Antonio Squicciarini was born in Bari in 1957. He made his debut at just 13 years old with a solo show at the Teatro Margherita. For three years he was a student of Bruno Cassinari. He moved to Milan where he attended the Brera Academy and frequents the studios of great contemporary artists including Ernesto Treccani e Dominic Purified.
Together with other young artists he founded the current in Milan New Realism and organizes exhibitions in nightclubs so much so that it deserves the definition of painter of the night.
In 1984, on the occasion of the exhibition of Domenico Cantatore at the Castello Svevo in Bari, he burned more than fifty of his works as a sign of protest against the indifference of cultural bodies towards young artists.
In the same year the lucky meeting with the set designer Danilo Donati takes him to live the cinematographic experience: he designs the sets for the film Ginger and Fred Of Federico Fellini. He knows Marc Chagall, with whom he shares a passion for characters in flight.
The pains he faces in his life are transformed into a state of grace. His works are characterized by the joy of color, hugs, music and dreams.
