At Graphicstudio (at USF where this was produced) Chia produced colorful and distinctive works in a variety of media, including intaglio, lithography, heliorelief photographic woodblock, and bronze sculpture.ĭuring the 1970’s he began to exhibit in Rome and Europe, gradually moving away from conceptual works towards a more Pop Art, figurative style of painting. While Chia is principally a painter, he is also an accomplished printmaker and sculptor. It was a movement that was concurrent with Memphis Milano of Ettore Sottsass design movement with its bright vibrant colors and patterns. He was a key member of the Italian Transavanguardia movement which during its peak in the 1980’s was a part of a wider movement of Neo-Expressionist painters around the world. After graduation, he has travelled extensively in India, Turkey and throughout Europe before settling in Rome in 1970. He has studied at the Istituto d’Arte and then at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence where he graduated in 1969. Woodblock and heliorelief with handpaintingġ8-1/2 x 16-1/4 inches (sheet alone without frame)īiography: Sandro Chia was born in Florence in 1946. Hand Signed edition of 50 with blindstamp.
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