Omar Galliani

Omar Galliani was born in Montecchio Emilia on October 30, 1954. He attended and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna with the Pozzati Concept. He was invited to the first International Triennial of Design in Nuremberg in 1979. He participated in 3 Venice Biennials in 1982, 1984, 1986. Invited to 2 Quadrennial in Rome, in 1986 and 1996. Invited to the Paris Biennale in 1982, at the Biennale di São Paulo in Brazil in 1981 and Tokyo in 1981. In 1986, with the exhibition "Aspetti dell'Arte Italiana" he exhibited at the Franfurter Kunstverain, the Kunstmuseum in Hannover, the Breghenz Kunstverain in Breghenz and in Vienna in the Hochschule fur Angewandre Kunst. In 1998 New York University dedicated a solo exhibition to him. The first solo exhibition "Aurea" in China at the Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Art dates back to 2000, followed in 2003 by an invitation to the first Beijing Biennial won jointly with George Baselitz. Later invited to the 2005 Biennale, he will continue his Chinese tour touching the cities of Shanghai, Chengdu, Suzhou, Dalian, Xian, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Ningbo. This Chinese tour will then culminate with the 2007 exhibition "Omar Galliani between East and West" at the Querini Stampalia Foundation in Venice as a special event of the Venice Biennale. The National Uffizi Gallery in Florence in 2008 acquired the “Notturno” triptych for its collections. In 2017 the director of the Uffizi Eike Schmidt commissioned a self-portrait from him for the official collection of the Vasari corridor, in October 2018 the official presentation of the work was held in the Vasari auditorium. In 2018 he participated in the Raphael and the Echo of the Myth exhibition held at the Carrara Academy in Bergamo and in 2019 the CIAC in Foligno inaugurated The Body of Design. The Tornabuoni Art Gallery, in 2021, presents the great exhibition Baci Rubati / Covid 19. he is a teacher of painting at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. In 2018 he participated in the Raphael and the Echo of the Myth exhibition held at the Carrara Academy in Bergamo and in 2019 the CIAC in Foligno inaugurated The Body of Design. The Tornabuoni Art Gallery, in 2021, presents the great exhibition Baci Rubati / Covid 19. he is a teacher of painting at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts.

Source: ESSECI study release dated 06.08.2021