Daniele Geniale: Street Art as Communication and Social Dialogue

Key facts

• Daniele Geniale was born in 1983.
• He began urban art in Rome in 2006.
• He studied visual communication in Rome.
• He grew up in Puglia and currently lives there.
• He has painted in Portugal, Spain, and Brazil.
• He is fascinated by stencil technique.
• He blends propaganda, Pop Art, and Baroque codes.
• He founded the Mais Festival.
• He works under the alias CALLICUT with Roberta Fucci.
• He also works under the project PASSARINHOS.
• He collaborated with the film Lo Spietato.
• He collaborated with fashion brand Silvia Massacesi.
• He was inspired by Banksy during a 2004 summer in London.
• His first painted piece was in 2006 in San Lorenzo, Rome.
• He wrote a thesis on semiotics about street art and neighborhood change.
• He now paints large brush murals instead of small stencil pieces.
• His recent project reimagines saints like San Sebastiano and Santo Stefano.
• He distinguishes between illegal street art and authorized muralism.
• He uses spray, markers, oil pastels, and stencil cutting.
• He starts from photographic bases for stencils.
• He chooses subjects through dialectical exchange with close contacts.
• He references Caravaggio for light representation.
• He views street art as ephemeral and conserved through photography and video.
• He is preparing a mural on memory in Montemilone.
• He will continue to travel and paint in urban contexts.