Bio

I was born in 1984; I live and work (near) Bergamo, northern Italy.

CORPOCELESTE is my current project tied to screen printing: I prepare and design graphics (alone or with artists I choose), hand-print them on fabric or paper, then pack and ship them to you.

I learned to print around 2007 and have used screen printing in many contexts since: contract printing — manual and automatic — my own production (as with CORPOCELESTE), technical consulting for other print shops, and teaching in graphic schools, galleries and cultural associations, in Italy and abroad.

If you need consulting on setups, inks, workflow or staff training, write to me: I build it case by case.

Among other things I consulted on setting up a hand screen-printing shop in Asmara, Eritrea, where I returned several times to train staff and refine workflows; I taught at IED Milan on a screen-printing design and print course with illustrator Sarah Mazzetti; I headed R&D at a well-known northern Italian maker of inks and print materials, and now as a consultant I still follow ink tests — especially water-based — and develop patented formulations for international clients.

Before CORPOCELESTE I started independent labels and edition projects.

With CORPOC, from 2011 to 2019, we curated, printed and distributed limited editions in many formats: t-shirts, art prints, records (especially vinyl) and comics, by Italian and international artists. The CORPOC archive stays there; the current project is **Corpoceleste** at corpoceleste.eu.

With Satellite Press we designed and made limited artist prints and books, using not only screen printing but also intaglio and giclée.

With TDD records, an independent label, I produced and distributed records by bands in the DIY hardcore circuit.

When I can, I paint — and in that field I try, unsurprisingly, to stay rather far from screen printing: reproducing my work in print would be very complex, for texture and transparencies alike. I don’t think that’s a coincidence. You can have a look here.