Riccardo Ten Colombo

TEN is the nickname of Riccardo Colombo, Italian street artist. His approach to street art comes after his academic studies in visual communication, printing, technical drawing and painting. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts with a thesis “Urbanrestyling”.

Riccardo investigates the nature of colour and the type of messages it conveys to the observer. contrast between pure colours, complementary colours, light and shade, warm and cold tones: all these elements are the starting point for the development of a distinctive technique.

TEN studies the boundaries between abstract and realistic painting, questioning the line of demarcation between these two worlds. When and how does technical drawing – made of lines, angles, and geometric rules – turn into painting? And how does that interfere the observer and produce new feelings?