Born in Comiso (Italy) in 1979. After studying sculpture at the Salvatore Fiume Art School in Comiso, he briefly attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. In 2006, he continued his artistic training by specializing in mosaic art at the International School of Frioul Mosaics in Spilimbergo (Italy).

In 2009, he moved to Paris and in 2013, he joined the board of directors of the Center of Contempory Art 59 Rivoli in Paris, where his studio is currently located.

Numerous exhibitions in Parisian galleries. He has also exhibited his mosaic creations in Milan, Florence, Prague, Budapest, Berlin (Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts) and Hô-Chi-Minh (Vietnam).

Since 2016, he has been the organizer and curator of the International Festival of Contemporary Mosaics in Paris (FIMCP).

His works are exhibited in private homes around the world, between the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe.

He has also given lectures and workshops on contemporary mosaics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and at the Artistic Lyceum in Pisa.

Since 2013, he has been teaching contemporary mosaic in Paris, where he currently lives.

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