Teo Sirio Sica

Teo Sirio Sica
is a mutli-media artist concerned with manifesting feelings of harmony, silent awe, and joyful enthusiasm for life.
I come from the warm Southern Italian sea-town of Salerno, and I am currently based in Slovakia, inspired by the mountain air which breathes on its capital city, Bratislava. Here I work in my atelier as a mixed-media painter and fashion stylist. I also work as a teacher of creative writing at the Italian Institute of Culture.

The following video shows you the exciting opening act of one of my colorful exhibitions ("AMORnia", held at the Embassy of Italy to Slovakia) where I sing my own poem in the musical performance of my creative team:

https://youtu.be/Eer1IQgFUgI

My colours are coming from within my southern Italian roots. I translate the vibrancy of life there into chromatic wavelengths. Shape is interesting for me, but the dialogues between colours is highly fascinating. In my artistic code, forms are containers of colours. When you look at my abstract artwork, look at it as a landscape from above, where all the curves and lines morph into new endings and new beginnings of ever expanding and ever merging natural elements: a hill becomes a fence, which touches a patch of sky, which is seen throu...

My official education includes a Master's Degree in Modern Comparative Literature (Italy) and a Diploma at the Faculty of Humanistic studies (Kent University, UK). My artistic background is a dense adventure of experiences as a young graffiti artist, a comics artist, an avid art gallery visitor and a member of various artistic communities and collectives. I let art lead me by hand into its world.

- JUNE 2019: Solo Exhibition "MagiColor" at Smolenice Castle, Slovakia
A short film where you see me wear my blue wizard's hat is here at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt0DiuFueD0

VIDEO 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLX9aDzSoL4

VIDEO PROMO 2
https://youtu.be/IRgxOesWxvc

- April 2019, Pop-Up Exhibition "Two Suns" (in collaboration with Nomad Gallery project by painter Patricia Arvo) at Bohema Culture Venue, DUNAJ, Bratislava

-March 2019, Solo Exhibition "MagiColor" at Academia Universum, Bratislava, Slovakia
Check the VIDEO PROMO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9dsPNSnYu0

- December 2018, Collective exhibition at International Contemporary Art Fair, Luxembourg

- October 2018, Solo Exhibition at Osteria dell'Opera, Bratislava

- 8th August 2018 Collective exhibition at AGAPE Garden Center, Bratislava, Slovakia

- January 2018 Collective exhibition at CT Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

- October 2017 Live art performance and installation for 8 days in Avion shopping center (Bratislava, Slovakia), in a rapid design prototyping project issued and funded by IKEA.
Here a video of my painting project in a fun timelapse. Thanks to the incredible "Dreamcatchers" team I was part of for the re...