My Story. My mission.

I’m a multidisciplinary artist born in Italy grew up in London specialised in formal calligraphy, graffiti and the history of writing. 

I write, paint canvases, signs, murals and performance art. 

My work focuses on the exploration of writing in order to redefine it and celebrate the importance of this creative act. I called this investigation Interowriting. 

I express and explore my practice also through two performances: Jamigraphy and the Walking Wall, pushing the boundaries between poetry, physics, art, language and music. 

My focus is to translate movement and rhythm into form, alongside muralism and a consideration of the future and evolution of our writing system.

Why does writing matter to me?

Writing has been my way of healing, my safe space, at times my only way to communicate or process informations.

I was a very shy child, terrified to communicate to the outside world, petrified by confrontation. 

When I learn how to write I used to write my mum letters to express my deepest feelings, even if we were living in the same house. I’d spend nights just writing. It was healing. I could be whoever I wanted to be.

No judgement. 

Writing is present.

At a young age I discovered graffiti, they were everywhere and I was fascinated. They were my inspiration, my navigation. I found in the intricate letters written on the walls the same feeling I had when I was writing. The power of the letterform. That’s why I think Graffiti have a pivotal role in the evolution of writing. When you write your name on the street you can be whoever you want. This writing of one’s name in the public realm has happened across history and doing so means that you are no longer invisible. You exist. Graffiti and lately the Hip Hop culture was my first love.

My second love was Typography. I studied typography went to all possible conferences while working in an advertising agency in London until I discovered my third love: Calligraphy

I quitted my job at the agency and apprenticed with Paul Antonio Scribe studio in London. I was catapulted into a mediaeval world, surrounded by quills, vellum and old manuscripts. I was particularly interested in the history of writing, its origins and how it developed independently in different parts of the world. In 2017 I opened my calligraphy studio AmpersandAlice where I developed my practice further and grew my client base (which came to include the British Royal family, Montblanc, Oasis and the Royal Academy of the Arts to name a few).

The love to research and study brought me back to my first love: graffiti this time passing through philosophy and Quantum physics studies

The page was suddenly to small for me and I went back to the walls with a completely different prospective. I joined EDF crew, a muralist crew from Tuscany, IT in 2022 specialised in ‘Arte Sociale’

I now live in between London and Tuscany, Italy and work in between painting, performing, muralism, calligraphy consultancies and commissions. 

If you you’re interested to chat or collaborate get in touch!

I also writes a series of articles on Interowriting for a lettering magazine called BLAG. You can check out Interowriting articles here

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“Seshat means female scribe in Egyptian Hieroglyphs.”.

– Alice Mazzilli

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