Roberto Visani

Roberto Visani is a multi-media artist residing in Brooklyn, New York. Primarily working in sculpture, his artwork examines the black body, often through a reinterpretation of historical artworks and artifacts. He has exhibited at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY, The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY, The Bronx Museum, NY, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF, and Barbican Galleries, London. Recent exhibitions include Form/Reform at the Brattlesboro Museum in Brattleboro VT, and The Promise at the Speed Museum of Art in Louisville, KY. Visani has been awarded residencies from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NY, Chelsea College of Art, London and Art Omi, NY. He is a NYFA Fellow in Sculpture and was a Fulbright Fellow to Ghana. His work has been reviewed by the New York Times, Art Forum, Art News, and Frieze among others. Since 2004 he has taught at John Jay College of Criminal Justice where he is an associate professor of art.