FUNDATOR AFRICA ORIGO / FOUNDER OF AFRICA Sculpture

After moving to Milan in 1962, he worked as a draftsman. He emigrated to South Africa in 1970 and continued his career in architectural design, interior design and decoration in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Swaziland. In 1980/81 he attended the Ruth Prowse Academy in Cape town and began his new career as a sculptor: he practices sculpture for long periods in the laboratories of Pietrasanta (Carrara) In 1984, thought a sculpture sponsored by the USA for black students began in Soweto: In 1991 during a long stay in Italy, he taught sculpture for a short period at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lecce, In 1992 he began the series of 'functional art' or furnishing elements, made of solid wood, aluminium and glass which he exhibits together with his sculptures in various exhibitions, In 2006 he began a series of mini-wild life, original bronze statues of African fauna that he modeled directly in wax and melted in goldsmiths in unique pieces. He returned definitively to Italy in 2011 and settled in the Sibillini Mountains, where he continued his profession as a sculptor, also participating in exhibitions and artistic activities in the area. Displaced by the 2016 earthquake, Marche, after various vicissitudes, settles in Urbino, where it activates with an Artisan Association and a curator of Art Exhibitions.