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MICHAEL POLSINELLI

Michael Polsinelli has been pushing the creative boundaries in our industry for over 20years. His creative designs have influenced hairdressers all over the world and has settrends that have been followed by hairdressers today. He is constantly defying thedefinition of beauty and uses his unique approach to escape conformity. Michaelrefuses mediocrity and pushes himself to conquer and thrive in uncomfortablesituations. He says “you will only attain knowledge when the environment is unfamiliar.”

It is this mindset that has catapulted Polsinelli to the top of the hair industry. Hismotivation being self discovery, has led him to create his own cutting methodologycalled Fusion Cutting and Design. This newly formed education system has served himwell as he has become a world acclaimed Art Director for some of the industries finest.Polsinelli’s simplistic view of beauty is visible through his work and he believes that “less is more.” He feels that hair is a wonderful medium to cut and transform. Polsinelli also utilizes other mediums to design timeless headpieces that are beautiful works of art. Its the training of the eye that allows himself to constantly flourish and evolve as ahairdresser and conceptual artist.

Polsinelli’s achievements include working in the TV industry, fashion week, salon owner, Global Art Director, producing close to a 100 cutting and creative collections globally, platform artist and he has enjoyed performing for thousands of hairdressers at Gala Trend Events around the world.

Michael’s journey to success started in his home town of Toronto, Canada. Born into afamily of hairdressers, he soon realized his life would forever be transformed. Heunderstands that in life you need to believe in yourself, practice, work hard andsurround yourself with talented people. His talent was recognized by an industry icon,Robert Lobetta and together they forged an incredible body of work spanning almost adecade.

In 2008, Michael embarked on a new adventure which relocated him to Europe. With his complete and in depth education system, he thought it was time to open an Academy in the heart of Florence, Italy. Being from Italian heritage, he believes that Florence is one of the most influential cities for fashion, architecture, culture, food and design. It is an experience of a lifetime for hairdressers attending from all over the world. He nowresides just outside Los Angeles, CA where he represents Davines and serves as oneof their Top Artists. It is a perfect fit for an artist like Polsinelli because Davines promotes creativity and individuality which is the groundwork for evolution.