The Cover: Alero
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Alessandro Rossi Giovannini (Alero) was born in Rieti in 1969 and graduated in 1995 from the "P. Vannucci" Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia, in the painting course.
A refined yet at the same time passionate and impetuous painter, from 1993 to the present he has carried on a continuous exhibiting activity in art galleries and public venues.
Besides painting, the artist's main occupation and passion, over the years he has worked in other fields of art.
He collaborated as a set designer with a theatre company, overseeing the design and staging of several productions in the years from '94 to '98, among them Pervinca, drawn from Pirandello, and two street performances on an allegorical theme.
From '98 to 2000 he worked with fashion and advertising photographers in Milan, creating painted and sculptural backdrops for working sets.
For a brief period in 2002 he founded an association for professional photography and exhibition design, curating the catalogue and exhibition of G. Rouault, P. Cano and nineteenth century prints at the Fondazione Stelline in Milan, and some exhibitions in private art galleries.
He has worked alongside architects in the furnishing of public premises, handling the decorative and sculptural side both in the design phase and in the execution.
He has often been involved in the ceramics sector, at 2 artisan workshops in Gubbio, in the creation of new tableware design lines and decorative subjects.
He has always worked occasionally in the field of graphics, producing posters and advertising images, catalogues and, in recent years, websites.
He has illustrated several books of short stories and a cookery book.
He is mentioned in the magazine "FlashArt – Italia" (2002) among the young Italian painters, featured in the book Aa L'arte per l'arte by Angelo Capasso (2003), and in several articles in other trade magazines and newspapers (Exibart, Segno, Temaceleste, Next, Il Tempo, etc.).
In recent years he has concentrated above all on the search for new painting techniques and expressive languages, refraining, though asked and invited, from exhibiting, and making room only for rare events as a leading figure.
He lives and works between Marradi (Fi) and Milan.
His most recent exhibitions are:
Solo shows
2013 – retrospective in Prague
2012 – "Mitologico" – Galleria Blue Corner, Carrara – catalogue text by G. Pangaro
2010 – "Into the palace" – Libreria Bibli, Rome
2007 – "Contrasti" – Galleria Snoop, Carrara – curated by Jacopo Cannas
2003 – "The games" – Galleria Nicola Ricci, Artecontemporanea, Pietrasanta (Lu), curated by Angelo Capasso
2002 – "Bassa visibilità, eccesiva visione"- Galleria Nicola Ricci, Pietrasanta (Lu), curated by A. Capasso
2000 – "Frammenti permanenti" – Ex Magazzini Generali, Rome, curated by A. Capasso
2000 – "Come già assente… Come già presente" – Galleria Campioli, Rome, curated by A. Anselmi
Group shows
2006 – "Calendario"- Galleria Snoop, Carrara
2005 – "Simposio di scultura" – Galleria civica, Carrara
2005 – "Artissima" – Galleria Nicola Ricci, Turin
2005 – "Artisti della galleria" – Galleria Nicola Ricci, Pietrasanta (Lu)
2004 – "Percorsi Urbani" – Spazio SMIT, Rome, curated by B. Martusciello
2004 – "Arte Fiera" – Galleria Nicola Ricci, Bologna
2003 – "Gratis" – Castello Pasquini, Castiglioncello (Li), curated by Armunia
2002 – "Exit-Art, love & peace", at the Sala Silentium, Bologna, curated by the Ass.cul. "C. Voltaire" in collaboration with E. Cannaviello
2002 – "A nudo" – Galleria A. Battaglia artecontemporanea, Milan, curated by F. D'Antona
in collaboration with E. Cannaviello
2001 – "Trailers"- Studio d'arte Cannaviello, Milan
2000 – "Miart", Milan