Vittorio Pelosi

Vittorio Pelosi (born 1 March 1975) is an English artist. He is founder of the art movement Intentism.
Life and career
Vittorio Pelosi was born in London, England. He first trained at London art school Central Saint Martins and then at Roehampton University, Surrey. At the age of 22, Vittorio was commissioned to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Heathrow Airport with two six foot murals illustrating a century of flight.
Vittorio now has work in England, Europe and America in both Public and Private collections including the Museum of Hermitage Hall in Norfolk, England.
From 1999 to 2004, he painted portraits of several leading actors, actresses and television presenters, including Sir Patrick Moore and Tess Daly, Dani Behr, Anna Wing, James Faulkner, Lisa Barbuscia, Floella Benjamin, Sharon Maughan, , Barry Norman, Cherie Lunghi,and Liza Goddard.
Donald M. Hess, Swiss-born art collector and wine producer of Vinopolis Gallery, London has said he "...had not seen anything that strong in the medium of figurative painting within the last couple of years". This gallery includes work of, amongst others, the late Francis Bacon.
In 2000, the ITV1 arts and culture television programme Young, Gifted and Broke featured an interview with Vittorio Pelosi.
In 2010, the BBC2 entertainment programme Cash in the Celebrity Attic included Pelosi's work of Sarah Cawood. Antiques expert Paul Hayes commented that Pelosi's,"...actually making waves at the moment in the art world."
His exhibitions receive national press coverage, including in 2004 page 2 of the British Newspaper, The Independent.
Intentism
In 2008 he founded the international art movement Intentism. Intentists include artists, writers and philosophers(including Professor William Irwin) from England, Ireland, India, North America and South America, and Hong Kong.
Intentists have staged various exhibitons and have spoken at Universities including the University of the Arts London. In 2009 he published the main tenets of the movement in "Intentism - The Resurrection of the Author".
Intentists come from a variety of backgrounds but are all questioning ideas related to the meaning of work. The name Intentism is a response to the debate around intentionality.
Artistic Practice
Vittorio Pelosi, is a Palimpsestist, meaning an artist that celebrates the intention in the work by including the entire process of creating art in the final piece. Consequently, elements of every editing decision is left in. Intentists call this process Palimpsestism and the Intentional Trail.

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