Born September, 6, 1947 in Florence, Italy Lives and works as artist and architect in Florence, Cologne and Berlin.

1968-75
studies architecture at the University of Florence
1975
winner of the Foundation Pontello prize, Florence
1976
distinction at the national competition for the Centro Direzionale of Castello.
1977
founds the magazine 'Abaco' for contemporary art and architecture.
1980
collaborates on the culture pages of the 'Corriere Medico', Milan: writing the column 'Letter from Berlin' interviews Paolo Portoghesi, Renzo Piano, Aldo Rossi and other architecture
1981
winner of the Fondation Lubiam prize Mantua
1983-87
studies at the design Polytechnic, Cologne

Texts and features about architecture
1987-89
collaborates with architectural magazines for architecture as 'Alfabeta', 'Urbanistica Informazioni'' and so on
1989
'City Parks in Potsdam, Berlin, Amsterdam", is published by the county administration of Tuscany
1993-2002
publication of various texts in the magazine for the Association of architects of Florence, 'Professione Architetto' and 'Bollettino degli Architetti'
Planing and project direction
(selection)
1985-90
architecture for exhibitions, among others for the exhibition "L'Etrusco contemporaneo" at the Palazzo degli Innocenti, Florence
1992-95
installation of several works on the grounds of the Villa Imbarcati-Gori, Pistoia
1995-'00
installation of several works in the residential complex at Neusser Platz 10, Cologne Projects for the installation of many works on the ground of the "Business Park" in Duisburg, Germany, under commission of the Deutsche Bank.
2001
Competition for the new Art Museum of Bolzano, Italy.
2002
Competition for the new egiptyan museum of Cairo
2003
Competition for the new palace of the County Administration of Pisa, Italy

Artistic works and exhibitions
(selection)

1972-75
produces experimental 8mm films
1973-75
first group and solo exhibitions in Florence and the surrounding area(among others, at the Galleries Il Fiore, L'indiano etc.) begins the series of 'Light-pictures'
1976-87
produces pictures using various materials, playing with the transition from the two-dimensional to the three-dimensional; large-scale pictures with colors appliede spontaneously and directly; series: "Lettera di Leptis", "La Nuovissima Biblioteca d'Alessandria", "Storie della città-albero" first works with the themes "Grandi Naufragi/Large Shipwrecks" and "Gates of Heaven"
since 1987
various exhibitions in Europe, e.g. at the Galleries Tardy (Enschede/Netherlands), Gisele Linder (Basel, Switzerland), Apicella (Bonn, Germany), at the Galleria d'Arte di Bologna, Italy, at the Scuola Grande di S.Teodoro (Venice, Italy).
since 1988
Continues with various installations the series of "Grandi Naufragi", e.g. at the Breda Works in Pistoia, Italy (1988), at the stadium's station Olympia, Berlin, Germany 1990- exhibition presented by Dr. Lucie Schauer, director of the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein- at the Villa Romana, Florence, Italy, at the BBK, Cologne, Germany (1992) at the French Institute, Florence (1994), at Skagen, Denmark (1995), at the Gallery Cargo, Marseille, France (1995), Gallery Vito Vitti, Bari, Italy (1997), at the Rathenau Center and Culture and Technology in Berlin-Kopenick (1998).
since 1996
Various projects for an artistic development of public buildings and places, realizations e.g. at Follonica, Tuscany ("Grandi Naufragi XIII" 1996-'97, development of a public square, with fountain and sculpture) works as architect, specialized in urbanism and enviromental planning.
1999
Solo exibition and installation "Car-Naval/Atlantis II" at the Gallery Exit Art, Cologne, Germany.
2000
Permanent installation "Car-Naval/He 111" in the Business Park of Duisburg, Germany.
2002
Installation "Haus von Paulus", Kunstverein "Skulptur draussen", Cologne
Audio Timet: Petrushka, di Igor Stravinskj [listen]

Installation "Mig 15/II", architectural shop of Claudio Nardi, Florence

bibliography (Selection)
Lara Vinca-Masini,
in the catalogue of the exhibition
at the Seminario di Fiesole, 1973
Marisa Vescovo,
in "Iterarte", November 1976
and Abaco, 1978
Marilena Pasquali,
in the catalogue 'Untitled',
Galleria Comunale d'Arte
Moderna, Bologna, 1978
Gillo Dorfles,
in the cataogue for the
exhibition at the Gallery Vera BIondi, Florence, 1982;
in Arte Mondadori, December
1991; in the catalogue for the
exhibition at the Institut
Francais, Florence, 1994;
in "Ottagono", November 1994
in "Ultime tendenze dell'arte oggi"
Feltrinelli Milano 1999
Corriere della Sera 16.9.2001
Omar Calabrese,
in the catalogue,
Grandi Naufragi VII, 1988; in
Panorama, october 1990
and June 1991;
in "Caos e bellezza, immagini
del neo-barocco", published at
Domus Academy 1991; in the exhibition at the
Institut Francais, Florence, 1994

Annette Siemens,
" Ein Nachfahrer der
Manieristen", Bonner Revue,
3.6.1987

Elfi Kreis,
" Spielerische Bruchlandung",
Tagesspiegel, Berlin,
13.10.1990

Ursula Prinz,
in the catalogue 'Olympia/Zeppelin III'
Berlin 1990
Qpferdach Wahlverwandschaften
in "tip", Berlin, october 1990
Michel Pierre,
" L'Arche aux portes secrètes",
exhibition catalogue for the
Institut Francais, Florence, 1994

Wolfgang Becker,
in the first and the second
catalogues 'Fredsskulptur
1995-Peace Sculpture' 1995,
Kopenhagen 1995
Pierre Restany,
" Giampaolo Di Cocco: i relitti
portatori di una nuova verità",
Domus, Milan, 684,
July/August 1996

David Galloway,
In the catalogue "Journal"
Cologne, 1999

Giuseppe Pontiggia,
Introduction to the book
of G. Di Cocco
" Il galateo dell'artista principiante"
Asefi, Milano, 2001

Attilio Stocchi,
" Giampaolo Di Cocco, architettura senza superstiti (architecture with no survivors)"
in abitare 419 Milano july-august2002

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