Alessandro

Alessandro

In brief

I was born in Trieste in 1968 and graduated in Painting from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia. During my studies, I had the opportunity to engage with figures such as Gherardo Pittarello, Angelo Schwarz, Ennio Chiggio, Alberto Lolli, Sandro Sproccati and Riziero Giunti. With the latter, I participated twice in the Salon de la Jeune Peinture in Paris.

After graduating, I began working in the field of visual communication, initially as an illustrator and graphic designer and later as a creative director. In 1994, I met Pino Usicco, with whom I collaborated between Treviso and Venice, developing projects in graphic design, furniture design and lighting design.

I worked for various communication agencies and graphic design studios in Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto.

In 2000, I started my first independent practice, focusing on communication while simultaneously developing research in the fields of design and visual art.

At the same time, I developed artistic projects in collaboration with cultural, artistic and theatrical organisations, including Laboratorio P at the former OPP psychiatric hospital in Trieste, Teatro Velemir, Accademia della Follia and Gruppo 78.

As part of my artistic research, I have created several editorial projects and artists’ books, including Parole in tuffo, created with Angela Pianca, Claudio Misculin and Mirella Pagin; Soliloquio, with critical contributions by Alessandra Galasso; and Il raglio dell’asino, created together with Enzo Navarra.

I regularly exhibit in solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad.

Drawing Comes First

I have been drawing for as long as I can remember.
For me, drawing means transforming thoughts into images: it is an ideal bridge that gives form to dreams and ideas, allowing them to be expressed and shared.
Only afterwards come the tools: pencil, text, computer, graphic design, photography, video and illustration. They are all means that, depending on the context, become the most appropriate languages for achieving a specific goal, through a particular visual or narrative approach.

Having returned to freelance practice, I continue to pursue my artistic research alongside my work as an art director and graphic designer and my teaching at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Udine. I regularly exhibit in solo and group exhibitions in Italy and internationally.

Exhibitions – 2016 to present

02/08/2026
2050 – Orizzonti sommersi
Group exhibition
Curated by Sergio Pancaldi
Portopiccolo Art Gallery – Sistiana, Trieste, Italy

20/06/2026
Zeichnung Zeichnen
Group exhibition
Curated by Ferdinand Götz
Deutschvilla – Strobl, Austria

21/01/2026
Geosuture
Solo exhibition
Curated by Cecilia Donaggio and Guillermo Giampietro
Collettivo M-Arte, Parco Culturale di San Giovanni – Padiglione M – Trieste, Italy

14/01/2026
12:25
Solo exhibition
Curated by Cristina Lombardo
Circolo Fotografico Fincantieri-Wärtsilä – Trieste, Italy

31/10/2025
Wondarteum – Capitolo 1
Group exhibition
Curated by Wondarteum
Galleria La Fortezza – Gradisca d’Isonzo, Italy

20/09/2025
Absurda
Group exhibition
Curated by Alfred de Locatelli
Distributed exhibition – Cormòns, Italy

21/06/2025
Beauty Exist Everywhere
Group exhibition
Curated by Art Projects Association and Lisa Chen
Galleria Tivarnella – Trieste, Italy

20/06/2025
L’arte come passerella tra mondi che costruiscono la pace
Group exhibition
Curated by Art Projects Association
Sala Lenor Fini, Magazzino 26 – Trieste, Italy

16/05/2025
Sotto il pelo dell’acqua
Solo exhibition
Curated by Gruppo Immagine
Mini Mu – Trieste, Italy

09/05/2025
Beauty Exist Everywhere
Group exhibition
Curated by Art Projects Association and Ferdinand Götz
Deutschvilla – Strobl, Austria

08/05/2025
Beauty Exist Everywhere
Group exhibition
Curated by Art Projects Association, Lisa Chen and Peter Assmann
Kunst Offizin – Linz, Austria

04/10/2024
Corpo in trasformazione
Group exhibition
Curated by Guillermo Giampietro and Fabiola Faidiga
CSM Parco Basaglia – Gorizia, Italy

16/09/2024
In darkness, we grow
Solo exhibition
Curated by Franco Spanò
Galleria dell’Associazione Culturale Prologo – Gorizia, Italy

16/09/2024
Photomilano 2.0
Group exhibition
Curated by Federicapaola Capecchi
Casa Museo Spazio Tadini – Milan, Italy

13/09/2024
Mailart. Omaggio a Piermario Ciani
Group exhibition
Curated by the M-Arte collective
Padiglione M, Parco Culturale di San Giovanni – Trieste, Italy

13/02/2024
Beauty Exist Everywhere
Group exhibition
Curated by Cinzia Qing Yue Giancovich and Lisa Chen
Bu Er Jiang Xing Gallery – Shanghai, China

02/02/2024
Il raglio dell’asino
Solo exhibition
Curated by Federica Luser
Spazio Trart – Trieste, Italy

15/12/2023
Videonotte #7 per Zeno Cosini
All-night video art marathon
Curated by Massimo Premuda – La Casa dell’Arte, Trieste
Spazio Trart – Trieste, Italy

11/12/2023
Best Selected Project
Selection for publication in the double album The Street
Curated by Vanni Pandolfi and Yasmin Javidnia

15/07/2023
Aus dem Koffer – Fuori dalla valigia
Group exhibition
Curated by Chiara Velocci
Spazio Trart – Trieste, Italy

20/06/2023
Animal Farm
Group exhibition
Curated by Ferdinand Götz
Deutschvilla – Strobl, Austria

16/06/2023
Aus dem Koffer – Fuori dalla valigia
Group exhibition
Curated by Chiara Velocci
Galerie Centrum – Graz, Austria

05/05/2023
Abenteuer Holz
Group exhibition
Curated by Ferdinand Götz
Deutschvilla – Strobl, Austria

21/10/2022
La quadreria della Trart
Group exhibition
Curated by Federica Luser
Spazio Trart – Trieste, Italy

01/12/2021
Più o meno positivi #11
Group exhibition
Curated by Massimo Premuda
Palazzo Costanzi – Trieste, Italy

07/07/2021
Antidoto visionario
Group exhibition
Galleria dell’Associazione Culturale Prologo – Gorizia, Italy

27/08/2020
Memorie dal sottosuolo, cronache di una pandemia
Group exhibition
Curated by Nanni Spano
Sala Xenia – Trieste, Italy

21/08/2020
Robotics
Group exhibition
Curated by Maria Campitelli
Museo d’Arte Moderna U. Carà – Muggia, Trieste, Italy

07/2020
Cartoline da casa
Collective project
Initiated by Gruppo 78
Online

05/12/2019
Vampires! Lunga vita ai signori delle tenebre
Group exhibition
Curated by Nanni Spano
Knulp – Trieste, Italy

29/11/2019
Più o meno positivi #9
Group exhibition
Curated by Massimo Premuda
Sala Veruda – Trieste, Italy

05/09/2019
Soliloquio
Solo exhibition
Curated by Fabiola Faidiga
Galleria dell’Associazione Culturale Prologo – Gorizia, Italy

16/12/2018
La balena, Pinocchio e altre storie di mare
Group exhibition
Curated by Nanni Spano
Teatro Stabile Sloveno – Trieste, Italy

16/12/2018
Carte
Group exhibition
Curated by Federica Luser
Spazio Trart – Trieste, Italy

10/05/2018
Sirene
Solo exhibition
Studio d’Arte Adriana Itri – Trieste, Italy

18/01/2018
Il paesaggio
Group exhibition
Curated by Federica Luser
Spazio Trart – Trieste, Italy

13/12/2017
Le notti del mito
Group exhibition
Galleria dell’Associazione Culturale Prologo – Gorizia, Italy

21/04/2017
Piccole buone cose
Group exhibition
Curated by Federica Luser
Spazio Trart – Trieste, Italy

21/01/2017
Nella pancia del pesce
Solo exhibition
Curated by Federica Luser
Spazio Trart – Trieste, Italy

08/10/2016
Ho lasciato sognare una linea
Solo exhibition
Curated by Franco Spanò
Galleria dell’Associazione Culturale Prologo – Gorizia, Italy

22/04/2016
Nel segno del libro
Group exhibition featuring Italian and European artists, dedicated to the bookmark
Biblioteca Civica G. Tartarotti and Associazione Hortus Artieri – Trento, Italy

21/04/2016
20 d’Olanda
Two-person exhibition with Enzo Navarra
Woland Art Club – Portopiccolo – Trieste, Italy