利用者:Cosmic connectors/sandbox

Marco Antonio Patrizio

Name：Marco Antonio Patrizio

Occupation: a scammer (fraud)

Based in: Padova, Italy.

Born in: Italy, 1985

The names of fake "galleries" history:

・Marco Antonio Patrizio Gallery (2017)

・Patrizio Contemporary (2018)

・Ikon Art Gallery (2019)

・Context Art Gallery (2020 - 2023)

The way to scam:

・The main targets are young career artists who live in not Italy.

・The fake contract mentions 2 years contract to artists. (It is enough time to run away from victims).

・Changing the name of gallery for 4 times for 5 years.

・Changing Instagram account name for 5 time in a year.

・Deleting the old galleries information which have bad reviews.

Tips:

More than 200 artists around the world had have scam from him for many years (more than 5 years).

References:

(Scam reports)

https://www.reddit.com/r/glitch_art/comments/18bx0ey/comment/kd0mjur/?context=3


https://www.instagram.com/p/ClyoUIOICv4/

https://www.reddit.com/r/glitch_art/comments/adw3vt/marco_antonio_patrizio_scammer/


https://howsmydealing.com/2022/08/08/if-youre-approached-by-gallerist-marco-antonio-patrizio-run/


https://www.reddit.com/r/ja/comments/18e7aus/comment/kd0ng9n/?context=3

The scam gallery link:

http://www.contextartgallery.com/