About Us

LEONE CAPPIELLO.
Syart Founder

Born in Sorrento but a world citizen, he worked as Manager and Sales Agent for Luxury Multinationals such as SSIH, CHOPARD and CORUM. At the same time he always followed his passion for history, culture and art, organizing events such as antique exhibitions, vintage watches and cars exhibitions. He has promoted the TERRA DELLE SIRENE Awar to promote the Southern culture. About ten years ago, thanks to a friend, he discovered the wonderful world of contemporary art and young artists, beginning a way that he no longer abandoned and led to the collaborations that created SyART – SORRENTO YOUNG ART.

ROSSELLA SAVARESE.
Syart Gallery manager & Art Curator

She has a high passion for visual arts, cinema, and theater. She graduated from the Sorrento Art Institute “Francesco Grandi”, and continued her studies at the Istituto Universitario Suor Orsola Benincasa in Naples where she graduated in “Conservazione dei beni culturali” focusing on the contemporary sector. She disserted the importance of Peggy Guggenheim’s activity as a link between the art of European and non-European countries. Contemporary art experiences follow where she has had managerial roles in galleries of contemporary international art, such as the Miart Gallery S.r.l., based in Via Brera in Milan, and has also dealt with foreign relations and exhibition curatorships. She participated in several dedicated fair events, including Miart in Milan and Kunstart in Bolzano. In 2011 she participated in the “Valore Donna” exhibition at the Pinacoteca di Positano (Sa), with an interview “How to read a work of art”. In 2012, she authored the catalog “Antonio Di Viccaro – Italian Landscapes”, edited by Lemme Edizioni, in co-production with Mondo Arte, a magazine for which she contributes to frequently. In 2014 she participated as a speaker at “The Italian Transavanguardia”, held in Brussels, where she sponsored a group of Italian artists with the patronage of the Italian Cultural Institute. Founding member of the Syart Cultural Association, in 2018 she was curatorship of the “Sorrento Young Art “, an event that takes place in the prestigious venue of the Sorrento Foundation. Her activity of art curator continues in Italy and abroad.