Biography
Born in 1971 in a remote fishing village in Quebec, Carlito Dalceggio was introduced to painting by his father and began working seriously at eighteen. After earning a degree in graphic design from UQAM, he founded his first collective at nineteen, Organic Fresh Heroes, with David Pelletier, staging happenings, parties, and exhibitions between Montreal and Europe. A natural nomad, he has set up studios in Montreal, Mexico City, Bali, New York, and Paris, creating hundreds of paintings on location.
His practice spans painting, sculpture, video, installation, and murals, in a style he describes as "folkloric and futuristic." His influences draw from Día de los Muertos, Sufi whirling dervishes, Persian calligraphy, beat poetry, and the jazz of Miles Davis and John Coltrane. He approaches painting as a ritual of liberation, seeking to create what he calls "the mythology of now."
Notable projects include a collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, the Caravan of Light art camp at Burning Man, a mural for the APEC summit in Vladivostok, and a mural painted with forty children in a Rio de Janeiro favela. In 2013, a six-storey multimedia exhibition in Istanbul drew over 80,000 visitors. He was the first artist to be featured on a Canadian coin. Active with the public art organisation MU in Montreal, he continues to exhibit internationally.
His practice spans painting, sculpture, video, installation, and murals, in a style he describes as "folkloric and futuristic." His influences draw from Día de los Muertos, Sufi whirling dervishes, Persian calligraphy, beat poetry, and the jazz of Miles Davis and John Coltrane. He approaches painting as a ritual of liberation, seeking to create what he calls "the mythology of now."
Notable projects include a collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, the Caravan of Light art camp at Burning Man, a mural for the APEC summit in Vladivostok, and a mural painted with forty children in a Rio de Janeiro favela. In 2013, a six-storey multimedia exhibition in Istanbul drew over 80,000 visitors. He was the first artist to be featured on a Canadian coin. Active with the public art organisation MU in Montreal, he continues to exhibit internationally.
The site contains a total of 1 artworks by Carlito Dalceggio in 1 countries.
This profile has been viewed 53 times.
Artworks by Carlito Dalceggio have been viewed 10 times.
