Alberto Ballocca (b. 1993, Turin, Italy) works across painting and sculpture through a process rooted in instinct, accumulation, and deliberate surrender to the unknown. His pigments are sourced rather than purchased — volcanic rock dust, ochre extracted from ancient woodland soils outside Turin, industrial dye reclaimed from textile production, high-resistance mineral pigments used in antiquity restoration — bound with water, Arabic gum, or dilute acrylic in proportions governed by perception rather than formula. Material is not a vehicle but a threshold: Ballocca treats its behavior under gravity, humidity, and absorption as structural to the work’s meaning, allowing images to surface organically rather than be imposed.