Biography
Andrea Mancini – born in Florence, Italy, in 1958.
Attends Tomislav Spikic cartoonist course at Cappiello Academy at an early age. Graduates in 1978 from The Florence Art Institute, in Graphic Design.
Illustrator and comics-artist,in ’79 Andrea begins his career as graphic & Creative designer at “LEADER” advertising Agency. He then continued as a free-lance Creative & Graphic Designer in the years to come.
From 1982 -1983 he travelled first to Paris, then to New York to pursue his artisitc growth and broaden his experience. In 1990 he exhibited his first works on paper in one man shows and group exhibits in Italy, Japan and Germany.
In 2000 he won the Premio Fiorino, one of the most prestigious awards for the visual arts. In 2002 a selection of his works were acquired by the Marino Marino Museum and the Diocesan Museums in Florence. Andrea Mancini lives and works in Florence.
