Virginio Ferrari is an internationally acclaimed sculptor who has exhibited his work in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and throughout the United States. Virginio’s sculptures can be found on street corners and public parks, at universities and libraries, corporations, museums and in private collections in Chicago and all over the world. Ferrari holds many accolades for his achievements, including being awarded the Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (senior order of knighthood of the Italian Republic) by the president of Italy, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, for his important contributions to the international art world. He currently divides his time between his studios in Chicago, USA and Guardistallo, Italy.

Marco G. Ferrari is a visual artist, film director, curator and educator based in Chicago, USA and Rome, Italy. He received his MFA from the University of Chicago and has exhibited and produced works internationally including China, India, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States. He is a Professor in the Communications and Media Studies Department at John Cabot University (Rome) and the Art History and Visual Culture Department at Franklin University Switzerland, is a founding member of Creative Asylum (a consortium of Chicago based artists) and is the Creative Director of the Virginio Ferrari Foundation.

The Virginio & Marisa Ferrari Arts Foundation is organized to maintain, preserve and advance the understanding and appreciation of Virginio Ferrari’s art and legacy, by providing access to his artwork, archive and resources and by developing educational and scholarly programs and community-based initiatives. Our aim is to bring art, the public and our shared spaces into communion with one another—to curate interactions so that these relationships can be bridged, dialogues can be inspired, and new insights can be formed in Chicago, Italy and beyond. The Ferrari Arts Foundation is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois, founded by the Ferrari family and directed by Marco G. Ferrari. It is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes in accord with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or the corresponding provision of any future United State Internal Revenue law and referred to below as the “Code”).