Andy Picci

Picci grew up in Switzerland.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lci.fr/people/qui-est-andy-picci-le-jeune-homme-ressemblant-a-pete-doherty-qui-a-berne-les-paparazzis-1532083.html|title=Qui est Andy Picci, le jeune homme ressemblant à Pete Doherty qui a berné les paparazzis ?|work=LCI|access-date=15 November 2018|language=fr-FR}} He studied photography at ECAL, visual communication at ESAM Design in Paris, and has a MFA from Central Saint Martins in London.{{Cite web|url=http://avenirmagazine.art/andy-picci/|title=Andy Picci|website=Avenir Magazine|access-date=15 November 2018}}

In 2015, Picci staged an artistic performance{{Cite journal|last=Boinet|first=Caroline|date=30 September 2015|title=Ceci n'est pas un Pete|url=https://boutique.lesinrocks.com/Special-mode-Lou-Doillon-numerique-p1484/|journal=Les Inrockuptibles|volume=1035|pages=32}} in which he dressed as Pete Doherty, fooling some photojournalists and having his picture published on Le Parisien's front-page as Doherty's.{{Cite news|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/2018/06/04/03015-20180604ARTFIG00184-nabilla-joconde-des-temps-modernes-pour-allo-l-exposition-d-andy-picci.php|title=Nabilla, Joconde des temps modernes, pour Allô, l'exposition d'Andy Picci|date=4 June 2018|work=FIGARO|access-date=15 November 2018|language=fr-FR}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/the-rakes-progress-last-week-in-gossip-107/|title=The Rake's progress: last week in gossip {{!}} Apollo Magazine|date=7 June 2018|work=Apollo|access-date=14 November 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Sosie de Pete Doherty en Une du "Parisien": "Les paparazzis m'ont encerclé et j'ai joué le jeu"|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/medias/1692819-20150922-sosie-pete-doherty-parisien-paparazzis-encercle-joue-jeu|access-date=14 November 2018|website=20 Minutes|date=22 September 2015 |language=fr}}{{Cite news|title=" Pete Doherty habite à Melun ": quand Le Parisien confond le musicien avec un inconnu|language=fr-FR|work=Les Inrocks|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/2015/09/22/musique/pete-doherty-habite-a-melun-quand-le-parisien-confond-le-musicien-avec-un-inconnu-11776355/|access-date=14 November 2018}}{{Cite web|last=Peters|first=Alex|date=2020-07-28|title=Meet Andy Picci, the digital artist behind your favourite quarantine art|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/soul/article/49950/1/meet-andy-picci-the-digital-artist-behind-your-favourite-quarantine-art|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Dazed|language=en}}

"By embodying a false Doherty on a photograph presented as a true one, the doppelgänger joined an appropriationist art process in a Richard Prince’s style, questioning the construction of identity (hello Cindy Sherman) and tackled our Society of the Spectacle," stated the French newspaper Les Inrockuptibles.

In April 2017, Picci published a book of poetry, Essais de gloire (Anatomie de mon coeur en été).{{Cite book|last=Picci|first=Andrea|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1013910271|title=Essais de gloire : (anatomie de mon coeur en été)|date=2017|isbn=978-2-940591-03-9|location=Lausanne|oclc=1013910271}}

In June 2018, he showed a series of copies of historic paintings altered to resemble Nabilla Benattia.{{Cite journal|last=Dell'Anna|first=Fabio|date=5 June 2017|title=Une Expo sur Nabilla? Non, mais allô!|url=https://www.lematin.ch/people/Un-Lausannois-inaugure-une-exposition-sur-Nabilla/story/27796688|journal=Le Matin|volume=134|pages=20–21}} Benattia said she was "very flattered" by the exhibition.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/15/06/2018/LesEchosWeekEnd/00127-003-ECWE_salle-d-attente.htm|title=Salle d'attente|work=Les Échos|location=France|access-date=15 November 2018|language=fr-FR}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2018/06/06/nabilla-tres-flattee-de-l-exposition-qui-lui-est-consacree-et-la-transforme-en-joconde_a_23452047/|title=Nabilla "très flattée" de l'expo qui lui est consacrée et la transforme en Joconde|date=6 June 2018|work=Le Huffington Post|access-date=15 November 2018|language=fr-FR}}

In 2019, he published a series of Instagram face filters. The filters questioned user's relation to selfie.{{Cite web|last=Lisa|first=Miquet|title=Avec ses propres filtres Instagram, Andy Picci interroge notre rapport aux réseaux sociaux|url=https://arts.konbini.com/artcontemporain/filtres-instagram-andy-picci|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Konbini Arts - Photographie et arts sans filtre par Konbini|date=6 February 2019 |language=fr}}

In 2020, Picci was part of the group show "Link in Bio" at MdbK (Museum der Bildenden Künste), Leipzig, DE.{{Cite web |title=Link in Bio |url=https://mdbk.de/en/exhibitions/link-in-bio-kunst-nach-den-sozialen-medien/ |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig |language=en}} Curated by Anika Meier, the exhibition explored the impact of social media on contemporary art and showcased how artists have harnessed platforms like Instagram for creative expression.{{Cite web |title=Link in Bio {{!}} Metal Magazine |url=https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/article/link-in-bio |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=metalmagazine.eu}}

In October 2021, he was part of "Global Gallery", a collaborative project developed by König Gallery for Porsche. This initiative turned major city screens, like the ones of Times Square and Shibuya Crossing into digital exhibition spaces.{{Cite web |last=Pellatt |first=Corey |title=Meet the Digital Artists Taking over the World’s Most Iconic Billboards with Porsche’s Global Gallery |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/corey-pellatt/meet-digital-artists-porsche-global-gallery |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=Complex |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |last=White |first=Ryan |title=This global exhibition brings rising digital artists to the busiest streets in the world |url=https://i-d.co/article/global-gallery-exhibition-porsche/ |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}

In 2022, Andy Picci was included in the "Class of 2022", a global initiative by CIRCA and Dazed.{{Cite web |title=Andy Picci, Class of 2022 |url=https://circa.art/class_2022_finalist/andy-picci/ |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=CIRCA}} This project featured the works of 30 emerging artists, which art was showcased on the screens of Piccadilly Circus, London, Uk.{{Cite web |last=AnOther |date=2022-09-01 |title=CIRCA X Dazed Class of 2022: Meet the Next Generation of Filmmakers |url=https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/14323/circa-x-dazed-class-of-2022-meet-the-next-generation-of-filmmakers |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=AnOther |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2022-08-31 |title=Introducing the CIRCA x Dazed Class of 2022 filmmakers |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/56855/1/introducing-the-circa-x-dazed-class-of-2022-filmmakers |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=Dazed |language=en}}

• Essais de Gloire (Anatomie de mon coeur en été), Éditions de la Marquise, Lausanne 2017. {{ISBN|978-2-940591-03-9}}

• PZ World, IDEA ltd , PZToday , London 2018. REF 11545
• Futures Of Love, Magasins Généraux, Paris 2019. {{ISBN|978-2-9563028-3-4}}
• Link In Bio - Art After Social Media, City of Leipzig, Museum der BildendenKünste Leipzig, Germany 2020. {{ISBN|978-3-86828-984-8}}

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