It 'was born in Turin on November 18, 1942 and lives in Quagliuzzo 10010, Via Cascine Piana 21.
Graduated at the Accademia Albertina in Turin. Since 1965 he has participated in competitions such as the Prix Lario, Como Le Bois Grave (first prize), Paris Biennial in Ljubljana, Varna, Taiwan, Gaiarine, Oderzo; Triennial Chamalières; Biella Prize fourteenth edition; From Bonnard a Baselitz, Paris, Santa Croce, Villa Pacchiani, living reality of Engraving, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, International Triennial Woodcut and Wood Engraving, Florence, Italian woodcut Directory of Chegai, Circle of Artists; Raciborz (Poland) III Raciborz International Biennial 2000, Vaudreuil-Dorion (Montreal Canada) La fête de l'Estampa, Barolo, III Biennial of Art and Wine, Mirano, The Sign and memory, Biennial of Contemporary Art, Cremona, II th International Exhibition of ' etching of small format art and Torchio, Villefranche d'Albigeois, 1ère Biennale de Xylographie, Portland Oregon, 100 Universes: An International Accordian Book of Prints, Russia, Ural Print Triennial (reported); Campobasso, II^ Biennial of ' Contemporary Italian Engraving, Acqui Terme, VI th International Biennial of Engraving (reported).
In 1987 he founded, with Gianfranco Schialvino, associazione Nuova Xilografia, to promote and upgrade the oldest form of printing. NUOVA XILOGRAFIA has exhibited in numerous cities around the world, including Prague, Edinburgh, Lyon, Lisbon, Marseille, Stockholm, Ulm, Montevideo, Copenhagen, Florence, Montreal, Modena, Madrid, Malta, Tunis, Ankara, Izmir, Buenos Aires, Liege, Bologna, Genoa. Since 1997, New Woodblock SMENS edited, only printed magazine still lead character