Graziano Rey (Italia 1953) - La mia Torino

Artist: Graziano Rey (Italia 1953)
Technique: Tecnica mista su tela
Signature: Hand signed
Graziano Rey (1953, Turin - Italy)
“My Turin” 2020
Mixed media on canvas
Artist's signature on the front and back; Artist's certificate of authenticity on the back
Biography
- Graziano Rey was born in Turin in 1953. As a very young man, after having shared art with his brother Francesco and the master Lorenzo Alessandri in the period of the "Macabre Attic", he dedicated himself for years to figurative art and, in particular, to the world of music. From 1982 to 1987, author of television theme songs, of which the best known: Buona Domenica, I Ragazzi della III C, La Giostra, Ferragosto OK, collaborates as an author with various singers. In 1991-1992 he won the Rino Gaetano award and the Viareggio award as a singer-songwriter.
Columnist, he participates in numerous episodes of the Maurizio Costanzo Show and as an actor in Alberto Silvestri's Candid Camera. In 1993 he published the story “3001 Spooky on Jork II”, published by Mancuso editore.
Actor in the film “In camera mia” by Sergio Martino. He moved to the Tonga Islands, always dedicating himself to painting. In more recent years, it is worth mentioning the participation in the 57th Venice Biennale on the theme of "Moloc" at the Palazzo degli Armeni, a path subsequently repeated in Palermo and Vicenza in 2017. Between 2018 and 2022 he exhibited in solo exhibitions in Ferrara, Turin, Milan , Bologna.