Alan De Cecco aka SODA was born in Palmanova in 1977 and studied Architecture and Design in Italy.

SODA is a graffiti artist who also works in other artistic mediums like painting, graphics and sound. The artist is known for his exceptional abstract graffiti pieces that stimulate people’s point of view by focusing their attention at the distance. His minimalist artworks are reminiscent of pieces made by the best Kinetic and Op art masters since SODA uses black and white shapes and an exceptional shadowing technique to create an illusion of a third dimension on the surface. Music, architecture and abstraction represent the main inspiration for the artist who likes to play with the complexity of the geometric elements and the letters layout.

Since 1993 the artist has been embellishing the walls around the world with a variety of dynamic and seemingly weightless artworks. His pieces are composed of floating geometrical fragments that are either merging and colliding or moving away from each other much like pieces of an object shattered in an explosion. The spray paint artworks create an illusion of a third dimension achieved with a careful examination of the way sunlight hits a certain area followed by the careful shadowing of the elements with black paint and low pressure technique. Throughout his career, SODA participated in numerous live painting sessions and recently his graffiti works were included in a monograph entitled Graffiti Expressions Manifestes. Ce que le street art ne dit pas. The art book published in October 2016 represents an overview of the graffiti culture and gathers the works of fifteen international artists.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2001
Artenauti, Gorizia Italy

2009
Entourage, Arte 2 Gallery, Milano Italy

2022
Polygons - BSMT gallery - London UK


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2001
Airbrush Show, Milano Italy,

2005
Contemparts, Vicenza Italy

2007
Anteprima FVG, SPAC Spazio pubblico Arte Contemporanea, Buttrio Udine Italy

2008
Vuote a Rendere, Arte Due Gallery, Milano,
Write for Food, Old Fashion, Milano Italy

2014
Astratta Tre, Museo d’Arte Astratta Fondazione Zappettini, Chiavari Genova Italy

2016
W and Beyond, Galerie Celal, Paris France

2017
Lettere, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce,
Genova Italy,
Prisma, Colab Gallery, Weil am Rhein Germany

2018
Street Art Fair, Paris France,
Kvadrart, Wallery Gallery, Stockholm Sweden

2019
Cash is King, Saatchi Gallery, London UK

2020
Collective at Ground Effect Gallery, Paris France,
One Word - Take a Butcher’s Gallery, Dusseldorf Germany

2021
FORMA - B.east Gallery - duo show with Etnik, Florence Italy

2022
Welcome Back - Colab Gallery, Weil am Rhein Germany.


LIVE PAINTING

1977
NightWave, Rimini Italy

1999
NightWave, Rimini Italy,
Zanussi, Conegliano Veneto Italy,
Panico Totale, Pisa - Italy

2003
Terrazza Mare, Jesolo Italy,
MOS, Padova Italy,
Co-Attitudes, Roma, Italy,
Parenzo Croazia,
MOS Ljubljana, Slovenia,
MOS, Zagreb Croatia

2004
MOS, Padova Italy,
MOS, Zagreb Croatia,
Ostia, Roma Italy,
Lignano Italy

2005
Padova Meeting of Style Italy,

2008
Salso Maggiore Terme Italy,
MOS, Padova Italy

2012
Red Gallery, London Uk

2014
Elementi Sotterranei, Gemona Italy

2015
Elementi Sotterranei, Gemona Italy,
Timboni, Malindi Kenya,
Jealouse Gallery Roof Top, London UK,
Kosciuszko Street, Brooklyn New York USA

2016
Global Street Art, Old Street, London UK,
Forum Przestrzenie, Krakow Poland

2017
for Waterloo Leake Street Arches, London UK

2018
Leake Street Tunnel (Banksy Street), London UK,
Premio Antonio Giordano for Street Art 5th edition Santa Croce di Magliano, Campobasso Italy

2019
Yardworks Graffiti Festival, Glasgow Scotland,
Whitecross Street Party Event, London UK,
Live painting in Shoreditch with Etnik, London UK,
IBM business headquarters - Milan Italy

2020
Peinture Fraîche Festival - Lyon France.
Live painting in London - Chop Em Down films

2021
Whitecross Street Party Event, London UK
Live painting in London - Stockwell/Shoreditch

2022
Live painting in London - Leake Street London
CAPS Festival - Paris France