Arturo Lini was born in Volterra, Italy in 1948. A painter and a poet at the same time, he published his first poetry book, "Opera Prima" in 1983. In the eighties are his first experiences with the Poesia Visiva (Visual Poetry)group of artists, which include his first one-man show at the Centro Culturale Ariete in Viareggio in 1988. In 1987 together with Giancarlo Vaccarezza, he establishes the ViareggioArte group, and exhibits at ExpoArte in Bari in 1988 and 1989. In the nineties are most of his solo exhibitions as a painter, taking place in many cities of Tuscany. In 1994 he has two important exhibitions at Galleria Mentana in Florence and Villa Borbone in Viareggio.
His poems are published in many books and reviews like "Paragone", "Il Foglio Clandestino", "Il Grandevetro". In 2000 he joined "Alfabetismo", an exhibition on the relationship between language and painting in contemporary art organized by Nicola Micieli at the Chiostro di San Francesco in Sarzana. In the last years he participated many other solo exhibitions in Seravezza and Pietrasanta. He lives and works in Florence and the Versilia coast.

::: Arturo Lini's poems :::