The exceptional artist James Rizzi

James Rizzi (1950-2011) is world famous as the inventor of 3D graphics. His colourful and detailed pop art paintings are infectious and often thematise his home city of New York. He is a workaholic and his artistic output includes many designs that are gradually released in strictly limited editions under the supervision of James Rizzi Studios.

James Rizzi studied art at the University of Florida in Gainesville until 1974. Shortly after graduating, he had the opportunity to exhibit his work at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. Over the years, he continued to develop his own characteristic style and created many colourful paintings full of joie de vivre. Rizzi lived and worked in the studio loft in New York's SoHo district until his death on 26 December 2011.

When you look at James Rizzi's pictures, you can discover New York in detail: Skyscrapers and car columns, neon lights, hot dog vendors, Guggenheim and Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge and Broadway, streets, street signs, fire hydrants, bins. But above all, he saw people. "My work is about people, about daily life. And here, above all, it's about living together." Rizzi believes that his hometown is an exemplary social model.
For Rizzi, the main reason is that they all have a common language: Smile. If Rizzi's photo shows a view of the world that removes daily worries, we must smile too. The world is happy, colourful and full of treasures. Views may remind us of our childhood, a time full of curiosity. The retention of this authentic childlike innocence is Rizzi's great merit.

James Rizzi is a late artist. He found his way to the field of art through detours. Rizzi's art teacher encouraged him, inspired him to continue his technical development and gave him intellectual guidance. Through dialogue, he developed his own style, combining tradition and inspiration and making changes - he has had his own unique and original things since he was a child. Rizzi did a triple homework and finally invented what made him famous: three-dimensional prints.
In 1977, Rizzi had his breakthrough: the young painter was invited to participate in the famous exhibition "Thirty Years of American Printmaking" organised by the famous Brooklyn Museum. He thus took his place between Andy Warhol, Frank Stella and Roy Lichtenstein. Rizzi entered the art world.