Gianfranco Missiaja was born in Venice in 1947. After studying at the Art Institute, at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in architecture, he taught architecture and furniture for 21 years in Trento, Rome and Venice. He has to his credit over 75 exposures of his works as well as in Italy, Germany, Austria, Japan, United States, France, Portugal, Spain, Israel, Canada, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Scotland. His publications are available on Amazon.