Giovanni Cerri (Milano, 1969) began his activity as a painter in 1987 and since then has had numerous exhibitions in Italia and abroad. His personal shows are as follows: 1995 – Galleria Cortina – Milan; 2000 – Galleria Artistudio/Magrorocca – Milan; 2002 – Galleria Monogramma – Rome; Cortina Arte – Milan; 2006 – Galleria Blanchaert – Milan; 2007 – Galleria Palmieri – Busto Arsizio; 2008 – Spazio Tadini – Milan, ComoArte – Como, Avanguardia Antiquaria - Milan; 2009 – Galleria Gli Eroici Furori – Milan, Museo d’Arte Moderna di Gazoldo degli Ippoliti (MN), Ex Chiesa di San Pietro in Atrio – Como, Orenda Art International - Paris;  De Luca Fine Art | Gallery – Toronto, Galleria Cappelletti – Milan, Galerie Kuhn & Partner – Berlin; 2011 – Spazio Arte - Milan, Avanguardia Antiquaria – Milan, Galleria Berga – Vicenza.

Among the group shows in which he has participated: 1998 - "Milano-Berlino" / Metropoli a confronto – Galerie Verein – Berlin; 2002 – "Arte per tempi nuovi" – Galerie Die Ecke – Augsburg (Germany); 2006 – Premio Michetti – Francavilla al Mare (CH); 2008 – "I Cerri. Giancarlo e Giovanni. La pittura di generazione in generazione" – Museo della Permanente – Milan, "Maestri di Brera" – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Shanghai; 2010 – Le Meduse – Fabbrica del Vapore – Milan, "Riprogettare l’Archeologia" – Triennale di Milano; 2012 - "Le Meduse, mare nero" – Gallery at Avalon Island – Orlando, Florida U.S.A.

In 2011, he exhibited at the  54th Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Italia, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi.

This is Giovanni Cerri’s second exhibition in Toronto at De Luca Fine Art | Gallery . In 2010 he had his first personal exhibition entitled "Hurricane of Light", presenting a cycle of works on the theme of the city, the main subject of his work. This exhibition, entitled "LPortraits", is a series of portraits of the most famous faces of pop rock from the United States and Canada. Cerri, remaining faithful to his pictorial language, has interpreted famous "icons": from Bob Dylan to Patti Smith, from Neil Young to Leonard Cohen, from The Ramones to Aerosmith. A gallery of faces where the artist tries to also communicate the expressive "atmosphere" of these musicians, and trying to translate the spirit of their music in to images.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue in the same format of the LPs with texts by Alberto Figliolia and Bruno Milone.