Biography
1943 June 7: borne in San Carlo, Val Bavona (Valle Maggia, Ticino)
1948-60 Bienne: attends schools (French as first language)
1956 Starts with painting and sculpture work
1958-59 Attends the School of Applied Arts in Bienne
1959-60 Starts playing jazz
Internship with the artist Marcel Wyss in Bern
Internship with the artist Marcel Wyss in Bern
1961 Returns to Valle Maggia,
where he works as a painter and sculptor.
he builds his first atelier on a ruin
where he works as a painter and sculptor.
he builds his first atelier on a ruin
1964 Meets Hedda Lafranca
1965 Opens a workshop for hand-printing techniques in Locarno
1966-86 Editions Lafranca
1971 Starts of the Fracass N.O. Jazz-band with Danilo Moccia,
Brenno Boccadoro and other artists
Brenno Boccadoro and other artists
1973 Transforms an old, deserted sawmill in Collinasca
into a paper mill, which he uses after 1980
also as sculpture workshop
into a paper mill, which he uses after 1980
also as sculpture workshop
1975 Book LE CATENE, texts by Plinio Martini
1983 Starts of the Chamber Jazz Trio with
J.-P. Enderli and Maurizio Ferrazzini
J.-P. Enderli and Maurizio Ferrazzini
1993, 96-97 Monumental sculptures in New Zealand
1996 Book LES AFFLUENTS DU TEMPS
1997 Meets Franziska Kurth
1999 Their daughter Alba is borne
2001 Their daughter Line is borne
2002 Books «stein-gestalt-sinn» and «sinn-form-stein»
with texts by Eugen Gomringer
with texts by Eugen Gomringer
2007 OLIVI Puglia 2004-2007,
31 photographs on Cartalafranca
31 photographs on Cartalafranca
2008 Book LES OCEANS DU CIEL
2015 Lives in Valle Maggia