Biography
Statement & Biography
I am intrigued by essence and absence. I shoot through rapid movement of scenery: this is the starting point for subtraction, exasperation of contrast and scarification of the image until nothing but essence is left, an intimate and hidden projection of Self, an outstretched hand toward the viewer.
My artistic journey started by taking random shots, as I watched the world move and evolve in front of me. I discovered faces, unexpected moments and fragments of poetry: a wealth of emotions and suggestions. I never conceived shooting as a technical exercise where everything was balanced in search of perfection. Simply it wasn’t my purpose. Conversely I found in imperfection and movement the key to my expression. Later I started stripping back the shots, to make them more evocative, more extreme, more direct. Here I focused my research, where I found my sense of art, working on subtraction of light, on scarification, on the creation of contrasts, using monochromes, researching geometries. My "white canvas" has become the moving shots of roads, bridges, tunnels, preferably at night, in extreme weather conditions, with rain and fog. The more these contexts are irregular and reproduced imperfectly, the more my “white canvas” becomes valuable and full of items which project me and the viewer into a plastic dimension of unreality. Why there? Because there I've discovered a dimension that combines relaxation and alienation, a sort of comfort zone where that precarious balance that is the base of the complicated craft of existence seems to emerge. The purpose of my work is to reconcile frustration and harmony in a sort of limbo, of suspension, of indefinite. Most of my shots occur while I’m driving in solitude, where I’m travelling with my mind, while my body is busy completing a physical gesture, almost paralyzed by instinct and not with real commitment. Yet in this space in which I can’t escape from the cage (the car) I am compelled to pay attention to the unexpected (to what I have in front, beside and behind me): the perfect setting at the base of my "canvas". The starting point of an artistic process that unfolds in a continuum that does not end with the finished artwork. Indeed, the finished artwork poses many questions, leaving the viewer with the burden to respond. For me Art is an expressive medium.
Last Exhibitions/ Publications
>22th December 2014: selected in the “Special Mention Gallery” by Association “Ventritre01” (Artworks Selection 2015) - Official catalog published
>27th January 2015–10th February 2015: international collective exhibition of contemporary visual art (“Art Meeting”) at Domus Romana in Rome organized by Co.Art Event
>February 2015: selected for on line exhibition at “Colors of Humanity Art Gallery” (“RED” 2015 Show)
>February 2015: selected in a “Special Recognition Award” for on line exhibition at “Light Space Time Gallery” (“All Photography Art Exhibition”)
>6th–21th February 2015: international collective exhibition of contemporary visual art (”Vibraciones Cromaticàs”) at Crisolart Galleries in Barcelona
>20th March 2015–4th April 2015: international collective exhibition “Italian Soul Contemporary Art in UAE” at “Don Alfonso Restaurant 1890” Dubai - Official catalog published
>28th March 2015–4th April 2015: international collective exhibition “Italian Soul Contemporary Art in UAE” at “Art Hub” Abu Dhabi (Cultural and Artistic Center) - Official catalog published
>9th-20th May 2015: international Exhibition of Contemporary ART EXPO 2015 at Palazzo Stella in Genova - Official catalog published
>13th July-31th August 2015: selected for Photissima Art Fair 2015 at Campo dei Frari, San Polo, Venezia, simultaneously at the 56th Art Biennale Venezia - Official catalog published
>05th–12th December 2015: international exhibition “Italian Art Fair in UAE” at “DUCTAC - Mall of the Emirates - Al Barsha Dubai Official catalog published
>16th-18th January 2016: international collective exhibition of modern and contemporary art “Piacenza Art” at Piacenza Expo in Piacenza – Official catalog published
>12th-15th February 2016: XII international exhibition of modern and contemporary art “Genova Art” at Genova Expo in Genova – My artwork published in the official catalog
>28th January-28th February 2016: collective exhibition of contemporary art “Expo Bologna 2016” at Wikiarte Gallery, Bologna – Official catalog published
>May 2016: my artwork "Claustrophobia" has been selected as Honourable Mentions in the London Photo Festival 2016
>May 2016: 31st Chelsea International Fine Art Competition by Agora Gallery New York – Selected (with Award Certificate) for one year exposure on ARTmine web site which includes an artist statement composed by ARTmine’s talented art writers
>July 2016: my artwork “In the Biginning” was shortlisted (with a critic statement) in the top 20 images winners for Life Framer Photography Prize "Open Call" 2016
