Piero Leonardi

Born in Monterotondo (Rome-Italy) in 1957 and has lived in the tuscany countryside (Italy) since 2020.
Since 1981 he senses the value of a countercurrent photography and undertakes its own path of experimental imprint following assiduous conversations Tazio Secchiaroli, Italian reporter and photographer of the set of Federico Fellini’s films.

His artistic beginnings saw him involved in a collaboration with the sculptors Attardi, Manzù, Martinez and Berrocal, whose works he documented and interpreted, showing a personal interest in the investigation of matter and plastic form.

In the following years he combines an intense activity of writing and editorial collaboration with a conceptual photographic research.
He arrives to theorize the founding principles of an epistemology of the photographic operation: Calligrafia Fotografica®, Stile di Vista®, and “Fotografia Percettiva” on which, in 2006, he designs and activates a didactic format.
He teaches as a freelance lecturer to share his ideas and guide his students to the elaboration of a personal visual writing.
The Herbert Hoover School of Maryland (USA) has included him in a list of photographers to study for those who want to pursue creative photography.
He has exhibited ...

2018 – Visual Calligraphy
MADXI Museum of Contemporary Art, Latina – Italy

2017 – Off
Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa FI – Usa

2016 – Visual Calligraphy
Paola Romano Gallery, Monterotondo – Rome – Italy

2015 – Visual Calligraphy
Secolo Art Gallery, Dubai – Arab Emirates

2014 – Visual Calligraphy
Farini Space 6 Gallery, Milan – Italy

2013 – Visual Calligraphy
MIA Milan Image Art Fair, Milan – Italy

2013 – Color on the Rock
Biennial of Contemporary Art, La Rochelle – France

2011 – Color on the Rock
Quantum Leap Gallery, Rome – Italy

2011 – Color on the Rock
Borgo Gallery, Milan – Italy

2011 – Color on the Rock
Salon International D’Arts Plastique, Béziers – France

2011 – Color on the Rock
La Colorida Gallery, Lisbon – Portugal

2010 – Rome Page
Fair of Rome, Rome – Italy

2010 – Butterflowers
Shongzhuang International Arts and Culture Festival, Beijing – China

2010 – Butterflowers
Bank Sella South, Avellino – Italy

2010 – Butterflowers
Grand Cafè Raia Space Art, Naples – Italy

2010 – Urban Photography
Art line Gallery, Naples – Italy

2009 – The other Doll
Firmian Palace, Cavalese, (Trento) – Italy

2009 – Pepperlife
Grafica Campioli, Monterotondo (Rome) – Italy

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