Leo Ragno

Born in Milan on 14 September 1984, he lives and works in Milan. He graduated in Painting and specialized in Printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts of Foggia. Since 2012, he has been teaching Fine Art Printmaking – Printmaking Techniques, and currently teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan.

He has participated in numerous competitions and group exhibitions, including the Premio Acqui – International Biennial of Printmaking in Acqui Terme in 2007 and 2009, and the 40th edition of the Premio Il Pendio, where he won first prize in 2008. The following year, he received the Premio Giovani 2009 at the 7th edition of the International Biennial of Florence. In 2013, he participated in the Biennial of Contemporary Printmaking in Bassano del Grappa and was included in the sixth edition (2003–2008) of the Repertorio degli incisori italiani, published by the Department of Ancient and Modern Prints of the Municipality of Bagnacavallo.

In 2016, his work was presented at the I Premio Biennale per Giovani Incisori/Bagnacavallo, held at the Museo Civico delle Cappuccine in Bagnacavallo. His solo exhibitions include Tabula Rasa at Officine Culturali in Bitonto (BA), with texts by Lucrezia Modugno and Alessandro Papetti, and AL VENTO, an exhibition of prints and monotypes at the cultural association La Mancha in Ruvo (BA). In 2017, he presented the solo exhibition Sexual Landscape at Palazzo Tupputi in Bisceglie (BT), curated by the Cineclub Canudo association.

In 2020, he presented the solo exhibition Il rumore del tempo at Il Brunitoio, curated by Giulia Grassi. In 2022, he participated in the group exhibition À fleur de peau at the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris, curated by Angela Ghezzi. In 2024, he participated in the group exhibition Figurazione Milano Zurigo in Milan, curated by Renato Galbusera and Carmelo Violi, and in Paris in the two-person exhibition Summer Is a Feeling, curated by Augustin Doublet. In 2025, he presented the solo exhibition Echoes at Galleria Federico Rui and participated in the exhibition Innesti at Museo Gasc – Galleria d’Arte Sacra dei Contemporanei in Milan.