Alessandro Kokocinski

Kokocinski in November 2011

Alessandro Kokocinski (born Alejandro Kokocinski; 3 April 1948 – 12 December 2017) was an Italian-Argentine painter, sculptor and set designer, of Polish-Russian origin.^[1]^[2] He was born in the refugee camp at Porto Recanati, Italy. His family survived the Holocaust.^[3] He was raised in Buenos Aires.

Kokocinski worked on the Salvador Allende government’s agrarian reform, in partnership with the Catholic University of Santiago de Chile. He settled in Rome and became a pupil of Riccardo Tomassi Ferroni, with whom he shared a studio in Trastevere, together with Carlo Quattrucci.^[4]

In 2016, Kokocinski created the set design and lighting design for “Lina Sastri è il mio nome”, a musical theatrical show which opened on 4 October 2016 at the Teatro Quirino, Rome.^[5]

Kokocinski died on 12 December 2017 in Tuscania, Italy of lymphoma at the age of 69.^[6]

Alessandro Kokocinski Media

Il cielo celato(scultura in vetroresina e rame)
Polittico di sculture in vetro resina policrome montate su pannelli di legno ed appoggiate su putrelle di ferro, 2003*Dimensione totale dell’installazione 4 x14 m Ogni pannello misura 300 x 200 x 50 cm