PIERO SANI  - Italy

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group exhibitions and shows

1972 1st Open-Air Painting Event, Certaldo Alto (FI)
1972 1st Prize Vico d’Elsa (FI)
1973 “Primavere Massese”; Massa Carrara
1973 2nd Painting and Graphics Exhibition Sant’Ambroeus, Milan
1974 2nd Int. Meeting of Painting and Graphics, Carrara, Avenza
1974 “Winter Colours”, Viareggio (LU)
1974 7th Edition Montespertoli Prize (FI)
1974 4th Edition Castiglione d’Orcia Prize (SI)
1974 1st Edition “Metastasio” Prato
1974 Mini-Painting Exhibition, San Lucchese, Poggibonsi (SI)
1974 1st Prize for Graphics “Bottega dè Vageri”, Viareggio
1974 “Graphics”, “La Magione” Gallery, Poggibonsi (SI)
1975 2nd Exhibition Tavarnelle Val di Pesa Prize (FI)
1975 1st Prize “Il Passignano”, San Donato in Poggio (FI)
1975 2nd Biennial “Benozzo Gozzoli”, Certaldo (FI)
1975 Sant’Ambroeus Prize, Milan
1975 10th “Pera” Prize, Capannori (LU)
1975 6th Vico d’Elsa Prize (FI)
1976 Poggibonsi Arte
1977 1st Prize “Papaiano d’argento”
1978 2nd Prize “Papaiano d’argento”
1978 1st Biennial City of La Spezia
1978 Poggibonsi Arte
1980 Poggibonsi Arte
1987 “Christmas in Art”, Church of the Catalans, Messina
1988 “International Sacred Art Exhibition”, Cloister of S. Niccolò, Spoleto
1988 Poggibonsi Arte
1988 “Fiorente” travelling eco exhibition, Municipality of Florence
1989 “In Nature” Sala della Torre, Greve in Chianti (FI)
1990 100 Painters of Via Margutta 2nd edition - part of the group “The 100 painters of Via Margutta”
1990 “Verifica 90” travelling, Certaldo-Rome-Locri-Trento
1990 “Eighteen by Twenty-Four”, “E. Wicher” Gallery, Wuppertal, Germany
1990 “International Art Horizon”, New York
1990 “Figurative Ideas and Notes” at the Oveno Gallery in Sopramonte, Trento
1991 “Levico Arte” Palaexpò of Levico Terme
1991 “Diplo” International Book Fair, Florence, Fortezza da Basso
1991 Poggibonsi Arte
1991 “Art as a Form of Ideas” at the Miniaci Gallery, San Gimignano
1991 Italy Prize “City of Vico Pisano” Terme di Uliveto
1991 “Six Tuscany Artists” at the Realist Art Society and Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1992 “Diplo” International Book Fair, Florence
1994 Collaborates with the Paris magazine Plages, with numerous contributions
1995 “Fabulae” Municipality of Noale, Palazzo della Loggia, Noale
1995 “Remember Giulietta” Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara, Galleria Vittoria Rome
1996 “Tribute to G. Marconi”, Cassa di Risparmio di Imola
1996 “Mail-Art Prehistory” Forlì
1996 “La Terrazzata” at Maria Zamboni, Rome
1996 “Artist’s Games” Cagliari
1997 “Flowers and More Flowers”, Forlì
1997 “Smooth as Oil” Museum of Rural Civilization, Arnasco, Savona
1998 “OVA” Eart Studio Florence
1998 “Eau - Feu - Air - Maison Des Associations Paris
1998 “Madness” Silvia Milan
1998 “The Opera Interpreted” tribute by European artists to G. Segantini Municipal Casino
of Arco - travelling
1998 “Artist’s Book” Avida Dollars, Milan
1998 “Artists’ Books” Castel S. Pietro Terme, Bologna
1998 “The Face, the Mask” Agorà XXI of Baires, Milan
1998 “On the Road” Piazza Brin La Spezia
1998 “For Augusto Daolio” “La Torre” Gallery, Spilinbergo
1998 “Les Artistes de Plages” Cultural Club “Il Navile”, Bologna
1998 “Cogito Ergo Sum” Casole d’Elsa (SI), Town Hall
1999 Happy birthday Castel S. Pietro, Bologna
1999 Submitted to the Lissone Prize, Lissone
2000 “That Book on the Path of My Life” Municipality of Milan, Biblioteca Affuori, Milan
2000 “Mysteries of the Word” Stuka Fabrika, Belgium
2000 “Exit to Roberto Vitali” Municipality of Bologna, Bologna
2000 1st edition “Modern Miniature” Rome, M. Zamboni Gallery
2000 “The Via Francigena in Val d’Elsa” Piero Studio, Poggibonsi
2000 “Landscape Landscape” Casale Petunia Municipality of Appignano (MC)
2000 “Word - Wide Year of Mathematics” Municipality of Bologna, Bologna
2000 “Parachuting” Universidad i Boitiva, Brazil
2001 Artistic director of the 1st edition “T-shirt art” International travelling exhibition
Poggibonsi-Lucca-Siena-Grosseto-Pontedera-Follonica
2001 “The Colour of Flowers” Via Maestra 114 Contemporary Art Poggibonsi
2001 “By the Sea” Via Maestra 114 Contemporary Art Poggibonsi
2001 “Art in the Shop Window” Via Maestra 114 Contemporary Art Poggibonsi
2001 2nd edition of Modern Miniature, Rome
2001 2nd edition of the Artist’s Furniture, Pistoia Church of S. Leone
2001 “Passiflora, Passion and Knowledge” Department of Plant Biology
Sapienza University, Rome
2001 “Peace” The University of Toledo, Ohio, USA
2001 “Pink” City of Kyoto, Japan
2001 “Citron” Menton, France
2001 “Interrupted Paths” Bassano del Grappa Civic Museum
2001 Arte Bari with “Via Maestra 114”
2002 Arte Padua with “Via Maestra 114”
2002 Poggibonsi the navel of the world “Via Maestra 114”
2002 Florence Prize, Florence Palazzo Vecchio Hall of the 500
2002 Reggio Emilia “Immagina” Reggio Emilia Art Fair
2002 Reggio Emilia “The Rooms of Heros”, Reggio Emilia Art Fair
2002 XXIV artistic meeting at le Colonete, Venice
2003 “Generational Change” Hotel Astoria, Stresa, Switzerland
2003 “Marconi and His Era” Picture Gallery of Castellaneta (TA) Sasso Marconi (BO)
2003 “Liber - Azion 2 travelling Artists’ Books” - Verbania - Villa Giulia Pallanza
Villa Bernocchi - Premeno - Intra Civic Library - La Fabbrica - Villa d’Ossola
2003 “The Rooms of Heros” Municipal Gallery Piombino (LI) and “Immagina” Reggio Emilia
2003 25th Exhibition “Le Colonete” Venice
2003 Art.Point BlaK gallery exhibition Florence
2007 “Immagina” Reggio Emilia, “Artouverture” Gallery
2007 City of Ceuta Museo Do Rivellin, Spain “Globalizacion... que... como?
2007 Castel San Pietro “For bike” Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art
2007 Sartim exhibition space - Via Brera Milan
2007 Art for children - SanLorenzo Gallery Milan
2008 Cultural Association “Turin Friendly City” Turin
2008 “Rodolfo Valentino” Picture Gallery Castellaneta
2008 “Con Brain Cell” Osaka, Japan
2008 “Le Colonete” Cultural Ass., Venice
2008 “On permanent display” Artouverture Gallery, Milan
2008 “Da Alberto da Giussano” Press Club, Milan
2009 Artouverture Gallery, Milan on permanent display
2009 “Zeminhoff” Gallery “The Sign”
2009 XXXI artistic meeting “Le Colonete” Venice
2009 Kunstart Bolzano - Gaudì Gallery
2009 Exhibition Palace - Gaudì Gallery June, July, Madrid
2009 Cultural Association “Artists of the Present”
2009 “Those Who Echo” Galleria del Candelaio, Florence
2009 “Polioplus Project, Teatro Saschall Florence
2009 “Vedoquadro” one hundred artists in 30 by 30 format, Villa Pacchiani Santa Croce sull’Arno
2009 Palace of the Italian Embassy San José - Costa Rica
Museum of Italian art in America on the initiative of the Italian ambassador Carlo Tizzino -
Gregorio Rossi and Chiara Filippini


solo exhibitions

1973 Municipal Library, Certaldo (FI)
Exhibition Hall Hotel Alcide, Poggibonsi (SI)
1974 La Spirale Gallery, Prato (presented by G. Caldini)

1976
“Around Reality”, Caf Gallery, Ferrara (presented by A. Campi)
“Shades”, Antares Club, Altedo (BO) (presented by M. Millet)
La Magione Gallery, Poggibonsi (SI) (presented by G. Corsoni)

1977 Il Cavalletto Gallery, Tavarnelle Val di Pesa (FI)
1978 La Spirale Gallery, Prato (presented by D. Pasquali)
1978 La Spirale Gallery, Prato (presented by E. Natali)
1986 “The Sphinxes”, 1978 La Spirale Gallery, Prato (presented by N. Micieli)
1988 “Albrecht’s Women”, Salammbo Gallery, Paris (presented by P. Leuleu)
1989 Sala d’Arte San Lorenzo Gallery, Poggibonsi (presented by N. Micieli)
“Fammes”, Salammbo Gallery, Paris (presented by P. Leuleu)
EtruriaArte, Venturina (LI)
Villa della Rocca, San Gimignano (SI)
1990
Galleria Vittoria, Rome (presented by T. Todi and A. De Marco)
Santagostino Cultural Centre, Rome (presented by T. Todi)

1991
Umbria Expò, Perugia
“Tuscny Artists, Realist Art Society and Gallery, San Francisco
“The Island, the Woman, the Orchids”, Galerie Les Orchidées, Le Port, Île de La Réunion
(presented by M. Zourgane)

1992 “Sphinxes” Palazzo Pretorio, Certaldo (FI) (presented by A. Spini and N. Micieli)
1993 “In Pink”, Caffè Petrarca, Florence (presented by R. Fiorini)

“In Pink”, Piero studio, Poggibonsi
1994 “From the Lands of Acheloo”, Etruscan Museum of Murlo, Siena (presented by L. Scali)
1995 “Bitten Nature”, Galleria del Candelaio, Florence (presented by R. Fiorini)

“Sphinxes” Spazio Aperto Papaiano, Poggibonsi (SI)
“Monster Nature”, Parti d’Arte, Poggibonsi (SI) (presented by M. Staccioli)
1996 “Bread and Cheese”, Osteria di Vico, Vico d’Elsa (FI)
1997 “Stories and Surroundings”, Spazio Santa Caterina, Prato (presented by N. Micieli)
1997 “The Rape of Europa”, EtruriaArte8, Venturina (LI)
1998 “Stories and Surroundings”, Gnaccarini Gallery, Bologna (presented by M. Gnaccarini)
“Stories”, Gnaccarini Gallery, Bologna
2000 “Surroundings of Stories”, Parti d’Arte, San Gimignano (SI)
“Surroundings of Stories”, Cassero of the Castle of Staggia Senese (SI)

2001
“Form and Colour”, Cloister of the Basilica of San Lucchese, Poggibonsi (SI)
“Peace”, University of Toledo, Ohio (presented by T. Pereira)
“Tales”, Avalon Pub, San Gimignano (SI)
“Padua Arte”, solo stand with the Via Maestra 114 Gallery (presented by M. Zuddas)

2002 “Between Sky and Earth”, Pienza Art Gallery, Pienza (SI)
2003 “Between Sky and Earth” Atelier Forma&Design, Pontassieve (FI) (presented by R. Fiorini)
“Waiting for a Thread of Wind”, Via Maestra 114 Gallery, Poggibonsi (SI)
(presented by R. Guerrieri)


2004
“I Live Here”, Cultural Club Il Castello, City of Goito (presented by R. Fiorini)
Creation of the 1st Palio del Pigio, Poggibonsi (SI)

2007
“Rag Stories” (presentation by Chiara Filippini) La Rotonda of Livorno

2008
“Noir Cafè” Poggibonsi “Recent Paintings”

2008
“In the Painter’s Studio” Poggibonsi

2009
Magi Museum - Pieve di Cento - Bologna “Moments of Quiet among Tents and Cypresses”
(Presentation by Giulio Bargellini)

2010
“Travelling among Tents and Cypresses” City of Prato - Medieval Cassero
30 January - 21 February (presentation by Nicola Micieli)