THE ARTIST
Patrizio Zanazzo was born in Rome on 16 November 1947. He has therefore had the good fortune of growing up in a city blessed with one of the world's richest artistic and architectural heritages. Constantly surrounded by works of art he was able, both consciously and subconsciously, to appreciate them and to absorb them into his being.
In his early years he attended the Rome Istituto d'Arte and then the Accademia delle Belle Arti but after a few years of study in the latter abandoned all forms of formal academic training when he realised that, at least for him, they served no purpose whatsoever.
He considers himself to be self-taught, although this does not accurately explain his intensely creative vein. He is a born artist and has not therefore required teaching or training of any kind. His artistic ability is innate: pure creative energy that pours unimpeded through him to find expression in virtually whatever material comes to hand: resin, rubber, clay, marble, bronze, plexiglas.
Although mainly a sculptor he periodically delights in painting and, very recently, has also lent his hand (and vivid fertile imagination) to computer graphics - with surprising results. With great ease he quickly masters working any material.
Simple, modest and introvert: qualities frequently found in the true artist whose entire drive is channelled into creative expression, and where no part is lost to the winds; whose whole being is concentrated into his one great love: his artwork.
