Biography
RAFFAELE CINZIO: JEWELLERY DESIGNER
“The luck of being at the same time designer and craftsman is that I can soon see my creation become real”.
Born in Genoa in 1971, he has lived in Milan until 2000: presently he lives and works in Rome.
Web and graphic, designer, painter, goldsmith and jewellery designer.
His love for abstract painting springs in 1990 after having visited an exhibition of the Chilean painter Michel Sergio Haramoto Baffico. He begins to paint.
Between 1995 and 1999 after trying various jobs he starts working for a well-known jewellery and antiques showroom. In his leisure time he organises small exhibitions of unknown artists and painters in various pubs and restaurants in Milan, always going strong.
In the year 2000 he moves to Rome where he finally starts his own business that could bring together his activity and his passions.
Set In one of the oldest districts of Rome, Ashanti is now a jewellery workshop where his and other designers’ jewellery can be found and an art gallery at the same time. With the aid of two dedicated internet sites young painters, designers, sculptors and scholars have the possibility to express themselves and show their creations.
Since 2002 he has been organising cultural events of all kinds for public institutions, firms and private clients (ContemporAneA”, Tramonti, Contemporaneamonti, TorSapienzaInArte, Festivalarti).
In 2006 he has obtained from the Province of Rome the Quality Certification for his jewels and the possibility to show and sell them in the shopping areas of the major Museums in Rome.
Alcuni corner dal 2006 al 2012 dei ASHANTI®JEWELS:
Musei Capitolini, Bookshop Zétema, piazza del campidoglio, Roma
Caste S. Angelo,Roma
Scuderie del Quirinale, Roma
Palazzo delle esposizioni, Roma
SIDNEY AUSTRALIA
Marguta Designer jewellery via Margutta, Roma
La Cicala e La Formica ! CUCINA MEDITERRANEA Roma
IO SONO UN AUTARCHICO | Camper store, Roma
ETNICA Roma
STUDIO MONTI Roma
MAISON SILORI’ S.F.Circeo
CREPUNDIA!... Bologna
MACRO MUSEO D’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA Bookshop Roma Tel.060606
