I remember my mother telling me as a child that my brain fails to maintain (synaptic) bridges. This impression about my neurology imprinted upon me, and capitulated to a transient, spiralling perceptual reality. Any knowledge accumulated, destined to dissipate. Leaving me with only one impulse - to ‘keep moving’.

I consider each project as a manifestation of cognition, and I name these “pathways”. Like neural pathways, they repeatedly reverberate, and frequently converge and diverge from one another. Each pathway involves an intense process which captures a singularity point of autistic consciousness. 

I use drawing, video, embroidery, costume, sound, and performance, often featuring vibration, duration, and repetition.

Bio : My name is Roberto Picciau (b.1991 Cagliari, Sardinia) and I am an Autistic Visionary Artist living in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.  I was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome (Autistic Spectrum) and immigrated from Sardinia to the North East of England as a child. 

I am employed as a Mental Health Social/Community Worker,  negotiating a complex web of systemic/psycho/social factors which the people face.

My art work is listed by Platform-A Gallery as an Associate Artist, and I have exhibited my work nationally, with some of my work held in private collections.