citylikeyou — Montecarotto / Roberto Calbucci

Roberto Calbucci is a painter and freelance graphic designer. After living in Milan and Tokyo, Roberto and his wife Meloni Mitchell (model/designer) decided to set up base for a while in the Italian countryside in a tiny village called Montecarotto, to concentrate on their projects. Roberto works independently as a painter, focusing on his research: science, nature, entropy, and order-chaos. The places below that he recommends for Citylikeyou are located near his small town.

http://www.robertocalbucci.com

Painter Graphic Designer

Current city: Montecarotto

robertocalbucci.com

Montecarotto / Place

This amazing and surreal cave is a great place to reflect about the relation between structure and time in nature, and the space between them.

Montecarotto / River

One of a series of rivers in the area, situated in the town of Genga (a 15 minute drive from Montecarotto, close to Grotte di Frasassi). When I was younger I liked to go there and draw, and think about the movement of the elements.

Montecarotto / Beach

Mezzavalle is a semi-hidden bay located on the Ancona coast, about a 40 minute drive from Montecarotto. To arrive at the bay, it’s a 30 minute hike down the hill. In the winter it has a great atmosphere of emptiness and isolation, a good thinking/swimming spot.

Montecarotto / Area

Montecarotto is located in the middle of the Marche hills, covered in nature, vegetation, and agricultural land. The surrounding area is famous for producing many products, mainly wine and olive oil.

London / Artist

Seryoung An is an Artist and Visual Image Maker. She is interested in communicating and interacting with a large audience through her work. Her projects start from a personal narrative that leads to visual narratives on paper. The scenes from the narratives she creates are usually a representation of herself and her experiences. She gets inspired from everyday objects in her surrounding world, the ongoing civilisation, current affairs and nature. She creates books posters and stationery based on images made from hands-on techniques such as collage, linocut, watercolour painting, acrylic and gouache.

Munich / Painter

ALINA GRASMANN was born in Munich, Germany, in may of 1989, where she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in the class of Karin Kneffel. From 2012 to 2013 she was based in Vienna, studying at the University of Applied Arts in the class of Gabriele Rothemann. In 2016 she attended a master class led by Karin Kneffel and got her diploma of the fine arts in Feburary 2017. From 2017 to 2018 Alina was based in New York City, where she took part in the artist-in-residence program of the NARS Foundation in Brooklyn. The artist lives and works in Munich.

Nashville / Artist

Artist and Curator living in Nashville, TN

Houston / Painter

A native of southeast Texas, Bradley Kerl has called Houston home for the past six years. Bradley studied drawing and painting at the University of North Texas, as well as the University of Houston, where he earned his MFA in 2014. His work has been exhibited widely in Texas including the group exhibitions Coyote at Jonathan Hopson Gallery (2017), HOT & WET at Circuit12 Contemporary (2016) and Fun at Kirk Hopper Fine Art (2017). He has also been the focus of solo exhibitions at Art Palace Gallery (2014, 2015) and Galveston Arts Center (2017). Bradley is currently an instructor of drawing and painting at the University of Houston.

Richmond / Animator

Jordan Bruner is an artist and filmmaker whose work encompasses painting, print-making, ceramics and animated films. Her work has been exhibited at CADAF Miami and she’s created multiple installations with MTA Arts and Design program in NYC. Her animated films have been shown at festivals worldwide including Pictoplasma and the LA Film Festival, and her illustration work has been honored by the Society of Illustrators and American Illustration. Jordan also works as an art + animation director for clients such as the NYTimes, Google, Eve Ensler, the Atlantic and Warby Parker. In 2013 she was the recipient of the Art Director’s Club Young Guns Award. Jordan lives in Richmond, VA with her husband Zack, cat Pablo, and whippets Zucchini and Cezar.

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