Giorgio Ramella Biography
Giorgio Ramella was born in Turin on 24 February 1939. After completing his classical studies, he enrolled at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin, where he followed the painting course held by Enrico Paulucci and the engraving techniques course held by Mario Calandri. During the 1960s, Ramella debuted on the Turin art scene with a collective exhibition at the Galleria La Bussola. In May 1964, again at the same gallery, he held his first solo exhibition. Ramella's first works, the "Incidents", were characterized by metal shapes and fragments that compose dramatic and, at the same time, rigorously calibrated structures. The artist participated in important national exhibitions such as the San Fedele Prize in Milan in 1961, the Michetti Prize in Francavilla al Mare, the Scipione Prize in Macerata in 1964 and the National Quadrennial in Rome. He also took part in international exhibitions such as the one curated by Luigi Carluccio, entitled "Quelques tendencies de la jeune peinture italienne", which took place in Geneva, Paris and Brussels. In the Seventies, after having explored research of a more abstract and geometric nature, Ramella returned to figuration. Over the course of the 2000s, the artist oriented his artistic production towards African atmospheres, finally arriving, in September 2009, with the exhibition "A Oriente towards South", organized at Palazzo Litta in Milan.
