ABOUT THE ARTIST
- Stefano Bolcatolives and works in Rome. He started as a self-taught in the 80s, later he graduatedfrom the Academy of Fine Arts with Alfonso Avanessian and Giovanni Arcangeli at the OrnamentalArts School in Rome.
His academic artistic training was based on life drawing, plastic modeling and painting. His pathpassed through the study of the great masters of art history. In the first production period, heworked in an original way on classic painting themes such as the figure, landscape and still life.
Since 2006 he began using elements of the Lego game to create the compositions of his paintings,initially to deal with highly topical social issues, such as crime, domestic violence and the economiccrisis. In 2014, again through the use of Lego minifigures, he shifted his attention to thereinterpretation of more or less famous works in the history of art, his painting in this way takes on adecidedly POP form.In recent years, portraits of famous figures of our time have been added.
Exhibitions(selection)
2026
Et In Arcadia Lego/DAV–Visual Arts Department Soresina/ Soresina (CR) curated by F. Mutti, R. Bonfadini DARK SIDE tribute to Tim Burton/Toy Museum Palazzo Rospigliosi / Zagarolo (RM) /curated by Forma Pop
2025
Sweet Treat / REHS Contemporary Gallery / New York /curated by Howard Rehs
2024
Brick House Art /Museo Palazzo di Fraternita / Arezzo /curated by Gian Luca Rosai LEGOLIFE/ Museo della Permanente / Milano/curated by da Piuma
2023
Brick House Art /Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporane / Arezzo /curated by Gian Luca RosaiI LOVE LEGO / Villa Reale / Monza/curated by Arthemisia
2022Il Gioco Riflesso /National Gallery/ Cosenza /curated by Aurelia Nicolosi, Marilena Morabito Mestre Painting Prize/finalist’s exhibition/ Centro Culturale Candiani Mestre/curated by Circolo Veneto, Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
2021
I LOVE LEGO/ Palazzo Albergati / Bologna /curated by Arthemisia Dante Plus/Biblioteca di Storia Contemporanea “Alfredo Oriani”/ Ravenna
2020
I LOVE LEGO/ Palazzo Bonaparte / Roma /curated by daArthemisiaLe idee degli altri/ Galleria Afnakafna / Roma /curated by da Antonella Caraceni
2019
I LOVE LEGO/ Museo della Permanente / Milano/curatedbydaArthemisia2018Ultrapop/Sala Orsini Palazzo Chigi/ Formello (Roma)curated by Valeria Arnaldi, Pier Luigi Manieri
2017
PEOPLE/Provincial Archaeological Museum of Salerno/curated by Giuseppe Ariano (Fonderie Culturali), Davide Boselli, Claudia Ferrini (Zoe Art & Culture)
2016
European Cuteness Art/Arsenal Museum for Contemporary Art Sofia / Bulgaria /curated by Giancarlo Carpi (Studio Soligo)
2015
Corporate Art /GNAMNational Gallery of Modern Art/Rome/curatedbyda Luca Desiata (PptArt)
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