Giuseppe Miconi was born in Rieti, Italia, in 1968, and currently lives in Balestrand, Norway. His artistic background has been influenced by illustration, with a Masters degree in painting and illustration at the Istituto Europeo di Design, and I.C.E.I in Rome. As an illustrator he has been published in Italian newspapers and magazines, such as : Il Corriere della Sera, il Manifesto Garzanti, Sperling and Kupfer, S. Paolo. Giuseppe has also worked with various advertising companies, including, Saatchi & Saatchi, Mc Cann Ericksson, Verba, J. W.Thompson, BBDO, whose clients include (Ford, Opel, Disney, Yamaha, Audi, Bayer, Coop, Disney). Since 2001, after moving to Norway, he now illustrates for the Norwegian newspapers: Aftenposten, Dagbladet, Dagens Næringsliv,and BergensTidende. His paintings have been exhibited at ”Palazzo delle Esposizioni” Rome, ”Loggia della Gran Signoria” Padova,” Comune di Avellino”, ”Frankfurt Bokmesse”, ”Galleri Bryggen” Bergen, ”Stranges Stiftelse” Bergen, Høyanger Sannfunnshus, ”Galleri Kulø” Oslo, and ”Galleri Kunsttreff” in Oslo. In addition to working as an illustrator, Giuseppe has also been teaching high school art classes in Sygna Upper Secondary School, and Høyanger Upper Secondary School located in the Sogn and Fjordane region of Norway, and has held lectures about illustration at the Friundervisningen Universitet in Bergen as well as in the Italian Embassy in Oslo.