Gianfranco Asveri was born in Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy in 1948. He has never attended art school, nor completed specific studies on the subject. But, after a difficult childhood and teen years, in 1969 he turned to painting to express himself. At first, Asveri cultivated a traditional figurative language, but since the 1980s his painting has become more instinctive and personal, colorful and textural. Asveri assails the cloth with a strong and primitive action, which coexists with other, more acculturated impulses, such as influences from other artistic images. Asveri’s art comes from his personal look at his reality, including the animals he lives with and loves, to which his pictures are dedicated. These days, he is one of the ten most collected artists in the Italian art market. He has received widespread critical recognition. Gianfranco Asveri lives and works in the hills of Piacenza with his dogs.

Exhibitions

2004
Galleria Barbara Ruez, Monaco di Baviera
Galleria Spirale Arte, Pietrasanta
Fondazione Le Stelline, Milano
1996-2004
Galleria Spirale Arte, Milano, Monza, Verona, and Pietrasanta
2003
Mari Arte Contemporanea, Imbersago
2002
Galleria Civica Palazzo Santa Margherita, Modena
2001
Galleria Graphique, Bologna
San Gregorio Art Gallery, Venezia
Miart con la Galleria Spirale Arte, Milano
Galleria Prima Visione, Gallarate
Galleria Sansoni, Pavia
2000
Galleria Il Vicolo, Cesena
New York Gallery, Bruge
Galleria Il Sole, Roma
1999
Arte Padova, Padova
Centro Arte 33, Avellino
Russo Arte Contemporanea, Lecce
1998
Galleria Valeno, Lucera
Galleria Il Triangolo, Cremona
1997
Galleria Il Sipario, Parma
Palazzo del Ridotto, Cesena
1996
Galleria Melotti, Ferrara
Galleria Granfesta, Livorno
Galleria Lanza, Verbania
Studio Rodari, Verbania 1995
Galleria Fogolino, Trento
Krebsen Gallery, Copenhagen
1994
Civica Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Gallarate
Galleria Il Triangolo, Cremona
1993
Galleria Teodote, Pavia
1992
Studio d’Arte, Mendrisio
1991
Gallerie 31, Lille
ArteFiera, Bologna
Gallerie De Francony, Paris
Galleria Free Art, Torino
Galleria Internazionale, Bergamo
Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo
1990
Palazzo della Giunta Regionale, Torino
Boycott Gallery, Bruxelles
Galleria Citta Giardino, Pavia
Zebra One Gallery, London
1989
Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo
Staatsuniveritatsbibliothek, Hamburg
Galleria Sorrenti, Novara
1988
Galleria Grigoletti, Poredenone
Bottega Emilio Ventura, Cotogno
Free Art, Torino
1987
Galleria Sorrenti, Novara
1986
Galleria L’Angolo, Piacenza
Palazzo Monte di Pieta, Busseto
1985Libreria Il Tarlo, Cremona 1984
Galleria Il Sipario, Fidenza
1983
Galleria L’Angolo, Piacenza
1980
Sala Pablo Neruda, Rocca di Noceto