Architecture, Design and the Art of Straticollage
Layered memories and Straticollage technique by Marcello Pozzi
Marcello Pozzi explores the intersection of architecture, design, and visual art through his distinctive technique of Straticollage. Rooted in his background as an architect and shaped by his passion for experimentation, this method layers paper, canvas, and drawings in a process that is both rigorous and poetic. Each composition becomes a palimpsest where personal memories, fragments of everyday life, and reflections on contemporary culture overlap and interact.
The result is a body of work that embodies contradictions—order and chaos, presence and absence, memory and transformation—while opening a dialogue between materiality and emotion. Through Straticollage, Pozzi translates the rhythm of modern life into multidimensional works that invite the viewer to slow down, observe, and rediscover the hidden narratives embedded in time and space.
Head 2008
56 x 71 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
La Bum 2007
54 x 73 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Untitled-2 2012-2014
183 x 122 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Untitled-1 2012-2014
183 x 122 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Zero 2016
91 x 122 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Untitled 2009
76 x 102 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Untitled 2009
56 x 71 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Untitled Brown 2009
76 x 102 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Tirm by GC 2010
76 x 61 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
3 Figures 2016
71 x 56 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Sarparea 2011
91 x 76 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Boom 2009
61 x 76 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Crack 2009
61 x 76 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Lines-2 2012
213 x 153 cm – Acrylic on canvas
Lines-1 2012
216 x 170 cm – Acrylic on canvas
Lines-3 2012
213 x 153 cm – Acrylic on canvas
Lines-4 2012
188 x 169 cm – Acrylic on canvas
Al bar 2010
148 x 148 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Billboards Pinocchio 9 Surreal 2005
122 x 122 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas – 2 panels with hinges
Sky bridge 2009
91 x 91 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Untitled 45 pm 2011
91 x 91 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
2 Figures 2012
41 x 41 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas with frame
Triptic 2011
150 x 153 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas – 3 panels
Untitled 2011
61 x 76 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Nuvola Rosa 2010
213 x 122 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas – 3 panels with hinges
Stick Man 2006
91 x 153 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
La Street Life 2005
61 x 122 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
La Now 2006
61 x 122 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Thinking 2007
184 x 107 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
B&W Untitled 3 2013
122 x 183 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
B&W Untitled 4 2013
122 x 183 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
B&W Untitled 5 2013
122 x 183 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Oro-1 2014-2018
61 x 91 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Oro-2 2014-2018
61 x 91 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Bottles 2011
122 x 183 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Starry Night 2012
122 x 183 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
3 pm 2009
76 x 102 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas
Fragments 2005
76 x 102 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Billboards with birds 2006
91 x 122 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas with frame
Self-portrait 2025
71 x 56 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Billboard-1 2007
91 x 122 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Billboard-2 2007
91 x 122 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Billboard-3 2007
91 x 122 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Still-life on table 2007
91 x 122 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Testa di Moro head of man 2006
61 x 91 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Billboard Balilla 2005
122 x 61 cm – Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Untitled 2011
76 x 91 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas – 3 panels
Diptic Yellow 2009
91 x 91 cm – Acrylic and mixed media “Straticollage” on canvas – 2 panels
Marcello Pozzi believes architecture and design are arts, and as such, they need to be the expression of our time. He finds inspiration in the contradictions of modern life, from the avant-garde paradoxes of Los Angeles en as well as the simplicity of the counter-design culture. Educated at the politecnico di Milano, Italy, he learned to see architecture through the fragments of all types of construction. MLLO is the design studio of Marcello Pozzi.
Based in Los Angeles since 2001, Marcello Pozzi also studied to become an architect at the Polytechnic in Milan, but his fascination for painting and experimenting new forms of art eventually prevailed. In 2008, he developed a new technique called “Straticollage” that combines different media (paper, canvas) and several layers of drawings, finding inspiration in his personal life and memories.
