Biography

I began painting at 10 years, and continued during my scientific studies, following an instinctive need to express myself, I absorbed eagerly every artistic teaching but at that time I mainly discovered graphic arts by myself trying many different techniques, enjoying particularly watercolours and oil painting.

I graduated in aeronautical engineering at the Polytechnic of Milan in 1992 but artistic vocation could not be set aside, from 1993 to 1995 I attended at panting lessons of the “Bergognone” art school in Lodi. In these years learned the basic technique of drawing and painting and choose the oil painting as my favorite technique. I began to paint landscapes “en plein air”. In 1995 I come in touch with the “Circolo Ada Negri”, a group of Artists of Lodi and start to Exhibit my work with them.

In 2003 I made my first solo exhibition in Milan at the historic gallery “Famiglia artisitca Milanese” In the following years I contributed to several group exhibition of this gallery.

In 2006 I made my second personal exhibition at Milan and associated to the "GAFM - gruppo artisitico Forlanini Moluè" taking part in some important exhibitions at Milan: in 2006 at the aeronautics headquarters and in 2008 at the soccer stadium "San Siro", in 2009 I was awarded among 350 artists at the contest organized by the municipality of Milan, dedicated to the historic writer “Giovanni Verga”

In 2003 I joined the “Bottega dell’Arte" a painter association based in Brianza, where I live, but active all over Italy and in France. In a few years, I became a prominent member of the association and was invited to teach oil painting at the evening school of the association a wonderful experience that continues today . With the “Bottega dell’Arte” I began a regular exhibition activity with several events every year all over Italy and occasionally in France and Spain

In 2009 I made a personal exhibition in France on invitation of the Town of Mezieres en Brenne. In September 2010 I have been elected as president of the "Bottega dell'Arte" and now I’m on my fourth term.

In October of 2013 I exhibited my works at the Louvre Museum of Paris in a contemporary art Fair, in 2016 I contribute to public collection for the church of Linas (France) with a crucifixion painting, the 13 station of a “Via Crucis” .In the same year I made a personal exhibition with over 40 paintings in an historic villa in Velate Brianza,

In 2018 I joined also the "GA99" association and contributed with other members to a permanent public installation of paintings in an alley of my hometown. In the same year I was invited to exhibit my paintings at a conservation event called “Urban Blue city”at the Microsoft house of Milan

I publish constantly my works on internet that have given me worldwide notoriety, especially in the USA were collectors buy my originals and reproductions; my mermaid paintings are particularly appreciated and inspire other creative people, they have been used for book covers, puzzle, painting by numbers kit, tattoos. The mermaid of “A trick of the light” was used for a stained window in the Renaissance Hotel of Hamburg in Germany.