Piero Penizzotto is a Peruvian-American artist born and based in New York, whose practice centers on human-sized painted papier-mâché sculptures drawn from scenes of daily life across New York, South Florida, and Peru. His figures capture the texture of familial and social bonds — embraces, conversations, and intimate moments — rendered at a scale that transforms viewers into active participants in the work. Through intricate attention to attire, expression, and body language, Penizzotto investigates the ways togetherness and human connection sustain us across cultures and communities. He received his BFA with honors from Hunter College in 2022, and has had solo exhibitions at White Columns, New York, Primary Gallery, Miami, and WHAAM! Gallery, New York. His work is held in the El Espacio Collection, Miami.