Biography
Leonardo Magnani was born in Fiesole on the 14th of May 1981. He graduated at the Liceo Artistico Leon Battista Alberti in Florence and in 2005 he gained his Art degree at the “Accademia delle belle Arti” of Florence, in the painting class of professor Adriano Bimbi.
In the years prior his degree he participates to various working/living spaces in the tuscan countryside. These projects where curated by professor Adriano Bimbi in collaboration with the municipaities of S.Piero a Sieve and Barberino di Mugello, comencing an artistic investigation on the sorrounding landscapes.
The various aspects of these landscapes become the cetral theme of his work. In that period it is mainly a “dal vero” approach to natures elements.
In 2005, after his degree, he travels through Mexico.
In 2006 he takes part in the “Naturalita’ progetto residenza” studio curated by the art historian Susanna Buricchi. The period spent in the studio house nearby Poppi (AR) lasts 8 months. In this period his work finds more sinthetis and poetic definition.
In 2007 he moves from the Mugello to Pontassieve. Always in 2007 he travels through South America, touching Brasil, Venezuela, Colombia and Equador.
In June of 2008 he wins the first prize in 11th edition of the Morlotti-Imbersago prize, organized by the Granata Braghieri Foundation (LC). He currently lives and works in the province of Florence.
Exhibitions
2006
- Exhibition "IL CARRO DEL PONTORMO"- Figurative Arts Club, Empoli.
- Collective art show at the municipal gallery of Cesena and at Palazzo della Pescheria "ABITARE IL PAESAGGIO" with catalogue edited by the critic Nicola Miceli.- Sergio Vacchi Foundation- Palazzo di Grotti (SI)
- Participation in OUTSIDE PROJECT BELGRAD- exhibition workshop during the cultural exchange between Florence and Belgrad.
- Homage to Pier Paolo Pasolini- collective art show, Figurative Arts Club, Empoli.
- NATURALITA -Poppi - Castle and Civic Gallery,Stia -ex Lanificio. Collective art show with catalogue edited by Susanna Buricchi. Presentation by Claudio Spadoni.
- NATURALITA- Arezzo- Contemporary Art Gallery - Church of S.Ignazio.
2005
- Exhibition M.A.C.-Pavia. Catalogue edited by Nicola Micieli.
- Collective art show grouping 3-years of exhibitions on Landscapes - PEACE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. Catalogue edited by Nicola Micieli.
- Collective art show at the municipal gallery of Cesena and at Palazzo della Pescheria "ABITARE IL PAESAGGIO" with catalogue edited by the critic Nicola Miceli.- Sergio Vacchi Foundation- Palazzo di Grotti (SI)
2004
- Collective art show IL MUGELLO DIPINTO. Ca' La Ghironda Foundation (BO)
- Collective art show "GENTE E LUOGHI DEL MUGELLO" Cafaggiolo's Castle
- Specialization Course in Sacred Arts for liturgy - STAUROTS FOUNDATION (Abruzzo)
2003
- Collective art show IL MUGELLO DIPINTO - Cafaggiolo's Castle -Bosco ai Frati Monastery- Cappellina del Trebbio. Catalogue edited by Giuseppe Cordoni.
Young blood
Premio Morlotti
Uomonotteanimale
Alla luce di un tempo
In the valley of the masters
Abitare il paesaggio
Naturalità