BIOGRAPHY
Marco Ramasso's debut in the art world was in 1982 when he won a national competition in painting and graphics and his first solo exhibition was in 1986 in Torino.
In 1988 Marco collaborated with Giugiaro Design for the scenic design of a program broadcasted on the national television.
From 1992 to 1999 he exhibited in his own gallery in Alassio, Italy.
In 1999 he took part in 'Artissima', Turin's Contemporary Art Fair, one of the most important contemporary art fairs in Italy, sponsored by Dantesca Fogola Art Gallery and Pintore Editor, publishing the monography 'Ritratti della Natura' (Nature's Portraits).
He travels extensively in a continuous research for his subjects, including National Parks and Natural Reserves in the USA and Canada, as well as in Europe, Africa, Middle East, Indonesia, Mexico, Madagascar and India.
Since 2000 he has collaborated with the magazine 'Piemonte Parchi'.
In 2004 he published 'Marco Ramasso; il Pensiero e l'Immagine' (the Thought and the Image) with Antonio Attini Editor.
In the same year he was invited by IAAD (Institute of Applied Art and Design) to participate at the exhibition ' Sei personaggi famosi in cerca di casa' (Six celebrities looking for a home) at the Automobile Museum in Torino.
He collaborated with Giorgio Mondadori Editor signing the cover of the magazine 'Airone'; and with Fogola Editor for the cover of four books: 'Una civetta allo specchio', by Renzo Rossotti, (2001); 'Marianne' and 'Liselotte' by Anna Cremonte Pastorello di Cornour (2005, 2006); and 'Le amiche dei gatti' by Graziella Ardizzone.
He illustrated the volume 'Le favole di Fedro' (The fabled of Phaedrus) of 'La grande Collana' with seven original etchings.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2016 - Solo Exhibition, "Presenze", edited by Susanna Gualazzini, Galleria Biffi Arte, Piacenza.
2015 - Solo Exhibition, "Selvatica",edited by Andrea Quaregna and Fabrizio Lava, Palazzo Gromo Losa, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Biella.
2014 - Solo Exhibition, "Marco Ramasso - Oltre il silenzio" edited by Elisabetta Tolosano, Palazzo delle Feste, Bardonecchia (TO).
Solo Exhibition, "Dialogo con la Natura" edited by Victor De Circasia, Museo Civico Craveri, Bra (CN).
2013 - Solo Exhibition, "Marco Ramasso", Galleria Davico, Torino.
2010 - Solo Exhibition, «Istinti", Acquerelli e Drybrushes, Fògola Galleria Dantesca, Torino.
2009 - Solo Exhibition, «Marco Ramasso. Le poetiche della natura», edited by Paolo Levi and Federico Faloppa, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino.
2008 - Solo Exhibition, «Marco Ramasso. La Natura di un "Animalier"», edited by Angelo Mistrangelo, Fògola Galleria Dantesca, Torino.
2006 - Solo Exhibition, «Appunti di viaggio sulla neve, tracce bianche», Galleria Berman, Torino.
2005 - Solo Exhibition, «Opere recenti». Fògola Galleria Dantesca, Torino.
2004 - Solo Exhibition, «Marco Ramasso: il pensiero e l'immagine», edited by Elisabetta Tolosano, Fògola Galleria Dantesca, Torino.
2003 - Solo Exhibition, "Marco Ramasso", Fògola Galleria Dantesca, Torino.
2002 - Solo Exhibition, «Habitus Naturae», Galleria Salamon, Milano.
2001 - Solo Exhibition, Fògola Galleria Dantesca, Torino.
1999 - Solo Exhibition, Artissima, Contemporary art fair, stand Fògola Galleria Dantesca, Torino.
Group
2015 - Group Exhibition, "Animal Spirits" Galleria Davico Arte, Torino
Group Exhibition, Galleria Border Line, Voghera (PV).
2011 - Group Exhibition, «Impronte d'Arte». Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Biella.
2007 - Group Exhibition, "Summer Show", Galleria Dantesca Fògola, Torino.
2005 - Group Exhibition, «Tre grandi che interpretano la natura». Fògola Galleria Dantesca, Torino.
2004 - Group Exhibition, «Animalia». Galleria Forni, Bologna e Milano.
Group Exhibition, "Summer Show", Galleria Dantesca Fògola, Torino.
Group Exhibition, «6 Personaggi famosi in cerca di casa», edited by IAAD - Istituto d'Arte Applicata e Design, Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile di Torino.
2001 - Group Exhibition, Palazzo Valentini, Roma.
