Born in 1976, lives and works in Sansepolcro (AR) in Tuscany. In his training he had teachers such as Gianfranco D'Amore, Boris Borioni and Gianfranco Giorni. Over the years, he has been fascinated and influenced by masters such as Lucien Freud, Alberto Giacometti and Bacon.
He has undertaken collaborations with various galleries in Italy and abroad; you are present at the Florence Biennale in 2009 together with Marina Abrahmovic and in 2013 at the Rome Triennale. Among his participations we mention:
- "2°Piano art Residence" 2019 curated by Cristiano Pallara and Margherita Capodiferro, Z.N.S.project - Puglia;
- Ritratto a Mano 4.0 – curated by Giuliana Benassi – Jorge Peris artist tutor- Caramanico Terme;
- Sculpture week Pietra della Maiella - curated by Walter Zuccarini- Sculpture – Chieti;
- Artist in Residency – curated by Ambrusch-Rapp - Velden am Wörthersee – Austria;
- Among the group exhibitions: Mutatio – Auditorium Santa Chiara – Sansepolcro – curated by Tonino Puletti 2018;
- ArtCervia International Art Festival – Arcevia – edited by Laura Coppa 2018; Contemporary Portraits – Aurum Pescara – curated by Amedeo Polidoro 2018;
- Biennale of Frosinone and Anagni – curated by Alfio Borghese 2018; Among the personal exhibitions: 2017 – MIND – Galleria E20 Contemporary Art – Pescara – curated by Iolanda Angelini 2017;
- Physiognomica - Museo Michelangiolesco - Caprese Michelangelo - curated by Giovanni Pichi Graziani.
Always a lover of landscape and drawing, he deals with research cycles on faces and portraits in which the creative process defines personal and emotional chromatic choices, contaminated by the climate and energy of the subjects. Metaphysics, in his works, arises from the need for references that lead back to memories, objects and constructions that belong to experiences undergo unusual metamorphoses through mix-media sculptures and painting.
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