Originally from Italy, born in France. Nino was already gifted at drawing. He studied briefly at the Beaux-Arts in Tourcoing where he perfected the techniques of perspective and shading. At the age of 17, he moved to Apricena in the Puglia region of Italy. He joined his uncle Mario, a local artist, who will become his mentor. He taught him the secret of painting in the middle of an open space, surrounded by heat-cracked walls and almost otherworldly lizards, near a yellowish arid zone, dotted with ocher. Nino, with his gaze fixed on the horizon, is inspired by Dali, Warhol, Raphael, Titian and brings him closer and closer to neo-surrealism... He creates a kind of super-romanticism. At the end of the 90s, on vacation in Ovada in Piedmont, the artist created his famous "Blue". Later, sometimes he would personalize his painting by adding a collage photo. Imagine the fusion of Pop Art and Surrealism, add a touch of Anachronism and Symbolism and you will obtain the Alchemy that defines Nino's work... Lives near Lyon – France