Alessandro Pessoli on Painting, Ceramics, and His Artistic Journey

Alessandro Pessoli, who hails from Cervia and was born in 1963, completed his studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna in 1989. He relocated to Milan in 1992 and later moved to Los Angeles in 2009. His notable solo exhibitions have taken place at venues such as the Drawing Center in New York, MAN Museo d'Arte della Provincia di Nuoro, Triennale di Milano, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, the 53rd Venice Biennale, and Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia. Pessoli, who began painting as a child and studied at the Istituto d'Arte per il Mosaico di Ravenna, created the drawing cycle 'Note della Spesa' (1990), which includes over 1,600 sheets and acted as a storyboard for 'Caligola' (1999-2002). Influences on his work include Baselitz, Cucchi, Clemente, Kippenberger, and Polke.