Gianfranco Baruchello was born in Livorno, Italy, in 1924 and lives in Rome and Paris. Recent solo exhibitions include the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome (2011–12), and the Museo Laboratorio d’Arte Contemporaneo, Rome (1997). He has participated in group exhibitions at the Serpentine Gallery, London (2011), and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2009), as well as in the Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach (2010) and documenta 6 (1977).