Something About Me

I define myself as a communicating artist because I work with art, communication, and visual languages. In my poetics, these aspects are constantly in dialogue with one another, shaping an all-encompassing vision of the contemporary world.

I began working as an Art Director in the 1980s, when the advertising world was rapidly expanding and there was a great sense of excitement—no computers, but plenty of hands-on work with brushes and colors that set ideas in motion. A turning point came when I decided to leave for New York, where I lived for several years, because that was where things were happening—long before they reached us. For me, that was real professional development: not sitting in Master’s programs, but learning “on the road.” To support myself, I did everything from waitressing at Caffè Dante in the Village to working as an illustrator for Uptown agencies, in that city where anything could happen—such as seeing Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat sparring in a boxing ring, or being served at your table by Madonna in an East Side club.

It was there that I defined my artistic path, with subjects charged with ambiguity and contradiction, and it was there that I held my first exhibitions, in the galleries of West Broadway. I also created several frescoes in Connecticut using the original technique I learned from an artist from Molise who had lived with the Oglala Native Americans—the tribe featured in Dances with Wolves.

I later returned to Italy—don’t ask me why—bringing with me a wealth of experience and a solid command of English, which allowed me to board the plane of globalization increasingly headed eastward. The spiritual and cultural dimension, along with artistic exchanges with countries such as India and China, profoundly influenced my work, which gradually embraced more introspective and existential dimensions.

Yet I have never abandoned the craft of communication, which has enabled me to keep my mind constantly attuned to evolving languages and maintain an open vision toward multiple challenges—such as guiding projects and companies toward the Middle Kingdom (China), teaching in China, or taking part in cultural initiatives aimed at promoting Italian Design. (see video)

For me, art and communication are in continuous dialogue, because both narrate humanity and its time. And these are times in which an artist is no longer a solitary intellectual, but must become a true translator and cohesive force in a world where the image has acquired multiple layers of meaning.

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