 After a few exhibitions around Italy, in 1992 he was invited to exhibit his works at the Galleria nazionale d'artemoderna in Rome and at the Istituto Giapponese di Cultura in the exhibition Giappone Italia nuove generazioni (Japan Italy new generations), where he showed a series of large paintings created with a working technique that makes use of tar.In 1998 he began his collaboration with Lucio Dalla, who invited him to create a personal exhibition in his gallery in Bologna titled "Inspira Trattieri Respira" (Breath in - Hold - Breath out), featuring a text by Demetrio Paparoni in the catalogue.In 2001 Umberto Eco invited him to exhibit his works in a solo exhibition titled Interiors at the Istituto Superiore di Scienze Umanistiche in Bologna for the opening of the new academic year.