Raffaele Gatta is a young Italian artist who creates probing, visionary art with both painting and photography. His works are characterized by the individual’s quest for meaning, connection, and understanding. Using modern and antiquated techniques in photography, he renders his vision in haunting black and white images, notable for their absence of human presence. Gatta’s paintings are equally contemplative, employing a limited palette and the same elusive artistic sensibilities. Influenced by American and French authors such as Jack Kerouac and Charles Baudelaire,

Gatta learned early on to be self-proficient. He sees his art as a means for thoughtful repose, "I would like to make people reflect upon some deep and important topics without any pretence of teaching or judging." Born in Frosinone, Italy in 1980, Gatta is a young and vibrant artist, full of energy for life. A poet as well as a visual artist, he took part and won first prize in the literary competition Polis Poiesis. He lives and works in Italy.