Pietro Roccasalva

Pietro Roccasalva is an Italian contemporary artist born in 1970 in Modica, Sicily, known for his enigmatic figurative paintings that blend Renaissance compositional strategies with surreal, cinematic imagery. His work often features isolated figures, theatrically staged scenarios, and a meditative tension between presence and absence, drawing on art historical references, film, and mythology. Roccasalva has exhibited internationally with galleries including Zero, Milan, and has been recognized as a significant voice in contemporary Italian painting.