About

Paolo Ventura’s (b. 1968, Milan, Italy) family background is steeped in the art of storytelling. His father, Piero Ventura, was an internationally prominent children’s book author and illustrator. His grandmother shared vivid recollections of her experiences living in the Italian countryside through World Wars I and II. These formative experiences inspired Ventura to develop his distinctive approach to visual storytelling, one that combines historical events and pure imagination. His storytelling often blurs the line between fact and fiction, inviting the viewer to enter into a dreamlike …