BIOGRAPHY

I was born in Milan, Italy.

Since I was a child, I loved drawing animals, dinosaurs, and dragons.

Specializing in naturalistic illustration, in the last 20 years I had focused my attention on the realization of realistic images of dinosaurs and prehistoric animals.

I collaborated with national and foreign publishers, such as National Geographic, Smithsonian Institute, Random House, Readerlink, Firecrest Publishing, Geoworld, Fleurus, Mondadori and other important publishers and advertising agencies in Italy.

In April 2014, the Museum of Paleontology of Naples hosted a permanent exhibition dedicated to my illustrations of dinosaurs.

In the summer 2016, The Science Museum of Camerino (MC) hosted an exhibition of my paleo-art called: “Emotions from the Past”.

Since 1990, I’m a member of Italian Illustrators Association.

I love my sons, nature (especially the sea), scuba diving, my motorbike and traveling.

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

2011

Second prize award at the International Paleontology Illustration Competition (IPIC 2011) & Exhibit - Brasil

2016

First prize award of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology’s Lanzendorf - National Geographic PaleoArt Prize for 2D Art 2016

2017

First prize award at the IX International Contest of Dinosaur Scientific Illustration 2017, organized by the Fundación para el estudio de los Dinosaurios en Castilla y León

2018

Second prize award at the X International Contest of Dinosaur Scientific Illustration 2018, organized by the Fundación para el estudio de los Dinosaurios en Castilla y León

2019

First prize award at the XI International Contest of Dinosaur Scientific Illustration 2019, organized by the Fundación para el estudio de los Dinosaurios en Castilla y León

2020

Second prize award at the XII International Contest of Dinosaur Scientific Illustration 2020, organized by the Fundación para el estudio de los Dinosaurios en Castilla y León