About

Born in a small village near Venice in Italy, with brothers and cousins as well as well known Italian artists. Mauro lived in South Africa for 30 years where he attended The Ruth Prouse College of Art and graduated with a Diploma in Photography. From the age of 17 years old he also showed his other artistic talent, as a musician playing in a band with his brothers for over 10 years.

In 1984 he started his own advertising photo studio which he ran very successfully for 18 years, in the course of which he also started a digital printing business and was involved in the design and digital production of art works and large prints up to size of billboards. During this time he won over 35 awards, including Gold, Silver & Bronze.

In 2001, because of the economic climate and the escalating crime rate, the family decided to make a new start in Vancouver, Canada. In September 2002, he was awarded the Gold for Digital Fine Art in the Canadian 2002 Digital Art Awards.

Art has always been his passion and he has worked in many mediums like Pastels, Airbrush, Acrylics, Silk-screening, Metal and Wood sculpture, Photography, Digital Art, Mixed Media, and Oils.