Biografia

Between the 1980s and 1990s, he exhibited in numerous museum group shows (Musée Rath, Geneva - GAM, Bologna/Turin - Flash Art Museum, Trevi - Pinacoteche of Modena, Ravenna, and Pisa) and solo exhibitions, including a show at the Galleria Marilena Bonomo in Bari in 1981, at the Gallerie Issert in Saint Paul de Vence in 1982, and the following year at the Galleria France Morin in Montreal (Canada). In 1984, he presented a visual-sound installation at the Galleria Andata e Ritorno in Geneva. In 1988, he exhibited at the Galerie Feldman in Bern. This period is characterized by imposing site-specific installations of painted works in which the interaction between gestures on canvases, walls, and the surrounding space transforms the perception of space.

In 1986, he was the creator, along with Salvatore Astore and Sergio Ragalzi, of the exhibition "Docks Dora," the first exhibition of painting and sculpture in the Turin of Arte Povera. Also, in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, he created numerous frescoes for private and public clients.

On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the founding of the city of Sabaudia (1999), he was invited by the Department of Culture to create a site-specific installation. This installation was a homage from the artist to the symbols of Italian Rationalist architecture. The exhibition was presented by the art historian Vittorio Sgarbi

In 2000, he worked at the M.A.U. - Museum of Urban Art in Turin.

Between 1999 and 2004, he created a series of large installations in grand architectural spaces where the theme of the symbol was closely connected to the location. In this context, the large installation Annunzio, featuring heraldic-inspired flags and mosaic flooring, was born at the Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi in 2001. In 2003, he curated a project for an impressive mosaic to be placed in the octagonal courtyard of Castel del Monte (Andria) in Puglia.

In 2002, he exhibited at the GAM - Gallery of Modern Art in Turin and at the Guido Carbone Gallery in Turin. In 2005, he participated in the exhibition Playground & Toys at Hangar Bicocca in Milan, curated by Adelina Von Fürstenberg. The following year, he was at the UCLA Museum of Art in Los Angeles, followed by the Luma Museum of Art in Chicago in 2006, and the Rubin Museum of Art in New York.

Between 2006 and 2012, he took part in numerous group exhibitions, including Playground & Toys at Hangar Bicocca, curated by Adelina Von Fürstenberg, and the traveling exhibition The Missing Peace, dedicated to the figure of the Dalai Lama and Tibet. This exhibition was presented in the USA at the UCLA Museum in Los Angeles, the Luma in Chicago, the Rubin Museum in New York, and finally at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm. Additionally, in 2006, he exhibited at Spazio Thetis during the 52nd Venice Biennale and in 2009 at the Fundació Canal in Madrid.

In 2011, he participated in Gran Torino: The Crossroads of the Italian Contemporary Art Scene at the Frost Art Museum in Miami, curated by Francesco Poli. In the same year, he took part in the 54th Venice Biennale, exhibited at the Vizzini Studio in Milan during the Furniture Fair, and at the Montecarlo Art Gallery. In 2012, he participated in the group show Lo Stile Italiano at the Grimaldi Forum in the Principality of Monaco.

In 2012, he participed in Un'altra Storia 2: Arte Italiana 1980-1990 at the Ex Birrificio Metzger in Turin, curated by Edoardo di Mauro. He also had a solo exhibition titled 2Metàin1 at Marianne Wild Arte Contemporanea UnicA in Chieti.

In 2013, Pio Monti dedicated a solo exhibition to him in Rome titled Per Riflessi ed Enigmi, and in 2014, he presented some of his portraits at Palazzo Fortuny in Venice as part of La Divina Marchesa, dedicated to the iconic figure of Luisa Casati.

In 2015, another significant solo exhibition titled XII Ritratti D'Annunziani, curated by Giordano Bruno Guerri, took place at the Casa-Museo del Vittoriale degli Italiani in Gardone Riviera, titled Per non dormire. On this occasion, the sculpture Annunzio (2001) was added to the permanent collection of the garden of the Vittoriale. That same year, he presented the site-specific installation Il progetto ideale at Castel Maniace in Syracuse.

In 2016, he created mosaic flooring made of marble chips titled Stupor Mundi. L'origine at the Cappella dell'Incoronata, the Palazzo dei Normanni, and the Palazzo Belmonte Riso in Palermo.

In the same year, the retrospective Aller/retour 2001-2016: from Stupinigi to the Albertina curated by Francesco Poli was held at the Pinacoteca Albertina in Turin.

In 2017, he completed the project Svasti, initiated in India, in Varanasi, with a sacred rite held on March 2 of that year: the hawan fire ritual purified the symbol of the swastika. This symbol was the subject of two interventions held the same year: the stone floor Svasti created in the square of the Cathedral of Cortona and sponsored by Arte Cerreta, and the Svasti exhibition at the Luoghi Comuni Gallery in Turin.