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Manzieri Maurizio was born in Naples, Italy, in April 1961. He persued classical studies, and began working as a graphic artist in advertising. In 1988 he moved to Turin, in the region of Piedmont, near the Alps, where he actually lives with his wife and their young daughter.
Manzieri has always enjoyed science fiction and fantasy art in general, contributing as a teenager to several leading fanzines. Recently, he has returned to his old passion of freelance illustrator. For some time now , Manzieri has done analysis of the artwork of Italian and foreign colleagues, and in a short period of time learned the revolutionary medium of Electronic Painting. Today, the artist paints exclusively on electronic canvas, experimenting with all the possibilities and techniques offered by the latest 2D and 3D software packages. Since 1995, he has published covers for the leading science fiction magazine in England, Interzone. Interzone was the recipient of the 1995 Hugo Award, the most prestigious award in the science fiction literature field. In May 1996, a selection of his work appeared for the first time in the exhibition for Professional Artists, promoted by the 22nd edition of Italcon, the National Science Fiction Convention.
As well, he collaborates with Virtual Views, a company specializing in multimedia science fiction. In 1996, Virtual Views published an avant-garde CD-Rom, unique in its own genre: Sinkha, a science fiction novel, packed with state-of-the-art pictures and animation sequences, and winner of a bronze award by Newmedia Invision Awards.
In 1997 Manzieri was included 'ad honorem' in the DigiPainters' Club, an international organization of renowned digital artists. He was also appointed member of the World SF Italia, the Italian unit of the international science fiction association of professionals.
In the early 1998 Manzieri began a collaboration as a science fiction cover artist with Mondadori, the leading Italian publishing house. Manzieri collaborates also with articles and illustrations to Delos ( and Delos International ), the most important Italian SF webzine in Internet.
The artist can be contacted via e-mail:
manzieri@fantascienza.com
Italy , 1998
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