Umberto Giovannini is a multidisciplinary artist.
He started working as a printmaker in 1990.
Since then, he has produced more than 600 prints, which include the series "Sequenza Temporale”, “Tarocchi di Sigismondo”, “Mediterraneo” and “Dante”. These works have been exhibited in galleries in Italy, United Kingdom, USA, Japan and Australia. 
His style aims to be powerful and visionary and revisits the avant-garde, adding a fusion of colours and music.

Umberto's passion for music started in his teens whilst working at a radio station, playing electronica and indie music. He developed a love of ethnic and folk music, and learnt to play the diatonic accordion. 
In 2007, he formed the band "Gli Orsi", writing and releasing the album 'Via Emilia' in 2009.
His artwork is strongly influenced by music and reflects a dark magnetic vision, which grabs the imagination of a monochrome cinematic world and resonates with the musical tunes of folk and pop.

Always attracted by the idea of the "performance of art" beyond the canvas, Umberto's passion has brought him to create artwork that transform the space where art is usually exhibited into "space as art".
In order to enact his vision, he has created imaginative mechanisms like 'Il Palagio de gl’incanti', built in 2007, his most spectacular mechanical work. 
Here he fuses together his love for the visual arts, with the mechanical apparatus creating a visual opening onto the surreal world. The basis of his work is the will to take the spectator towards a new dimension imbued in the archetypical experience.

In 1990 Umberto was a cofounder of the not-for-profit cultural organization VACA which is home to artists, filmmakers and writers rfom the Romagna region.
The organization VACA has produced many cultural exhibitions and conferences, several of which focused on the sixteenth century philosopher Tomaso Garzoni.
Umberto took part between 1995 - 2003, in the VACA produced film project dedicated to Romagna. 
The trilogy aims to tell the story about Romagna in the 20th century, and Umberto works as the main actor, co-writer and designer.
The films: 'Tanabess',' Tizca' and 'Berbablù' have all recieved international acclaim.