Giuseppe Maraniello was born in Naples in 1945. After studying art, he began to teach at the secondary school of art in Benevento in 1969, the year he began to work with Naples’ Galleria Morra. In 1971, he moved to Milan. He met Luciano Inga Pin and haunted his gallery, where he would then exhibit his works and meet several artists with whom he at first shared an interest in and a liking for photography. In the late 70s, he left photography for painting and generally for the traditional languages of art, an attitude that would soon drive him to make works in which drawing, painting and sculpture are used dialectically and seem to achieve a formal synthesis. After his personal exhibitions at some private galleries, his works were displayed in several collective exhibitions in public spaces, such as “L’estetico e il Selvaggio” at Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Modena, 1979 curated by Giorgio Cortenova, “Italiana Nuova Immagine” at Loggetta Lombardesca, Ravenna, 1980, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, and, almost at he same time, “Dieci anni dopo i nuovi nuovi” at Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, 1980 curated by Francesca Alinovi, Renato Barilli and Roberto Daolio. The latter exhibition would mark the beginning of the current of the “new new” artists and a series of exhibitions about them all through the Eighties. In 1982, he took part in “Arte Italiana 1960-1982” at London’s Hayward Gallery in 1982, curated by Guido Ballo, Renato Barilli and Flavio Caroli. Gillo Dorfles asked him to present a major public project during the exhibition-cumhappening “Intorno al flauto magico” at La Scala Theatre, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, 1985, curated by E. Napolitano and G. Dorfles. As well as exhibiting his works in several Italian and foreign galleries, in 1989 he was appointed full professor of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts. After Lecce and Bologna, in 1991 he moved to the Brera Academy in Milan, where he taught until 2003. In 1990, he had a personal exhibition hall in the XLIV Venice Biennale, with an introduction by Lea Vergine in the catalogue. In the same year, his works were exhibited at the Virreina Palace in Barcelona, at the Crystal Palace in Madrid and at Matidenhohe Darmstadt for “L’altra scultura” curated by Renato Barilli. His works were included in the travelling exhibition “Cadenze, figure dell’arte italiana degli anni ’90” curated by Pier Giovanni Castagnoli which in 1992 was hosted by some South American institutes, such as the Sofia Imber in Caracas and the Museum of Modern Art in Bogota. In 1993, the Galleria Civica of Trento and the Galleria d’Arte Moderna of Bologna – Villa delle Rose held a broad retrospective exhibition of his works, curated by Pier Giovanni Castagnoli and Danilo Eccher. The gardens of Centro S. Chiara in Trento would become the permanent venue for one of his bigger sculptures. One year later, he took part in the exhibition, “L’incanto e la trascendenza” at Castel Ivano, Ivano Fracena, Trento, curated by Danilo Eccher, while in 1995 one of his big installations floated on the waters of Venice on the occasion of “Artelaguna” curated by Simonetta Gorreri and sponsored by the Venice Biennale. In 1997, he took part in the exhibition “Arte Italiana – Materiali Anomali” curated by Danilo Eccher and Dede Auregli at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Bologna, which since 1996 has permanently hosted one of his sculptures in its gardens. Lea Vergine invited him to take part in the exhibition “Trash. Quando i rifiuti diventano Arte”, 1998, at Palazzo delle Albere, in Trento, and Archivio del Novecento, in Rovereto. The three floors of Galleria Giò Marconi became home to a major exhibition of his works in Milan in 1998, the year he exhibited his works with Luigi Mainolfi at Centro Arti Visive “Pescheria” in Pesaro as well. Between 1996 and 2000, he made several permanent sculptures for public places, such as a monument to seamen for the port of Molfetta, a sculpture for the district penitentiary of Le Vallette in Turin, and one for the Traffic Control Authority in Rome. In 2000, his works were on display at Galleria Fumagalli in Bergamo and at Galleria Giò Marconi in Milan for “Boomerang”. In 2001, he and Arnaldo Pomodoro worked at a sculpture for the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee, WI, USA. Large retrospective exhibitions of his works were held in 2001 at Fortezza Firmafede, Sarzana, curated by Galleria Cardelli & Fontana, and in 2002 at the Rocca Sforzesca in Imola, curated by Marisa Zattini. In 2004, his works were exhibited in Rome, at Casa Musumeci Greco, and at the same time at Spazio Volume! a few months later, his works were on display at the Levy Gallery in Hamburg. In the same year, the Municipality of Ischia held a broad retrospective exhibition of his works at Torre Guevara, followed by an important permanent installation in the Negombo Park. Also in 2004, he developed and designed the cover for the book in tribute to Mario Luzi to celebrate the poet’s 80th birthday, published by Colophon. Also for Colophon, he worked for some poets, such as Daniel Butor, Edoardo Sanguineti and Mario Luzi. In addition, he and Luzi produced the book, (2000) “ Fiore nostro fiorisci ancora”, published by Canopo of Prato. Again in 2004, Lea Vergine, Giorgio Verzotti and Jean-Hubert Martin invited him to take part in the exhibition “Il bello e le bestie” at Mart in Rovereto. In 2005, Galleria Flora Bigai held a personal retrospective exhibition of his works on its three floors. Also in 2005, he exhibited his works at Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro for “Scultura italiana del XX secolo”. In 2006, his personal exhibition was the first one to be held at Galleria Civica of Arco di Trento, curated by Giovanna Nicoletti. In 2007, he designed a cover for F.M.R., for the book “Credo” published by F.M.R. ART’È. In 2007, he took part in the collective exhibition “Les fleurs du mal” curated by Danilo Eccher at Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Sannio ARCOS in Benevento. In 2008, he won the “Guglielmo Marconi 2008” Award for painting, sculpture and electronic art, promoted by the University of Bologna, Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi. In the same year, his 13-metre-tall bronze sculpture was exhibited in Piazzetta della Croce Rossa in Milan for “MIRAGGI a MiArt” curated by the Municipality of Milan. His bronze sculpture is exhibited in the hall of the New Bocconi University curated by Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan. In 2009, he installed a 24-metre-tall permanent public sculpture in Piazza dei Poeti, in Terni. In 2009 he preparted a large anthology entitled Il gatto dorme rotondo in the Boboli Gardens in Florence. In 2010, the Gallery Flora Bigai di Pietrasanta dedicated a solo exhibition entitled " Il gambo dei fiori." In 2011 he took part in the exhibition " Dalla Figura alla Figurazione - nel Novecento italiano", curated by Stefano Cecchetto, at Palazzo Loredan, in Venice. In 2012 a personal exibition at Gallery Lorenzelli Arte entitled "IN-ES", curated by Alberto Fiz, with a testimony of Angela Tecce, Milan. In the same year, his work is on permanent display at the Museum " Cantiere del 900 - Opere dalle collezioni Intesa Sanpaolo", curated by Francesco Tedeschi, to Gallerie d'Italia, in Milan and large sculpture is located at the entrance to the Mario Negri Institute, Milan. In 2014, installs in Saint Thomas Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA a life-size bronze Crucifix, behind the altar. At the Conservatorio of Music G. Verdi in Milano, one of his sculpture is on display in the cloiser. In 2015 the Fondazione Marconi and Studio Marconi dedicated a solo exibition entitled “ Attratti”. In the Park of Santa Sofia sculptures in Forlì-Cesena one of his works is permanently installed. In the same year he exhibited his works at “ Per_formare una collezione #4”, curated by Alessandro Rabottini and Eugenio Viola, Museo MADRE, Napoli and “ Fondation Volume! Art Contemporain”, curated by A. Bonito Oliva, Danilo Eccher, Lorand Hegyi, Lorenzo Benedetti, Musée D’Art Moderne et Contemporain Saint-Ètienne Métropole, Francia.