SERGIO RAGALZI (Turin, 1951 – 2024). He made his début on the contemporary Italian art scene in the early 1980s, with solo and group exhibitions including those at the Galleria L’ Attico in Rome, with which he would have a special relationship over the years. In 1985 he participated in the exhibition “Anniottanta” at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Bologna. In the same year, in addition to being invited to the Museo de Arte in San Paolo in Brazil, he was present with some works at the Centre National d’Art Contemporain in Nice on the occasion of the exhibition “L’Italie Aujour’dui”, curated by A.B. Oliva, Maurizio Calvesi, Antonio Del Guercio and Filiberto Menna. In 1986 he participated in the travelling exhibition between Frankfurt, Hannover and Vienna, entitled “Aspekte der italienischen Kunst 1960 – 1985”, curated by Renato Barilli. Ten years later, he participated in the XII Quadriennale d’Arte at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome. In 1997 he won the Prize of the Chamber of Deputies, which for the occasion acquired one of his works. In 2001, his sculptures were shown at the exhibition “Italian sculpture of the 20th century, Italy in Japan 2001 – 2002” in the three Japanese modern art museums of Ibaraki, Yokohama and Kagoshima. In 2007 an anthological exhibition of his work was organized in the spaces of the Pagliero factory in Castellamonte. In 2010, the installation Genetica 2093 was presented at the Auditorium in Rome, at SuperstudioPiù in Milan, at the Lucas Carrieri Art Gallery in Berlin on the occasion of the sixth Berlin Art Biennial, then in Turin in via Palazzo di Città and at the Castello di Rivara. The same installation was ehibited in Rome, at the MACRO. Since 2010 there have been numerous exhibitions in private galleries and public institutions both in Italy and abroad.