Graffiti Dreamin' Hardcover – July 29, 2025

Valerio Ventura—2014 Prime Time Emmy Award winner for his design work on Disney’s Mickey Mouse Shorts—brings his signature fusion of raw expression and visual storytelling to Graffiti Dreamin’.Born in Rome and shaped by a lifetime in the arts, Ventura’s creative path spans authorship, filmmaking, teaching at California Institute of the Arts, and contributions to major motion pictures and animated series.Under his street art tags TIX3 and SPRAYRAT, Ventura presents a kaleidoscopic collection of graffiti, digital art, photography, and raw mark-making. These works reflect years of personal exploration and creative rebellion—rooted in his early life in Quadraro, a storied Roman neighborhood known for its underground spirit, WWII resistance, and layered architectural history. Once home to ancient Republican structures and the medieval Torre del Quadraro, the neighborhood pulses with echoes of the past beneath its modern grit.Growing up in the shadow of Cinecittà Studios, Ventura absorbed the contrast between cinema’s dreamscape and the raw textures of the streets. Graffiti Dreamin’ captures that tension and transformation—where memory, motion, and spray paint collide.This is more than a book of images. It’s a visual manifesto—where ink bleeds history, color becomes protest, and imagination is etched into every cracked wall and vibrant surface. Read more