Born in Italy in 1972, Michele Castagnetti spent his formative years in Rome, studied graphic design at the Ateneo Creativo in Milan and received a Bachelor's Degree of Fine Arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles. His work has appeared in numerous exhibitions curated by notable curators and critics such as Mat Gleason of Coagula, Peter Frank, senior curator at the Riverside Art Museum and Los Angeles Times art critic David Pagel.