BIOGRAPHY - Stefano Bolcato (Born 1967)

Stefano Bolcato lives and works in Rome. He began his training in the '90s at the School of the Ornamental Arts S. Giacomo and the Academy of Fine Arts, studying classical figures, landscapes, still lifes, and interiors.

In 2006 he began using Legos as a theme to reach a broad audience, focusing on social themes like domestic violence, the economic crisis, health and safety on the job, peacekeeping operations, terrorism, and more. From 2014, art history became his inspiration, recreating portraiture artwork from great painters of the past.

SHOWS

2019/22

I LOVE LEGO curated by Arthemisia
Museo degli Innocenti / Florence
Centro Culturale Altinate San Gaetano / Padua
Palazzo Albergati / Bologna
Palazzo Bonaparte / Rome
Museo della Permanente / Milan

2021
Dante Plus / Biblioteca di Storia Contemporanea “Alfredo Oriani” / Ravenna

2020
Cuore / Afnakafna Art Gallery / Rome / curated by Antonella Caraceni
Le idee degli altri / Afnakafna Art Gallery / Rome / curated by Antonella Caraceni

2019
Artificae Plantae / Afnakafna Art Gallery / Rome / curated by Antonella Caraceni

2018
Ultrapop / Sala Orsini Palazzo Chigi / Formello (Rome) curated by Valeria Arnaldi, Pier Luigi Manieri

2017
PEOPLE / Museo Archeologico Provinciale di Salerno / curated by Giuseppe Ariano (Fonderie Culturali), Davide Boselli, Claudia Ferrini (Zoe Art&Culture)

2016
European Cuteness Art / Arsenal Museum for Contemporary Art Sofia / Bulgary / curated by Giancarlo Carpi (Studio Soligo)
The BESTiarium / Museo Civico di Zoologia / Rome / curated by Mirko Pierri (a.DNA Project)

2015
Corporate Art / GNAM Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna /Rome / curated by Luca Desiata (PptArt)

2014
Contaminazioni 014 / Italian Institute of Culture / Bucarest, Romania / curated by Raffaele Soligo, Giancarlo Carpi (Studio Soligo)

2013
C’era una volta, gioco e giocattolo / MACRO La Pelanda / Rome / curated by Valeria Arnaldi

2012
EcoArte Biennale Shingle22j / Forte Sangallo / Nettuno / curated by Associazione Culturale 00042

2011
DADAUNPOP, The Italian new POP – itinerant exhibition project in the cities of Mumbai, Calcutta in New Delhi. Exhibition promoted and supported by the Italian Embassy in India, Consulate General of Italy in Mumbai, Consulate General of Italy in Calcutta, Italian Institute of Culture in New Delhi, 2011 curated by Igor Zanti

AWARDS

PUBLICATIONS

Igor Zanti / Director IED Venezia curator Arte Laguna Prize

Mario Gerosa / writer and journalist, Chief Editor AD architectural digest, Milano

Valeria Arnaldi / art curator, writer and journalist , Il Messaggero di Roma

Black Label Magazine / Label Magazini / Poland 2018

LEGO e altri giocattoli / by Valeria Arnaldi / Ed. Ultra Roma 2017

PLASTIKMAGAZINE n.31 / Ed. Plastik Studio / Beirut Lebanon 2017

AVAILABLE WORKS

Stefano Bolcato (Born 1967) New York Office (tribute to Edward Hopper) Oil on canvas 15.74 x 19.68 inches Signed	Stefano Bolcato (Born 1967) Woman with Gloves (Tamara de Lempicka) Oil on canvas 15.75 x 11.75 inches Signed and titled on the reverse	Stefano Bolcato (Born 1967) Giotto Oil on canvas 15.75 x 11.8 inches Signed on the reverse
Sold Works
Stefano Bolcato (Born 1967) Chop Suey (Tribute to Edward Hopper) Oil on canvas 15.74 x 19.68 inches Signed	Stefano Bolcato (Born 1967) Woman in Bath Oil on canvas 15.75 x 15.75 inches Signed and titled on the reverse	Stefano Bolcato (Born 1967) Vincent van Gogh Oil on canvas 15.75 x 11.8 inches Signed on the reverse
Stefano Bolcato (Born 1967) Tamara in a Green Bugatti Oil on canvas 15.75 x 13.80 inches Signed	Stefano Bolcato (Born 1967) Van Pop Oil on canvas 15.75 x 13.80 inches Signed	Stefano Bolcato (Born 1967) Girl in Mirror Oil on canvas 15 x 15 inches Signed
Stefano Bolcato (Born 1967) Girl with Hair Ribbon da Roy Lichtenstein Oil on canvas-panel 15.5 x 15.5 inches Signed and titled on reverse	Stefano Bolcato (Born 1967) The Great Peace da Magritte Oil on canvas-panel 19.5 x 15.5 inches Signed and titled on reverse	Stefano Bolcato (Born 1967) The Great War (Rene Magritte) Oil on canvas 19.5 x 15.5 inches Signed
Stefano Bolcato (Born 1967) Marilyn Monroe (Roy Lichtenstein) Acrylic on canvas 15.5 x 15.5 inches Signed