Giuseppe Albi
Giuseppe Albi was born in Grimaldi, Italy and immigrated to Edmonton as a young child. He studied at the Alberta College of Art in Calgary and l’École des Beaux-arts in Montreal before moving to Europe in 1970, where he maintained studios in London and Amsterdam. Since the late sixties, Albi has taught drawing and painting and has served as a consultant, producer and project developer for conferences, festivals and major events throughout the city of Edmonton. He is an active board and committee member for organizations such as the City of Edmonton Festivals Consortium, Edmonton Contemporary Artists’ Society, the Alberta Art Foundation, the Edmonton Art Gallery and the Downtown Business Association. He has played a foundational role in certain Edmonton arts organizations and served as the founding president of Latitude 53 Society of Artists.
Compiled 2014