ŌKI IZUMI

ARTISTS ŌKI IZUMI Ōki Izumi was born in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated in ancient Japanese literature at the Waseda University of Tokyo. She studied painting and sculpture with Aiko Miyawaki, Taku Iwasaki and Yoshishige Saito. In 1977, she won a scolarship from the Italian Government. In 1981, she graduated at the Brera Academy after attending […]

GILLO DORFLES

ARTISTS GilloDORFLES Gillo Dorfles was born in Trieste in 1910. After the outbreak of the First World War, his family moves to Genoa, where the artist spends his childhood. When the war ends, he returns to Trieste where he studies at the Classical Lyceum. He moves to Milan in 1928 to study medicine, but after […]

GABRIELLA BENEDINI

ARTISTS GabriellaBENEDINI Born in Cremona in 1932, she attended the Paolo Toschi Institute in Parma and later sporadically attended Pompeo Borra’s painting course at the Brera Academy. From the end of 1957, she lived in Paris, where she worked for several newspapers and obtained a painting studio at the Maison d’Italie within the Cité Universitaire, […]

COSTANTINO NIVOLA

ARTISTS CostantinoNIVOLA Costantino Nivola was born in Nuoro, Sardinia in 1911. After graduating from the Istituto Superiore Industrie Artistiche in Monza and working as art director for Olivetti in Milan, Nivola moved to New York in 1939. He became part of the postwar American art scene, formed friendships with de Kooning, Kline, Vicente, Sterne, Léger, […]

DOMENICA REGAZZONI

ARTISTS DomenicaREGAZZONI Domenica Regazzoni was born in Valsassina (Lecco) in 1953 and began painting in the early 1970s while attending the Brera Academy in Milan.In the 1990s, she transitioned from figurative painting to a more abstract and informal approach. In 1992, she illustrated Canto Segreto (Secret Song), a collection of poems by Antonia Pozzi, for […]

SALVATORE SCARPITTA

ARTISTS SalvatoreSCARPITTA Salvatore Scarpitta (New York, 1919 – 2007) arrived in Italy from Los Angeles in 1936, to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. He returned definitively to the United States in December 1958. His first solo exhibitions took place in Rome: at Galleria Chiurazzi (1949), Galleria Il Pincio (1951), Galleria La […]

UGO LA PIETRA

ARTISTS UgoLA PIETRA Ugo La Pietra was born in Bussi sul Tirino (Pescara) in 1938, originally from Arpino (Frosinone). He lives and works in Milan, where he graduated in Architecture from the Politecnico in 1964. An architect by training, he is also an artist, filmmaker, editor, musician, cartoonist, and teacher. Since 1960, he has defined […]

ANGELO SAVELLI

ARTISTS AngeloSAVELLI Angelo Savelli was born on October 30, 1911, in Pizzo Calabro (CZ). He attended the Liceo Artistico and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. In 1945, he joined the Art Club alongside artists such as Severini, Montanarini, Tamburi, and others, later joined by Turcato, Consagra, Corpora, Mafai, Perilli, and his dear friend […]

VALENTINO VAGO

ARTISTS ValentinoVAGO Valentino Vago was born in Barlassina in 1931 and moved to Milan in 1958. After completing his studies at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, he was invited to exhibit at the VI Quadriennale d’Arte in Rome in 1955. His first solo exhibition took place in 1960 at the Salone Annunciata in Milan, […]

SANDRO MARTINI

ARTISTS SandroMARTINI Sandro Martini (Livorno 1941 – Milan 2022). Being born in a coastal city with vast horizons and his daily exposure to the shipyard where his father worked—bringing him into contact with all kinds of materials—were fundamental to his formation as an artist. He made his debut at Galleria Le Ore in 1959 and […]