About

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“My earliest memories are of tirelessly drawing figures from How-To art books.” 

It still is this childhood fascination with the beauty and complexity of the human body that drives an endless quest for a unique and captivating expression of the figure, beyond the classical. 

Momentary observations become frozen manifestations, and surface texture completes the final work.

Umberto is the recipient of a Trudy and Henry Gillette Sculpture Scholarship, a Nessa Cohen Grant for Sculpture, and a chashama Studio Residency. 

His work was selected for W Magazine's first ever Art Contest. 

Umberto lives and works in New York City.