Born

1949 — Perugia, Italy

 

Education

1964–1969 — Accademia di Belle Arti, Perugia
Training in painting, drawing and ceramics

1978–1980 — Specialisation in the restoration of paintings

 

Residences

1949-1983 — Italy (Perugia)

1983–1987 — Germany (Bochum, Cologne)
1987–1991 — Brazil (São Paulo)
1991–1993 — Italy (Perugia)
since 1994 — Germany (Dresden, Radebeul)

 

Field Research

1982 — Netherlands

Studies on Rembrandt

1988–1989 — Mexico

Studies of Mesoamerican art and culture

1989 — Peru, Bolivia
Studies of Inca art and culture

1990 — Argentina
Archaeological studies

1994-1995 — Germany

Research on the Dresden Frauenkirche

2019-2020 — Studies on Dante’s “Divina Commedia”

 

Projects and Long-term Bodies of Work

1983 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Project: Ronda di Notte — homage to Rembrandt

1987–1988 — São Paulo, Brazil
Project: Pedra e Ferro

1988-1989 — São Paulo, Brazil

Project: In tonatiuh macehualtin in ayauhyotl macehualli

1991-1993 — Perugia, Italy

Project: Ilhuicatl Meztli

1994-1996 — Dresden, Germany

Project: Dresden Frauenkirche „Sand – Stein – Kirche“

1998–2002 — Project: Villa Fenice

2009–2013 — Project: L’universo è rotondo

2001-2002 — Project: Psiche e Ambiente

2021-2022 — Project: Pandora

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Italy

1973–1982 — Perugia, Corciano, Gubbio, Città di Castello, Spoleto, Verona, Alviano, Rome

 

The Netherlands

1984 — Groningen, Martinikerk
Guest of Her Majesty Queen Beatrix during the Italian Cultural Weeks

 

Germany

1983–1991 — Bochum, Wuppertal, Cologne (Art Cologne),

1991–1997 — Stuttgart, Potsdam; Touring Exhibition: „Sand – Stein – Kirche“: Dresden (Saxon State Parliament), Celle, Weimar (Belvedere Castle), Osnabrück (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt), Leipzig („denkmal“ Fair), Berlin (DAZ)

 

Brazil

1988–1989 — São Paulo, Espaço D’Artefacto

 

Germany

2003–2019 — Radebeul, Art Gallery La Fenice (rolling exhibitions)

2020 — Radebeul, Stadtgalerie

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2001–2025 — Germany (Radebeul, Berlin, Stralsund/Museum of Art History)
2008 — Miami, World Erotic Art Museum

 

Collections

Public Collections

Perugia (Comune di Perugia)
Guardea/Terni (Comune di Guardea)
Perugia (Regione dell‘Umbria)

Alviano (Comune di Alviano)
Città di Castello (Tourism Authority)
Groningen (Provincie Groningen)
São Paulo (Mexican Embassy)
Radebeul (Karl-May-Museum)
Osnabrück (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt)

 

Private Collections

Italy, Germany, Switzerland, France, Great Britain,
The Netherlands, Greece, USA, Brazil, Mexico

 

Selected Publications and Media

1984 — Enciclopedia Artisti Umbri

1993 — Catalogue Ilhuicatl Meztli
1996 — Catalogue Sand–Stein–Kirche
2013 — Catalogue Das Universum ist rund
2014 — Catalogue Ilhuicatl Meztli (revised edition)

2015 — Dresdner Künstler im Blick

2022 — Pandora

Media (selection)
TV: ZDF, MDR, 3sat (Kulturzeit),

TV Eventi Culturali di Perugia, TV Bandeirantes do Brasil

 

Press

Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Brazil

 

Selected Awards

1984 — Groningen
Award by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

1988–1989 — São Paulo
Brazilian “Artist of the Year” (Troféo Super Cap Ouro)

2007 — Miami
The World’s Greatest Erotic Art of Today