Roberto "Pasta" Pantaleo

Art Brokerage: Roberto "Pasta" Pantaleo Italian Artist: Italian born Roberto "Pasta" Pantaleo spent most of his childhood in an Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. He inherited the nickname from his older brother Nick, often called "Pasta Fazul" by friends because of his heavy Italian accent and their difficulty in pronouncing the name Panteleo. To Pasta, as to many, the sea represented an escape from what he saw was a dismal way of urban life and eventually in 1970, as a young teenager, Pasta was instrumental in convincing his family to migrate to South Florida, the perennial land of sun and fun. During his teenage years, Pasta and his friends enjoyed motorcycles, hot rods and most of all, the challenge of customizing their rides. Pasta's friend, Victor, was the first to implore him to pinstripe his newly customized van. Listings wanted.