ANTONIO NATALE – THE ARTIST OF BANKNOTES Antonio Natale is an Internationally recognized Italian artist born in 1965. He is the only artist to use original out of circulation banknotes in an exclusive manner as his supports since 1997. He is also known as “The Artist of Banknotes” throughout the international art community. Influenced by the Northern Expressionist movement, Antonio develops his own style which has been described as the “Mediterranean Pop Art” by the Italian art critic, Guido Pensato, “different than the American pop art movement of the 1950’s”. Recipient of many International awards and prizes, Antonio is also featured in four museums, two of which being in the Middle East and is exhibited across the globe. His collectors include important personalities of the limelight, in politics, banking and the show business. In 2022 Antonio starts collaborating with Wise.art expanding his research into the NFT world. He wins the Gold Award in the Art category of the Wise.art Excellence NFT Awards in Davos, during the World Economic Forum in January 2023. His NFTs are featured 3 times on the NASDAQ Tower in NYC since then. Today, Antonio Natale lives and works in Italy and Switzerland. Antonio Natale's remarkable NFT, "REBIRTH," is based on his captivating work of art on original, out-of-circulation banknotes of Brazil. This masterpiece serves as a poignant reminder of the environmental challenges our world faces today and envisions a brighter, more sustainable future.