Alessio Ciani (1981) AKE
This guy started his drawing career when he was very young. In 2007, the University of Perugia published a paleontology research illustrated with his artwork. Since then, he is a big fan of comics, reading any kind of manga, Franco-Belgian, Italian or manwha comic books. In 2008 he created his own website (www awakeningart it), publishing his first GLBT illustrations. In the recent years he illustrated 10 covers for homoerotic novels for the Italian-English website andrejkoymasky.com. The work is in still in progress. In 2010, Omphalos of Perugia commissioned him the images for The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). Again in 2010, some team members of the German Publishing House Gmünder noted his work and called him: Alessio submitted three illustrations and all of them were published on the Art Book "Big Love". In 2011, some of his artwork has been exhibited in the Pier OpenSpace temporary gallery in Milan. The theme was the Sacred Icon of St. Sebastian, identified as the Saint protector of the GLBT community. For the Rome Euro Pride in June 2011, Arcigay of Perugia uses some of his illustrations for decorating their parade truck. On September 2012, a personal show was exhibited in Perugia to celebrate the Omphalos Association 20th anniversary.
In 2015 He illustrated St. Sergius and Bacchus’ canvas for the American Catholic gay community.
In Dicember 2016 he participated in the exhibition “Personal Relations”, a temporary itinerant gallery in London, 25th February-29th March 2017 the Hague (the Nederlands), 29th April 4th June 2017 Vicenza (Italy).