Gianni Barelli was born in 1976 in Arezzo, Italy. He is a visual artist and performer, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence in 2002. His work is expressed through various media such as videos, installations and performances. In 2012 he was selected by VISUALCONTAINER Italian video art distributor, with the video Genesi o melanconia del dormiente . In 2013 he participated in the MAGAZINE BAU-container of contemporary culture, with a long-lasting project called the Family Synchronic Archive, an open platform on the theme of the family connected with the idea of ​​memory and its re-elaboration. He has worked in various European cities in independent exhibition spaces such as INSTITUT FUR ALLES MOGLICHE in Berlin and GEBORGEN KAMERS in The Hague. In 2017 he was selected by the Albanian artist Adrian Paci to contribute to his exhibition These lights will be used during the night at Le MURATE – CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECTS in Florence. Recently he participated in the workshop Through Rituals (Make it Happen)  by the artists Stefan Pente and William Loche Wheeler at VILLA ROMANA. He is currently working on a project in collaboration with the National Institute of Astrophysics of Florence.