GIOVANNI MARANGHI

Giovanni Maranghi was born in 1955 in Lastra a Signa (Fi). He completed his studies in Florence where he graduated from the 'L. B. Alberti' Artistic High School and then enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture. He alternates his university studies with attending nude courses at the Academy of Fine Arts. In those years he attended artists like Primo Conti, Lucio Venna and Paulo Ghiglia. At the age of twenty, he presents a personal exhibition at the San Ferdinando Gallery in Bari. Among the most important events of these early years, we remember: Galleria d'Arte Spinetti in Florence (1982), Galleria Dalders in Amsterdam (1985), Galleria Diva in Bruxelles (1987). The 90s opened with the personal exhibition at the Galleria Nuovo Sagittario in Milan, then he will be featured in several exhibitions in the United States. The new century opens with an exhibition at the Hotel Excelsior in Florence, inspired by the poems of Fosco Maraini. In 2001, Mondadori Editore, dedicated to him an editorial in the periodical 'Arte'. In the following years he exhibited in Paris, in Siena, Pietrasanta (Lu), Matera, Florence (inside the Lorenesi Palazzine on the occasion of 'Pitti Immagine') and Forte dei Marmi (Lu), in Holland, France, Russia and the States US. Then, he is at the Basilica of the SS. Virgin of Carmel in Piacenza, at the Antico Spedale degli Innocenti in Florence, again in the United States, in Gothenburg (Sweden) and in Paris. Then he is in Monte Carlo during the 69th GP of Formula 1, with exposure on the yacht 'Planet 125', he follows the performance inside the department stores NK of Göteborg and the exhibition in Lajatico (Pi) at the 'Teatro del Silenzio 2011'. Following, he exhibited in Berlin, Paris and Montreux (Switzerland), then in Pontassieve (Fi) and in Stuttgart (Germany). Still in Gothenburg, then at Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence, in Beijing with the exhibition 'Capriccio Italiano', in Berlin then in Stuttgart. Then a personal exhibition in Stuttgart, through the Kunstgalerie Bech, inside the prestigious Schloss Solitude, in Ca' dei Carraresi of Treviso, in Florence and in Matera. Among the latest exhibitions, 'Immersione' at Lu.C.C.A. - Lucca Center of Contemporary Art and 'Ama solo me' at M.A.C. from Milan. Maranghi lives and works in the province of Florence.

GIOVANNI MARANGHI