Two new geometrical pieces under an overpass in Rome, Italy by Moneyless.

When you are moneyless you have to be creative in your endeavors to make ends meet. Its fitting Teo "Moneyless" Pirisi is drawn to the cycle where two ends meet to create infinite symmetry …the perfect circle. Art movements also move in cycles and artists often move within circles.

Last summer when we headed to Grottaglie, Italy for Fame Festival, one of the artists that stood out to us was Moneyless. His geometric, abstract murals and sculptures were both a surprise to see and hidden gems throughout the town. Of all the works around town, Moneyless made you think twice about function and its existence amogst the town. It looked seemless, but also mysterious. This year, Moneyless is back, and Fame has a nice video of his progress, as well as the making of his prints for Studiocromie.

Artists Moneyless and Mark Lyken have been collaborating on various projects creating paintings, sculptures, and interventions in and around Glasgow, Scotland. In these particular pieces, combining Lyken’s abstract cosmic style with Moneyless’s detailed line work creates what could be portals to other dimensions.

Combining similar simplistic styles to collaborate on a huge new mural for the Katowice Street Art Festival, Italian artists, Tellas and Moneyless, make a good team. The duo used monochromatic shapes and patterns with nice composition, to create a non-intrusive piece for the residents of Katowice, Poland.

Combining similar simplistic styles to collaborate on a huge new mural for the Katowice Street Art Festival, Italian artists, Tellas and Moneyless, make a good team.  The duo used monochromatic shapes and patterns with nice composition, to create a non-intrusive piece for the residents of Katowice, Poland.

Teo Pirisi, aka Moneyless, is an Italian artist with a penchant for bold geometric shapes and patterns, putting them to paper as well as taking them to the street. Pirisi especially enjoys exhibiting his work outdoors, exploring the spatial and transformative landscapes of places by using non-traditional industrial materials in his complex forms and figures.

Day #2 in Grottaglie, Italy saw the preview night of FAME Festival 2011, where we were able to explore the exhibition portion of the public art celebration. In two separate spaces, there was great works from Vhils, Lucy McLauchlan, Ericailcane, Swoon, Escif, Moneyless, Boris Hoppek, and MOMO.

  Tonight in San Francisco, Linear Empires opens featuring new work from Augustine Kofie, Geoff Campen, Diana Ruiz, Mary Iverson, Richard Pearse, Moneyless, Brendan Monroe and Gregory Ito.  The work ranges in various mediums exploring the use of lines, symmetry, and geometry with an emphasis on design.  We stopped by yesterday to give you this preview of the show. Photos after the jump...  

Mary Iverson, a contemporary artist we have admired for quite some time, is part of a group show, Linear Empires, opening at San Francisco's White Walls next Saturday, February 12, 2011. She will be showing alongside Augustine Kofie, Geoff Campen, Diana Ruiz, Richard Pearse, Moneyless, Brendan Monroe and Gregory Ito. Iverson's work after the jump . . .