ABOUT

In the kindergarten, at the age of three or four, I drew a horse standing upright on its hind legs.

My schoolmates teased me because I had sketched it balanced on the tips of its hooves.

They said it was impossible for it to stand up straight like this.

I, on the other hand, was happy with that impossible horse and never corrected it.

 

I was born in 1956 in Chieti, Abruzzo. Two years later my family moved to Turin, I have lived here ever since.

 

In 1982, with some close colleagues, I founded A Caval Teatro, a research and experimentation theatre group for the Educational Services of the Municipality. Thanks to the high quality of the projects carried out, the laboratory soon became an educational and theatrical training point in Turin and beyond.

 

Artistically, I trained with Maestro Giacomo Soffiantino, following his nude and etching lessons for three years.

I am getting my permanent training with the Maestri of the Illustration School of Sarmede, the Painting School of the Pinacoteca of the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin, the Master printer Giancarlo Busato, the Print Club of Turin, the artist Paolo Galetto.

 

I exhibited drawings and watercolors in collective exhibitions in Turin, Milan and Adelfia (BA) at galleries, cultural clubs, bookstores.

 

I won second prize with “Neve” in the Watercolor section in the International Competition of Painting, Drawing, Graphics and Watercolor Metropoli di Torino, VI edition, Year 2016, organized by Arte Città Amica.

My “Inverni” soft-ground etching was selected for the 2020 Biennale catalogue Diego Donati Award, Perugia.