Long Version of my story

Between Ink, Light, and the Surreal

I was born in Turin, Italy, in 1979. I have a twin sister, a mother, and had a father. I grew up quiet, introspective. Dyslexic from a young age, I struggled with written words, but learned to read images early. Drawing was always my way of decoding reality.

In my teens, I was loud, rebellious, in search of something extraordinary. For a while, I thought it might be theatre. I trained as an actor and joined a radical company in Turin, Marcido Marcidoris & Famosa Mimosa. It was intense, even brutal, like military training for the stage. My mentors were powerful, if parasitic. There wasn’t much room for creativity, just obedience. Looking back, it was formative. That experience burned away any illusions I had about the art world being gentle.

Later, I worked behind the scenes in theatres as a light designer, set builder, sound engineer. I spent over a decade learning how to craft atmospheres, how to stage emotion with nothing but shadows and space. At the same time, I was slowly returning to what had always felt most true: the act of drawing.

At 31, I began studying again, not in schools, but in museums, books, and ateliers. I discovered Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards and felt seen. Her approach, drawing as a way of seeing, not just producing, freed me. I sketched every day, from life, from imagination. I copied paintings in galleries. I joined underground art communities. I exchanged techniques with other artists in bars, squats, workshops, anywhere art was alive.

Among those who influenced me: Paolo Pisotti, Andrea Roccioletti, Alessandro Bulgini, and the wild creative crowd of Cavallerizza Irreale, where I had a studio overlooking the Mole Antonelliana. Those were rare years, rich in collaboration, experimentation, and resistance.

In 2016, I left my theatre job and became a full-time artist. No more night shifts. I began creating one-of-a-kind artwork, oil paintings, surrealist illustrations, blind contour drawings, symbolic bestiaries. I explored narrative art, dark fantasy, dream imagery. I started producing limited edition prints, commissions, and books like The Holiday Park, a surreal travelogue. My visual language grew more layered: a mix of classical technique and intuitive distortion.

I’ve been lucky to meet collectors, dreamers, and designers who resonate with what I do. People who don’t just want art on their walls, they want stories, textures, presence. Whether it’s an original figurative painting or a custom ink drawing, I offer more than decoration, I offer a fragment of a personal mythology.

Since 2017, I’ve traveled often, seeking out new visions, working on the road, always sketching. I’m a lucid dreamer. My nights are full of images, many of which end up in my work. There’s always something stirring beneath the surface.

Today, I create from my studio and from wherever I find light. I offer original surreal art for sale, custom commissions, and limited-edition prints, all handmade, all personal. My work is for collectors, for interior designers who crave the unexpected, and for anyone drawn to art with a pulse, a story, a bit of shadow.