ABOUT MARCELLO GIORGI
Born in 1962 in Pietrasanta, Italy—an international hub of sculptural excellence—Marcello Giorgi has been immersed in the world of art since childhood. He trained at the Pietrasanta Art Institute Stagio Stagi and began a decade-long apprenticeship at the renowned Claudio Mariani Foundry at just sixteen, mastering mould-making and bronze casting under the guidance of expert artisans.
In 1988, Giorgi was selected to assist sculptor Igor Mitoraj, an experience that profoundly shaped his approach to figurative sculpture, classical modelling, and the study of form. He established his own studio in 1991, collaborating with leading contemporary artists and producing works in terracotta, marble, bronze, and resin.
After relocating to Montreal in 2016, he began teaching, sharing the techniques and traditions of Italian sculpture with professional artists and dedicated students. Giorgi now leads his sculpture school in Pietrasanta, where he continues to teach a method grounded in anatomy, structure, and the classical tradition.
Today, his sculptures can be found in museums, public spaces, and private collections around the world.
Exhibitions
2020 - Nostra Luna, in collaboration with Craigger Browne, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, USA
2019 - Freedom, Sylacauga marble festival, Sylacauga, AL, USA
2018 - Mercurio, Sylacauga Marble Festival, Sylacauga, AL, USA
2018 - Group Exhibition, Le Jardin de la Sculpture, Montreal, QC, Canada
2018 - Group Exhibition, Le Printemps de la Sculpture, Ste-Agathe, QC, Canada
2016 - Fundraiser, Service Communautaires Canadiens-Italiens du Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada
2016 - “Timeless Art”, Leonardo DaVinci Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
2015 - Commemorative bronze medallion for the City of Stazzema, presented to ex-president of Italy Giogio Napolitano. Rome, Italy
2014 - Le Grand Salon de la Sculpture, Palais des Congres de Montreal, QC, Canada
2014 - Leonardo da Vinci Center, "Due destini una Passione", Montreal, QC, Canada
2014 - 1er Printemps de la Sculpture, Lachute, QC, Canada.
2013 - Homo Faber, Pietrasanta, Italy.
2012 - collaborated with Master Cesare Monti to realize a Summer performance, “La Memoria della Pietra”. Pietrasanta, Italy.
2011 - BBC documentary “the Ancient Roman” explaining the tecnhnique of ancient Roman bronze casting by producing a portrait. Pietrasanta, Italy
2009 - "The Lampada Art & Antiques Fair", London, England
2009 - "Mostre in Villa", Viareggio, Italy.
2009 - "ZTL in Art", Carrara, Italy
2009 - “L'eccesso e la misura”, San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy
2009 - "Michelangelo and his Heirs" Festival, Alabama, USA
2007 - Solo exhibition "Arte ed Artigianato", Cloister of St. Agostino, Pietrasanta, Tuscany, Italy.
2007 - 750th commemorative bronze plaque for the City of Pietrasanta. Tuscany, Italy.
2006 - Bronze memorial portrait, Carabiniere Alessandro Pibiri, died in Iraq. Sardinia, Italy.
2004 - Commissioned to reproduce the commemorative sculpture for the victims of the First World War in Genova. The original bronze sculpture was destroyed by the Italian Government’s policy of "Metal for Arms" for the Second World War.
2004 - Bronze memorial high-relief, Second-lieutenant Enzo Fregosi, died in Iraq. Tuscany, Italy.
2003 - BBC commission to create a reproduction of Michelangelo's "Sleeping Cupid" The original sculpture was lost during a blaze destroying London's Whitehall in1698. The film "The Divine Michelangelo" shows Marcello working in his studio, includes an interview with him, filmed in the British Museum, London, England.
2001 - Marble memorial with portrait, Messina, Sicily, Italy.
1999 - The success of the Giovanni Pisano columns, leads to a commission to create a copy of the base of "Perseo" by Benvenuto Cellini. Marcello's bronze copy is now on public display in Florence's Loggia dei Lanzi (Piazza Della Signoria). The original base has been moved to the Bargello Museum in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
1998 - Bronze memorial stone, Hallin Medical University, Seoul, Korea.
1997 - Clay high-relief for the votive chapel dedicated to S. Leonardo da Porto Maurizio, Gallicano, Tuscany, Italy.
1997 - Commemorative bronze bas-relief, Fornovolasco, Tuscany, Italy.
1996 - Belle Arti di Siena competition winner for reproduction of marble columns of the Duomo di Sienna created by Giovanni Pisano in the 1300's. Original columns housed in the Museo dell'OPA of Siena. Marble copies of columns crafted by Marcello replace original columns at front entrance of the Duomo di Siena. Tuscany, Italy.1995 - Bronze statue “The Gazelle Fountain” King of Oman’s summer residence.
1993 - Bronze bust of Alessandro Bendocchi, Massarosa.Stadium, Tuscany, Italy.
1993 - Bronze bust of “Raffaello Pezzini”, C.I.S.L head office in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.
1992 - Bronze bust of "St. Giuseppe Marello", Pompei Cathedral Garden, Naples, Italy.
"Nostra Luna", Marble Sculpture
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Montgomery, AL, USA, 2020.