EXHIBITIONS
'What is Art' group exhibition
7th to 12th October 2022
Boomer Gallery
London, UK
'AESTHETICA' group exhibition
22nd to 28th July 2022
The Holy Art Gallery
London, UK
'Art in My Mind' solo exhibition
20th May to 16th June 2021
The Electric Elephant Cafe Gallery
London, UK
'Wildfire Gallery in Chester' group exhibition
15th to 17th November 2019
Chester Art Fair
Chester, UK
'Wildfire Gallery in Brighton' group exhibition
26th July to 4th August 2019
Pop up Gallery
Brighton, UK
'Wildfire Gallery in Norwich' group exhibition
13th to 23rd June 2019
Pop up Gallery
Norwich, UK
'Wildfire Gallery in Folkestone' group exhibition
10th to 22nd April 2019
Pop up Gallery
Folkestone, UK
'Gez and D’s Big Effort' one-day pop-up group exhibition
18th August 2018
The Pullens Center
London, UK
WORK EXPERIENCE
FINE ARTIST / ILLUSTRATOR 2018 to Present
Freelance - London, UK
Duties: Create artwork and Illustrations on commission or for personal projects. Create visual concepts and aesthetics for films or series.
FINE ARTIST / CURATOR ASSISTANT / GALLERY ASSISTANT January to November 2019
Wildfire Gallery - London, UK
Duties: Create artwork according to creative briefs. Assist curator with organization, art handling, packing and installation.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER / ART DEPT. ASSISTANT September 2016 to January 2019
Freelance - London, UK
Duties: Meet and communicate with clients to understand what they want out of a project, and help them get those ideas out in a workable way and on their budget; Design advertisements, artwork, movie posters, props, brochures, logos, signs, and other branding and communication materials, assist Art directors and Props masters.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER November 2013 to March 2014
Magnetic Ideas Branding Agency - London, UK
Duties: Translate concepts into product ideas, test new graphic editor software,
photo-retouching, creating illustrations, designing logos and branding imagery.
PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANT September to October 2012
Ezio Ferreri Photography Studio - Palermo, Italy
Duties: Assist during photo shooting, take charge of postproduction and photo-retouching.
EDUCATION
Art Handling and Installation short course 5th to 7th August 2019
UAL Chelsea College of Art and Design - London, UK
Subjects covered: Role of an art technician, how to properly handle, pack, move, store and hang 2d and 3d artworks, and fill condition reports.
Graphic Design for Filmmaking Workshop 3rd to 4th December 2016
Annie Atkins Studio - Dublin, UK
Subjects covered: Realisation of graphic design-related props for movies.
100 Design Projects - Creative Thinking short course 23rd April to 21st May 2016
UAL Central Saint Martins - London, UK
Subjects covered: How to unlock, develop and improve creative thinking.
First Class Honours Degree with specialisation in Graphic Design October 2009 to July 2013
Accademia Delle Belle Arti (Academy of Fine Arts) - Palermo, Italy
Subjects covered: Graphic design, Branding, Packaging, Editorial Design, Art History (Modern and Contemporary), Phenomenology of Contemporary Arts, Photography, Photo-retouching, Typography, Lettering Design, History of Illustration and Advertising, Cinema and movie History, Theory and Methods of Media, Aesthetics and philosophy of art, Form and Colour Perception.
High School Diploma in Fine Art with a specialisation in Sculpture (74/100) September 2004 to July 2009
Liceo Artistico E. Catalano (Art high school E. Catalano) - Palermo, Italy
Subjects covered: Art History from Prehistoric to Contemporary, Painting, Sculpture and clay modelling, Drawing techniques, Technical Drawing, Project Design, Italian literature, History, Maths, Physics, Biology, and Philosophy.