Riccardo Nannini a.k.a. ‘Cane’, born in Italy in 1980, is a lowbrow artist based in Barcelona, Spain. His wall murals and sticker art can be found peppered throughout his home-town like a comical yet provocative trail left behind by extra-terrestrial visitors. Nannini entered the art scene in 2014 where he first began producing studio work outside of the urban arena. Nannini’s work is quirky, forward and although the purpose of the art is to entertain rather than intellectualise, it still has something decisive to say.
Riccardo Nannini a.k.a. ‘Cane’, born in Italy in 1980, is a lowbrow artist based in Barcelona, Spain. His wall murals and sticker art can be found peppered throughout his home-town like a comical yet provocative trail left behind by extra-terrestrial visitors. Nannini entered the art scene in 2014 where he first began producing studio work outside of the urban arena.
Nannini’s work is quirky, forward and although the purpose of the art is to entertain rather than intellectualise, it still has something to say. The artist makes sure his audience listens too with lively and well-balanced scenes unfurling in his landscapes that are laced with social and political innuendo.
Nannini’s early work was characterized by a strong punk aesthetic, however his contemporary work reassesses this narrative with elaborate and confident artistry. Among his influencers, Nannini credits Italian comic masters Andrea Pazienza and Benito Jacovitti, through to Flemish painters Bosch and Bruegel the Elder, and subscribes to the modern pop-surrealist scene. Nannini has featured in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Spain, Italy, Paris and Australia.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Threesome International Group Show, 19 Karen Gallery, Mermaid Beach QLD, AUS
2017 Art Emergent, Banc Sabadell, Sabadell, Spain
2017 Horny Gallery, Sevilla, Spain
2017 Fabrica Moritz, Barcelona, Spain
2017 Horny Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2016 Art Emergent, Banc Sabadell, Sabadell, Spain
2016 Base, Milan, Italy
2016 Limbo, Choko Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2015 Purgatory, Hell Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2015 Studiostore, Barcelona, Spain
2015 Espai Corretger 5, Barcelona, Spain
2014 Escalera de Incendios, Barcelona, Spain
2014 Fantasy Visions, Choko Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2014 Barcelona Drawing City, Galerie Le Marais, Paris, France
2014 Espiritu 23, Madrid, Spain
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Mundo Cane, Haimney Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2017 Relationships, Mutuo Centro de Arte, Barcelona, Spain
2016 Rotten Hedonism, Hell Gallery Barcelona, Spain
2015 Crossing Dreams, Mutuo Centro de Arte, Barcelona, Spain
2015 Just Some Artworks, Artevistas Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2014 Canewood, Mutuo Centro de Arte, Barcelona, Spain
2014 Through the Mirror, 33/45 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2014 Smile, If You Can, Mutuo Centro De Arte, Barcelona, Spain
2014 Between Egypt and Indonesia, Artevistas Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
