Giacinto Formentini
Giacinto Formentini
Giacinto Formentini was born in Scanzorosciate, in the province of Bergamo.
In 1973, together with Aldo Grassi, he co-founded the FARA artistic group in Bergamo’s Città Alta. In 1975, he founded the ARTECONTEMPORANEA cultural group, of which he is the current president. In 1978, he founded the Academy of Figure Drawing and Sculpture in Villa di Serio, Bergamo, directing it for twenty years. In the same year, he founded the bimonthly magazine TELEXART, of which he is the current editor.
He has promoted numerous cultural initiatives, including three international art biennials and twenty themed art exhibitions in cities in Italy, Europe and beyond. Since 2000, he has been a member of the Comité National Monégasque de l’Association Internationale des Arts Plastiques auprès de l’UNESCO in Monaco.
In 2006, together with Tuula Hirvonen, he invented the SCISTOGRAFICA technique, applying it directly to works on Ligurian slate from the Argentina Valley and on tar paper. In 2007, together with Hirvonen, he founded the first school in Civezza, in the province of Imperia, dedicated to fully three-dimensional Ligurian slate sculpture and scistografia applied to slate.
From 1973 to 1978, he organised solo and group exhibitions at Galleria Fara in Bergamo’s Città Alta, the exhibition venue of the cultural group of the same name.
From 1978 to 1998, he taught sculpture, creative black-and-white photography and a range of printmaking techniques: etching, aquatint, soft-ground etching, drypoint, woodcut and screen printing.
From 1978 to 2002, he was artistic director of Galleria TE.CO. in Villa di Serio, Bergamo.
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