Biography
By curious YOUNGER
to international artist
Origins and First Inspirations
As a teenager, the artist began to cultivate some of his many interests, including painting and poetry, until he gradually moved into sculpture.
He deepened his sculpting technique by briefly attending the studio of artist Enzo Scatragli, also a native son of Castiglion Fiorentino.
The Awakening of Art
In 1991 he set up the art workshop La Scultura di Andrea Roggi, where he has been crafting his sculptures from start to finish and, with the help of his assistants, he manages to create large-sized yet finely detailed pieces. Bronze is the material he chose, which he puts through the lost-wax casting process to finally transform the clay models into masterpieces.
In 1991 he founded the art workshop The Sculpture of Andrea Roggiwhere he creates his works entirely and with the help of his assistants, he manages to create sculptures rich in detail and large in size. Bronze is in fact his material, with the rite of lost-wax casting he masterfully manages to transform clay models into true masterpieces.
In 2017, fascinated by the imposing quarries surrounding the city of Pietrasanta, the artist began to devote himself to creating works of art in marble. Since 2020, Roggi has also been moulding works in stainless steel.
light and passion for the new generation
In the late 90s he became the initiator of the Art for Young movement, aimed at awakening an appreciation of art and all art forms in young people. The movement has culminated with the inauguration of the Parco della Creatività, its crowning achievement.
In 2000, Roggi began a fruitful collaboration with the University of Georgia, based in Cortona, and the University of Texas, based in Castiglion Fiorentino, where he held seminars and courses on various sculptural techniques. In the early 2000s, he became fascinated by the intellectual Pier Francesco Greci (a leading figure in the Tuscan cultural scene) and his theories on the art of Piero della Francesca.
PUBLIC WORKS AND EVENTS
Roggi has produced a number of public artworks located in Italy — mostly in Tuscany and Umbria — and abroad. His works are featured in many art collections around the world and he has participated in various national and international exhibitions held at major venues such as the Olympia Grand Hall in London, the Ahoy in Rotterdam, the Grand Palais in Paris, the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, the Fukuoka Oishi Gallery and Fukuoka City Museum in Japan.
In 2018 the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Association held a Gala in Monte Carlo to mark its 50th anniversary — during which Mr. Roggi's artworks were awarded to Prince Albert II of Monaco, to Alessandro Benetton and to Harry Benson; a sculpture by Roggi was also donated to the charity auction conducted by Christie’s.
On the occasion of the 78th Venice Biennale International Film Festival, the world premiere of the movie American Night, by Alessio Della Valle, was held at the Campari Boat-in Cinema — an exclusive event organised at the Venice Arsenal — on the 9th of September 2021. The sculpture created by Maestro Roggi appears in one of the main scenes of the movie and was also presented during the event as a part of the exhibition set up at the Arsenal.
n September 2021 the bronze work Albero della Pace was installed in front of the Accademia dei Georgofili in Florence, next to the Uffizi Galleries, in memory of the victims of the massacre that took place there in 1993 and it was inaugurated in the presence of the mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, and of the institutional representatives of the city.
In 2023 Roggi created unique and exclusively designed works of art such as awards for the 2023 UEFA FootbALL prize-giving ceremony; one of his creations was also awarded to Italian physicist and inventor Federico Faggin.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
The artist's major solo exhibitions held in recent years include:
– The Circle of Life1 May - 30 September 2018, a solo exhibition spread across Tuscany, Umbria and Basilicata (Forte dei Marmi, Pietrasanta, Castelfalfi, Casole d'Elsa, Cortona, Assisi, Spello and Matera).
– Terra Mater | Earth and Heaven20 May - 30 September 2019, anthological solo exhibition in Lucca and Pietrasanta (Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, Real Collegio, Le Mura, Baluardo di San Frediano in Lucca and Piazzetta del Teatro in Pietrasanta).
– Resurrectio | Tribute to the Pisan Mountains, 12 April - 8 November 2019, personal Pisa (Piazza Vittorio Emanuele and MACC | Meeting Art Craft Center).
– Terra Mater | Earth and Heaven1 June - 31 August 2020, anthological solo exhibition in Forte dei Marmi (Piazza Dante, Via Carducci, Via Mazzini and Via IV Novembre).
– Terra Mater | Earth and Heaven18 December 2020 - 21 September 2021, anthological solo exhibition in Siena (Belvedere di San Prospero, Piazza San Domenico, Vicolo Campaccio, Via Pianigiani, Piazza Tolomei, Logge della Mercanzia, Piazza del Campo, Piazza Duomo and Magazzini del Sale).
– Terra Mater | Earth and Heaven23 September - 21 November 2021, anthological solo exhibition in Cortona (Piazza della Repubblica, Piazza del Duomo, Giardini pubblici Parterre).
– Terra Mater | Earth and Heaven28 January - 22 August 2022, anthological solo exhibition in Vicenza (Piazza dei Signori, Basilica Palladiana, Loggia del Capitaniato, Piazza delle Erbe, Piazzale Alcide De Gasperi and Piazza San Lorenzo).
– Terra Mater | Earth and Heaven15 May - 27 November 2022, anthological solo exhibition in Venice (Galleria Ravagnan in Dorsoduro and Piazza San Marco, Sina Centurion Palace, Teatro Stabile del Veneto 'Carlo Goldoni', Tenuta Venissa in Mazzorbo).
– Mirabilia Naturae | Beyond Darkness18 June 2022 - 18 March 2023 in Stra, province of Venice, together with Achille Costi and Toni Benetton (Villa Pisani and Villa Loredan).
– Terra Mater | Earth and Heaven21 September 2022 - 15 April 2023, anthological solo exhibition in Matera (Sassi di Matera, Chiesa del Purgatorio).
– Res Sacrae | Human and Divine, 8 December 2022 - 11 April 2023, solo exhibition in Viareggio (Lungomare di Viareggio, Molo della Madonnina).
– Earth | The birth of Andrea Roggi's work, 18 January - 21 April 2023, solo exhibition in Florence, held at the Accademia dei Georgofili.
– Genesys | The Seed of Rebirth, 9 May - 12 June 2023, solo exhibition in Venice, held at Campo San Vio, Ca' di Dio, Arsenale.
– Terra Mater | Earth and Heaven22 June 2023 - 31 October 2023, solo exhibition in the historic centre and Sassi of Matera.
– Hyle | The Roots of the Future14 June 2023 - 14 March 2024, solo exhibition in the historical centre of Asolo.
- Energia della Vita 4 November - 6 November 2023, exhibition of the artwork created by Andrea Roggi and Martin Katz in the Salone dei Cinquecento of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.
– Koi no Yokan6 November 2023 - 18 July 2024, exhibition of the artwork at the Lungomare dei Cavalieri in Amalfi.
– Energia della Vita21 December 2023 - 8 January 2024, exhibition of the artwork created by Andrea Roggi and Martin Katz at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice.
– Ki27 March 2024 - 10 June 2024, exhibition of the monumental artwork at the Forte dei Marmi Pier.
– Roots of Humanity15 June 2024 - 30 April 2025, solo exhibition in Martina Franca, in the town's historic centre.
– Agapé | Love that changes the World, 15 July 2024 - 05 February 2025, solo exhibition in Nice, at the Château and the Quai des États-Unis.
– Levitās, 18 July 2024 - 30 January 2025, solo exhibition in Amalfi, at the historical centre of the town and the Lungomare dei Cavalieri.
– Knowledge is Freedom, 15 January - 21 January 2025, exhibition at the Salon of Textiles in Milan on the occasion of the presentation of the Autumn/Winter collection.Winter 2025 by Montblanc.
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