Alessandro Fogo

Alessandro Fogo (b. 1992; Thiene, Italy) is a painter who lives and works in South Benedetto del Tronto in Italy. His painted canvases present themselves as framed rituals, oftentimes featuring pensieve figures, sleeping animals, and hidden plants. On a first glance, his works appear to capture intimate ordinary moments but upon closer look his uncanny constructed world reveals itself as disobedient and uncanny. His paintings tell the genesis and history of lasting objects and ideas, establishing them as historical fragments that demand recognition.  Fogo sources imagery like an archaeologist digging for artifacts, often drawing on ancient historical and alchemical motifs, which are then layered and interspersed with familiar everyday objects.
 
Recent solo exhibitions include: Hang a Crocodile Outside for the Unbelievers, Cassina Projects, Milan, Italy (2023) ; Skins and Leathers,  PM/AM Gallery, London, UK, (2022);  Alla luce del sole, un attimo prima di spegnersi, Galleria Annarumma, Napoli, Italy (2021) and among others. Recent group shows include Baeryeom's House, Young Artists Highlights, Seoul, KR (2023); Tightrope, Cassina Projects, Milan, Italy (2022); Dreamcatcher,  Beacon Contemporary, Munich, DE (2022); What Now?, PM/AM Gallery, London UK (2022) and among others.