Alberto Colliva (Castel d'Argile 1943). His career began in the mid-1960s, but it was from the 1980s that he introduced a substantially new element into his canvases: the human figure. In the artist's imaginary world there is nothing certain: violent lights connected to scornful, intimist and at the same time anguished chromatics. His painting "is an infernal archeology," characterized by "a mordant of fear, internalization and madness." Beginning in 1962, he exhibited in various group exhibitions of national importance. Personal exhibitions include those held at the Bologna galleries Duemila (1963), Il Cancello arte d'oggi (1966, 1968, 1972, 1974) and Forni (1976, 1978). To these are added two solo shows held respectively at Galleria Correggio in Parma in 1973 and L'incontro gallery in Imola in 1979. The retrospective at the Teatro Comunale di Castello d'Argile curated by Dario Trento dates back to 1996. Critics who have dealt with his work include Pier Giovanni Castagnoli, Roberto Tassi and Pasquale Fameli.