About myself I started to like art when I was very young, drawing
every were, with little worries from my mom..So, with the blessing of my family, I start to study Art in my hometown, Torino, Italy and I was graduated from the Academy.
After that, one very important Art Gallery offered me a contract with his Gallery and I started to paint professionally. I always loved Photography too and I decided to put together both my skills, creating painting including photographs in some of my artworks. As a professional photographer I worked for more than 20 years for magazines and advertising and during these years I did a lot of Photo Exhibitions and won several International Photo Awards. In 1993 I moved to Tonga together with my family, my personal life was not so busy as in Italy and I started to paint again, particularly inspired by the amazing colors surrounding and beauty of the people and landscape. In my works I try to represent the intrigue of the South Pacific, where everything is not what it seems and the contrast we should feel daily between the elegant past and the fast future. From 1993 GP live and work in Tonga. |
Who I am |
Art Doctorate (PHD) at Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti in Turin (Italy)
From 1972 to 1980 several European personal art exhibitions, specifically at: IL PUNTO Art Gallery – Turin CENTRO Art Gallery – Turin Societa’ Promotrice di belle Arti – Turin MELA VERDE Art Gallery – Turin From 1980 start to work as professional photographer and in visual communications. 1982 Winner of International ILFORD Photo Award “Black and White Photo Creativity” Published in the Award catalogue Photo exhibition “ In the country of the dance” – Teatro Nuovo in Turin and Palazzo Callori in Vignale Monferrato 1983 Winner of International AGFA Photo Award “The great Photographers” Published in the book edited by F.lli Fabbri Editori Contemporary Photo Review “Photo trend and evidence from ’45 till today”at Palazzo delle Manifestazioni in Montecatini Photo workshop in Massalubrense Photo workshop about dance at 5o International Dance Stage in Vignale Monferrato Photo exhibition ‘6 young photographers from Turin” at LUISELLA D’ALESSANDRO Photo Gallery in Turin Photo book ‘To tell a river: the Po in Turin” 1984 Personal photo exhibition at IL CORTILE Photo Gallery in Bologna Personal photo exhibition at Palazzo Comunale in Verres Personal photo exhibition at LUISELLA D’ALESSANDRO Photo Gallery in Turin Photo/art exhibition together with Mario Schifano at OVER Art Gallery in Turin and at LA CASA DEL CONSOLE Art Gallery in Calice Ligure 1985 Personal photo exhibition at FERRO DI CAVALLO Photo Gallery in Rome Teacher at Photo Workshop at RONDANINI Art Gallery in Rome Personal photo exhibition at OVERSTUDIO Art Gallery in Turin Personal photo exhibition at MODERN ART GALLERY in Bologna Personal photo exhibition at TORINO FOTOGRAFIA 2009 1st International Diplom “ART” Exhibition – Sheraton Hotel / Nadi / Fiji 2010 Personal graphic exhibition at CORTE DEL LIBRO Art Gallery in Tolmezzo (Udine – Italy) Personal graphic exhibition at KNULP Art Gallery in Trieste (Italy) 2011 Winner of Master Artists Competition in Holland 2013 Kava Kuo Heka Art Exhibition – Fa’onelua Convention Centre – Nuku’alofa Personal Paints Exhibition – Langafonu’a Art Centre – Nuku’alofa 2015 World Expo Milano - Chinese pavillon Diversitat Geelong - Art Exhibition 'Visioni dall'Italia' Fushan Zibo/Shandong/Cina - Art Exhibition 'Le qualita' della Cina' 2016 Yeosu/South Korea - Art Exhibition Honolulu - Pacific Art Gallery Honolulu - Neal Blaisdell Center |