Andy Picci

Andy Picci on disruption, digital art, embracing boredom, and more in this week’s conversation.

Andy Picci is a conceptual artist who’s on the forefront of the digital art movement. His work explores the construction of identity, social media, and the quest for self-identity in our hyper digital age. He offers a dreamy and contemplative glance over deeper societal explorations that steers his artistic process. Through philosophers like Guy Debord and Jean Baudrillard, Andy developed a fascination with the illusion of the self and the meaning of identity construction. He explores these themes through digital mediums, surrealistic atmospheres, interactive artworks and mixed media. Through his creations, Andy presents the world through a different perspective rather than the one dictated by society. Andy’s uses virtuality as a way to (re)connect with oneself.

Andy’s work was has been exhibited in international galleries and art institutions such as Museum Der Bildenden Künste in Leipzig, Magasins Généraux in Paris, König Galerie in Berlin, CADAF (Crypto & Digital Art Fair), and OÖ Art in Linz as well as some of the most iconic screens including Times Square in New York, Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, K-Pop Square in Seoul and Piccadilly Lights in London. Andy is also a mentor to Mixed Media Art students at Instituto Marangoni Firenze in Florence.

Enjoy our wonderful conversation with Andy Picci.

You can follow Andy on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/andypicci/ and find more of his work on https://apicci.cloud/

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