Alberto Silva

Alberto Silva aka "SAND" is a graffiti writer. His career began in 1994, based on the evolution of letters, with which he created his own personal style. Evolving the letters of the alphabet is the main foundation on which the culture of graffiti writing rests and Sand has made it his life's purpose. His graffiti circulated on subway trains throughout Europe and New York City. It is inspired by the founding fathers of graffiti that originated in the Bronx in the 70s.During his thirty-year career, he has developed an obsessive search for letter shapes. Today his letters have taken on personal forms, embodying sinuous and dynamic forms that sometimes reach the appearance of aerodynamics or abstracts. In addition to hundreds of trains and walls, he also painted many canvases. His art is unconventional, but has developed in the streets illegally, with a form of total freedom. His defiance of the authorities was born to show everyone his name, with an irreverent spirit that despises the rules. He is labeled a vandal, but his graffiti is part of contemporary art. Having always been passionate about the classical art of the Renaissance and therefore the statues of the great masters such as Bernini and Michelangelo, he decided to set the e...

-Artistic high school.in Liceo Prinetti Milano Italy.
-Brera Academy of Fine Arts.Milano Italy.

Last exhibitions :

Biennial of Sondrio Italy.
from 4 to 13 October 2024.
Collective exhibition.

Urban residence
from 15 June to !5 September 2024.
Artist residence at Casa degli artisti Milano
Corso Garibaldi 89 Milano Italy.

Frontiera 40. Italian style writing 1984 - 2024.
From 13 April to 1 September 2024.
Collective exhibition organized by art curator Fabiola Naldi
Mambo Museum of modern art.
Via Don Giovanni Minzoni 14 Bologna Italy.

Wernice Venezia.
From 20 April to 27 July 2024.
Collective exhibition organized by Imagoars.
Cannareggio 2805 Venice Italy.

Lecco street view.
From 18 Jannuary to 21 March 2023.
Collective exhibition organized by art curator Chiara Canali.
Quadreria Bovara reina.
Via Bovara reina 35 Lecco Italy.

Winner of the Lecco street view prize 2023.