Born in 1954. Grew up in a New York family of architects,
escaped into Philosophy and Mathematics at Portland
State University and New York University, he became a
designer in the late 1970s, and an artist the late 1990s.
During his early years he also played jazz in New York
and Paris, where he’s been living since 1981. Pippo Lionni
was awarded the distinction of « Chevalier de l’Ordre des
Arts et des Lettres » by French Ministry of Culture in 2001.
His work as an artist (installations, prints, animations, and
painting) has been the object of several international
exhibitions, in institutions and galleries such as Columbia
University and Max Lang gallery in New York, CASZuidas in
Amsterdam, PNCA in Portland, Oregon, Galerie Frédéric
Giroux, Galerie Artcurial, Espace Modem, Galerie Franck
Bordas and Brownstone Foundation in Paris, the Karel de
Grote Hogeschool in Antwerp and the Israel Museum in
Jerusalem.
http://lionni.com/
