Gianni Cella Biography
Gianni Cella (1953 - ) was born in Pavia in 1953 and studied at the Liceo Artistico di Brera, where he then continued his studies at the Academy, where he graduated in painting. He immediately dedicated himself to painting, sculpture and drawing. He then turns to fibreglass, a rarely used material but with interesting characteristics as it is easily mouldable. Furthermore, he continues to use the technique of drawing and oil painting on canvas. The inspiration for his works comes from the word, just as the title contains the meaning of the work, often the conception of the work starts from the title and then leads to the physical realization. He exhibited for the first time in 1982 with the Plumcake collective, hosted in the rooms of Luciano Inga-Pin's Il Diagramma gallery. His first solo solo exhibition was held in 2002 at the Maria Cilena Gallery in Milan. During his career he exhibited at the Angelo Falzone Gallery in Mannheim, the Tortolì museum, in the foyer of the Teatro dell'arte with Criminal Painting in 2008 and in 2009 he inaugurated the cycle dedicated to Vincent Van Gogh with Creare 10, 100, 1000 Van Gogh at the Belossi Pinacoteca in Varallo Pombia, curated by Luigi Cerutti. Then in 2011 he returned to exhibit abroad, at the Arrivada Gallery in Chur, sharing a solo show with Luciano Palmieri curated by Renato Barilli. This was followed in 2012 by a solo exhibition at Studio Vigato in Milan, and Installazione Eden at the Galleria Antonio Colombo in Milan. We note important collaborations at national and international level: Kids are us at the Galleria civica d'Arte moderni in Trento in 2003 and Ri-presentation – Generation '80s in Grenoble in 2009. In 2012 he had the opportunity to exhibit at the Fabbrica del vapor in Milan on the occasion of Milan he self-produces designs and, still on the theme of design, he participates in the exhibition of Celadon vases, first at the Triennale in Milan and subsequently at the Gwangju Biennale, South Korea.
