Born in Turin. He studied at the Accademia Albertina. He taught art history and aesthetics at the Museum of Modern Art in Turin and at the Fondazione di Studi Europei.
For Edizioni Paoline, he won first prize at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair as best illustrator.
He has collaborated with major Italian publishers, creating graphics and cover illustrations for Edizioni Rusconi (including the celebrated Lord of the Rings) and Franco Maria Ricci (Carnet d’adresses, advertising images for Shic and for FMR).
He designed Mina’s poster for the album MinacantaLucio.
He has designed textile collections for Missoni, Etro, Benetton, and Loro Piana.
For the Sicar jewelry house in Geneva, he created a jewelry collection for the Saudi Royal Family.
For Pomellato, he designed the collection of decorative objects.
Ceramic tile collections for L’Opificio Umbro and for Gabbianelli.
His illustrations appear regularly in Vogue, CasaVogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vanity Fair. His illuminated manuscripts are held at the Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
His works are held in private collections throughout Europe and the United States, where he was represented by Sotheby’s.
In recent years, he has lectured at the Università Cattolica in Milan for a Master’s program in Editorial Graphic Design.

The power of an image lies not in what it depicts, but in what it means — the same fundamental difference as that between the verbs “to look” and “to see.” The first is a physical act. The second, an inner experience. We look at the representation. We see the meaning.