Gianluca Costantini (born December 19, 1971) in Ravenna, Italy, is a cartoonist, artist and activist. His political comics are much appreciated in Italy and have gained him respect in cultural circles, has published in 2009 "The Turtle Tamer of Istanbul " written by Elettra Stamboulis. A graphic novel that recounts the life of the intellectual Osman Hamdi Bey.
Gianluca Costantini is a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna since 2009 and Ravenna in 2012.
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Biography
Gianluca Costantini he graduated from the Art Institute Gino Severini of Ravenna in 1991 in Applied Art and the Academy of Fine Arts in Ravenna in Decoration in 1995. He began exhibiting in the historic gallery La Bottega artist engraver Giuseppe Maestri in 1990 in the company of photographer Alex Majoli. His work continues between contamination ranging from mosaic to cyberpunk.
In 1993 he published the first comic strip magazine Schizzo n°5, curated by Massimo Galletti for the Center Comics Andrea Pazienza of Cremona. In 1994 he began his collaboration with the newspaper Il manifesto and the magazine Neural cyberpunk and contemporary art magazine Museo Teo Art Fanzine. In 1994, he knows the artist graffiti Marco Teatro and collaborate with the Happening of comics and illustration in Milan, Bologna, Rome, Turin and Lugano.
Publications
Gianluca Costantini his latest graphic novels include Dinner with Gramsci, Julian Assange Wikileaks hacker ethics. Founder of the magazine inguineMAH!gazine and G.I.U.D.A. Geographical Institut of Unconventional Drawings Arts. Costantini contributes to Courrier International, Internazionale, laLettura (Corriere della Sera), Pagina99, World War 3 Illustrated and Le Monde diplomatique.
Italy
Vorrei incontrarti, Fernandel, 2005
Ultimo Storia ordinaria di guerra civile (written Saturno Carnoli and Andrea Colombari) Edizioni del Vento, Jesolo Lido 2007
L'ammaestratore di Istanbul, (written by Elettra Stamboulis) Comma 22, 2008
Officina del Macello, (written by Elettra Stamboulis) Edizioni del Vento, Jesolo Lido, 2009
Julian Assange dall'etica hacker a Wikileaks, (written by Dario Morgante) BeccoGiallo, Padova, 2011
Macchina Suprema, (written Giovanni Barbieri) Giuda Edizioni, Ravenna 2011
Cena con Gramsci, (written by Elettra Stamboulis) BeccoGiallo, Padova, 2012
L'ammaestratore di Istanbul, (written by Elettra Stamboulis) Giuda Edizioni, Ravenna, 2013
it:Internazionale, luglio, Postcard from Sanhan, Rome, Internazionale, 2016
Portugal
Mutate&Survive, Archeangiolie (written by Fabrizio Passarella), Lisboa, 2001
Courrier Internacional, n°33, Buttes Chaumont A Historia de Chérif Kouachi
Romania
Anthology HardcomicSeex, El indio, Bucarest, 2006
Serbia
Pancevac-Press, three illustrations, Pancevac Press, Pančevo, 2004
Kuhinja, n°8, Marzabotto, curated by Aleksandar Zograf, Pančevo, 2005
Pancevac, n°4270, 4271, 4272, 4273, Pančevo, 2008
Skulptura? Skulpture?, five illustration, Bijenal Umetnosti, Pančevo, 2014
Slovenia
Stripburger, n°25, El hombre invisible, Ed. Strip Core, Ljubljana, 1999
XXX (Strip) Burger, Befanella, Ed. Strip Core, Ljubljana, 1999
Spain
Garabattage, n°8, one illustration, Doble Dosis Ediciones, Barcelona, 2005
Tmeo, n°40, Scarafaggi (written by Giovanni Barbieri), Edition Exten Kultur Taldea, 1996
Switzerland
Milk and Vodka, n°1, five illustrations, Milk and Vodka Editions, Switzerland, 2000
Turkey
LeMan, n°1229, Who's Who (written by Elettra Stamboulis), Istanbul, 2015
LeMan, n°1224, Selahattin Demirtaș (written by Elettra Stamboulis), Istanbul, 2015
LeMan, n°1211, Dateci LeMan (written by Elettra Stamboulis), Istanbul, 2015
The Diplomatic Observer, n°91, an illustration, Hattusas Yaymcilik, Ankara, 2015
United States
World War 3 Illustrated, n°37, Gaz Promise (written by Elettra Stamboulis), New York, 2006
Pocketbook Heroes, n°2, El hombre invisible, Bare Bones Studios, Los Angeles, 2011
World War 3 Illustrated, n°43, Julian Assange (written by Dario Morgante), New York, 2012
Web Publications
Drawings the Times, Each week telling the news, Holland, 2016 [3]
Pagina99, Each week telling Human Rights, Italy, 2015–2016 [4]
Internazionale, The cold heart of Ravenna, Italy, December 22, 2015 [5]
Human Rights
Gianluca Costantini has worked with the Festival on Human Rights in Tokyo, Milan and Geneva.
Curating of cultural events
Gianluca Costantini founding member of Mirada, an association involved in planning curating of cultural events.
Joe Sacco Clouds from beyond the borders, MAR Museo d'arte della città, Ravenna, 2002 [6]
The Veil of Maya Marjane Satrapi, Santa Maria delle Croci, Ravenna, 2003 [7][8]
Komikazen International Reality Comics Festival, Ravenna, 2006–2015
Editor and Publisher
Since 2002 he has headed the Italian comic magazine inguineMAH!gazine and graphic novelists such as Phoebe Gloeckner, Danijel Zezelj, Ramize Erer, Max Andersson, Felipe Abrances, Carlos Latuff, Gord Hill and James Kochalka.
James Kochalka, Sketchbook Diaries n°1, Fernandel Edition, Italy, 2006
Phoebe Gloeckner, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Fernandel Edition, Italy 2006
Danijel Zezelj, Sun City, Comma 22 Edition, Italy, 2007
Carlos Latuff, #Syria, Giuda Edition, Italy, 2012
Gord Hill, The 500 Years of Resistance, Italy, 2013
inguineMAH!gazine
2003–2009 by the magazine inguineMAH!gazine in collaboration with Paper Resistance, Marco Lobietti and Elettra Stamboulis. Editions: Coniglio, Fernandel and Comma 22.
G.I.U.D.A. Geographic Institute of Unconventional Drawings Arts
2009–2015 by the magazine G.I.U.D.A. Geographical Institute of Unconventional Drawings Arts in collaboration with Elettra Stamboulis and Marco Lobietti. Giuda Editions, Italy [9]
