CURRICULUM VITAE
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