MASSIMO AGOSTINELLI (B.1987)

MASSIMO AGOSTINELLI ALSO KNOWN AS XX IS AN ITALIAN AMERICAN, LONDON UK BORN ARTIST FROM MANHATTAN NEW YORK USA, LIVING AND WORKING IN ZURICH SWITZERLAND CH. 

A* A LEVEL ART & DESIGN. GRADUATED FROM WEBSTER UNIVERSITY WHILST PURSUING APPRENTICESHIPS IN TYPESETTING AND TYPOGRAPHY AS WELL AS OTHER FORMS OF PRINTMAKING PROCESSES.

AGOSTINELLI SPECIALISES IN USING THE LETTER X INCLUDING ALL AFFILIATED SYMBOLS THROUGH DRAWING, PAINTING AND PRINTMAKING. PRIMARILY WORKING WITH TEXT ART USING VARIOUS FORMS OF WORD PLAY.

INCORPORATING FOUND OBJECTS AND PERFORMANCE ART INSTALLATIONS THROUGH ART INTERVENTION. FOCUSING ON TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES USING A WIDE VARIETY OF MEDIUMS AND TECHNIQUES WITHIN A DIVERSE SPECTRUM OF CRAFTS.

AGOSTINELLI IS A MEMBER OF THE GLOBAL COUNCIL COMMUNITY FOR THE NOLDER RESIDENCY OF THE INSTITUTE MUSEUM OF GHANA.

AGOSTINELLI IS ALSO A FOUNDING PATRON OF THE ZEITZ MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AFRICA.

AGOSTINELLI IS THE FOUNDER OF THINK 1ST MUSK & EARTH PROJECT #GODBLESSELONMUSK AS WELL AS BEHIND PROJECT ART BASEL GUY BY XX FROM AGOSTINELLI ATELIER FOUNDED IN 1987.