Antonio Pio Saracino is an Italian architect and artist who was born in southern Italy in 1976. He currently works and lives between Rome and New York City. Saracino received his Master’s degree in Architecture from La Sapienza University of Rome. Saracino has won numerous International design and architectural awards, his projects have been widely published internationally. His design for a boutique in Soho, NY in 2007 was featured in the Best of the Year editions of Wallpaper and Interior Design magazines. In addition, he was presented with a 2007 American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum and the Chicago Museum of Architecture for his design of a country house in upstate New York. Saracino was selected to represent Italy in the European Art contest, as the winner of the Agorafolly art competition for Europalia.Europa Art Festival 2007/2008 in Brussels, Belgium. Saracino’s artwork has also been included in several international museum exhibitions. In 2007 he was named as one of the world’s 25 most interesting trend-setters by New York‘s ARTnews magazine.