Just who the f#*k is this other Valerio ??

so right ...

I know some of you read these little public digital diary entries I make from time to time ...

so you might have a rough idea of some of my background

you maybe sussed that I developed and perfected a progressive yet identifiable style of work by the age of 14

you might be aware that I started designing theme parks before I sat my exams at 16

I am sure you might have loosly heard that I was acredited with architectural design awards for public spaces before I was 25

I stayed for a couple of weeks at Hunter S Thompsons Woody Creek Ranch In Colorado ... which was ...interesting

I stayed for some weeks at the Lenkiewicz Studio in Plymouth while I was a transient Art Student ... I called him a tramp and he referred to me a s a tramp in training ... and we were friends until he died

I think that mobile phones are bad luck ...

I once lived in London ...Never Again !

I still enjoy climbing trees , cliffs and mountains

I Fought and won a landrace against a corporate developer in order to preserve architectural, historical and  cultural heritage sites

I think that walking is one of the noblist and humblist things a person can do ... to traverse the world by only your own means of propulsion .... as well as itt improving your health and being rather medatative

I am certain you know that after working a little bit of corporate .... a litle bit of government I decided it was all a bloody farce

that I would openly endorse the outside ... and 3 dimensional experiences over movies and virtual gaming any day

I dont ever go to the gym ... but have been told I still look pretty good naked ... but its mostly from having to traverse great distances on foot ... under a heav burden of stock

I could 3 d print shit ... but somehow it just isnt the same as sustaining an  injury through cleaving at a chunk of wood with a big bowie knife

I worked extensively on eco urban schemes of various scales in varios countries ... again only to be disheartened when some corporate ass decimates the design with some new economically improved spec that should be re worked into and effectively ruining the design

whilst running Galleries I have refused to sell work to individuals based on a series of reasons ... none of them I have ever regreted ....and indeed even been arested for having a fist fight with a police officer

in the idea of siezing the means of production ... I have always been fiercley independent whilst simultaneosly being open to diverse collaborations ..
but ... I always hand produce all of my own products, signages ... write my own material ... and refuse to pay what I consider to be the percentage people .... the non producers ... so I never pay for advertising likes or followers ... so art and design by Valerio ... is just that ... a rare thing these days that will always insist on maintaining !

my workshops in Plymouth became one of the very last opperating occupy camps after a dispute with the local authority forced me to place an embargo on all transactions until the matter was eventally resolved in my favor ..... all the while remaining entirely self representing ... a harrowing experience and a hell of a learning curve

I designed and built many anatomical  palaeontological representations in circulation for educational purposes ... and when I have the time I do still enjoy producing replicas ... and even engageing in scientific excavations and retreivals for genuine specimens from the field

I lived on a sail boat for a year and sailed around the south west coast of England ... painting and distributing works to galleries ... while I was saving the money to move to the Netherlands

so when I google the name Artby Valerio .... or Valerio ... there is ... well actually, there is one guy that does stained glass ... which fair ... at least he is an artist ... with a body of work ... I dont mind sharing google resluts with this guy

but there is another one ... I dont know who he is ... or where he came from ... seeing as I dont engage at all in the celebrity sensationalism that this guy seems to buzz arond and exist in .... you know I have not seen an aired television programme in ... I think 7 years .... .... he actuually even looks a little bit like me ... well ... in a sort of mildly dilluted way ..... but this guy is everywhere ... and he seems to be copying me to maybe an embarrassing level ... I dont mind the flattery .... but this is a littlle bit wierd .... someone has taken ... who I am ... and what I do ... and they seem to be branding it better than me ... and certainly marketing it with more success .... I think this is just a sign of the times ... artist equivalent of Tesla for hire anyone x

slightly more detailed version of the story so far x http://plymouthcityofculture.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/artby-valerio-new-years-benefit-auction.html

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