Gianni D’Anna, former teacher at the U. Boccioni Arts Institute (retired in 2005), made his first public lay out back in 1975 at the Oberdan hall in Naples. His artistic evolution has always been heavily influenced by his naturalism. In 1980, at the “La Roggia” gallery in Pordenone, the Artist set up an exhibition named “Iconografia di un gioco tassonomico”, whose catalogue’s author, professor Franco Lista, defined it as a “ludic deconstruction of formal and semantic chaos”. In the same year the Artist set up another exhibition, “La Historia Naturalis” at the “Lineacontinua” gallery in Caserta, introduced by professor Mimmo Natale who pointed out how two opposite kind of nature concepts, the occidental and oriental one, are shown in each work, mixing and clashing at the same time with one another. This concept had then been strengthened by the articles written by critics Enzo Battarra (“La Gazzetta di Caserta”) and Enzo Di Grazia (“Il Giornale di Pordenone”). In 1981 professor Riccardo Dalisi, in his review of the exhibition “Manualità della natura” at the “Multiplo2” gallery in Marigliano, wrote: “I would likely see D’Anna at the Venice biennial. [in his works] nature recollection crops up showing several experimentations for both technique and materials; lead, copper and very patient, detailed remembrances of ideogrammatic writing experienced just like natural fibres.       The malacology and entomology studies performed allow the Artist to move across  the naturalistic area with imaginative creations. Lately the interest in chaos and specially fractal theories has enriched Gianni D’Anna’s knowledge base with revolutionary concepts inducing a deep shake in the static Euclidean spatial vision. All the experience gathered through this research has allowed the Artist to set up the following personal exhibitions: “Le conchiglie in mostra” and “Malacology and Fractals”, at the Associazione culturale Poiein in Naples; “Fractal Objects and Geometry” at the I. Cerio Center in Capri; “Shreds of Self-Similarity" at the Il Brandale Gallery in Savona; “Fractal Suggestions and Aesthetics” at the Ipogeo dell’Annunziata in Naples. He's showed his works at the “X Quadriennale d’Arte” in 1975 and at the collective shows: “A semantic of reason” at the Northern Illinois University Gallery 200 in Chicago; NICEXPO 1996, International Exhibition of Contemporary Arts, Nice, Palais des espositions, 1997; MIART 1997, 1998, 1999; ARTE+SUR 1997 in Granada; “CAOS ITALIANO” (itinerant show in Milan, Rome, at the Tor Vergata University, in Locri, in Portogruaro and in Pordenone). CEPU, arte ’98, Naples, Opera di S.Chiara's Museum. "Chiodo fisso”, Milan, MILAN ART CRENTER Gallery 1999; Novosibirsk Picture Gallery, Russia 1999; “Terra Moretti” Premio Scultura-Terzo Millennio, Erbrusco (BS) 2000; RIPARTE 2000, Rome, Cavalieri Hilton; “Isole Frattali” Castell’Arquato Palace, Piacenza, 2002. His work has been reviewed on the art magazines: Arte e Carte, That’s Art Show, Juliet, Titolo, Eco d’Arte Moderna, Next, Flash Art (italian and international editions), Art Diary, Terzocchio, La Stanza Rossa, Harta Performing. Rewievs about his works writtem by: Assunta Amato, Enzo Battarra, Diego Collovini, Cursio Nazareno, Riccardo Dalisi, Enzo Di Grazia, Sandro Felletti, Luigi P.Finizio, Franco Lista, Mimmo Natale, Vincenzo Perna. Speeches by: Vittorio Bacelli, Guy Bleus, Cohen John Held Sr, Francesca Incardona, Ferruccio Massini, Filippo Merola, Antonella Micaletti, Clemente Padin, Mimma Pasqua, Pierre Restany, Gennaro Sangiuliano, Carmelo Strano and others.

Opere collocate in luoghi pubblici:

• Patchwork, m.8x3, at Planet Night Club, S.Giuseppe Vesuviano.

• Patchwork, m.2x1,80, presso Dott. Laghi, Pesaro. 

• Painting-Sculpture, m.3x2, at Hotel Albornoz, Spoleto. 

• Painting, m.2x1, at Hotel Hit, Perugia.