D DB — About

Statement:

My artworks are a constant research on shapes. I don’t consider them as if they were completed pieces. They are ideas that sometimes turn into sculptures, others into drawings or paintings. They focus on the way objects are connected with the space in which they are located.

From caos to order

All geometric shapes are module assemblages. They are the result of a process of simplification. Everything is carefully thought and planned; precise design rules are fixed into coherent structures so that the composition reveals the real essence of forms.

Black and white

The use of black and white is an important feature in my works. As time went on, I just got the meaning of these two colours/non-colours. They are basic elements in design and they can be interpreted as light and shade, presence or absence, nothing else. They are real not just visible.

Bio:

Born in Genoa, Italy in 1976. He studied art and architecture. In 1998 he started working as a freelance graphic artist and designer. In 2003 he cofounded Artiva Design (www.artiva.it). He still works as a visual artist making his artworks as the basis of the design work by Artiva and vice versa. His projects have been published and exhibited both in Italy and abroad. He has collaborated with UCC (Japan), Nike (USA), Coke (USA), Erg (Italy), Triennale di Milano (Italy), Braun Archive (Germany), Hilton Hotel (USA), Molteni (Italy), Flou (Italy), De Padova (Italy), Indian Type Foundry (India), Actar Publishers (Spain). In 1999 he won the “Premio Biennale” (Biennal Award of the Province of Genoa) “Segno Colore Immagine”. In 2002 he curated the workshop “Young Artists in European Museums” for the Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa. In (2005-2010) he founded Take Shape (Design and Pattern). In 2011 his work “La Mano del Grafico” was sold at Sotheby’s Fine Art Auctions. In 2014 he was selected for the Compasso d’Oro – XXIII edition with the editorial project “A lezione con AG Fronzoni”. In 2016 he was included in the “Archivio Grafica Italiana” (archive dedicated to the Italian graphic design heritage). In 2019 Artiva has expanded his activity with the project A―E (Artiva Editions).

For further info please contact:
danieledebatte@artiva.it

or contact:
Irina Gandini
irinagandini@artiva.it

For further info please contact:danieledebatte@artiva.it

For further info please contact:
danieledebatte@artiva.it