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Restoration, Painting and Production DesignEven in his earliest years Stasi was already in love with the work of his father, a popularRoman restorer, spending entire days in his workshop, carefully observing each and every littlegesture, learning and internalizing qualities of precision, patience and calmness, absolute musts forthis profession.He therefore learned the art of restoration only visually, but by then Stasi had already assimilatedand metabolised all its technical aspect, which a few years later will be of vital importance for hisartistic expression.Coinciding with his acquisition of the art of restoration, in 1996, after a brilliant scholastic career, heobtained a diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, thus acquiring profound knowledge in allkinds of painting techniques.At the age of 20, Stasi opens his first restoration workshop in the historic San Lorenzo district inRome.Ever since the 70s, the San Lorenzo district has always been one of the pulsating hearts, togetherwith the Trastevere district, of all Roman artistic movements. Painters’ workshops mix and intertwinewith artisan boutiques, creating an artistic connective tissue which will have great influence on theItalian artistic movement.Indeed, during those years local painters opened their shops to the public, even though they reallyconsisted of large rooms in an old industrial building of San Lorenzo, in Rome. With the 1984exhibition, simply called “Atelier” and held in the Cerere pasta factory of Via degli Ausoni, thoseyoung painters managed to create the new Roman school, which will feature artists such as Dessi’,Schifano, Pizzi Canella and many others.All these artists were united by their return to painting, but not necessarily to figuration (two terms whichoften coincided with the rediscovery of color and art, proposed in the eighties by “Transavanguardia”and “Nuovi selvaggi”). Since then, the painting skills of the “Ragazzi di San Lorenzo” were furtherrefined.It is in this context, as well as by working closely with established artists, that Stasi developsa peculiar sensitivity, which is characterized by great technical ability, combined with an attentiontowards reality, events and the daily facts of Rome.Italian ArtistDATE OF BIRTHMarch 22nd, 1976PLACE OF BIRTHRome, ItalyZODIAC SIGNAriesAGE44100x434300LACOLLEZIONEA fan of both painting and restoration techniques, after two years from the opening of his SanLorenzo workshop, he specialized in the restoration of ancient works of art.Shortly thereafter, his particular talent is noticed by Vatican officials which, after several commissionedand well executed works, entrust him with the restoration of the entire marble epigraphic collection ofthe Constantinian cloister, inside the Basilica of San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura. The work is successfullycompleted in just 6 months.In 2002, due to a series of fortuitous circumstances, he offered his studio for film production andsome shooting. It is due to this episode that his passion for cinema was born, which over the yearshas led him into meeting Greek actor Yorgo Voyagis, and actress Diana Curtis. His passion for thisform of art will be at Agostini’s side in the following years of his artistic growth.In the same year, his artistic and exceptional manual skills are noticed and appreciated by his circleof friends working in the movies world; through them he collaborated in the production designfor the first unit sets in the Gangs Of New York film, directed by Martin Scorsese, together withscenographers from Eugenio Bava’s school.While not abandoning restoration, his first love, and painting, in 2004 Stasi was invited to be partof production design for the “Ocean’s Twelve” motion picture, directed by Steven Soderberg.In 2010, given his great acquired experience, he integrally designs production, all by himself, for thetheatrical scenography of “10 partite” by Giuseppe Manfridi, a popular Italian playwright.He continues his restoration activity in his San Lorenzo workshop until 2013.From 2013 to 2016 motivated by the meeting with the greek shipowner Spyros Mazarakis, he deals with geopolitics and oil trade, weaving international relationship with the major oil companies, Aegean Marine Petroleum, National Oil Corporation Libia, Saudi Aramco, Petronas and Quatar Petroleum.His love for restoration, painting, cinema and scenography gave life to a multifaceted inspiration,an unusual mix of techniques and know-how of parallel and yet integrated worlds, which Stasiconnects in an innovative way, and marked by a continuous search creating a particular and powerfulartistic mixture.In recent years, Stasi has begun to create his works using all his knowledge of matter andpigments, but at the same time continuously experimenting, and letting the experiences from thosemany worlds he lived so intensely flow freely and merge on his frames.