Artist Statement/ Biography

Carlos Pileggi's work contemplates notions of the everyday, the struggle for success, and what becomes valuable in life.

The daily bombardment of information leads him to draw profusely. He translates this overwhelming amount of information into works that show a rugged visual language resonate with the aesthetics explored by punk fanzines. By appropriating this visual language, and the fanzine DIY marginal network, Carlos pushes his body of work outside the art space.

It is in the now that he finds inspiration.

Carlos Pileggi develops his artistic practice wherever he is, and in São Paulo city, where he was born on November 3rd 1973. In 2004, he attended the printshop at Lasar Segall Museum. From 2004 to 2007, he attended the open printshop at SESC Pompeia - SP, under the coordination and tutoring of Brazilian artist Evandro Carlos Jardim. In 2013, he got his Master of Fine Arts in studio Art at Maine College of Art, Portland-Maine. In 2014 he attended a 6-month residency at New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation in Brooklyn-NY.