Alessandro Calizza

He is a self-taught artist who works at the artist-run space Ombrelloni, which he founded in the San Lorenzo neighborhood at Via dei Lucani 18. Together with curator and project manager Tommaso Zijno, he conceived Sa.L.A.D. (San Lorenzo Art District), a project aimed at promoting and supporting the artistic realities present in the neighborhood where he operates.

In 2017, he was the protagonist of the solo exhibition Atene Brucia at the Museo dell’Arte Classica in Rome; in December 2021, he presented his two-person exhibition with artist Federica Di Pietrantonio at Struttura in Palazzo Odescalchi. He was among the invited artists exhibiting at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Rome in the group show Materia Nova, which showcased spaces that have emerged in recent years across the city. With the work See you soon, he participated in the exhibition Reazioni – Antidoti Ironici, curated by the Luiss Master of Art XI collective at Palazzo Taverna in Rome.

He is among the featured artists in the volume VERA, curated by Damiana Leoni and published by Quodlibet Edizioni. Critic Costantino D’Orazio dedicated an episode of his column A/R on Rainews24 to him and the other artists of Ombrelloni.

In July 2022, he was invited by the Italian Cultural Institute in Algiers and the Agence Algérienne pour le Rayonnement Culturel (AARC) to take part in an artist residency promoted by AARC, the Algerian Ministry of Culture and Arts, and the Mediterranean Games Organization of Oran, on the occasion of the XIX Mediterranean Games. In September 2022, he participated in the D3cam3r0n3 residency organized by Francesca Cornacchini in collaboration with Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary Trevi, held at Casa Francesconi, a historic villa in the Umbrian countryside.