Davide Cicolani

Davide Cicolani was born in Rome in 1978. He lived a difficult childhood. Indeed he was struck by lightning at the age of 6, and the year after he was diagnosed with nephritis.

Then, he spent much time at the hospital and that is where he began drawing. At 17 he began working by night in a factory, to be able to draw during the day. But he was fired in 2006, which made him leave Italia and move to Paris. He now travels between Rome and Paris.

His favorite mediums are maps : Paris metro, Italian roads, world map… Davide Cicolani often uses paint and varnish to give an impression of stained-glass windows. The power emanating from this outsider artist’s works is striking.