canary Islands and the Caribbean before returning to the UK in the mid 1980s, according to Blue Shop Gallery.
- Lives and paints in Hackney, East London.
- BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Painting, in Birmingham (1998) and an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London (2000), according to his own CV.
- Won the Laing Painting Prize (under-25 category) in 1995 and was twice shortlisted for the Celeste Art Prize, in 2006 and 2007.
- Regularly selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Hibernian Academy annual shows.
- Solo shows at Blue Shop Gallery, London (2024 and 2025), Irving Gallery, Oxford (2023), and earlier at Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, and Gibsone Jessop Gallery, Toronto.
Where to see Salvatore Fiorello now
- Coming up: Sound & Vision 2026, a War Child charity auction online from 27 October to 12 November 2026, with the works on view at Iconic Images Gallery, London, 6 to 8 November. The piece is Interval (2026), oil on plywood, 21 x 15 cm (8.3 x 5.9 in), lot page.
- Between Days (solo), Blue Shop Gallery, Oval, London, 24 September to 25 October 2025.
- Bucolia II (group), Blue Shop Gallery, Oval, London, 11 June to 27 July 2025.
- Small Hours (solo), Blue Shop Gallery, Oval, London, 13 to 30 June 2024.
How to buy a Salvatore Fiorello painting
There are no Salvatore Fiorello prints, editions or books on sale. His paintings sell through his gallery:
- Paintings: through Blue Shop Gallery, London, price on request.
- Interval, 2026: a small oil on plywood in the War Child Sound & Vision auction, bidding from £100 until 12 November 2026 (bid here).
Salvatore Fiorello FAQs
Where is Salvatore Fiorello from?
He was born in Cardiff in 1976 and now lives and works in Hackney, East London.
Which gallery shows Salvatore Fiorello?
Blue Shop Gallery in Oval, south London, which gave him solo shows in 2024 and 2025.
Can I buy a Salvatore Fiorello print?
Not at the moment. There are no prints or editions; his paintings sell through Blue Shop Gallery on request.
Where can I see his work in London?
His War Child piece, Interval, is on view at Iconic Images Gallery from 6 to 8 November 2026.
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Main image: Salvatore Fiorello in his London studio, 2025. Photo courtesy Blue Shop Gallery. Cropped and framed by CoolCuration. Exhibition dates, prices, auction results and market figures last checked: 28 October 2026.
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