PEETA Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1980 -

Manuel Di Rita a.k.a. Peeta (Italian, b.1980, lives and works in Venice) is an artist from the second generation of graffiti, who started out in 1993. Member of the EAD collective in Padua, Italy, as well as New York-based groups FX and RWK, he has participated in numerous events and exhibitions dedicated to graffiti worldwide since 2003. In 2007, he presented his first solo exhibition in Venice. His style is based on deformed lettering of varying volumes. He pushes the letters to the maximum, polishing them with a refined texture. He is also a sculptor, demonstrating his mastery of techniques, materials and rendering in sculptures made of resin, bronze and PVC.