Paul Alex M. Samaniego, a second-generation Italian and the son of a Filipino immigrant couple, was born in Rome in 1989. He graduated from the Art High School of Rome “Via di Ripetta”. Starting in 2008, he has exhibited his works (paintings, sculptures, multimedia installations) in solo and group exhibitions. In 2009, as part of the Municipality of Rome’s project “Journey into Memory”, he created the video art piece “One single journey... One single way”. In 2012, he collaborated with the Audiovisual Media Anthropology Laboratory of the University of Milan-Bicocca for the documentary “Where do you come from”. In 2013, a solo exhibition titled “The End of the Beginning” was organized at the Artothèque de Rome on Via Margutta. In the following months, drawing inspiration from daily life and work, he focused his activity on “Colf”, a 15-minute video art piece, taking care of every aspect of the production: direction, screenplay, photography, acting, editing, and music. Colf was first exhibited at “The New Florence Biennale IX”, winning the second prize “Lorenzo il Magnifico” in the video art category.

The artist lives and works between Rome and Milan, collaborating with the Philippine Embassy in Rome and several cultural associations.