Gianni Gamba

Born in Italy in 1954, Gianni Gamba has lived and worked in Quebec since the 1980s.

The approach

His printmaking practice draws on the legacy of classical engraving, favouring intaglio techniques.

His work offers a wordless poetry, built from strokes of ink on paper. Through monochrome compositions, he explores the relationship between image and emotion.

By capturing the tangible reality of forms and places, he draws on everyday life to create works imbued with peace, harmony and inner depth.

Path

Gianni Gamba took up drawing from a very young age before devoting himself to engraving.

Trained under a professor from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, he has spent many years pursuing personal and collaborative research and experimentation in intaglio techniques.

He has taken part in numerous international symposiums, where his work has earned various prizes and distinctions, including first prize for printmaking from the Cercle des artistes peintres et sculpteurs du Québec. His work has been exhibited in Italy, France, Romania, Bulgaria, Belgium, China and Canada.

Solo exhibitions

• 2026 Galleria Sala Carletti, Alassio, Italy
• 2025 Galleria d'Arte UCAI, Albenga, Italy
• 2020 Maison de la culture du Pic Champlain, Rimouski, Canada
• 2019 Espace contemporain, Quebec City, Canada
• 2018 Galerie d'art La Liberté, Montreal, Canada
• 2014 Galerie Léonard-Parent, Rimouski, Canada
• 2013 Salle Desjardins Telus, Rimouski, Canada
• 2009 Maison Rodolphe-Duguay, Nicolet, Canada
• 2009 Maison de la culture de Rivière-du-Loup, Canada
• 2008 Institut canadien de Québec, Canada
• 2006 Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada

Group exhibitions

• 2026 Galleria d'Arte UCAI, Albenga, Italy
• 2022 Galleria Studio d'Arte Bonan, Venice, Italy
• 2021 Accademia Internazionale Santa Rita, Turin, Italy
• 2020 Galerie du Trait-Carré, Quebec City, Canada
• 2015 Galleria d'Arte Moderna Alba, Ferrara, Italy
• 2017 Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2010 Place des Arts – exhibition of the Cercle des artistes peintres et sculpteurs du Québec, Montreal, Canada
• 2008 International exhibition, City of Tournai, Belgium
• 2007 Chapelle Saint-Benoît, Argenton-sur-Creuse, France
• 2006 BIMPE, Vancouver, Canada
• 2005 Galerie du Bic, Rimouski, Canada

Public and institutional collections

• Florean Museum, Maramureș, Romania
• City of Quebec, print for the 400th-anniversary book
• Galleria d'Arte Moderna Alba, Ferrara, Italy
• Guanlan Museum, Guanlan, China

Prizes and honours

• First prize, graphic arts, Centro di Lettura, Pietra Ligure, Italy
• First prize, engraving, City of Imperia, Italy
• First prize in engraving, Cercle des artistes peintres et sculpteurs du Québec
• Second prize for small-format works, Accademia Santa Rita, Turin, Italy
• First prize in printmaking, Galleria d'Arte Moderna Alba, Ferrara, Italy

Honorary diplomas

• Canadian Embassy in France, for promoting art abroad.
• Canadian Embassy in Belgium, for promoting art on the international stage.

Publications

• Dizionario enciclopedico internazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Éditions Alba
• Dictionnaire de cotation des artistes, Larousse, 2007
• Contributions to various catalogues for international printmaking symposiums (BIMPE, Vancouver; Guanlan Museum, China)

Talks and outreach

• 2019 Museum Het Rembrandthuis – Amsterdam, Netherlands. Introductory workshop in Italian and French on Rembrandt's etching techniques
• 2015 Salon du livre de Rimouski – Talk: Illustration through engraving in literary works
• 2009 Atelier L'Hermitage de Rodolphe-Duguay, Nicolet – Talk