Alessandro pautasso biography

Alessandro Pautasso aka Kaneda was born in 1982. Art director and Illustrator, his specialty lies in digital art and mixed media. In childhood, after falling in love with a Beatles's illustration book by Alan Aldridge,  he began drawing almost daily. Attracted by visual arts, he decided to start a career as a commercial artist and simultaneously focusing on digital art. 
His works were featured in several international newspapers, magazines, key-arts, cd-covers and books.

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
2020
The New York Times - Illustration “Mahomes/Jackson duel of a new era” 
September IdN v25n6: Music Graphics Issue - January
2019
Award - “2019 California Journalism Awards” “third place” category illustration
Award of excellence - 41st SND Print Competition
The Washington Post - Illustration “Can Hideo Kojima save us?”
Just Humans catalogue “100 illustrazioni senza confini”
Game of Thrones Tribute - Monsa publications
The New York Times - “A shooting star smothered” 21 May
Los Angeles Times “Oscar cover ” 22 February
Los Angeles Times “The sneaker issue ” 17 February
2018
Los Angeles Times “L.A.’S new king ” 2 July
Los Angeles Times “NBA All Star Game” 18 February
Los Angeles Times “The grammy’s hip-hop gamechangers ” 26 January
2017
Los Angeles Times “The grammy’s ” 12 February
Seattle Times “NFC Playoff ” 6 January
2016
Seattle Times “NFC Playoff ” 8, 13, 15 January
Street of Warcraft - Arttitude bootleg (limited edition 1500 copies)
Photoshop Creative – issue 136
2015
Rivista Ufficiale NBA – issue 100/102
The Programmatic Mind – issue 09
Agenda Be U - Giochi Preziosi (2015-2016)
Go Green Patriot Posters Calendar - Heye Verlag
2014
Wired UK – November
2012
Juxtapoz Magazine – April
Artittude Vol. 1 – Editions Herscher

EXHIBITIONS
ADDIS ABABA (ETHIOPIA) - Dante Plus 700 - April 2022
SOFIA (BULGARIA) - Dante Plus 700 - April 2021
GUAYAQUIL (ECUADOR) - World's first aerial gallery - January 2021
FIRENZE - XII Florence Biennale “The Art of Toys” - October 2019
TORINO - Museo Egizio - Just Humans - October 2019
BROOKLYN/NY “Biggie Inspire” Party Exhibition - September 2019
PARIS - Sakura Gallery - June 2019
VICENZA - Gallerie Summertime" June 2018
EMPOLI - Exhibition “Lets Dance” - April 2018
TORINO - Exhibition Illustri Novantanove - TorinoGraphicDays - November 2016
RAVENNA - Exhibition idDante - “Il volto di Dante” - September 2016
SAN FRANCISCO - Gauntlet Gallery - DP3 Exhibition - August 2015
SAUDI ARABIA - Jeddah Digital Art and Comic (JDC) Exhibition - June 2015
MILANO - The Big Bang Theory Exhibition - Energolab - 2014
MILANO - inDEx (Independent Design Exhibition) - 2013
MILANO - Bicycle Film Festival Exhibition - 2013