Davide Prete Biography Born in Treviso, Italy, Davide was introduced to the art of metalsmithing by his father Alessandro and by the sculptor Toni Benetton. He studied Jewelry at the Institute of Art in Venice. In 2003, he obtained his degree in architecture at IUAV, Venice, Italy. In 2010 he earned his Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Fontbonne University, Sain Louis, where he studied under the guidance of Hank Knickmeyer and developed a personal sculptural process, mixing traditional metal casting and new technologies such as 3D printing and laser scanning. In 2010 Davide moves to Washington DC and starts working as professor of Fine Art. Currently he works at the Corcoran College of Art + Design as Sculptor Coordinator and professor of Metalsmithing and Sculpture and New Technologies. His work has been shown at national and international venues (Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, England, France and the USA) and his urban scale sculptures are installed in Italy and USA. Recently, his work has focused on new technologies such as 3D printing and laser scanning combined with traditional metalsmithing techniques. On his last projects, mathematical equations provided him with a pretext to connect figurative images with a new language, to discover what he called "A new forms of shamanism".