Mr. Piero Toresella The artistic course
From 1966 to 1969 He follows the academic lessons of painting at the atelier of Piero Lucano, a prominent Trieste's painter of the first half of XX Th century. He moves to France in 1993. 1995 - He participates to the ‘ 4th Concours National d’Expression Artistique » - Paris 1995 - He participates to the “V° Prix de peinture Amis de l’Escarène” - Nice (France) 1996 - He participates to the “VI° Prix de peinture Amis de l’Escarène” - Nice (France) In 2002 He comes back to Italy and he settles in a large atelier in Trieste, where at present he works.
Exhibits
2004 - In the atelier in Trieste, September 24th, in the occasion of the visit of Mr. Vittorio Sgarbi, prominent art critic 2005 - Personal Exhibit to the gallery « ESTRARTE » – Prato 2005 - Personal Exhibit to the gallery « IN GALLERIA » - Pavia 2005 - In the atelier in Trieste, June 30th, in the occasion of the second visit of Mr. Vittorio Sgarbi, prominent art critic 2005 - Group exhibit « Estate insieme » to the Gallery VILLA SERENA - Bologna 2005 - Group exhibit to the Gallery GALLERIA COMUNALE D’ARTE MODERNA - Piombino (Livorno) 2005 - Prize “La Rotonda” - Livorno 2005 - Prize SS325 – Vernio (Prato) – Award of the Critics 2005 - Group exhibit « Identity of talents » to the Gallery GALLERIA COMUNALE D’ARTE MODERNA - Piombino (Livorno) 2005 - Group exhibit « Identity of talents » to the « Hotel Cavallino Bianco » - S. Candido (Bolzano) 2005 - Personal Exhibit to the Gallery « TRA LA TERRA E IL CIELO » - Nizza Monferrato (Asti) 2005 - International Prize “Giovanni Olindo” - Colosso - Asti 2005 - Group exhibit to the Gallery « GRUPO VIRTUART » - Granollers - Barcellona 2006 - Personal Exhibit to the Gallery « CARLO LIVI 115 » - Prato 2006 - Personal Exhibit in a four artists showing to the Gallery “D’arteCon” – Ascona (Switzerland) 2006 –Group exhibit to the Gallery “GALLERIA CRISPI” - Rome 2006 –Personal Exhibit to the ZINELLI & PERIZZI – Trieste 2006 - International Prize “Giovanni Olindo” - Colosso – Asti (I), Prize of jury 2006 –Personal Exhibit to the Gallery CENTROARTEMODERNA – Pisa 2006 –Personal Exhibit to the Gallery “Studio Laboratorio ANNA VIRANDO” – Turin (I) 2006 - Group Exhibit ARTE CONTEMPORANEA A TRIESTE to the Gallery EyesHot, Trieste 2007 - Group Exhibit CARNEVALE, INTERAZIONE DI ALLEGORIE E ILLUSIONI to the Chamber of Commerce, Trieste 2007 - Group Exhibit ARTE CONTEMPORANEA to the Modern Art Museum, Mombercelli (Asti –I) 2007 - Personal Exhibit to the Gallery Emmediarte, S. Stefano Belbo (Cuneo – I) 2007 - Group Exhibit ITALIARTS ARTISTI ITALIANI CONTEMPORANEI, to the Rathaus – Stuttgart 2007 - Group Exhibit ART ITALIEN CONTEMPORAIN, to the Gallery Espace Mirosmenil, Paris 2007 - Group Exhibit ART ITALIEN CONTEMPORAIN, to the Gallery Espace Moselle, Bruxelles 2007 - Group Exhibit to the Gallery S. Nicola, Anacapri (Naples) 2007 - Group Exhibit to the Gallery Crispi, Fiuggi (Frosinone – I) 2007 - Group Exhibit TO CALLA TO MIND, to the Spazio Eventi Mondadori, Venice 2007 - Group Exhibit INVITO AL COLLEZIONISMO, to the Gallery Virando, Turin 2007 - Group Exhibit OMAGGIO A UMBERTO SABA, to the Gallery EyesHot, Trieste 2007 - Personal Exhibit I GRAFFITI DELLA MEMORIA, to the Municipal Gallery Le Antiche Stanze di S. Caterina, Prato (I) 2007 - Group Exhibit, to the Basilica di S. Maria del Popolo, Sala Agostiniana, Rome 2007 - Personal Exhibit ART ITALIEN CONTEMPORAIN, to the Gallery D’Artecon, Ascona (Switzerland) 2007 - Group Exhibit MITOS, to the municipal Gallery Serra di Villa Revoltella, Trieste 2008 - Group Exhibit ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY ART, Gallery MENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY - Londra 2008 - Group Exhibit RASSEGNA D’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, SENATE’S PALACE - Milan 2008 - Group Exhibit IN ARTE URSUS, PIER IV - Old Port of Trieste 2008 - Group Exhibit XIV EDITION LITTLE FORMAT, Gallery Tribbio - Trieste 2008 - Group Exhibit III EDITION MEETING ART, Gallery EmmediArte - S. Stefano Belbo (Cn - I) 2008 - Group Exhibit XVI EDITION Hommage to ERIK SATIE, Miela Theater - Trieste (I)
Participations to Group Exhibits in Art Fairs
2005 - Art Fair - Parma (I) 2005 - Art Fair - Montichiari - Brescia (I) 2005 - Art Fair - Padova (I) 2005 - Art Fair - Reggio Emilia (I) 2005 - Art Fair - Viterbo (I) 2006 - Art Fair - Genova (I) 2006 - Art Fair - Bergamo (I) 2006 - Art Fair - Innsbruck (Austria) 2006 - Art Fair - Viterbo (I) 2006 - Art Fair - Parma (I) 2006 - Art Fair - Vicenza (I) 2006 - Art Fair - Padova (I) 2007 - Art Fair - Viterbo (I) 2008 –KunstArt - Bozen (I)

Public Collections
Town Hall of Trieste Commune de Jarnac, Musée François Mitterand - France Town Hall of Colorno (Parma – I)
Galleries
CarloLivi Art Gallery – Prato - Italy EmmediArte – S.Stefano Belbo (Cuneo) – Italy InGalleria – Pavia – Italy Studio Laboratorio Anna Virando – Turin (I) D’artecon – Ascona (Switzerland) GrupoVirtuart – Granollers (Barcellona) - Spain
Lectures
In January 2006, He gave a lection in the assembly hall of the Third Age University of Trieste describing his works with reference to the saying awarded to Brunelleschi « every painter paints himself »
Art Directories
Arte Moderna e Contemporanea n.41 – ed. Giorgio Mondadori (I) Arte Moderna e Contemporanea n.42 – ed. Giorgio Mondadori (I) Arte Moderna e Contemporanea n.43 – ed. Giorgio Mondadori (I) Comanducci – Diz. Universale (I)
Web Directories
artprice.com babeleart.com exibart.com premioceleste.it saatchi-gallery.co.uk teknemedia.net
Literature
Marianna Accerboni, Elisa Bergamino, Giuseppe Billi, Marta Casati, Giulio Farachi, Sandra Lucarelli, Sandro Parmiggiani, Franco Riccomini, Giorgio Segato, Claudia Tavernari.
Public Auctions
Several works of the artist have been sold during 2006/2007 at the auction house: Farsetti, Prato - www.farsettiarte.it