Marcello Jori was born in
Merano on 12 December 1951. He currently lives and works in Bologna. Having
obtained his degree from DAMS (Drama, Art and Music Studies, Bologna), in 1977
Jori embarked on his career as an artist, soon exhibiting in national and
foreign galleries and museums. In the mid-seventies, Jori took his first
tentative steps in certain conceptual streams, from which he soon moved away and
indeed openly went against their colder and most austere aspects, in an attempt
to infuse art with a new lease of life.