Valentino Marengo

Born in Torino (Italy) in 1968. In 1990 he graduated from the Accademia Albertina Fine Arts School (Painting) in Torino and in 2002 he got a Master in Product Design at the Domus Academy in Milan. As a visual artist he has shown his work in many national and international exhibitions in Europe and United States.

In 2004 he has worked as product designer for the Italian design firm Pininfarina Extra for which he has designed, among many other products, the concept of the Olympic torch for the winter Olympic Games Torino 2006.

He lives permanently in Athens since 2003. Here he works as product designer and stage designer. He has worked with theater like the National theater of Athens, the National theater of Northern Greece, Amore (Notos) theater, and many others. He is the designer of the new logo of the Greek National Opera. Since 2008 he is supplier of decorative and utilitarian limited number series Art objects for the Benaki Museum of Athens.