Alessandro Maida a.k.a. Scarful was born in 1968 and is an artist and designer from Rome. After his artistic and university studies in Architecture and Design, he became interested in all things pertaining to graphics/illustration and lettering and began working as a graphic artist, creating the Hateful Graphic Vandals collective (1995) together with other writers/artists from the Roman scene. This brought about his first graphic creations under the name of Scarful.
He is a member of the WHY STYLE group, together with artists Joe, Nico, Pane and Stand, with whom he has taken part in exhibitions and events since 2003.
Some of his exhibitions over the past two years include: Vinyl factory, Mondo Pop Gallery, Rome; Urban superstars, Museo di Arte Contemporanea MADRE, Naples; Scala mercalli Auditorium Parco Musica, Rome; Roma caput mundi Mondo Pop Gallery, Rome; Dirt don’t hurt Romberg Gallery, Rome; The skulls of Rome Becool Gallery, Rome; On the way of mixed media Chiostri di S. Domenico, Reggio Emilia; Urban edge show Spazio P4, Milan; Wop Temple University, Rome.
He has created artwork for bands like Zu, Antiyou, Truceklan, Dimension X, Ius Primae Noctis, Ardecore and many others and continues to collaborate as art director with several communication agencies in Italy. He has worked for Beams-T Japan, VNGRD, Carhartt, Nike Streetwear and SlamTrick.
Exhibitions
2009
VANS & EPIPHONE
Vans Store, Milano
MURO POP
Mondo Pop Gallery, Roma
OSCURO SCRUTARE
Galleria P. Armocida, Milano
URBAN SUPERSTARS
Museo Madre, Napoli
VYNIL FACTORY
Mondo Pop Gallery, Roma
2008
KNOW SEES TELLS ALL
Carhartt Store, Milano
NIKE SPORTSWEAR 1960
Nike Temporary Store, Roma
TOYS FOR KIDS
RGB46 Gallery, Roma
SCALA MERCALLI
Auditorium Parco Musica, Roma
DIRT DON’T HURT
Romberg Gallery, Roma
ROMA CAPUT MUNDI
Mondo Pop Gallery, Roma
KNOW SEES TELLS ALL
Carhartt Store, Roma
2007
HERE I AM
Mads, Roma
SLAM TRICK Last Standing
Marina di Ravenna
THE SKULLS OF ROME
Roma, Becool Gallery
2006
PITTI SUPERSTREET 3.0
Fortezza da basso, Firenze
2005
COW PARADE
Firenze
ON THE WAY OF MIXED MEDIA
Chiostri di S. Domenico, R. Emilia
URBAN EDGE SHOW
Spazio P4, Milano
WOP
Temple University, Roma
2004
RED WINE & GREEN
IUAV, Venezia
REDBULL ACCADEMY
Roma
PUMA, ITALIAN FESTIVAL
Womb, Tokyo
NUSIGN 2.4
Parigi, Galleria Artcore
ROMAMSTERDAM
Museo di Roma, Trastevere
NOW UNDERGROUND
Stazione Centrale, Milano
62 NYC vs WHYSTYLE
Studio Camuffo, Venezia
ANIMAL FACTORY
Galleria d’Arte Mascherino, Roma
2003
TEACH ME
Centro Candiani, Mestre
30% ACRYLICO
Museo di Roma, Trastevere
PLAYGROUND
Roma, Galleria Mascherino
2002
TRICKS
Roma, Palazzo delle Esposizioni
Publications
Blacknuss
Linksbooks
Rolling Stones magazine
Vice
All About jazz, New York
Drome Magazine
Carhartt magazine, Europe
Daab Gmbh, Germany
Drago
Drago
New Graphic mag. / China
Novum, Germany
Ginko Press / USA
Happy Books Ed.
Drago
Superfly Magazine
Sugo & Happy Books Ed.
Intellectus Agens & XisterStudio
Drago
Anne et Belle mag. / Zurich
Sugo
Drago
WhyStyle prod.
