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GIANCARLO FRANCO TRAMONTIN was born in Venice. He completed his studies in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice where he was a student and then assistant to Alberto Viani.
Following this, he became a professor of sculpture at the same institute. From the 50s on he has had many personal shows and been invited to participate in many important Italian and international exhibitions, where he has received prizes and recognition. To cite a few: Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa di Venezia from 1957 to 1965; VI Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Figurativa, Gorizia 1958; Concorso Internazionale del Bronzetto, Padua from 1959 to 1975; 3rd prize in the Concorso Internazionale di Scultura, Biennale di Carrara 1962; Biennale Nazionale d'Arte, Verona 1961-63; Fondazione Querini Stampalia, sala Luzzato, Venezia 1964, 1970, 1982; Teatro La Fenice, sale Apollinee, Venezia 1968; XXXV Biennale Internazionale d'arte di Venezia, 1970; Immagini e Strutture nel Ferro e nell'Acciaio, Rassegna Internazionale di Scultura Contemporanea, Repubblica di San Marino, 1979; XLII Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, 1986; Aspetti della Scultura Contemporanea 1900-1989, Forni Scultura, Bologna 1989; Il Tempo del Marmo e quello del Bronzo, Berlino-Neuchâtel-Carrara, 1998; Renconte Européenne de Sculpture, Montauban, 2001; '900 all'Accademia, Opere per il Nuovo Museo, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venezia 2001 and Villa Manin, Passariano, Udine 2002; Het Depot, "Nieuwen Asnkopen", Wageningen, Holland 2008; XIII Biennale Internazionale, Carrara Laboratori di Scultura 2008, Statuaria d'Arte; Museo di Santa Caterina, Treviso 2012; Het Depot, "Hommage Ann Italie", Wageningen, Olanda 2012; Palazzo Ducale, Loggia Foscara "Giancarlo Franco Tramontin. Sculture, forme come linguaggio", Saint Mark's Square, Venice 2012. His works can be found in musems and collections in Italy and abroad. Detailed documentation is available at the Historic Archives of the Venice Biennial and in the Library of the Fondazione C.L. Ragghianti in Lucca.