Orfeo Tagiuri

A man in a dark jacket stands beside a grey art panel with a white dotted floral design.

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Orfeo Tagiuri is the multidisciplinary artist behind a growing body of work that spans cartoons, wood carvings and photography — shaped by a childhood steeped in logic that eventually cracked open into something more emotional. After a detour from medicine into creative writing at Stanford, he found his voice in scribbles and captions, turning heartbreak, death and everyday absurdity into 1,000 drawings that became the "Little Passing Thoughts Book." Today, his practice moves fluidly between mediums, from candlelit Wish Cards to carved wooden scenes, treating melancholy with the same wit and tenderness as the rest of his work.

What’s important to you right now?

“Balance. In all ways. I’m traveling a lot at the moment so this becomes particularly vital. I’m grateful for the routines, community, collaborations that allow me to feel rooted and purposeful. Simultaneously I have a voracious appetite for all of the new experiences coming my way.”

If you were an object what would you be?

An oil lamp, landline telephone or a Bialetti.

A brass plaque on a wooden door depicts Peter Pan peeking through a keyhole, with a brass doorknob below.

Describe your taste in one word?

Imperfectionist

Where would you like to be right now?

Paris! Of course. We are about to opening an amazing exhibition at Vie Projects so it is clearly the place to be.

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A yellow cafe table seen from above, holding a buttered baguette, coffee in a blue cup, two eggs, water, and a silver grinder. A person's legs are visible below, with a street in the background.

“Coffee is a life force, haha, so probably not fair to classify it as an object but it is the first grounding moment of each day for me. Also the Cafe Richard cup & saucer colorways always bring me joy.”