Vincenzo Schillaci Italy, b. 1984

Vincenzo Schillaci’s artistic practice is a rigorous exploration of the essence of painting—its language, its materials, and the subtle interplay between the visible and the invisible. His work delves into the mechanisms of perception and the transmission of memory, investigating how images are constructed, deconstructed, and reinterpreted over time. Schillaci layers a distinctive combination of media—spray paint, varnishes, marble dust, and plaster— evoking a metaphorical stratification of time. These materials are not used simply for their aesthetic qualities, but as vehicles to question the permanence of form and the instability of meaning. Far from being purely abstract, his paintings act as resonant surfaces, where fragments of potential representation emerge and dissolve. Color, in his work, is not just formal: it becomes a field of convergence, where the material and immaterial, the historical and the conceptual, collide. Schillaci's approach often draws upon references from art history, while at the same time engaging in broader philosophical and sociological reflections. His practice challenges traditional frameworks, transforming the pictorial surface into a space for inquiry—into time, memory, and the elusive nature of visual language itself.