Roberto Chessa

Roberto Chessa, born in Nuoro in 1978, is an artist, painter and professional breakdancer.

Ever since his adolescence he took an interest in painting, following his father’s footsteps. His love for art continued through the years: he attended the Art Institute and the Academy of Arts in Sassari, Italy. At the same time he approached the Hip Hop culture thanks to many graffiti in his hometown and the movements of boys breakdancing on cardboard. He learned the basic steps by himself and in ’93 moved to Sassari where he established the Sirbones Crew, achieving remarkable results in Italy and abroad. From 2011 until 2015 he lived in London where he kept on dancing and painting. He then got back to Sardinia to attend a painting school by Giovanni Manunta, known as Pastorello. This experience changed his painting radically. He currently lives in Sassari where he carries out his artistic research and teaches the Hip Hop culture to young generations. Painting remains his main activity, a constant aesthetic investigation that grows through geometric paintings with strong visual impact.

His painting, apparently abstract, develops from his imaginary Hip Hop. Breakdancer, writer, painter, all this is summarized with a constructivism art....

BA of Fine Arts at the Academy of Arts in Sassari, Italy in 2005.

Solo exhibition:

2020 - Tracciati RAPidi, curated by Nikla Cingolani, Sala Ipogei, Galleria Marconi, Monsampolo del Tronto, Ascoli Piceno

2016 - Permeable Shapes, curated by Cultural Association Madriche, I Grani, Nuoro


2009 - Glances from far away, curated by Cultural Association Move in Art, Ex Ma, Tissi, Sassari

Collective exhibitions

2020 - Presagi – Proiezioni dal futuro, curated by Annarita Punzo, Associazione Casa Natale Antonio Gramsci, Ales, Oristano

2020 - Presagi – Proiezioni dal futuro, Curated by Annarita Punzo, Sala Corrale, Neoneli, Oristano
2019

2018 - Dilliri drill, Curated by Giovanni Manunta Pastorello, Lodine, Nuoro

2017 - Disarmante, Curated by “4 cani per strada”, Liceo Artistico “Filippo Figari”, Sassari

2016 - La Sintesi, Arrubiu Art Gallery Café, Oristano

2016 - Concorso/Arte Irgoli, Civico 27, Irgoli, Nuoro

2016 - Aperto, curated by Giovanni Manunta Pastorello, Museum of Contemporary Century Art, Sassari

2014 - Contemporary Painting, curated by The Brick Lane Gallery, Londra

2013 - Opening Exhibition, curated by Elena Chimonas, Camden Image Art Gallery, Londra

Award

2019 - Premio Marchionni, selected artist, Premio Marchionni, Villacidro, Sud Sardegna

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