Biography
The "father" of Sfiggy is a 34 y.o. guy from Ferrara (Italy); an electronic engineer passionate about his work but eager to escape from conformity by society and consumerism: he’s then unleashed by a character that is evasive and irreverent, unlucky but vengeful, that don’t take seriously himself and even who is praised and idolized by many, as evidenced by the irreverent works about the great POP-Art masters.
Alessio Bolognesi approaches the canvas in 2008 with the study of the human body stylization, handing then over to a project that still sees him intimately involved: Sfiggy!
After many exhibitions across the territory that have made Italian newspapers and radio to discuss about their macabre singularity - as the discovery of an Hello Kitty puppet stabbed near the bus stop in the downtown of Treviso or the one hanged on the Sabaudia bridge by a mysterious "murderer" - Alessio gives us respite and reassurance on the arrest of the fearsome cartoons killer.
…but the peace did not last long, our anti-hero back on the loose and does lose track. Meanwhile several people disappear. All of them have a strange tattoo on the skin... yes, that's him ... Sfiggy: what mystery lies behind these disappearances? The SBI (Sfiggy Bureau of Investigation) opened a new S-File and started to investigate!
Alessio is currently represented by MAG (Como), Space Bevacqua Panigai (Treviso) and Space San Giorgio (Bologna) and is among the winners of PREMIO ORA 2012.
Sfiggy is a work in progress as much as we all are: continuously evolving, so... what now?
