About

Born in Modena on the 6th November 1966, Andrea Chiesi was self-taught and trained in the counter-culture of early 80’s punk and independent music. He began drawing for independent fanzines and making exhibition in social centres. The works from this period were created using black and violet inks on paper. The characters, figures and spaces represented were connected to the particular culture environment he used to attend. Later he has started a research about contemporary landscapes, time and memory using a strict and careful oil painting that sometimes enhances industrial subjects or urban …