Born in Vicenza (Italy) in 1966, Dast began his artistic career while studying at the Accademia di Belle Arti, experimenting with several forms of expression ranging from painting to comic strips and body art performances. In the second half of the nineties his name began to circulate in underground circles following the publication of comic strips and illustrations in publications such as Delirio, Bad Mutants, Impulse Comix, Dynamo, Interzona, Rumore, Mondo Bizzarro Mag. (Ita), Malefact and Panik (USA), Stripburger (Slovenia), and in the book Tattoo Comix.
His work is rich in detail and symbolisms, and recalls medieval sacred Art seen through the lens of contemporary underground comics. Dast's paintings are populated by damned souls, infernal monsters, foetuses with crutches, skulls with eyeballs and other oddities that dwell in the artist's unconscious.
EXHIBITIONS
1998 “Subway”, public exhibition held in the main underground, Milano (group show)
2000 ” Panik”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles (group show)
2001 “The Hell Inside Me”, Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Bologna (solo show)
2002 MiArt , Milano (modern and contemporary art fair)
2003 “Mater Universalis ”, Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Bologna (group show)
2003 “The Italian Connection”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles( group show)
2003 Difeca Festival, Seul (group show)
2005 “Apocalypse Paintings”, Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Roma (group show)
BOOKS
1999 Horrorgasmo, (Mondo Bizzarro Press)
2001 The Hell Inside Me, (Mondo Bizzarro Press)
2003 Mater Universalis, (Mondo Bizzarro Press)