Born in Pisa (Italy)
Lives and works in Queens, NY
Artist Statement
I make paintings to confront the complexity of contemporary existence across virtual and physical spaces. I paint reflections as a metaphor to visualize the mirror world of social media. A world where reality and mediation can't be visually discerned. Layers of mediation overlap; their subtlety more and more refined makes the already porous boundaries between physical and digital disappear, leaving us, the users, blind to the frames between these worlds.
My work is preceded by photographic research. I collect and take pictures everyday of what surrounds me to build an archive of data that gets reframed on canvas. The paintings are figurative while resisting narrative. They variate in scale from intimate to architectural, to play with the promise of reality that life size dimension provides. The ephemerality of our sense of reality is translated into thin layers of oil paint and washed out palette. As a result the subject lack stability and the viewer's eyes can't rely on it. The work poses unsolvable questions around reality and identity, widening the conversation on contemporary visual culture.
CV
Born in 1998, Pisa (Italy)
Lives and works in Queens, NY
Language
Italian
English
Education
2023
2021
MFA Fine Arts
Bachelor in Painting
School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
Accademia di Belle Arti di Firence, Floirence, Italy
Award
2023
Alumni Scholarship Award
School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
Exhibitions
2023
2022
2022
2022
2021
2021
2021
Below Constructions
Material Mixtape
Double Trouble
Other Visions
Le Vie della Forma: Il richiamo della luce
Margine
Margine
Ki Smith Gallery, New York, New York
New Collectors, New York, New York
Village One Gallery, New York, New York
SVA Gramercy Gallery, New York, New York
Vichhio, Florence
Centro Expò Comuni (Regional Palace), Florence
Palazzo Acciaiuoli, Florence
Press
On Margine
2021
Artribune, A Firenze hotel chiusi diventano residenze d’artista/
Closed hotels in Florence become artist recidency.
2021
Exibart, Margine: la mostra conclusiva della residenza artistica dell’ Hotel Torre Guelfa/ Margine: the final exhibition of the art residency in Hotel Torre Guelfa.
2021
On Le vie della forma
2021
Arte.it, Le vie della forma. Giovani artisti dell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze in mostra a Vicchio/ Le vie della forma. Young artist from the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence exhibit in Vicchio
2021
Artribune, Gli allievi dell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze invadono con una mostra il paese di Giotto/ Students from di Academy of Fine Arts in Florence invade with an exhibition Giotto’s hometown