Artist Information:
Matteo Zacchino
Phoenix, AZ
United States
Member Since: Apr 2006
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Artist Statement:
I was born in Italy in 1980
where my parents and family
raised me in a comfortable and
always safe enviroment. Since
i was a child "a world apart"
always lived in my drawings
and doodles; giving me some
markers and a F/4 book of
paper was to me a fantastic
and unlimited place to play.
As i grew up to be a teenager
my understanding of expression
was repressed by the most
common human behaviours when
confined in similar
circumstances. SanRemo is a
town with a population of a
little under 60.000 people
where everyone knows eachother
and often rumors and gossips
are the peak of one's normal
day. After learning how to be
smart enough to let it get to
me my need for expressivity
exploded. Large, legal and
illegal murals were the only
way of making "my world" a
reality. It helped me wait for
the bus, ride in the train
that took me to school and it
also made it a lot easier for
me to earn the respect from
the other teenagers and
crowds. So i just painted, i
often got caught in the
process. Judged as a vandal
for it i ...
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I was born in Italy in 1980 where my parents and family raised me in a comfortable and always safe enviroment. Since i was a child "a world apart" always lived in my drawings and doodles; giving me some markers and a F/4 book of paper was to me a fantastic and unlimited place to play. As i grew up to be a teenager my understanding of expression was repressed by the most common human behaviours when confined in similar circumstances. SanRemo is a town with a population of a little under 60.000 people where everyone knows eachother and often rumors and gossips are the peak of one's normal day. After learning how to be smart enough to let it get to me my need for expressivity exploded. Large, legal and illegal murals were the only way of making "my world" a reality. It helped me wait for the bus, ride in the train that took me to school and it also made it a lot easier for me to earn the respect from the other teenagers and crowds. So i just painted, i often got caught in the process. Judged as a vandal for it i ... |
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