Fabio Bernasconi was born in Sorengo, Ticino, on 19 April 1980.

He grew up in Fescoggia, a small village in Alto Malcantone in sun-washed Ticino, a region renowned for its history of talented plasterers and stucco workers who have left their mark on various locations across Europe and worldwide.

 

Alto Malcantone started to inspire Fabio Bernasconi during his teenage years, bringing him gradually closer to the world of art. His family was also an important factor: the history, travel, literature and music he grew up with, and particularly the dialogue and values that surrounded him, had a profound influence on his personal development.

 

In 1999 he undertook a long journey through India, where he received his first sculpture lessons in the workshops and quarries of Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan.

 

Having returned to Switzerland, in 2002 he graduated from the CSIA (Centro Scolastico per le Industrie Artistiche) in Lugano.

 

He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara (Italy), and at the same time took a sculpture course in Arzo (Switzerland).

 

Dissatisfied with school experiences, he then moved to Colonnata, near Carrara, home of the famous white marble, where he met the sculptor and great friend Veraldo Del Sarto, who was a key figure in his artistic and personal development.

 

Thanks to Del Sarto he was given a job in the Gemelli Lorenzini studio as an apprentice, where he received intensive training in both the technical and creative aspects of the trade.

He also worked as an assistant to the Costa Rican sculptor Jorge Jimenez Deredia, a partnership that would continue for about three years.

 

 

During this three-years period he was taken under the wing of the sculptor Alessandro Mosti known as “Indian”, one of the best sculptor-craftsmen at a national level and of his partner Marco Ambrosini.

 

In 2011 he attended the Salon d'Automne in Paris, one of the most important events in France for over a century.

 

Here he was awarded the prestigious “Edouard-Marcel Sandoz” prize for the sculpture 'Interstellar Overdrive', awarded by the Fondation Taylor, founded in 1844, one of the most important organizations for the protection and promotion of art and artists.

 

In fact, he becomes the youngest artist in the history of the Foundation to be awarded this prize.

 

In 2013 he returned to Switzerland and he opened his own art studio in 'La Romantica', in Fescoggia, the small village where he was born and raised, but he continues to return to Carrara to visit studios and friends.

 

In 2014 he also began to devote himself to design, funerary art and restoration, where stone remains the unconditional protagonist.

 

In 2019 he won the prize established by the Municipality of Lavena (I) for the “Ponte Magico” award, for the creation of a monumental sculpture called “Passaggi di tempo”.

 

In 2021 founded “La Tesorina”, a company with the goal to sell and promote food products of Italian excellence, combined with an exclusive design line dedicated to the world of taste.