Alessandro Criscito - Shadow - XL

Alessandro Criscito.
Shadow.
Acrylic on canvas.
2026 - Italy.
155 * 90 cm.
(The complete canvas measures approximately 164 * 99 cm).
Signed on the front and back.
Certificate of authenticity.
Shipped rolled and securely packed in a protective tube.


STATEMENT:

This abstract painting, created in 2026, explores the tension between movement and stillness in contemporary life. Working with layered acrylic gestures, Alessandro Criscito captures energetic actions and freezes them on the canvas, transforming motion into a space for contemplation. The result is a surface where intensity and silence coexist, inviting the viewer to slow down and engage with the present moment. In a world driven by speed and overstimulation, my work proposes a conscious act: to stop, to acknowledge movement, and from there, to inhabit stillness. Rather than representation, my painting seeks to create an experience - an opportunity to reconnect with the present and reflect on one’s own pace of life.

This piece comes directly from the artist’s studio in Italy. Alessandro Criscito’s work has been featured in Design Milk (USA), ArchDaily (Mexico), Yanko Design (Japan), TrendHunter (Canada), Experimenta (Spain) and La Revue du Design (France).

FORMATION:

Architecture and urbanism / Central University / 2005 - 2006, Chile.
Architecture / Republic University / 2003 -2004, Chile.

EXHIBITIONS:

2018 - Amphorae / Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center / Santiago, Chile.
2017 - STGODesign2017 / Las Condes Design / Santiago, Chile.
2016 - Innocence / Zapallar Gallery / Zapallar, Chile.
2015 - Woman / Baptist Gallery / Santiago, Chile.

FAIRS:

2017 - ArtGAM / Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center / Santiago, Chile.
2015 - MasDeco / Mapocho Station Cultural Center / Santiago, Chile.

PRESS:

- La géométrie sophistiquée venue du Chili - residences-decoration.com / France.
- Conceptual Furniture - roomdiseno.com / Spain.
- Le Best Of du premier trimestre 2018 sur La Revue Du Design - larevuedudesign.com / France.
- Chaos, the elastic door cabinet - experimenta.es / Spain.
- A console without drawers that will change your perspective - tlife.gr / Greece.
- Enigma, un nouvel archétype - larevuedudesign.com / France.
- Functional sculptures - infohome.com.ua / Russia.
- Rebelde, un cabinet élastique - larevuedudesign.com / France.
- The best furniture of 2016 - galeria.divany.hu / Hungary.

- Enigma: A Foam Cabinet - design-milk.com / USA.
- Can you find the trick in this piece of furniture? - tabi-labo.com / Japan.
- Foam-Constructed Cabinets - trendhunter.com / Canada.
- Chaos - yankodesign.com / Japan.
- Chaotic Storage Credenzas - trendhunter.com / Canada.

- Innovation and cutting edge - archdaily.mx / Mexico.
- Arachnid - archdaily.mx / Mexico.
- Conceptual furniture - mexicodesign.com / Mexico.
- Artistic furniture - revistaestilopropio.com / Argentina.
- Author's pieces - interiomagazine.com / Colombia.
- Functional instability - revistambientes.cl / Chile.
- Innovative proposal - www.madera21.cl / Chile.
- Almost hidden - ambientesdigital.com / Chile.
- Arachnid - www.madera21.cl / Chile.
- Artistic furniture - revistaemprende.cl / Chile.
- Chaos - vidamagazine.cl / Chile.
- StgoDesign2017 - madera21.cl / Chile.
- The functionality of art - ambientesdigital.com / Chile.
- From wood to a functional sculpture - madera21.cl / Chile.


Web: www.alessandrocriscito.com
Instagram: @a.criscito